| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Shabby | gastado |
| counterfeit | falsificacion |
| generic | having no particularly disctintive qualities |
| shopworn | deteriorado, repeated too often |
| to obscure | to conceal or to hide |
| To disparage | to treat with disdain |
| to hamper | dificultar, obstaculizar |
| wayward | caprichoso |
| to condone | to forgive or overlook a behavior |
| to quell | to pacify or reduce to submission |
| downplay | to de-emphasize or attach little importance to something |
| to forego | to do without or to give up |
| asceticism | strict self-denial (abnegacion: renuncia de una persona a deseos, pasiones, etc por el projimo) |
| To epitomize | to be a typical example of something |
| To decry | to express strong disapproval of something |
| innate | not established by conditioning or learning |
| to rhapsodize | say (something) with great enthusiasm |
| tot | a young child |
| boost | the act of giving hope or support to someone |
| uncluttered | having nothing extraneous |
| extraneous | coming from the outside |
| inherent | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic. Innate |
| frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior. Frivolo |
| disgruntled | contrariado/descontento |
| contend | competir/enfrentarse |
| warrant | orden/garantizar/justificar |
| tin | lata |
| sturdy | robusto |
| to forestall | to prevent |
| forecast | prever |
| ramshackly | carelessly or loosely constructed |
| to bequeath | legarle algo a alguien |
| finess | finura/diplomacia |
| hedonistic | pursuing pleasure or happiness |
| unwieldly | algo poco manejable |
| literacy | alfabetismo |
| to vindicate | to defend or to provide justification |
| to annotate | to provide explanatory notes to a written book |
| to aggrandize | to make wealth |
| daring | osado. atrevido |
| hackneyed | trillado |
| backlash | reaccion violenta |
| bromide | hackneyed idea |
| reckoning | considerar/calculo |
| forbearance | abstencion |
| embroiled | involved in a conflict |
| imbue | inspired |
| to consort | unir |
| entangled | enredado |
| repeal | revoke: dejar sin efecto un mandato |
| compliant | sumiso |
| quash | anular |
| overt | declarado |
| gloat | malicious satisfaction |
| slur | calumnia |
| scribble | garabato |
| gumption | coraje/iniciativa |
| cloak | capa/encubrir |
| wield | ejercer, handle effectively |
| pandemonium | a state of extreme confusion and disorder |
| acute | extremely sharp or intense *acute pain |
| gruesome | espantoso |
| bowler | sombrero |
| fable | fabula |
| usher | acomodador (en asientos) |
| convoluted | complicated |
| bereavement | dolor por la muerte de alguien |
| vagary | erratic and unpredictable |
| elation | extreme hapiness |
| devoid | desprovisto |
| spareness/starkness | sin adornos, desnudo |
| garnish | adorno |
| flamboyance | rimbombante |
| to mediate | to bring agreement in an argument |
| to exacerbate | make something more bitter |
| contigency | a possible event or result *para casos de emergencia |
| avocation | hobby |
| encumbrance | dificultad |
| hindrance | estorbo |
| male chauvinist | machista |
| resilient | fuerte/elastico |
| overthrow | derrocar |
| copes | arreglarselas |
| probe | investigar |
| toil | trabajar duro |
| relinquish | renunciar a |
| endeavor | esfuerzo |
| dormant | inactive or not growing |
| shoot | brote |
| perennial flower | planta vivaz |
| redolent | aromatic or fragrant |
| keen | entusiasta/very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation;"a keen intelligence" |
| trenchant | keen or sharply perceptive |
| spaniel | un tipo de perro |
| rowdy | alborotador |
| Boisterous | rowdy and undisciplined |
| willful | malintencionado |
| Placid | calm and undisturbed |
| bold | valiente/audaz/descarado |
| Defiant | bold and disobedient |
| Flagrant | conspicuously or obviously offensive |
| Covert | secret or not openly shown |
| Reticent | quiet and reserved |
| Blatant | completely obvious |
| Indolence | tendency to be lazy |
| Infatuation | foolish or extravagant love or admiration for something |
| Indigence | extreme poverty |
| bravery | valentia/valor |
| Pedantry | pay extreme attention to rules |
| Gallantry | very noble and brave behavior |
| Whimsy | whim or sudden impulse |
| whim | capricho |
| Bravado | pretending to be brave |
| Effrontery | offensive boldness |
| Discretion | the ability to make responsible decisions |
| Rapport | relationship of trust |
| Capricious | irresponsibly unpredictable |
| Incontrovertible | indisputable or not open to question |
| tonsil | amigdala |
| marrow | medula |
| hazard | peligro/riesgo |
| shortcoming | defectos |
| coin | acunar |
| spate | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent |
| wallow | revolcarse |
| antagonist | adversario |
| Consonance | state of harmony and agreement |
| articulate | join or express a concept |
| iterate | to say or do something repeatedly |
| appoint | to provide with furnishings or equipment. |
| to denude | to make bare |
| to conflate | to join or combine |
