Vocab List 22

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instar
instar
to urge
desechar
desechar
to throw out
jactarse
jactarse
to boast
la carga
la carga
burden
depurar
depurar
to purify
echar en cara
echar en cara
to reproach
el reconocimiento
el reconocimiento
recognition
hablar más alto
hablar más alto
to speak louder
desempolvar
desempolvar
to dust
el manojo
el manojo
handful
estropear
estropear
to damage
consternado
consternado
dismayed
la frialdad
la frialdad
coldness
escatimar
escatimar
to skimp on
canalizar
canalizar
to channel
la gestión del tiempo
la gestión del tiempo
time management
la nalgada
la nalgada
smack on the bottom
el vocablo
el vocablo
word
poner fin a
poner fin a
put an end to
morar
to dwell
encomendar
to entrust
la hechura
making
calumniar
to libel
encolerizarse
to get furious
íntegro
upright
en cuanto
as soon as
disimular
to hide
al alcance
available
maquinar
to plot
la artimaña
trick
enfadar
to make angry
desmayarse
to faint
desmayar
to lose heart
oprobioso
ignominious
siempre que
whenever
la mazmorra
dungeon
superfluo
unnecessary
aplastado
crushed
el hastío
boredom
despreciar
to despise
al igual que
just like
pifiar
to miss
la sangre fría
calmness
de súbito
all of a sudden
álgido
decisive
a flor de piel
on edge
decantarse
to opt for
la vacilación
hesitation
desatarse
to come undone
pasmoso
astonishing
insospechado
unforeseen
la saciedad
satiety
magro
lean
abrigarse
to bundle up
enderezar
to straighten
el entrenamiento
practice
oxidado
rusty
apuntarse
to sign up
imperante
prevailing
a simple vista
to the naked eye
pese a
in spite of
la tirantez
tightness
hilvanar
to piece together
desvivirse
to go out of one's way
la imparcialidad
impartiality
la justicia
fairness
vigente
current
la amonestación
reprimand
la obstinación
stubbornness
con los demás
with everybody else
a los demás
to everyone else
de los demás
from the others
alborotador
rowdy
ser alérgico
to be allergic
asentir con la cabeza
to nod
echar de menos
to miss
a partir de ahí
from there on
transformarse
to transform
deteriorarse
to deteriorate
acechar
to stalk
embaucar
to trick
la crítica
criticism
empequeñecer
to belittle
de aquí en adelante
from here on out
la mezquindad
meanness
indulgente
lenient
media naranja
soulmate
a pesar de
in spite of
a pesar de todo
in spite of everything
estorbar
to get in the way of
dejarse llevar
to get carried away
no pasa nada
don't worry about it
desamparado
helpless
apurado
in a hurry
redundar
to result in
la rueda de prensa
press conference
dárselas de
to make oneself out to be
ahora vuelvo
I'll be right back
el jubilado
retiree
la persona de la tercera edad
senior
primitivo
primitive
arcaico
archaic
el lío
mess
la pérdida de tiempo
waste of time
desquitarse
to take it out on
siniestrado
crashed
dar una vuelta
to go for a walk
dar por perdido
to give up for lost
acabar por
to end up
la reseña
review
la tenencia
possession
si bien
although
friolento
sensitive to the cold
resbalarse
to slip
el almidón
starch
negarse
to refuse
necio
foolish
el pasamanos
banister
turbio
muddy
la afección
disease
subyacente
underlying
despedazar
to tear to shreds
sobreponer
to put on top of
convincente
convincing
áspero
rough
el tercero
third party
la insensatez
foolishness
desagradecido
ungrateful
desgraciado
unhappy
tirante
strained
la artesanía
craftsmanship
valioso
valuable
descarriarse
to stray
el discurso
speech
el regazo
lap
fabricar
to fabricate
rendir cuentas
to account for
la asignatura
subject
egocéntrico
self-centered
desinteresado
unselfish
el prójimo
fellow man
postergar
to put off
la muestra
sample
el símbolo
symbol
encarar
to confront
me da igual
it doesn't matter to me
poner de relieve
to highlight
altanero
arrogant
desesperar
to drive crazy
estar a dieta
to be on a diet
malacostumbrar
to spoil
el trasfondo
background
entorpecer
to hinder
veraz
truthful
la estafa
fraud
la farsa
sham
el fingimiento
pretense
la complexión
constitution
dimitir
to resign
el insumo
supply
emparentado
related by marriage
enjuiciar
to judge
la sospecha
suspicion
fustigar
to criticize harshly
suspicaz
suspicious
crítico
critical
defraudar
to disappoint
indagar
to investigate
vapulear
to thrash
zanjar
to settle
la vestidura
clothing
la víspera
eve
bochornoso
muggy
asentar
to set up
el desahucio
eviction
entrometerse
to meddle
agradar
to please
esperanzado
hopeful
la muchedumbre
crowd
corear
to shout in unison
procurar
to try
cuanto más
the more
fornido
well-built
el ahínco
effort
ceñirse
to stick to
el hincapié
emphasis
como sea
at all costs
la chorrada
nonsense
mermar
to diminish
la cría
young
nocivo
harmful
distante
aloof
quisquilloso
fussy
dar a conocer
to make known
el afán
hurry
aguantar
to put up with
el morbo
morbid fascination
la potestad
authority
carmesí
crimson
el brío
spirit
grato
pleasant
no hay de qué
you're welcome
campestre
rural
mecer
to rock
cursar
to study
el/la bocazas
bigmouth
sonarse la nariz
to blow one's nose
crónico
chronic
las fiestas
holidays
la ingravidez
weightlessness
enmascarar
to disguise
huraño
unsociable
tal para cual
cut from the same cloth
tergiversar
to distort
la barrabasada
shenanigans
el domicilio
home
estar pendiente
to be on the lookout
la despensa
pantry
sea como fuere
whatever the case
sea como sea
at all costs
el parpadeo
blinking
independizarse
to become independent
escudriñar
to scrutinize
el estrago
damage
amarillista
sensationalist
la disyuntiva
dilemma
el tatarabuelo
great-great-grandfather
el sobrecito
packet
la flojera
lethargy
la actuación
performance
el enfoque
approach
la concentración
focus
el desengaño amoroso
heartbreak
sea lo que sea
whatever it is
meterse en problemas
to get into trouble
lloroso
watery
el moño
bow
la rudeza
roughness
dar fruto
to bear fruit
desteñirse
to fade
abstraerse
to detach oneself
el aporte
contribution
las palomitas
popcorn
la cana
gray hair
el escalofrío
chill
imprescindible
essential
el pelo ondulado
wavy hair
en promedio
on average
aun así
even so
polifacético
multifaceted
efímero
ephemeral
se convirtió en
he became
sin lugar a dudas
without doubt
sí o sí
definitely
plasmar
to give expression to
piel de gallina
goose bumps
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