ADVANCED IEP Tuesdays With Morrie VOCABULARY, 26-47

  1. Suburb
    • a residential area located close to a big city
    • Many people move out of the city into the suburbs
    • where they have more
    • Пригород
  2. Gaunt
    • thin and bony;
    • haggard
    • Изможденный
  3. Compensate
    • to make up for; to offset
    • Компенсировать
  4. Deferments
    • postponements; things
    • put off until a future time [during the Vietnam War, male college students
    • received deferments. If they were enrolled in college, and making good
    • grades, they could postpone being sent to war
    • Отсрочки
  5. Overwhelming
    • overpowering, very
    • strong
    • Подавляющий
  6. Siren song
    • something that tempts
    • or seduces
    • Соблазн(серены)
  7. Squirmed
    • wriggled; moved with
    • distress or discomfort
    • Корчился
  8. Grappling
    • struggling
    • Борется
  9. Efficient
    • acting
    • effectively, with a minimum of waste or effort
    • Эффективный
  10. Resumed
    • began again
    • Возобновленный
  11. Gingerly
    • cautiously,carefully
    • Осторожно
  12. Astonished
    • amazed,
    • greatly surprised
    • Удивленный
  13. Contagious
    • able to be spread
    • easily
    • Заразительный
  14. Defers
    • complies with the opinions of another
    • Откладывает
  15. Premier
    • most important,
    • highest ranking
    • ПЕРВЫЙ
  16. Diminishing
    • decreasing, growing
    • smaller, lesser
    • Уменьшающийся
  17. Distractions
    • things that divert
    • one's attention, that change one's focus
    • Отвлечение
  18. Studies
    • girls, parties, and
    • alcohol
    • Исследования
  19. Jolting
    • startling, shocking
    • Тряска
Author
Lectorus
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135297
Card Set
ADVANCED IEP Tuesdays With Morrie VOCABULARY, 26-47
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VOCABULARY
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