| to bestow | conferir |
| To conscript | to enroll into service |
| To redeem | to exchange for something of value |
| To relegate | to assign to a place of insignificance |
| slicker | a person with good manners and stylish clothing. Tramposo |
| borough | distrito |
| dens | guarida |
| lay | not associated with a profession or any particular knowledge |
| Avid | enthusiastic and vigorous |
| Sparing | restrained, modest, or thrifty (economico) |
| Tawdry | cheap |
| Belated | delayed or late |
| Sated | satisfied almost to the point of excess |
| Cogent | relevant |
| Scintillating | lively and witty*gracioso |
| correspondent | corresponsal |
| Squalid | dirty and neglected (neglected=descuidado y abandonado) |
| boon | benefit or favor |
| Sophomoric | very immature and poorly informed |
| grasp | comprensión |
| Cloying | excessively sweet and sentimental |
| Posthumous | following or occurring after death |
| To reap | to obtain |
| surface | salir a la supercifie/aparecer |
| verbatim | al pie de la letra |
| mainstream | establecido/dominante |
| ensuing | consiguiente/subsiguiente |
| stealthy | taking pains to avoid being observed;furtivo, sigiloso |
| clamorous | conspicuously and offensively loud (Grethel) |
| rustic | an unsophisticated country person |
| whistleblower | denunciante dentro de su propia empresa |
| wary | cauteloso |
| twilight | crepusculo |
| Nebulous | vague or indistinct |
| Meticulous | extremely careful or precise |
| Immaterial | unimportant |
| incriminating | something that shows evidence of a crime or fault |
| Nominal | insignificant |
| Taxing | burdensome or difficult |
| lenient | indulgente, poco severo (indulgente=Tolerante, inclinado a perdonar y atenuar yerros o a conceder gracias) |
| Bolstered | supported or propped up with |
| temperate | moderation |
| laconic | speaks using a minimum of words |
| Duplicitous | someone whose behavior is marked by deceptiveness |
| voluble | Having great fluency in speaking. |
| Prescience | the power to foresee the future;foresight |
| Mendacity | the tendency to be untruthful;dishonest |
| Conjecture | guesswork or predicting from incomplete or uncertain evidence |
| Empirical | by experiment or according to experience |
| Induction | the process of deriving general principles from particular facts or instances |
| Pragmatic | practical |
| Fiscal | related to finances |
| Bombast | pompous or pretentious talk or writing |
| pompous | puffed up with vanity; con mucho adorno, pompa, lujo |
| mournful | filled with or evoking sadness |
| dirge | a song of grief |
| Jingle | piece of light singsong verse or rhyme |
| Inchoate | in an initial or early stage |
| Lullaby | soothing song with which to lull a child to sleep |
| lull | arullar |
| soothing | calming/relaxing |
| Facetious | joking or humorous. |
| Ballad | a song of a romantic or sentimental nature |
| Sprightly | full of spirit and vitality |
| Eulogy | is a speech praising someone who has died |
| powwows | Gatherings or meetings of Native Americans |
| beaver | castor |
| mundane | commonplace; ordinary |
| reminiscence | the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) |
| sputtering | emitting or making sporadic spitting or popping sounds |
| to get hot under the collar | subirse por las paredes o ponerse hecho una fiera |
| ignite | prenderle fuego a |
| espouse | propugnar:take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own (ejemplo: catolicismo) |
| wariness | cautela |
| wary | no fiarse de |
| nonchalant | despreocupado/indiferente |
| instill | inculcar |
| erratic | inconsistent |
| idiosyncratic | peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting" |
| Bargain | agreement between parties carrying obligations that each promises to carry out. |
| procrastinator | persona que habitualmente deja las cosas para más tarde |
| Temporize | to act evasively to gain time or to postpone a decision |
| Meddle | intrude in other people's affairs or business |
| Scoff | to mock or show disrespect |
| Sneer | to assume a scornful facial expression (enjache) |
| halt | detener |
| Withdraw | retirar/retraerse |
| insulation | the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity |
| deflect | to turn something away;desviarse |
| Rhetoric | the art of using language effectively and persuasively |
| flirtation | coqueteo (she is flirting with him) |
| dalliance | playful flirtation |
| Infelicity | inappropriateness of expression |
| conviction | certainty |
| futility | uselessness |
| Boorishness | rudeness |
| Petulant | unreasonably ill-tempered |
| cater | provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; |
| fastidious | meticulous: extremely concerned with details |
| sedulous | constant in effort or busy |
| Vindictive | spiteful or vengeful |
| Mercenary | motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain |
| Treacly | overly sweet or sentimental. |
| hasty | rapido/apresurado |
| cursory | hasty |
| appalled | horrorizada |
| lackluster | lacking luster or shine |
| forge | forjar/falsificar |
| flaunt | alardear |
