Vocabulary very formal.rtf

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Words very formal

abrogate/bret/abroga,to o cially get rid of a law or politicalarrangement, often without the agreement of the other people, groups etcinvolved

ab ure/bd!"#r$/ab ura,to ma%e a public promise to give up somethingsuch as a belief or activity,solemnly renounce #a belief, cause, or claim$ academe/%&di'm/academ,the people and wor% of colleges anduniversities adventitious/&dvnt(s/accidental or not e)pected amanuensis/&mn uenss/a secretary, especially one who helps a writeror artist ameliorate/mi'liret/ameliora,to improve something, or to ma%e it lesssevere apotheosis /&p*+i"ss/apoteo -,the perfect e)ample of something,thebest point in someone.s life or career apprehend/&prhend/aprehenda, 01234 to arrest someone,561701234 to understand something asynchronous/es8%rns/asincron,902:;? relating to an electroniccommunication method that sends information in one direction, one characterat a time,5617 01234 not happening at the same time or speed attend/tend/ @ pre ent la, to loo% after someone, especially someonewho is ill or someone in an important position,5617 01234 to e)ist withsomething else, or to happen as a result of it aver/vA'#r$/ to say something in a very determined way because youbelieve strongly in it or you are certain it is true bounden/ba"ndn/your bounden duty is something that you have to do,because you believe it is right calumny/%lmni/calomnie,a comment about someone that is not fair ortrue and is intended to damage their reputation casuistry /% ustri/ca uistic-,the use of clever arguments, especially onmoral issues, to try to ma%e someone believe something that is not true,:artea moralei stoice, talmudice, scolastice Bi ie uite, care Cncerca s- re olveca urile de conBtiinD-, dEnduFle interpret-ri meBteBugite pentru a ascundesituaDii falseG collegiate/%li'd!it/5617 01234 sharing ideas and responsibilities withthe people you wor% with, in a friendly way, relating to colleges, or intendedfor students at college,consisting of several colleges or parts complaisance/%mple #$ns/comple enD-,a way of behaving in which youtry to please other people compliant/%mplant/compliant,too willing to do what other people wantor too willing to accept their opinions,designed to follow a particular law,system, or set of instructions complaisant/%mple nt/comple ent,ready to accept other people.sactions and opinions and to do what other people want compute /%mp u't/computa, to calculate a number or amount,3 sc-dea


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prevenDia din durata unei condamn-ri concatenation/%n&%tne(#$n/concatenaDie,a series of related events congruent/%*8runt/congruent,5617 01234 similar to or suitable forsomething,23


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egress/i'res/the action of leaving a place emolument/m*l "mnt/emolument,payment that you receive for yourwor% remuneration/ri&m u'nre(#$n/remuneraDie,payment or other rewardsthat you get for your wor% erstwhile/A'#r$stwal/fost,odinioara,an erstwhile friend, employer etc wasa friend, employer etc until recently but is not any moreN 3 more usual word isformerN eschew/st(u'/to avoid doing something, especially for moral reasons especial/spe(#$l/special esteemed/sti'md/stimat,admired and respected estimable /estmb#$l/stimabil,vrednic de stima,deserving to be admiredand respected evince/vns/v-di,ar-taN to show a particular feeling, Muality, or attitude e)actitude/ %t&t u'd/e)actitudine,the fact that something is e)act orhas been done very carefully e)crescence /%s%res#$ns/e)crescenD-,a part that has been added tosomething and loo%s ugly, ormaDiune re ultat- Cn urma unei creBteri tisulare

Cn e)ces, reali End denivel-ri pe anumite suprafeDe #polip, vegetaDii, neg etcN$ e)culpate/e%s%Klpet/disculpa,to prove that someone is not guilty of acrime or other bad action e)ecrable/e%s%rb#$l/e)ecrabile)tremely bad in Muality e)ercise/e%s#r$sa /e)ercitiu e)iguous/ "s/putin,e)tremely small in Muantity e)patiate/e%spe(iet/ to tal% or write a lot or in great detail aboutsomething e)periential/%&sprien(#$l/e)periential,relating to or based one)perience e)piate/e%spiet/e)pia,to show that you are sorry for something bad youhave done by doing something good e)plicable /%spl%b#$l/e)plicabil,easy to e)plain and understand e)plicate /e%spl%et/e)plica,to ma%e the meaning of a piece of writing, aplan etc clear e)postulate/%sp*st("let/obiectaNto e)press strong disagreement e)pound/%spa"nd/e)pune,to e)plain something or to e)press youropinion about it in detail e)pressive/%spresv/e)presiv,clearly showing what your thoughts orfeelings are, especially by your behaviour,5617 01234 showing theessential features of an emotion, idea, or Muality e)punge/%spKnd!/sterge,to remove something completely, especiallyfrom a written record e)tirpate/e%stA'#r$pet/e)tirpa,to completely destroy or get rid ofsomething factitious/f%t(s/arti@cial


