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A collection of 73 vocabulary terms and phrases from lecture notes, including definitions and context regarding usage.

placate

calm down, ease

to concoct

to make sth out of other parts (usually about liquids)

soar

to fly sharply up

to tower over

to loom over

adage

motto

odious

malodorous on a moral level

sole (adj.)

only

sole (noun)

underside of a shoe or foot

ample

many

lucrative

good money-wise

transpire

happen or occur

subdue

oppress, keep down from rising up (mellow, neutral)

plateau

flat bit after a rise

confinement

imprisonment

elated

uszczęśliwiony, happy

conceal

hide (ones intentions)

impugn

challenge the honesty of (impugn upon sth)

pester

annoy

appeal

odnosić się do czegoś, odwołanie do

acquiesce

to agree

pamphlet

a short commercial

renounce

push away and everybody know about it

denounce

push away sth and criticize it

disposition

emotional attitude (sunny, depressive)

spur

encourage

divulge

make known to the public, reveal

revere

oddawać cześć, praise

rite

ritual

enmity

the state of being enemies

rivalry

the state of being rivals

rendered

make sth sth, sprawić

serenity

calmness

calamity

disaster

exert

put pressure

indebted

zadłużony (umownie raczej ale też o kasę)

acclaim

widely respected

discern

distinguish, tell apart

martial

war-related

marital

marriage-related

maritime

marine-related (boats and sea-men)

stipend

money given by government by reason x

dribble

ślinić się

inadvertent

unintentional

arid

suchy

to hold water

make sense, don't leak nonsense

to obscure

to hide behind, niejasny obscure

purloin

to steal

haggard

exhausted and determined

curt

surowy, to the point, not polite

inception

beginning of sth

trepan

trepanować

inert

inactive

obstinate

stubborn, more to the extreme

revivification

resurrection

fragrant

intense to your nose

perish

die, utterly remove

perishable

jedzenie które się przeterminowuje

non-perishable

food that does not expire

ferocious

commited with unrestrained energy

atrocious

disgusting, horrible, very bad

diminutive

belittling

apparent

to the best of my knowledge

dispel

to break a curse / alleviate expectations

alleviate

ease, lower

fluctuate

go up and down like a sinusoid

congestion

zator of any kind

disincentivised

discouraged, put off

put off

postpone

comprise

be made out of

carcass

corpse of an animal

parsimonious

extremely not willing to spend resources

prelude

a thing that happens before

extol

publicly and enthusiastically praise