click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
1100 words
1100 words - second set (week 24-40)
Term | Definition | example |
---|---|---|
imprudent | (adj) unwise, careless | ex: The banks made hundreds of imprudent loans in the 1970s. |
taint | (v,n) pollute, affect with a bad or undesirable quality | ex:The warm weather will taint the food. |
contemptuous | (adj) expressing a feeling that someone is worthless | ex: He was openly contemptuous of his elder brother. |
abhorrent | (adj) hated | ex: Racism of any kind is abhorrent to me. |
entreaty | (n) plea, begging, request | ex:our entreaties gave us a few more minutes to do the exam |
inviolable | (adj) safe from destruction | ex: The person of the king is inviolable. |
puny | (adj) small, weak | ex: My car only has a puny little engine. |
debris | (n) waste, broken or torn pieces of sth | ex: Several people were injured by flying debris in the explosion. |
dispersed | (adj,v) spread over an area | ex: After school the children dispersed to their homes. |
obliterate | (v) destroy, annihilate | ex: She tried to obliterate all memory of her father. |
deplorable | (adj) shameful, disgraceful | ex: The prisoners were held in deplorable conditions . |
conflagration | (n) an extensive fire | |
rue | (v,n) bitterly regret | ex: She'll rue the day she bought that house. |
congenial | (adj) pleasant, having similar interests | ex: Frank was a very congenial colleague. |
hoard | (v) stored | ex: they have begun to hoard food. |
sage | 1. a planet (مریم گلی) 2. a wise man | ex: He was famous for his sage advice to younger painters. |
aegis | (n) support, patronage | ex: The project was set up under the aegis of the university. |
detriment | (n) the state of being harmed | ex: He sits up very late to the detriment of his health. |
longevity | (n) long life | ex:I wish you longevity and health. |
imbibe | (v) drinking (alcohol), absorb | ex: Light beer lets drinkers imbibe without taking in extra calories. |
virile | (adj) having strength (typically of a man) | ex: He wanted his sons to become strong, virile, and athletic like himself. |
senile | (adj) aged, having the weaknesses of old age | ex: she couldn't cope with her senile husband |
doddering | (adj) moving in unsteady way, specially because of old age | ex: The old man stood doddering |
lethargic | (adj) inert, inactive | ex: He felt too miserable and lethargic to get dressed. |
prevalent | (adj) widespread | ex: Is malaria still prevalent among the population here? |
remiss | (adj) neglectful, irresponsible | ex: It was remiss of her to forget to pay the bill. |
rebuke | (v) reprimand, سرزنش کردن | ex: The teacher delivered a sharp rebuke to the class. |
evince | (v) reveal, show | ex: his letters evince the excitement he felt at undertaking this journey |
superficial | (adj) no depth, shallow, surface | ex: Even a superficial inspection revealed serious flaws. |
jettison | (v,n) throw out (from a ship, etc) | ex: six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea |
lucrative | (adj) worthwhile, profitable | ex: He inherited a lucrative business from his father. |
tussle | (v,n) struggle, fighting | ex: They began to tussle with each other for the handgun. |
intrinsic | (adj) innate, inborn | ex: The electoral system appeared to form an intrinsic part of a stable polity. |
acute | (adj) severe, critical, intense degree | ex:He suffers from acute depression. |
transient | (adj) temporary | ex: A glass of whisky has only a transient warming effect. |
cogent | (adj) (of an argument) convincing | ex: She put forward some cogent reasons for abandoning the plan. |
pinnacle | (n) the highest point | ex: She is at the pinnacle of her profession. |
array | (n) صف، گروه، ارایش | ex: There was a splendid array of food on the table. |
obscure | (adj) unknown, unclear | ex: The meaning of the passage is obscure. |
ardent | (adj) passionate, enthusiastic, avid | ex: His father was an ardent socialist. |
culminate | (v) reach a climax | ex: All his effort culminate in failure. |
constrict | (v) to make narrow or tight محدود کردن | ex: The drug causes the blood vessels to constrict. |
prodigy | (n) a genius | ex: The 16-year-old tennis prodigy is the youngest player ever to reach the Olympic finals. |
bereft | (adj) deprived of | ex: The team now seems bereft of inspiration. |
falter | (v) hesitate, start to lose strength | ex; His voice began to falter. |
vitriolic | (adj) filled with bitter criticism | ex: The newspaper launched a vitriolic attack on the president. |
invective | (n) insulting or abusive language | ex: He let out a stream of invective. |
besmirch | (v) damage (someone's reputation) | ex: he had besmirched the good name of his family |
