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alacrity
She accepted the job offer with alacrity, eager to start the new role.
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skwapliwość
aplomb, composure
The firefighter handled the dangerous situation with great aplomb.
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opanowanie,
Assuage
The manager's calm explanation did little to assuage the employees' fears about layoffs. alleviate relieve help soothe mitigate ease
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Łagodzić
Auspicious
The sunny weather was an auspicious start to their wedding day.
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Pomyślny
Banal:
The conversation was so banal that I nearly fell asleep
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Banalny
Bellicose:
The nation's bellicose posture worried its neighbors. aggressive militant hostile belligerent warlike
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Wojowniczy:
Candor:
I appreciated her candor, even though the truth was hard to hear.
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Szczerość:
Capricious:
The weather was capricious, changing from sunny to stormy in minutes. volatile unpredictable changeful
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Kapryśny:
Caveat:
He agreed to the plan, but with the caveat that they would review the budget in one month.
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Zastrzeżenie:
Circumspect:
After being misled once, he became very circumspect about new business offers. cautious careful wary
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Ostrożny:
Cogent:
She presented a cogent argument that was impossible to refute. compelling convincing conclusive
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Przekonywający:
Conundrum:
The detective pondered the conundrum of how the thief could have escaped a locked room.
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Zagadka, zagwozdka
deference
The young knight bowed his head in deference to the queen.
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szacunek np dla kogoś
Didactic:
While the film was entertaining, it was also didactic, with a clear moral message about greed.
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Dydaktyczny:
Disparate:
The committee was made up of people with disparate backgrounds, from artists to scientists.
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Różny, zasadniczo różny, niepowiązany ze sobą
disseminate
The agency's job is to disseminate public health information
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rozpowszechniać też rozsiewać
Egregious:
Forgetting to thank the host was an egregious error in etiquette.
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Skandaliczny:
Eloquent:
articulate outspoken vocal. Martin Luther King Jr. was an eloquent speaker who moved millions with his words.
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Wymowny:
bring together, organize, close ranks
We have to organize and fight for our rights.
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zjednoczyć, zorganizować, zewrzeć szeregi
Elucidate:
Could you elucidate your theory? I don't quite understand it.
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Wyjaśniać np teorię
Equanimity:
She faced the crisis with remarkable equanimity.
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Spokój umysłu:
Exacerbate:
The new road construction will only exacerbate the city's traffic problems.
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Zaostrzyć:
Facetious:.
He was being facetious when he said he would run for president
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Żartobliwy:.
Fastidious:
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pedantyczny
Fortuitous
Their fortuitous meeting at the airport led to a lifelong friendship
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Przypadkowy
Furtive:
Furtive: The thief cast a furtive glance over his shoulder. shady sly stealthy sneaky shifty clandestine
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Ukradkowy:
Garrulous:
The garrulous taxi driver talked nonstop during the entire ride
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Gadatliwy:
Harbinger.
: The blooming of crocuses is a harbinger of spring
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Zwiastun.
Hubris:
In the Greek tragedy, the hero's downfall was caused by his hubris.
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Pycha:
Idiosyncratic:
His idiosyncratic habit of wearing mismatched socks made him memorable.
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Idiosynkratyczny, specyficzny, charakterystyczny, ekscentryczny
Ineffable:
The beauty of the sunset over the ocean was ineffable.
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Niewypowiedziany:
Inexorable:
The inexorable march of time waits for no one.
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Nieubłagany:
Ingenuous:
Her ingenuous question showed that she had no hidden motives. naive guileless, genuine
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Naiwny:
Insidious:
The disease is insidious, spreading slowly and without symptoms in its early stages.
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Podstępny:
Lucid:
Despite his high fever, he was surprisingly lucid.
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Przejrzysty:
Magnanimous:
He was magnanimous in victory, praising his opponent's efforts.
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Wielkoduszny:
Mellifluous:
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Mitigate:
Wearing a helmet can mitigate the risk of head injury.
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Złagodzić:
Moot:
Whether he would have won the race is a moot point, as he was disqualified.
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Sporny:
Nebulous:
She had only a nebulous idea of what she wanted to do after college. ambiguous cryptic obscure dark vague mysterious
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Mglisty:
Nonchalant:
He tried to act nonchalant, but I could tell he was nervous.
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Nonszalancki:
Obfuscate:
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Zaciemniać, ukryć np prawdę
Obsequious:
The king's advisor was an obsequious man who agreed with everything his ruler said.
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Służalczy:
Paradox:
It's a paradox that social media, which is meant to connect people, often makes them feel more isolated.
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Paradoks:
Pejorative
The politician used many pejorative terms to describe immigrants. He was clearly xenophobic.: The word "coward" is a pejorative term.
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Pejoratywny
Perspicacious:
The perspicacious detective was able to solve the crime with very few clues.
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Przenikliwy:
Placate:.
She managed to placate the angry customer by offering a full refund
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Przebłagać:.
Precocious:
The precocious child was reading chapter books by the age of four.
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Przedwczesny, naddto rozwinięty
Proclivity:
He has a proclivity for telling stories, so you can't always believe everything he says.
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Skłonność:
Rancor:
Although they divorced years ago, she still felt a deep rancor towards her ex-husband.
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Żal:
Recalcitrant:
The recalcitrant teenager refused to do his chores.
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Oporny, krnąbrny
Sagacious:
The villagers sought advice from the sagacious old woman
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Mądry:
Sanguine:
He remained sanguine about their chances of success, despite the recent setbacks.
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Optymistyczny:

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