| boast | presumir/fanfarronear |
| strictures | critica |
| stumble | tropezar/dar un traspie |
| myriad | a large indefinite number *como una multitud |
| Adept | skillfull |
| Remiss | careless |
| Contemptuous | scornful (scornful=desdenoso) |
| fuel | alimentar/avivar |
| Uprising | a revolt against a government or its policies |
| Conflagration | a large fire |
| inbreeding | endogamia (breeding entre los de la misma especie) |
| ineffable | indescribable |
| Consummate | complete or perfect |
| wavered | moved unsteadily back and fort |
| Steadfastness | steadiness or constancy(firmeza) |
| eulogy | elogio |
| judicious | characterized by good judgment or sound thinking. FAIR |
| Polarized | concentrated on two conflicting or contrasting opinions |
| Vindication | the clearing of blame |
| equitable | fair and impartial |
| Holistic | concerned with wholes, rather than parts |
| Complimentary | expressing praise |
| animosity | bitter hostility |
| dairy | lecheria |
| endure | soportar |
| dupe | a person who is tricked or swindled |
| lighthearted | adj. cheerful, gay, carefree |
| outsmart | burlar |
| mottled | having spots or patches of color |
| posterity | all future generations |
| covenant | pacto |
| heavy handed | torpe |
| blunt | make less lively, intense, or vigorous |
| ponder | reflect deeply on a subject |
| lush | exhuberante |
| showy | llamativa |
| swift | rapidamente |
| topple | derribar/derrocar |
| Temperamental | unpredictable in behavior |
| Reclusive | withdrawn or preferring solitude |
| amass | acumular/amasar |
| cultery | cubiertos |
| thimble | dedal |
| loot | saquear |
| plunder | saquear |
| to raid | to loot or plunder |
| legitimacy | conformed to socially aceppted standards |
| detachment | objectivity |
| perquisites | a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males" |
| rival | competir |
| Commendable | praiseworthy |
| whereby | a traves del cual |
| slot | encajar |
| heretic | a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) |
| pigeonholed | casilla |
| apprehending | arrestar/detener |
| indelible | unavle to be erased or removed |
| bafflement | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| dazzle | deslumbrar |
| sheik | a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance |
| outlandish | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual |
| disguise | the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance |
| infatuated | encaprichado |
| influx | arrival |
| void | vacio |
| disclaimer | denial of any connection with or knowledge of |
| rebuttal | the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument |
| estranged | caused to be unloved *separado, esposo |
| disparate | including markedly dissimilar elements |
| emphase | stress, acent |
| spatial | espacial |
| discretionary | having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment |
| summit | cima |
| allege | state without proof |
| gaiety | festive activity |
| presumption | arrogant audacity |
| bear out (borne out) | confirmar |
| inane | silly |
| scrutinize | examine very closely |
| beautify | to make something look good |
| unrest | disturbios/malestar |
| sustain | to keep something in existence |
| multifarious | having many kinds of parts or representatives |
| extrapolate | estimated by extending from known information |
| contrive | ingeniarselas para/idear |
| byzantine | extremely complex |
| nefarious | very wicked/vil |
| crook | sinverguenza |
| devious | crooked or cunning |
| lackadaisical | showing little interest or spirit |
| slipshod | careless |
| drive | instinto |
| compulsive | being forced by inner drives |
| circumlocution | an indirect way of expressing something |
| disguise | disfraz |
| drab | lacking brightness or color |
| above reproach | perfect |
| bask | be exposed |
| staggering | so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm |
| paradoxes | logic) a self-contradiction; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false" |
| oblivious | failing to keep in mind/, unaware, unconscious, unmindful |
| wafting | to float easily through the air |
| gear | orientar/adaptar |
| relentless | never ceasing |
| bewildered | desconcertado |
| wit | ingenio/agudeza |
| earl | conde |
| belligerent | agresivo |
| Barter | the direct exchange of goods without the use of money |
| Loan | the exchange of money for the promise of repayment at a later time |
| Patronage | political favors. |
| Relevance | relating to the matter in hand |
| Intuition | immediate knowledge of something without conscious reasoning |
| Sophistry | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone;misleading but clever reasoning |
| Supplement | to add extra material to something |
| Substantiate | to show something to be true by giving evidence for it |
| curtails | restringir/abreviar/cut short |
| Proponents | are people who support something |
| Advocates | people who promote or support a certain position |
| embodiment | an ideal example |
| Debunkers | people who expose the falseness of something |