voluminous | (adj) large | ex: The FBI kept a voluminous file on Pablo Escobar. |
retrospect | (n) review of past events | ex: In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning. |
humility | (n) having a modest or low view of yourself | ex: Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less. |
pungent | (adj) 1. تند و زننده 2. انتقاد تند و تیز | ex: I hate the the pungent smell of frying onions |
inveterate | (adj) someone who does something very often and cannot stop doing it | ex: Many inveterate smokers are never able to quit completely. |
adamant | (adj) refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind. | ex: The prime minister is adamant that he will not resign |
bedlam | 1. شلوغی پلوغی 2. تیمارستان | ex: It was bedlam at the football ground after the match was suspended. |
cacophony | (n) a harsh mixture of noises | ex: A cacophony of voices in a dozen languages filled the train station. |
propinquity | (n) closeness | ex: he kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead him into temptation |
disgruntled | (adj) dissatisfied | ex: She's still disgruntled about missing the party. |
infallible | (adj) error-free, incapable of making mistakes | ex: Mahshid sees herself as an infallible girl. |
panacea | (n) نوشدارو | ex: There is no single panacea for the problem of unemployment. |
eradicate | (v) destroy completely | ex: We are determined to eradicate racism from our sport. |
impede | (v) delay or prevent sth | ex: The muddy roads impede our journey. |
sedate | (adj) calm | ex: We spent a sedate evening at home. |
compatible | (adj)able to exist or occur together without problems or conflict. | ex: This software may not be compatible with older operating systems. |
serenity | (n) calmmess | ex: She was able to face death with serenity. |
revere | (v) respect | ex: Students revere the old professors. |
avarice | (n) extreme greed | ex: Avarice makes rich people want to become even richer. |
insatiable | (adj) impossible to satisfy. | ex: Most children have an insatiable desire for knowledge. |
nadir | (n) the lowest point | ex: This failure was the nadir of her career. |
moribund | (adj) at the point of death | ex: The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived. |
lithe | (adj) thin چالاک و خوش اندام | ex: He had the lithe, athletic body of a ballet dancer. |
burly | (adj) large and strong | ex: He was a big, burly man. |
forlorn | (adj) pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely. | ex: She looked so forlorn, standing there in the pouring rai |
exhort | (v) strongly encourage someone to do sth نصیحت کردن | ex: Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence. |
apathy | (n) lack of feeling or emotion, indifference | ex: there is widespread apathy among schoolchildren |
fracas | (n) a noisy quarrel | ex: He was injured in a Saturday-night fracas outside a disco. |
inebriated | (adj) drunk | ex: In her inebriated state, she was ready to agree to anything. |
adversary | (n) enemy, opponent | ex: He saw her as his main adversary within the company. |
indolent | (adj) lazy | es: he's an old, fat, indolent man |
gusto | (n) enjoyment | ex: this musicians played with gusto |
garrulous | (adj) talkative | ex: Ian isn't normally that talkative |
banal | (adj) ordinary, cliched | ex: it was just another banal newspaper story |
platitude | (n) cliche سخن تکراری | ex: he delivered a long prose full of platitude |
pique | (n) annoyance, displeasure | ex: he stormed out in a fit of pique |
dilettante | (n) non - professional | ex: there is no room for the amateur or dilettante in business |
atypical | (adj) non typical | ex: this bird is atypical of the most species here |
nondescript | (adj) unremarkable, normal | ex: she lived in a nondescript apartment |
wane | (v,n) decrease | ex: the smile was beginning to wane |
idyllic | (adj) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. | ex: Country life isn't as idyllic as townies imagine. |
galvanize | (v) to excite someone to do something | ex: How can we galvanize the students into taking the responsibility for their own work? |
encunbrance | (n) a burden | ex: I felt I was being an encumbrance to them. |
gaudy | (adj) bright, unpleasant in color | ex: She wore a gaudy costume to the party. |
condescend | (v) agree to do something that you do not consider to be good enough for your social position | ex: I wonder if Michael will condescend to visit us? |
candor | (n) straight forward honestly | ex: He talked with unusual candor. |
mortify | (v) cause someone to feel ashamed | ex: Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband. |
jocose | (adj) humorous | ex: His jocose manner was unsuitable for such a solemn occasion. |
