3500 ACT Vocabulary
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3500 ACT Vocabulary
Group (10) - Matching Quizzes
paradigm 
1
 | (вероломное) tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| (парадигма) one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality |
| (плебейской) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
| (бедность) lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts |
parochial
2
| (оперение) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
| (проектирование) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary |
| (приходских) narrow in outlook; related to local church community |
| (многоженца) one who has more than one spouse at a time |
pathos
3
| (Педагогика) teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
| (проектирование) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary |
| (пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| (многословие) tedious wordiness; verbosity; great length; minute detail |
pedant
4
| (остроту) state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; keenness of emotion |
| (педант) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (оперение) covering of feathers on bird; feathers used ornamentally; elaborate dress |
| (вероломное) tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
peregrination
5
| (перегринации) travel or journey, especially by foot, notably by pilgrim |
| (ортопед) doctor who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments |
| (потворствовать) offer illicit sex with third party; tempt with or appeal to improper motivations |
| (пристрастие) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
perfidious
6
| (предшественником) forerunner; one who precedes an event and indicates its approach |
| (распространения) rapid growth; spread; increase in size by reproduction |
| (вероломное) tending to betray; disloyal; faithless |
| (многоженца) one who has more than one spouse at a time |
permeable
7
| (проницаемой) penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through |
| (педантичный) marked by precise accordance with details |
| (роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
| (плагиатом) steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
practicable
8
| (практически) feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice |
| (патина) green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| (Педагогика) teaching; art of education; science of teaching |
| (плагиатом) steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
prelude
9
| (прелюдией) introduction; forerunner; preliminary or preface |
| (профессионализм) expertness characteristic of a professional person |
| (пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |
| (уничижительное) tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling |
presage
10
| (уничижительное) tending to make or become worse; disparaging or belittling |
| (предвещать) foretell or predict; indicate or warn of in advance |
| (роскошный) of nature of palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness |
| (пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |