200 Difficult Words - Group 2
Match Quiz with meaning in Russian
| 200 Difficult Words - Group 2 | View Group Words |
oblique 
1
 | (похотливый) having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having eager desire for something |
| (узурпировать) seize and hold power or rights of another by force or without legal authority |
| (косой) having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined |
| (хитрость) trick; use of artifice or trickery; deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture |
officious
2
| (дерзость) boldness; rashness; foolhardy disregard of danger |
| (назойливый) marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| (резкая) forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen |
| (колеблются) sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate |
panacea
3
| (почитать) treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of |
| (панацеей) remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all |
| (степенный) sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| (боязливый) fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant |
pernicious
4
| (пагубной) very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| (обаятельный) agreeable; gracious; charming, often in childlike or naive way |
| (упрямый) hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to persuasion |
| (почитать) treat with great respect and deference; consider hallowed or be in awe of |
promulgate
5
| (обнародовать) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication |
| (назойливый) marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| (вязкой) sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow |
| (сонный) half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
propitious
6
| (педантичный) marked by precise accordance with details |
| (благоприятной) presenting favorable circumstances; fortunate; advantageous |
| (резкая) forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen |
| (степенный) sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
prurient
7
| (свирепый) disposed to fight; belligerent; aggressively hostile |
| (похотливый) having or causing lustful thoughts and desires; having eager desire for something |
| (смягчить) lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses |
| (задумчивым) full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful |
puerile
8
| (степенный) sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety |
| (предзнаменованием) omen; forewarning; something that portends an event about to occur, especially unfortunate or evil event |
| (тайный) secret; done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently |
| (ребяческой) childish; belonging to childhood; immature |
ribald
9
| (пагубной) very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly |
| (упрек) scold harshly; criticize severely |
| (назойливый) marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others |
| (сквернослов) coarse or indecent; humorously vulgar or offensive |
serendipity
10
| (хитрость) trick; use of artifice or trickery; deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture |
| (Serendipity) gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck |
| (сонный) half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| (пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings |