CZYTANIE TEST

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likely to break or fall apart / shaky
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rickety
a person employed to take care of horses or a stable
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groom
to hit violently
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lash out
the ability to recover quickly from illness / change or misfortune
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resilience
done in a way that shows indifference or disregard
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dismissively
to attack ferociously
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savage
to seize wrongfully or by force / steal
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plunder
to affect sharply with great feeling
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smite
to decrease in relative importance
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pale
to pull sharply and strongly
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tug
about to occur / impending
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imminent
to follow a winding and turning course
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meander
to be nervously irresolute in acting or doing
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dither
of a strikingly attractive appearance
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stunning
to have or present the often false appearance of being or intending
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purport
an inhabitant / a resident
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denizen
to permeate or saturate
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imbue
to reduce / decrease
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lessen
to submit to an overpowering force
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succumb
a physical or mental disorder / especially a mild illness
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ailment
strictly and severely in discipline / ascetically
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austerely
being about to occur
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impending
an evil omen
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foreboding
a sudden appropriation of leadership / takeover
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coup
to expose oneself to pleasant warmth
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bask
play truant from work or school
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bunk off
lacking moisture / especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants
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arid
very hot / boiling
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scalding
impaired in vigor or spirit / as from inactivity or boredom
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stale
to be full of things / abound
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teem [with]
a total failure or disappointment
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washout
nervous / jittery
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twitchy
the comfortable feeling following a pleasant experience
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afterglow
without pity or compassion / merciless / relentless
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remorseless
the rearing and training received during childhood
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upbringing
to make fun of
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ridicule
acknowledged / praised enthusiastically and often publically
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acclaimed
to appear to favor both sides of
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straddle
to cause aversion or distaste in
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repel
to put together in a single group without discrimination
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lump together
a set of clothing often with accessories
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outfit
to occur or appear / especially unexpectedly
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crop up
to combine in a group (against)
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gang up
manifesting the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior / base or worthless
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contemptously
of unmixed ancestry / purebred
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full-blooded
a person with superior / often specialized knowledge or highly refined taste
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cognoscenti
a feeling of profound respect and often love
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reverence
a mixed feeling of admiration / respect / dread and wonder inspired by authority / genius / great beauty or might
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awe
deserted / run-down / dilapidated
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derelict
(of large objects) to dominate / overhang
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loom over
the forward part of a ship’s body
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prow
to return to a previous point / as in a narrative
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hark back to
devastation / ruin
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desolation
of considerable weight / of considerable amount or size
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hefty
to schedule or designate
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to slate
close attention / notice
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to pay heed to sth
acting in a way they shows that you want to gain too much - adj
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overreaching
an agreement in which people or groups say they will do or give something in exchange for something else - noun
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bargain
ignored in a deliberate and insulting way - verb (past participle)
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snubbed
having or showing good education / taste / and manners - adj
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cultivated
the quality or state of being utterly calm - noun
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serenity
the behavior or attitude of people who allow themselves to do what they want or who allow other people to do what they want - noun
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indulgence
a piece of wood / metal / or stone that forms the bottom of a door and that you walk over as you enter a room or building - noun
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threshold
to leave a place especially to start a journey - verb
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depart
a boat especially of small size - noun
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craft
any of a group occupying a single place of residence - noun
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inmate
having / exercising / or characterized by sound judgment - adj
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judicious
the quality or habit of being performed readily or immediately - noun
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promptitude
something heard from another person / something that you have been told - noun
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hearsay
an unsteady sound in someone's voice that is caused by fear or other strong emotions - noun
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quaver
the quality of being harsh or sharp in criticism / in a clever way - noun
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acerbity
the quality or state of being desirous to the point of greed - noun
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avidity
very small in size or amount - adj
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scanty
Say (something) while catching one’s breath
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gasp
Used to convey that what is asserted is very likely though not known for certain
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presumably
Discontinue (an activity)
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leave off
Cause (someone) to undergo rebirth in another body
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reincarnate
Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge
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vindictive
Justify or necessitate (a course of action)
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warrant
Regard with great respect
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honour
Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently
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endure
Used to indicate that one believes something is probable
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daresay
In an unemotional
