200 Difficult Words - Group 2

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/əb'si:kwɪəs/ a.
(подобострастно) slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery


Spelling Word: obsequious
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/'pælɪeɪt/ v.
(смягчить) lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses


Spelling Word: palliate
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/pə'fɪdɪəs/ a. Syn. treacherous; disloyal
(вероломное) tending to betray; disloyal; faithless


Spelling Word: perfidious
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/pɜrtɪ'neɪʃəs/;/-tn'eɪʃəs/ a. Syn. stubborn; persistent
(пектиновых) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate


Spelling Word: pertinacious
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/'prɒməlgeɪt/ v. Syn. announce
(обнародовать) proclaim doctrine or law; make known by official publication


Spelling Word: promulgate
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/'proʊtɪɛn, 'proʊti:n/ a. Syn. versatile
(многогранной) versatile; able to take on many shapes; readily taking on varied shapes


Spelling Word: protean
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/'pʌlkrɪtju:d/ n. Syn. beauty; comeliness
(красота) great physical beauty and appeal; attractive moral excellence; moral beauty


Spelling Word: pulchritude
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/'rɛproʊbeɪt/ n.
(отверженным) person hardened in sin; person without moral scruples


Spelling Word: reprobate
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/'seɪlɪənt/ a. Syn. prominent
(основные) prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs


Spelling Word: salient
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/'sæŋgwɪn/ a. Syn. cheerful; hopeful; ruddy
(сангвиники) cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy


Spelling Word: sanguine