College Panda Part 1

Erratic

Unpredictable, inconsistent, irregular - неустойчивый, беспорядочный, хаотичный

E.g. She can be very erratic: one day she is friendly and the next she’ll hardly speak to you

Forsake

Leave someone for ever, especially when they need you - оставить, покинуть

Distort

Исказить, искривить, нарушить

Secluded

Hard to teach, hidden away - укромный

Exalt

To praise, to worship - возвышать, возвеличить

Admonish

To warn or scold someone - наставлять, вразумлять, предостерегать

Abrupt

Sudden, unexpected, without warning - резкий, внезапный

E.g.: abrupt end, abrupt change

Content

Satisfied, internal tranquility

Satisfied refers to the external completion or meeting a requirement

Eccentric

Strange or unusual (sometimes in a humorous way)

Mired

Stuck in mud - погрязший, увязший (в чем-то)

Colloquial

Used in casual conversation- разговорный

Reconcile

To find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together - согласовать, примирить(-ся)

Alienate

To cause someone to feel isolated or lonely

Adequate

Sufficient, enough, acceptable

Contend

1. To deal with someone or something - бороться, справляться, сражаться

2. To say that something is true or a fact - утверждать

Enfranchise

To give the right to vote

Vexing

Annoying, irritating

E.g. The shortage of qualified teachers remains a vexing problem

Unassuming

Humble, low-key, showing no wish for attention or admiration

Coerce

To force someone to do something - принуждать, заставлять

Adept

Very skilled at something

Austere

Very simple, with only the things that are absolutely necessary, especially because of severe limits on money or goods - аскетичный, строгий

Dread

To fear, be afraid of something that is going to happen or that might happen - страшиться, опасаться

Inevitable

Unavoidable

Spawn

To produce, generate or create - - порождать

Renounce

To give up, deny; to say that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something - отказаться от, отречься от

Unprecedented

Never having happened or existed in the past - небывалый, невиданный, непревзойденный

Exclude

Исключить, не допускать

Outspoken

Откровенный, ярый

Abrasive

Резкий, грубый

Meticulous

Тщательный, скрупулезный, щепетильный

Inconspicuous

Незаметный, неприметный

Extemporaneous

Spoken or performed without preparation - импровизированный, спонтанный

Expose

1. Разоблачить, раскрыть

2. Подвергать