and impartial manner
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rational
dispassionately
mitigating
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extenuating
Having or showing an irritable disposition
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peevish
A display of unnecessary or excessive excitement / activity / interest
or interest
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fuss
fuss
A family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth
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brood
Covered or marked with a large number of small spots or patches of colour
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speckled
Very loving or loyal
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devoted
Domestic fowl / such as chickens / turkeys / ducks / and geese
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poultry
A female bird / especially of a domestic fowl
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hen
Of little importance / trivial
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petty
Showing no regret for one’s wrongdoings
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unrepentant
Laugh quietly or inwardly
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chuckle
A young plant / especially one raised from seed and not from a cutting
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seedling
A simple roofed structure used for garden storage / to shelter animals / or as a workshopshed
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shed
Strongly felt and unlikely to change
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firm
Begin speaking again after a pause or interruption
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resume
A person who embodies in the flesh a deity / spirit / or quality
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incarnation
A fish-eating mammal of the weasel family
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otter
Go for and then bring back (someone or something) for someone
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fetch
A freshwater fish of the salmon family
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trout
Do something in such a way as to emphasize that one clearly regards it as below one’s dignity or level of importance
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condescend
Hanging or swinging loosely
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dangling
(Of a person) slender and elegant
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svelte
A dog of a breed used for hunting / especially one able to track by scent
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hound
Say (words) as an interruption
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interpose
Feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one / harassed
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harried
A unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot
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inch
To a certain extent / quite / fairly
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moderately
Emit a long / deep audible breath expressing sadness / relief / tiredness / or similar
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sigh
Extremely
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dreadfully
Thoughtlessly causing hurt or inconvenience to others
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inconsiderate
(Of a person or their behaviour) unpredictable and strange
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unaccountable
Without hesitation or reluctance / willingly
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readily
An attitude to a particular issue
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standpoint
The action or condition of grieving
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bereavement
A person’s death
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demise
Not enough / inadequate
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insufficient
Any other domesticated bird kept for its eggs or flesh
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fowl
select
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single out
A savagely violent man or animal
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brute
Highly destructive or damaging
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devastating
tchórz
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polecat
(Of the feet of a swimming bird or other aquatic animal) having the toes connected by a membrane
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webbed
In a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention / secretively
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furtively
Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous
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agitated
Be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization) / oversee
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superintend
showing shock or being horrified by a real or imagined violation of propriety or morality
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scandalised
The customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group
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etiquette
Relating to humans as subject to death
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mortal remains
Relating to burial or tombs
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mortuary
A large meeting or conference
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convention
slaughtered
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massacred
A person who marauds / a raider
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marauder
An act of moving back or withdrawing
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retreat
Include or contain (something) as a constituent part
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embrace
An area of ground / typically in a garden / where flowers and plants are grown
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bed
violently
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savagely
Protect from a danger / risk /or unpleasant experience
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shield
Connected with or interested in sport
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sporting
A place or situation providing safety or shelter
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refuge
Used to express polite surprise
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good gracious
Make or become weaker in power / resolve / or physical strength
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weaken
A room or large cupboard for storing food
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larder
dry and flaking
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scaly
(Of a chance or possibility) unlikely to occur
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remote
foregoing
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preceding
single
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solitary
In a way that judges others leniently or favourably / especially when undeserved
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charitably
Hear (someone or something) without meaning to or without the knowledge of the speaker
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overhear
A yard surrounded by farm buildings
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farmyard
A thing intended to simulate or copy something else
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imitations
Extreme physical weakness or emotional exhaustion
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prostration
follow
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tail
Recover from illness or exertion
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recuperate
Mental or emotional stability
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balance
An act or incident involving excitement / daring / or adventure
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escapade
A change or slight difference in condition / amount / or level / typically within certain limits
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variation
Not easily upset or excited
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placid
An offensive word or phrase used to express anger or annoyance
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curse
Acting or done at leisure / unhurried or relaxed
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leisurely
Prevent or inhibit (a process or reaction)
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suppress
Arouse fierce anger / shock /or indignation in (someone)
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outrage
Say something rapidly / indistinctly / and with a spitting sound / as a result of anger / embarrassment / or another strong emotion
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splutter

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