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fecund/fe%nd/fecund,able to produce many babies, young animals, ornew plants,producing many good new things felicity /flsti/felicita,great happiness,the Muality of being e)actly rightor suitable foregather/fJ'#r$ #r$/to meet as a group forswear/fJ'#r$swe#r$/sper uraNto agree to give up something or to stopdoing something gubernatorial/&u'b#r$ntJ'ril/guvernatorial,relating to the position ofgovernor heinous /hens/a heinous act or crime is e)tremely evil hereafter/hrX'ft#r$/denumit- Cn continuare,de acum inainte,lumea deapoi,starting from this momentN


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importunate/mpJ't(nt/as%ing for things many times in a way that isannoying imprecation/&mpr%e(n/imprecaDie,a curse #R an oTensive word that isused to e)press e)treme anger$N UlestemG in urie, ocar-G igur- de stil careconDine un blestem

imprimatur/&mprmX't#r$/imprimatur,o cial approval of something,given by a person in a position of authority,3utori aDie indicEnd bunul de tiparpe o corectur-N improvident /mpr*vdnt/imprudent,not thin%ing carefully enough aboutthe future, especially by wasting money imprudent/mpru'd#$nt/imprudent,not sensible, especially in relation tothe way that money is spent or invested impugn/mp u'n/impune,if you impugn someone.s motives, you say thatthey do not deserve to be trusted or respected,to e)press doubts aboutwhether something is right, honest, etcN individuate/&ndvd!u&et/individua,to ma%e someone or something

diTerent from all others ineMuity/ne%wti/inechitate,nedreptate, in usteDe, neechitate,inicvitate,the fact of being unfair,or an unfair situation eMuity/e%wti/echitate, 01234 a fair and reasonable way of behavingtowards people, so that everyone is treated in the same way, U;I=>6II thevalue of a property after you have ta%en away the amount left to pay on themortgage #Rmoney borrowed to buy it$,eMuities Y:4;134Z U;I=>6II companyshares that can be bought and sold on a stoc% mar%et ingress/nres/the action of entering a place, or the right to enter a place instance/nstns/instanS-,an e)ample of something happening,to mentionan e)ample of something insuperable/nsu'p#$rb#$l/insuperabil, invincibilN [N denedep-Bit,impossible to solve or deal with eTectively ire/a#r$/furie,anger e une/d!d!u'n/naive, simplistic, and super@cial,understanding ordescribing ideas in a way that is too simple oin battle/d!Jn/ 5617 01234Rto start @ghting %ingship/%8(p/regalitate,imparatesc,the position of %ing, or the fact thatsomeone is %ing lacuna/l% u'n/lacuna,an empty space where something is missing, fore)ample from a piece of writing laudatory/lJ'dt#$ri/laudator,de laud-,e)pressing praise or admiration maturation/&mt(" re(#$n/maturi are,maturatie,the process of growingor developing medicament/md%mnt/medicament,a substance used for treating anillness or in ury melliLuous/mlLus/meliLuu,pleasant to listen to mendacious/mende(s/mendaciis,not telling the truth mendacity/mendsti/lies