malighn | (v,adj) speak bad about somenone | ex: don't you dare malign her in my presence |
omnipotent | (adj) قادر مطلق | |
zenith | (n) the highest point | ex: The sun reaches its zenith at midday. |
fledgling | (adj) little known, inexperienced, | ex: It was invested in fledgling biotechnology companies. |
peremptory | (adj) قاطع | ex: The officer issued peremptory commands. |
precedent | (n,adj) an earlier example | ex: The trial could set an important precedent for dealing with large numbers of similar cases. |
wheedle | (v) cajol | ex: She's one of those children who can wheedle you into giving her anything she wants. |
jubilant | (adj) joyful. overjoyed | ex: Liverpool were in a jubilant mood after their cup victory. |
decorum | (n) decency | ex: I hope you will behave with decorum at the funeral. |
heresy | (n) کفر | ex: he was executed for heresy |
prudent | (adj) careful | ex: it would be prudent to save some some of the money |
ostensible | (adj) apparent, surface | ex: The ostensible reason wasn't the real reason. |
fervid | (adj) enthusiastic, passionate | ex: i received a letter of fervid thanks |
spurious | (adj) false, fake | ex: He demolished the Opposition's spurious arguments. |
propagate | (v) spread out an idea, promulgate | ex: The government have tried to propagate the belief that this is a just war. |
innocuous | (adj) harmless | ex: The interviewer only asked boring, innocuous questions. |
anomaly | (n) abnormality | ex: It is often unpleasant to see an anomaly animal. |
surfeit | (n,v) a large amount | ex: A surfeit of rich food is bad for you. |
milieu | (n) environment | ex: She never felt happy in a student milieu. |
strident | (adj) a harsh noise | ex: The strident ringing of the telephone broke in on them. |
concomitant | (adj) associated | ex: she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries |
lassitude | (n) lethargy | ex: we feel lassitude on a hot summer day |
deleterious | (adj) harmful | ex:These drugs have a proven deleterious effect on the nervous system |
efficacy | (n) effectiveness, success | ex: They recently ran a series of tests to measure the efficacy of the drug. |
dissent | (n,v) disagreement, disagree | ex: The regime ruthlessly suppresses all dissent. |
ferment | (v) مخمر شدن (n) the state of confusion | ex: In the 1960s, American society was in ferment. |
attenuate | (v) to make something weaker | ex: support from friends will attenuate the effects of stress |
arbiter | (n) judge داور | ex: Andrew was the arbiter of the disagreement. |
incumbent | (adj) nessecary | ex: the government realized that it was incumbent on them to act |
profound | (adj) great and intense | ex: Her speech made a profound impact on everyone. |
alleviate | (v) to make a problem less sever | ex: A cold compress can alleviate your pain. |
prodigious | (adj) extremely great in ability, amount, or strength | ex: He had a prodigious appetite for both women and drink. |
celertity | (n) speed | ex: She moves with incredible celerity |
expedite | (v) quicken, haste, speed up | ex: The builders promised to expedite the repairs. |
usurp | (v) غصب کردن به زور گرفتن | ex: The duke attempted to usurp the throne. |
condone | (v) چشم پوشی کردن نادید گرفتن | ex: The state appears to condone police brutality. |
paltry | (adj) small and trivial | ex: The company offered Jeremy a paltry sum which he refused. |
menial | (adj) unskilled پست و نوکرمابانه | ex: Even well-trained women were forced into menial labor. |
venerable | (adj) respected | ex: The cathedral is a venerable building. |
extraneous | (adj) irrelevant, outside | ex: Such details are extraneous to the matter in hand. |
succinct | (adj) briefly expressed | ex: Keep your letter succinct and to the point. |
emulate | (v) imitate (because you feel jealous or compatative) | ex: most rulers wished to emulate Alexander the Great |
facetious | (adj) funny (with inappropriate humer) | ex: She kept interrupting our discussion with facetious remarks. |
rabid | 1. هار 2. having an extreme support | ex: the team has some rabid fans |
salubrious | (adj) healthy, pleasant | ex: He doesn't live in a very salubrious part of town. |
complacent | (adj) self-satisfied | ex: The winner's complacent smile annoyed some people. |
somber | (adj) 1. dark 2. having deep sadness | ex: A funeral is a somber occasion. |
debilitate | (v) make (someone) very weak | ex: The troops were severely debilitated by hunger and disease. |
impetuous | (adj) acting or done quickly and without thought or care. | ex: she might live to rue this impetuous decision |
occult | (adj,n) mystical | ex: She claims to have occult powers |
discreet | (adj) careful | ex: You ought to make a few discreet enquiries before you sign anything. |
