2024-07-09T08:53:09+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true abeyance, abstract, affront, agitate, august, burnish, coy, deprecate, disdain, disperse, distend, endemic, enmity, gauche, hysterical, impudent, inchoate, penchant, quandary, quarantine, quash, quibble, ravage, recant, redoubtable, retiring, shrill, sophistry, substantiate, wily flashcards
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  • abeyance
    suspension; temporary suppression
  • abstract
    1. present in thought or concept but lacking physical existence
  • affront
    2. removing something or considering something separate
  • agitate
    an open or intentional offense, slight, or insult
  • august
    make someone disturbed or excited
  • burnish
    noble and respected; awe-inspiring
  • coy
    improve or enhance
  • deprecate
    being bashful, shy, or retiring
  • disdain
    belittle or express disapproval of
  • disperse
    the state of being despised; shame
  • distend
    scatter in different directions
  • endemic
    extend or expand, as from internal pressure; swell
  • enmity
    regularly found and restricted to a particular area or population
  • gauche
    the quality of being an enemy; hostility
  • hysterical
    awkward or lacking in social graces
  • impudent
    wildly emotional or exaggerated in reaction
  • inchoate
    not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent
  • penchant
    recently started but not fully formed yet
  • quandary
    taste, liking, or inclination
  • quarantine
    a dilemma; a difficult decision or situation
  • quash
    place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease
  • quibble
    void or suppress
  • ravage
    complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner
  • recant
    devastate, destroy, or lay waste to something
  • redoubtable
    withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly
  • retiring
    eliciting respect or fear; notably formidable
  • shrill
    introverted and shy; liking privacy
  • sophistry
    high-pitched and piercing in sound quality
  • substantiate
    plausible yet fallacious argumentations or reasoning
  • wily
    verify something by supplying evidence