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mendicant/mend%nt/someone who belongs to a religious group thatlives by as%ing the public for food, money etc meretricious /&mertr(s/de m-Sat,de prostituat-,seeming to be good,useful, or important but not really having any value at all meritorious/&mertJ'ris/merituos,deserving admiration and praise mesmeric/me mer%/ma%ing you @) your thoughts completely onsomething so that you do not notice or pay attention to anything else aroundyou metier/metie/profesiune,the type of wor% that you are good at, or thesub ect that you %now most about mien/mi'n/Cnf-DiBare,@ ionomie,the usual e)pression on someone.s face, ortheir usual way of behaving milieu/mi'l A'/milieu,mediu social NNNthe particular people and society thatsurround you and inLuence the way in which you behave multitudinous/&mKlt t u'dns/multitudine,very many nascent/ns#$nt/n-scEnd,beginning or formed recently needful/ni'df#$l/necesar or esential,necessary, or essential neophyty/ni'"&fat/neo@t,debutant, Cncep-tor,someone who is ustlearning to do something and does not have much e)perience or s%ill nugatory/n u't#$ri/inutil,not important or eTective obdurate/*bd "rt/Cnc-p-DEnat,refusing to change your opinions or plans,in a way that does not seem reasonable obedient/bi'dint/ascult-tor,supus,doing what a person, law, or rule saysthat you must doGyour obedient servant 5617 01234Fused in the past as away of ending a formal letter obeisance/"bes#$ns/plec-ciune,a movement in which you bend your

head and the upper part of your body forwards to show your respect forsomeone,deferential respectN oblige /blad!/obliga,indatora, 01234 to force someone to dosomething because it is the law, a rule, or a duty, to help someone by doingsomething that they have as%ed you to do,= would be obliged #if$ 5617

01234Rused when you are as%ing someone politely to do something,muchobliged 01234Fused for than%ing someone politelyF=.m much obliged to youN obloMuy/*bl%wi/Cn@erare,stigmati are,a condamna cu toat- severitatea,a osEndi Cn publicG a stigmati a,very severe criticism,loss of other people.srespect obscurantism/&*bs% "rn&t #$m/obscurantism,the practice ofdeliberately ma%ing things more confusing or complicated, so that people donot %now the truth obseMuies/*bs%wi /a funeral ceremony odium /"dim/odium,the feeling of hating someone or something,linguBirea atrage prieteni, adev-rul provoac- ur- opine/"pan/opina,to state your opinion, 3 e)prima sau aFBi da o p-rere,a @ de p-rereG a socoti, a crede, a considera,3 lua po iDie, atitudine opprobrium/pr"brim/oprobriu,very strong criticism of something that


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you do not approve of ,3titudine de de aprobare, de profund dispreD alsociet-Dii faD- de fapte nedemne sau faD- de oameni osnici, nedemni, miBei orotund/*r"tKnd/an orotund voice is loud and clear,containing e)tremelyformal and complicated language intended to impress people otiose/"ti"s/oDios,de prisosG inutil, nefolositorN not necessary and with

no useful purpose parlous/pX'#r$ls/periculos,full of dangers or di culties perambulate/prmb "let/deambulaDie,to wal% around a place slowly orfor pleasure peregrination/&perrne(#$n/peregrinaDie,a long ourney,c-l-torie lung-prin locuri Cndep-rtate perforce/p#r$fJ'#r$s/vrEndFnevrEnd,neaparat,in a way that is necessary orthat cannot be avoided permit/p#r$mt/permite, to allow someone to do something, or to allowsomething to happen,permit me to do something 5617 01234,used as ane)tremely polite way of suggesting something to someone who you do not

%now well person/pA'#r$s#$n/persoana,5617 01234 your body, or the clothes thatyou are wearing perspicacious/&pA'#r$sp%e(s/perspicace,able to udge Muic%ly andcorrectly what people and situations are really li%e physiognomy/&f i*nmi/@ ionomie,the way that someone.s face loo%s plenitude/plen&t u'd/plenitudine,the Muality of being full or complete polity/p*lti/organi are statal-,a society that is organi ed in a politicalway and that has its own form of government preponderant/prp*nd#$rnt/preponderent,main, or more important thanothers presumptive/pr Kmptv/pre umtiv,believed to be true because it seemsreasonable or li%ely progenitor/pr"d!ent#r$/a person in your family who was born a longtime ago,a parent,someone who has the original idea for something progeny/pr*d!ni/prasila,a person.s child or children,the young animalsor plants produced by a particular parent prognosticate/pr*n*st%et/pronostica,to say what you thin% will happenin the future proli)/pr"l%s/proli),using too many words and therefore boring, care see)prim- cu prea multe cuvinte #adesea inutile$, confu sau complicat

prolongation/&pr"l*8e(#$n/prolongaDie,prelungire,the action of ma%ingsomething last longer,an increase in the length of time that something lasts promiscuous/prms% us/promiscuu,IH0W=>? O=I3::10534 having se)with a lot of diTerent people,5617 01234 consisting of a lot of diTerentthings propinMuity/pr"p8%wti/the fact of being near to someone orsomething, or closely related to or very much li%e someone pugilist/p u'd!lst/pugilist,a bo)er