| Belittlers | individuals who try to make other people think less of something |
| Acumen | perspicacia |
| Partisanship | a bias in favor of a party or cause |
| Intemperance | lack of moderation |
| baffling | incomprensible |
| lack of moderation | frank and honest |
| Spare | economical |
| esoteric | known only to a few specialists |
| openhanded | generous person |
| constituents | elector/electora |
| Magnanimity | generosity or rising above pettiness |
| pettiness | meanness (meanness=tacaneria) of spirit |
| Solicitousness | showing concern for other people's needs |
| inexorable | que no se deja vencer con ruegos, inconmovible/inevitable |
| clearance | permission to proceed |
| battering | paliza |
| ram | chocar con |
| rugged | escarpado/aspero/duro |
| concoction | the act of creating something |
| subtleties | delicadeza |
| trampled | crushed or broken by being stepped upon heavily |
| tame | sumiso/docil/manso |
| hype | bombo plublicitario |
| ghastliness | espantoso/horrendo |
| excised | remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"/tax de los que paga pa |
| wholesome | conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being, sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind |
| exudes | emanar |
| casualties | herido |
| stifled | sofocar/reprimir |
| ache | doler |
| swell | hinchar/subir |
| quirky | unusual; strange; odd; eccentric |
| counterpoint | a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies |
| ripple | onda |
| deference | amabilidad que se tiene con respecto a alguien por respeto y cortesia |
| sheen | brillo/lustre |
| shaft | rayo *de luz |
| peek | mirar a hurtadillas |
| uncanny | raro/misterioso |
| swirl | remolino |
| stiff | duro/tieso |
| pump | gordo/rellenito |
| wedge | meter |
| gangling | delgaducho |
| humming | the act of singing with closed lips |
| bliss | a state of extreme happiness |
| whipping | paliza |
| crumbling | decaying or disintegerating (crumbling wall) |
| loaf | a shaped mass of baked bread |
| jug | jarra |
| grimace | mueca |
| diver | submarinista |
| retrieve | recuperar/salvar |
| lessening | decreasing. |
| erratic | inconsistent |
| inconspicuous | not readily noticeable |
| steadfast | firme/inquebrantable |
| resourceful | readily capable of acting effectively/ingenioso.emprendedor |
| courteous | considerate toward others/cortes |
| manipulative | tending to influence shrewdly or deviously |
| resolute | firm |
| diplomatic | tactful |
| outspoken | tending to say what is on one's mind |
| consecration | declaring something sacred |
| rationalism | the belief that reasoning forms the only basis for action or truth |
| effacement | rubbing out of something |
| apolitical | q manifiesta indiferencia a la politica |
| loyalists | people who respect the authority of a government in power |
| seditious | tending to incite rebellion against the authority of the state |
| insurrectionists | people who revolt against civil authority |
| subversive | intending to overthrow a government |
| nonpartisans | people who do not take sides in a political dispute |
| corrective | setting something right or making accurate |
| corollary | a natural consequence or effect of something. |
| precursor | someone who comes before |
| secluded | aisaldo/apartado |
| encroaching | advancing beyond the usual or proper limits |
| reinforce | to streghten |
| waning | shrinkink/subsiding *menguar |
| bypasses | avoids or goes around |
| surfeit | overabundant supply |
| modicum | small portion |
| discrepancy | difference |
| conciliatory | compatible or agreeable |
| phlegmatic | indifferent |
| apathetic | indifferent |
| empathetic | sensitive of the feelings of others |
| reputable | someone that has a good reputation |
| penurious | stingy |
| frugal | economical |
| humdrum | rutinario/monotono |
| jaded | hastiado |
| flabbergasted | overwhelmed with shock/estupefacto |
| miffed | offended |
| animosity | a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility |
| embitter | amargado |
| cherished | querido/apreciado |
| hokum | a message that seems to convey no meaning |
| unabashed | not embarrassed |
| brood | meditar melancolicamente |
| ancillary | auxiliar/complementario |
| squid | calamar |
| patent | an official document granting a right or privilege |
| formidable | inspiring fear/ inspiring fear |
| protest | afirmar/aclarar/protestar contra |
| infirmities | enfermedad/debilidad |
| musing | a calm lengthy intent consideration |
| distort | misrepresent |
| warped | turned or twisted out of shape |
| enlighten | to provide knowledge |
| nullify | anular |
| convergence | to the act of coming together |
| tangential | of little relevance |
| Premature | happening or existing before the intended time |
| Exorbitant | excessive |
| indiscernible | not recognized as being distinct |
| Stifling | sofocante/agobiante |
| Temperance | moderation or restraint |
| Disguising | concealing or changing the appearance of. |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger |
| onset | beginning |
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