Perusal /pəˈruː.zəl/ – подробное изучение.
• The agreement was signed after careful perusal.
Plethora/ˈpleθ.ər.ə/ – изобилие, избыток, огромное количество.
• The city faces a plethora of problems.
• There’s a plethora of books about the royal family.
Predilection /ˌpriː.dɪˈlek.ʃən/ – склонность, предпочтение.
• Ever since she was a child she has had a predilection for spicy food.
• Most readers have had a predilection to dismiss the arguments and speculations.
Serendipity/ˌser.ənˈdɪp.ə.ti/ – прозорливость, озарение, удача, приятная неожиданность
• We all have experienced the serendipity of relevant information arriving just when we were least expecting it.
Sycophant/ˈsɪk.ə.fænt/– подхалим.
• The Prime Minister is surrounded by sycophants.
Umbrage/ˈʌm.brɪdʒ/ – обида, оскорбление.
• She took umbrage at my remarks about her hair.
Zenith/ˈzen.ɪθ/– расцвет, высшая точка.
• His career reached its zenith in the 1960s.
• The summer sun was at its zenith in a cloudless sky.
