C1 — advancedabstract40 words
Abstract & reasoning (advanced)
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretpòstaviti | to assume, to suppose (perfective); also to prefer one thing to another |
| prȅtpostāvka | assumption, premise (what is taken as given) |
| tvŕditi | to claim, to assert (impf.) |
| tvŕdnja | an assertion, a claim (feminine) |
| zakljúčiti | to conclude (an inference or a contract) |
| záključak | conclusion |
| dokázati | to prove |
| potkrépiti | to back up, to substantiate (a claim with evidence) |
| ospòriti | to dispute, to contest (perfective) |
| pòbiti | to refute (an argument); osporiti is the weaker 'to dispute' |
| porícati | to deny (imperfective; perfective poreći) |
| prìznati | to admit, to acknowledge (pf.; impf. priznavati) |
| òprāvdati | to justify (an act, expectations); to acquit is osloboditi optužbe |
| nàvēsti | to cite, to give (a quote, an example), to state (a source) (pf.; ipf. navoditi) |
| implikácija | an implication |
| nijànsa | a nuance, a shade (of colour or of meaning) |
| podrazumévati | to imply, to take as given (podrazumeva se — it goes without saying) |
| proizláziti | to follow, to result (from something) |
| uslovljávati | to condition, to make conditional (imperfective) |
| rázlikovati | to distinguish (razlikovati A od B); razlikovati se — to differ |
| uòpštiti | to generalise (perfective) |
| svȅsti | to reduce (to something); also to settle accounts |
| izvèsti | to derive (a conclusion); also to lead out, to perform |
| ublážiti | to soften, to mitigate (a wording, a judgement, pain) |
| prèterati | to exaggerate, to overdo it |
| naglásiti | to emphasise, to stress |
| ìstaći | to point out, to highlight (istaći se — to stand out) |
| tumáčiti | to interpret (a text, a law); an interpreter is a tumač |
| protumáčiti | to interpret, to explain (perfective of tumačiti) |
| odbáciti | to reject, to dismiss (a proposal, an argument); also to throw away |
| prìhvatiti | to accept (pf.; impf. prihvatati) |
| suprotstáviti se | to oppose (+ dative) |
| vàljan | sound, valid (of an argument); a valid document is važeći |
| utèmeljen | well-founded (the opposite is neutemeljen) |
| dòsledan | consistent (in reasoning or conduct); 'next' is sledeći |
| protivréčnōst | a contradiction (feminine; protivrečiti + dative) |
| nedòslednōst | inconsistency (feminine; from dosledan) |
| argumentácija | argumentation — the structured line of reasoning |
| dvòsmislenōst | ambiguity (feminine) |
| jasnòća | clarity (from jasan; feminine) |
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