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IRREPARABLE

impossible to repair or make right again:

PSYCHIATRIST /sai'kaiətrist/

a doctor with special training in treating mental illness

DOGMATIC /dɔg'mætik/ adj

opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal:
- If you are …, you are certain that you are right and that everyone else is wrong.

ADULTERATE

1) to contaminate; to make impure;
2) to make food or drink weaker or to lower its quality, by adding something else:

There were complaints that the beer had been … with water.

INCESSANT

1) uninterrupted; unceasing
2) never stopping, especially in an annoying or unpleasant way:

… rain/noise/complaints

HUMANE

1) marked by kindness or consideration; kind and compassionate; humanitarian
2) showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering:

The … way of dealing with a suffering animal

TITANIC

1) gigantic
2) extremely powerful, strong, important, or large:

… mountains/performance/struggle

struggle

1) to experience difficulty and make a very great effort in order to do something:
I've been …ing to understand this article all afternoon.

2) to fight, especially with your hands:

He …ed with his attacker who then ran away.

BLOWHARD

1) talkative boaster; braggart
2) a person who likes to talk about how important they are

DEVOUT /di'vaut/

1) pious(набожный); deeply religious; sincere; earnest;
2) believing strongly in a religion and obeying all its rules or principles

FUNDAMENTAL

1) basic; primary; essential
2) being the most basic or most important thing on which other things depend
- … beliefs/principles
- … changes

SLIPSHOD

1) slovenly(неряшливый); careless(неосторожный/неосмотрительный); sloppy (жидкий in unpleasant way) ; untidy(неприятный/неаккуратный); shabby(not honorable or fair);
2) (especially of a piece of work) showing little care, effort, or attention:
he complained that the carpenter's work had been ….

hasty

actions are done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought:
- he is worried about making … decisions

COMPILATION

1) listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling
2) the act of collecting information from a variety of places to arrange it in a book, report, or list:

FACETIOUS

1) joking (often inappropriately); unserious; humorous
2) not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever:
- I make so much money that we never have to worry – I’m being ....

AMBIGUOUS

1) unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation
having more than one possible meaning, and therefore likely to cause confusion:
- His answers are so … and it’s hard to understand

UNISON

1)unity of pitch(тон) (in musical performance); complete accord;
2) the playing or singing of notes at the same pitch, or at pitches one or more octavesapart, by different instruments or voices

TARANTULA

any of various large spiders covered in hair

DIABOLICAL

1) devilish; fiendish(злодейский/дьявольский)

2)extremely bad or shocking:

JUBILATION

1) rejoicing (веселье/радость); great joy
2) a feeling of great happiness, especially because of a success:
They should be in a mood of …, not of apology

DECELERATE

slow down
- She …ed as soon as she saw the police vehicle.

UNCTION /'ʌɳkʃn/

the act of anointing (помазание) with oil (religious)

endurance

Прочность (характера например)

attention span

диапазон внимания

exhaustive

комплексно

dwindle

сокращаться

proclaims

провозглашает

reaping the gains

пожинать плоды

acquisition

приобретение

buoyant

плавучий ( данные/результаты/спрос могут быть плавучими)

suspended

приостановлено

cap

лимит

affluent

to have many money or to have lot's of things ( synonym - rich )

Notorious

пресловутый / небезизвестный

ensue from

to happen after something else, especially as a result of it ( проистекает от / в результате)

putative

мнимый

sectarian

сектант

opulently

in an expensive and luxurious way (пышно / роскошно / богато)

riposte

a quick and clever remark, often made in answer to a criticism: ответный удар
- "What about you?" she …s. "Is your life perfect?"

harried

worried and angry, especially because people keep wanting things from you:
- I saw a …-looking mother at the checkout trying to manage two small children and a mountain of shopping. - He spent the day feeling … and unproductive.

mesmerizing

very attractive, in a mysterious way, making you want to keep looking:
He had the most … blue eyes.

candid

искренний/откровенный (honest and telling the truth, especially about something difficult or painful:
- To be … with you, I think you're making a dreadful mistake

endemic

especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area:
- … in | Malaria is endemic in many of the hotter regions of the world.
- … among/to | The disease is endemic among British sheep/to many British flocks.
- … racism/poverty/violence | There is endemic racism/poverty/violence in many of the country's cities.

neophyte

someone who has recently become involved in an activity and is still learning about it (informal - newbie)

herbivorous

травоядный

ravaged

разрушенный

malady

недуг / болезнь
- All the rose bushes seem to be suffering from the same mysterious ….

gregarious

sociable ( стадный )

noisome

омерзительный (плохо пахнущий)

investigate

расследовать

appraise

оценивать

ascertain

устанавливать

assay

испытание

descry

замечать, заметить

peruse

to read through something, especially in order to find the part you are interested in: ( внимательно читать )

cease

прекращать
- The company has decided to … all UK operations after this year.

flagrant

возмутительный/вопиющий

sophisticated

утонченный/изысканный

predator

хищник

prey

добыча

oath

клятва

strikingly

поразительно