1. Feb 25 2008
10 ‘Steal These Books Online’
aficionado Enthusiast, fan
Nefarious Wicked, evil, villainous
To Simmer To boil gently
Momentum Impetus, force, drive, impulse Pęd, rozmach, impet
Consent Agreement, approval
Whereas while
Deftly Quickly and skillfully, dexterously
Resplendent Brilliant, splendid, glorious
Affable Friendly, amiable
Buccaneer pirate
17 ‘The End of Conservatism’
voucher Ticket, token, coupon Znak, dowod, kupon
Decry Condemn, denounce, criticize
Prescription Recipe, medicine
Stagflation Inflation + stagnation (high unemployment)
To tame To domesticate, to subdue
Forefront Front, centre, head
Robust Strong, healthy
Unilateralism the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs
individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations
Median average
Anachronistic chronologically misplaced
Consistently systematically
Furor Craze, fad, frenzy
23 ‘Farewell, Dolce Vita?’
GDP gross domestic product
Straitjacket Handicap, restriction
peer Equal, fellow
payroll a list of employees and their salaries, paysheet
onslaught Assault, incursion
fierce Violent, ferocious
Fetch Bring, collect
Face value apparent worth or meaning, nominal value
Peddle Sell, monger
Floundering staggering
Understate Downplay, minimize
Root-and-branch Utterly, completely
Downturn Worsening
To shun Avoid, eschew
Muddle through To push on to a favorable outcome in a disorganized way
To wrench To strain, twist
propelling Pushing, moving forward
grandiose Impressing, highfalutin, pompous, flamboyant
fondly Lovingly, tenderly
Lita Unit of money in Italy before the Euro, also in Turkey and Malta
Mildly Gently / to a moderate degree
29 ‘Ending the Electoral Monopoly’
To recede Regress, fall back
Perennial Continual , lasting, constant, chronic /a plant lasting for three seasons
scourge Whip (flagellum), bane, nemesis, affliction
To wane To ebb, decline, diminish
Rancor Bitterness(gorycz), resentment, anger
Polarization A concentration, as of groups, forces, or interests, about two
conflicting or contrasting positions
Ancestral Inherited, hereditary, patrimony (inheritance from father) Rodowy, dziedziczny

2. Violate Break, desecrate
Convention Rule, agreement, treaty, pact / assembly, meeting
Render Make, give
pervasive Permeating, pervading, widespread
Myriad Multitude, inumerable
hemisphere One half of a sphere
Pernicious Damaging, harmful, insidious (beguiling and harmful)
Plaintiff Complainant, a person who starts a legal case against another
Emblematic Symbolic, characteristic
Jurisdiction Legal power, authority
33 ‘Scoping Out Obama vs. McCain’
Spirited Lively, vigorous, vivacious
Trait Characteristic, feature, attribute
Stark Striking, clear
Matchup pairing
nicetie A refined feature, amenity
To dispense with sth Dispose of , relinquish
Preview Sample, trailer
To mire involve
Status quo The existing state of affairs, situation
Fusillade outburst of criticism / discharge of firearms, salvo, bombardment
Flip-flop Reverse, turnaround
Ad nauseam to a boring or sickening extent Do znudzenia
Surefire Certain to succeed
geriatric Old person
Platitude Cliché, banality
To deploy To Station, position
Quirky peculiar
Negligible Insignificant
To opt To choose, prefer
To pounce To attack, strike, jump
Pork-barrel Appropriation (money set aside for specific purpose)
pronto Quickly, at once
Precondition Requirement, prerequisite
counterpuncher One who counters, counter
Manchurian of relating to or characteristic of Manchuria or its people or their
culture; quot;the Manchurian invasionquot;
Substantive Substantial, considerable, important Znaczny, poważny
41 ‘Supersize the Automobile’
Presumption Assumption, opinion
Frugality Moderation, prudence, parsimony(skapstwo/oszczednosc) oszczędność
Hybrid Mixture, crossbreed
Sleek smooth
Jig a mechanical device that holds and locates a part during machining Także: taniec
Welder joins pieces of metal by welding them together/ to weld – to join spawać
Composite Compound, synthesis (consisting of separate interconnected parts)
To rebound To bounce, recoil
Upfront Straightforward, frank / paid in advance, paid beforehand
To leapfrog Play leapfrog, jump over, advance Grać w żabki
fiber Elongated substance, cell, material Włókno
44 ‘The Road Ahead’
Propulsion Actuation, force, power , to put into action
Congested jammed
Advent Coming, arrival
Dichotomy Division, duality
Premium Fee, payment / bonus
Aforementioned Aforesaid, mentioned before

3. To haul To drag, pull, carry
To underpin To support
Combustion burning
45 ‘A Post-car Society’
Disposable Available, spendable
Consolidation strengthening
Hatchback a car with a single lifting door in the rear
46 ‘The $3 Trillion Cop-Out
Cop-Out Pretext, fraud, An excuse for inaction or evasion.
To submit To present, to give
To deplore Lament, bemoan
Medicare health care for the aged
Reimbursement Compensation
Baby boomer a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s, the larger than
expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
Uninsured Not covered by insurance
Accretion Increase
Subsidy Financial aid
Recipient Receiver, person who receives sth
Outmoded Old-fashioned, no longer usable
Conspicuously in a manner tending to attract attention, obviously
Complicit participating in a questionable act or a crime, guilty
47 ‘Our Imaginary, Hotter Selves’
Cranky Eccentric, odd
Plodding monotonous
Infractions Misdemeanor, violation, crime
Roughing sketching
Referee Umpire, arbiter, judge
Quarry Prey, victim, goal
Pulchritude Physical beayty
To inflate Increase, exaggerate
Cockiness Overly self-confident, offensive boldness, bumptiousness, pushiness
spillover Consequence, effect , side-effect
56 ‘An Oscar for the Ages’
Face-off Confrontation, disagreement
Contender Competitor, rival, candidate, challenger
Typecast cast repeatedly in the same kind of role
Unimpeachable honest and reliable
Watershed Turning point, landmark / divide
Juicy Interesting / moist, watery
Multilayered Consisting of many layers
Copious abundant
To pepper bombard
Pathos a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow), sadness
Fathom understand
Fogy Dodo , sb out of fashion, fossil
Gushy extravagantly demonstrative, effusive
accolade Honour, praise, acclaim