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question		réponse
charlatan commencer à apprendre		a con artist; Old people often buy magic pills from charlatans who assure that they have magic power.
corroborate commencer à apprendre		to support; Can anyone corroborate your story?
disseminate commencer à apprendre		to spread; Campaign workers disseminate pamphlets all over the city to support their candidate.
diverge commencer à apprendre		to separate; Children's lives often diverge from the paths their parents planned for them.
dormant commencer à apprendre		not active; Many insects lay eggs that remain dormant all winter and don't hatch until spring.
hoist commencer à apprendre		to raise; So far, attempts to hoist the wreckage from the ocean floor have been unsuccessful.
illicit commencer à apprendre		illegal, unlawful; The police department Has special unit to investigate illicit activities such as drag use.
irrevocable commencer à apprendre		not able to be cancelled or undone; I thought your vow to quit smoking was irrevocable, but you have broken it already.
precipitate commencer à apprendre		to bring on; Mark's search for larger house was precipitated by wife's pregnancy.
proliferation commencer à apprendre		a rapid increase; Chemiotherapy may stop the proliferation of cancer cells in the body.
collaborate commencer à apprendre		to act as a team; Marie Curie and her husband collaborated on important scienfitic experiment involving radioactivity.
despondent commencer à apprendre		depressed; Dave becomes despondent too easily. One bad grade and he loses his hope.
instigate commencer à apprendre		to cause; The rock group's violent performance instigated a riot in the audience.
resilent commencer à apprendre		quick to recover; you must be resilient enough to recover from all the misfortunes in your life
retrospect commencer à apprendre		looking back; I can see, in retrospect, that the divorce was a mistake. She wasn't so bad.
rudimentary commencer à apprendre		Basic; A grammar book usually starts with a rudimentary skills such as identifying verbs or nouns.
scoff commencer à apprendre		laugh at; Everyone scoffed at me in the school, that's the reason for my lack of confidency.
squelch commencer à apprendre		to hold back; Decades of Communism in Eastern Europe didn't squelch the desire for freedom.
venerate commencer à apprendre		to honor; Indians venerate the wolf and fire.
zealot commencer à apprendre		I'm a zealot about my health, I check it once a month during the doctor's visits.
detriment commencer à apprendre		a disadvantage; Her pink hair may be a detriment when she goes for a job interview.
dexterous commencer à apprendre		skilled; The jugglers was so dexterious that he managed to keep six balls at once.
discretion commencer à apprendre		good sense; Tom wasn't using much discretion when he passed a police car at 100 km per hour.
facetious commencer à apprendre		funny; He always makes facetious comments about his hair, I want to be as laid-back as him.
gregarious commencer à apprendre		outgoing; My gregarious brother loves parties but my shy sister prefers to be alone.
optimum commencer à apprendre		ideal; the road was so icy that the optimum driving speed was only 10 kilometers per hour.
ostentatious commencer à apprendre		showy; My aunt wears ostentatious gold jewellery to show that she is rich.
scrupulous commencer à apprendre		ethical; The senator promised to run a scrupulous campaign but it was a lie.
sensory commencer à apprendre		do you think a spectator sport gives the fans sensory triumphs and defeats or real ones?
vicarious commencer à apprendre		indirect; I often attended some of my neighbors parties in the vicarius way - with my ear to the wall.
berate commencer à apprendre		to scold angrily; Thomas mother often berates him when he doesn't say good morning to the neighbors.
estrange commencer à apprendre		to alienate; My recent modem that has estranged some of my old friends.
euphoric commencer à apprendre		very happy; I was euphoric when I received my grades they were all A's.
impetuous commencer à apprendre		impulsive; Whenever I make an impetuous purchase I end up being dissatisfied.
infalliable commencer à apprendre		Perfect; Computers aren't infallible, if you put the wrong data, you will get the wrong answers.
maudlin commencer à apprendre		overly emotional; The verses in greeting cards are too sentimental I prefer humor to such maudlin messages.
regress commencer à apprendre		to return to na earlier worse condition or behavior; When his baby sister was born, Jeremy regressed for a while and began sucking his thumb again.
relinquish commencer à apprendre		to give up; when dad lost his job he has to relinquish his identification card and employee parking permit.
ubiquitous commencer à apprendre		found everywhere; Since my father died reminders of him seem ubiquitous.
zenith commencer à apprendre		the highest point; John reached the zenith of his career when he became the president.
ambiguous commencer à apprendre		clear; the portrait known as the Mona Lisa is famous for the woman's ambiguous expression.
dissident commencer à apprendre		a rebel; Some dissidents in the Catholic church favor such changes as allowing priests to marry.
embellish commencer à apprendre		to decorate; Lauren embellished the door of her room with postcards from her friends.
fritter (away) commencer à apprendre		to waste; Marie fritters away her time and affection on friends who don't like her.
inadvertent commencer à apprendre		not intendant; my recent trip to London was inadvertent. I wanted to go to Derby but I got on the wrong train.
inane commencer à apprendre		silly; The conversation at the party was inane, consisting mainly of foolish comments about the clothes.
juxtapose commencer à apprendre		to put side-by-side; on the cover of the magazine they juxtaposed totally different pictures.
lethargy commencer à apprendre		a great lack of energy; although I recovered from the flu, my lethargy persisted.
sporadic commencer à apprendre		irregular; it rained all the time until moon. After that, there was only sporadic showers.
subsidize commencer à apprendre		to pay for; public television is subsidized by various grants and by individuals.

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