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purport/p#r$pJ'#r$t/pretinde,to claim or seem to be something or to dosomething, especially when this is not possible or worse Muiescent/%wies#$nt/pasiv,static,not ma%ing any movements or noises,ina Muiescent period or situation, nothing happens,aMuiescent disease or illness is not getting

recidivist/rsdvst/someone who continues to commit crimes or behavebadly even after being punished redound/rda"nd/contribui,reveni cuiva,to produce a particular result thatis a bene@t to someone repast/rpX'st/osp-D,a meal rapacious/rpe(s/rapace,never satis@ed until you have ta%en everythingthat you can ta%eGhr-p-reD, lacom, apuc-tor, hapsEn sagacious/se(s/sagace,wise and able to ma%e good practical decisions sagacity/ssti/good udgment based on practical %nowledge ande)perience sentient/sen(#$nt/simSitor,capable of feeling things through physicalsenses shibboleth/(ble+/a principle or belief that is considered to be oldFfashioned and no longer important signal/sn#$l/semnal,signal,semnala,especially important and noticeable signally/sn#$li/in a way that is very noticeable,eminamente simulacrum/&sm "le%rm/simulacru, V$ 3cDiune simulat-N [$ 3parenD-

CnBel-toareN \$ =magine fals- a realit-Dii,an image that representssomething,something that is slightly similar to something else sully/sKli/p-ta,deteriora,to damage or spoil something supervene/su'p#r$vi'n/surveni,to happen in an une)pected way,

especially in a way that brings ma or changes susceptible/sseptb#$l/susceptibil, 9are se simte imediat ofensat,easilyinLuenced or aTected by something,5617 01234 able to e)periencesomething, or able to be treated in a particular way su erainty/su' &renti/su eranitate,the right of one country to partlycontrol another country tangential/tnd!en(#$l/tangenDial,5617 01234 only slightly related towhat you are doing, discussing, or thin%ing about,23


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union/ u'n n/uniune,unire, 01234 the process of getting married, or thestate of being married,5617 01234 the activity of having se) venal/vi'nl/prepared to do dishonest or immoral things in return formoney,9are este lipsit de scrupule, care face orice lucru #reprobabil$ pentrubaniN

vacuity/v% u'ti/vacuitate,a lac% of clear or serious thought,Itarea, CnsuBirea a ceea ce este gol verisimilitude/&versmlt u'd/verosimilitudine,the appearance of beingrealN 9are pare real, care are o aparenD- de adev-r vitiate/v(iet/vicia,to spoil or reduce the eTect of something,3 strica3#se$ corupe, a #se$ deprava,3 face ca un act, o clau - etcN s- @e nule,defectuoase vituperative/vt u'p#$rtv/vituperativ,full of cruel angry criticisms andinsults vituperation/v&t u'pre(n/vituperatie,full of cruel angry criticisms andinsults whereat/wert/pentru ce,ptr care,la care,an old word meaning .as aresult of the action that has been mentioned. whither/w #r$/incotro,an old word meaning .to which place.,5617

01234 a word used for as%ing what will happen to something in the future worshipful/wA'#r$(pf#$l/adorabil,veneratie,showing great love andadmiration for someone or something a posteriori/&e p*steriJ'ra/a posteriori,using %nowledge, evidence, ore)perience to ma%e a udgment or decision about something that has alreadyhappened,Ua at pe e)perienD-, dobEndit Cn urma e)perienDeiN a priori/&e praJ'ra/a priori, ]nainte de orice e)perienD-G Cn modaprioric,using %nowledge or e)perience that you already have in order toma%e a udgment or decision de facto/de f%t"/actual, even though not o cial,in fact,3;I ade facto relationship is between two people who are o cially recogni ed aspartners without being legally married to each other de ure/de d!"re/Oe drept,legally,legally accepted de trop/d tr"/nevrut,nedorit,necesar,not wanted or needed hac%ney carriage/h%ni &%rd!/hac%ney carriage or hac%ney cab 5617

01234 a ta)i,a carriage that was used as a ta)i in the past, before therewere cars per diem/p#r$ di'em/pe i,diurna,used after an amount of money to mean.for each day.


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