foment | (v) excite, provoke | ex: He was accused of fomenting violence |
glean | (v) obtain, get | ex: What do you glean from the news? |
quarry | (n) 1. معدن 2. طعمه، شکار | ex: The dogs pursued their quarry into an empty warehouse. |
slovenly | (adj) untidy, messy | ex: She was fat, slovenly, and out of shape. |
abjure | (v) reject, renounce | ex: The conqueror tried to make the natives abjure their religion. |
reproach | (v,n) rebuke, disaproval | ex: She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards |
penitent | (adj,n) someone who repents his sin | ex:"I'm sorry, " she said with a penitent smile. |
evanescent | (adj) soon passing, vanishing, fading | ex: Rainbows are evanescent |
tantamount | (adj) as same as, equivalent | ex: Her statement is tantamount to a confession of guilt. |
propensity | (n) tendency گرایش | ex: He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol. |
wary | (adj) careful | ex: be wary of the strangers who offer you a ride |
allay | (v) alliviate | ex: The president made a statement to allay public anxiety. |
deter | (v) discourage by fear | ex: The alarm is usually sufficient to deter a would-be thief. |
connoisseur | (n) an expert | ex; Only the real connoisseur could tell the difference between these two wines. |
vigil | (n) شب زنده داري،احيا | ex: She kept a vigil at Patrick's bedside. |
cumbersome | (n) مايه زحمت، سخت | ex: it was a cumbersome decision-making process |
divulge | (v) disclose, reveal | ex: It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees. |
fluctuate | (v) rise and fall, shift نوسان داشتن | ex: Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season. |
unmitigated | (adj) absolute | ex: the tour had been an unmitigated disaster |
commodious | (adj) big, roomy and comfortable | ex: The apartment is not commodious enough for us. |
dishevered | (adj,v) untidy person | ex: Teenagers, drunk, disheveled, excited they ruined our party. |
tenacious | (adj) tight, persevering | ex: She is tenacious in defence of her rights. |
facade | (n) appearance and outward of a building, etc | ex: Behind that amiable facade, he's a deeply unpleasant man. |
asinine | (adj) extremely stupid | ex: Have you heard anything as asinine as that before? |
grimace | (n) frown اخم و تخم | ex: His face twisted in a grimace of pain |
calumny | (n) a false statement about someone | ex: He was subjected to the most vicious calumny |
pittance | (n) a very small or inadequate amount of money. | ex:The musicians earn a pittance. |
au courant | (adj) up-to-date | ex: she was trying to stay au courant. |
fastidious | (adj) scrupulous مشكل پسند،سخت گير | ex: He was fastidious about his appearance. |
noisome | (adj) unpleasant. nasty | ex: The air is infected with noisome gases. |
unkempt | (adj) disheveled, untidy | ex: The children were unwashed and unkempt. |
whimsical | (adj) strange in a funny way | ex: He has a wonderful whimsical sense of humour. |
lampoon | (v) satirize, criticize | ex: the actor was lampooned by the press |
countenance | (n) face (v) accept, tolerate | ex: We will never countenance violence |
sanctimonious | (adj) مقدس نما | ex: I wish she'd stop being so sanctimonious. |
equanimity | (n) calmness | ex: she maintained her equanimity during her work |
effrontery | (n) impudence جسارت،بي شرمي | ex: She had the effrontery to ask me for more money. |
nonentity | (n) unimportant person | ex: How could such a nonentity become chairman of the company? |
flabbergasted | (adj) shocked | ex: When they announced her name, the winner just sat there, flabbergasted. |
debacle | (n) a sudden failure | ex: His first performance was a debacle : the audience booed him off the stage. |
vivacious | (adj) lively | ex: He had three pretty, vivacious daughters. |
gaunt | (adj) very thin - especially because of hunger or sickness | ex: Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about. |
mien | (n) appearance | ex: he has a cautious, academic mien |
hirsute | (adj) hairy | ex: You're looking very hirsute, Richard are you growing a beard? |
refute | (v) disprove, refuse | ex:We can easily refute his argument. |
pensive | (adj) thoughtful, thinking | ex: He became so pensive that she didn't like to break into his thought. |
whet | (v) interest someone in doing sth | ex: The book will whet your appetite for more of her work. |
stupor | (n) the state of unconscionsness | ex: He fell to the ground in a stupor. |
wince | (V) grimace, pulling back your body | ex: She winces as the nurse put the needle in. |
candid | (adj) frank, honest | ex: Let me hear your candid opinion |
unsavory | (adj) unpleasant to smell, taste, etc | ex: This salad is unsavory |
venial | (adj) forgivable | ex: The venial sins are relatively minor |
epitome | (n) a perfect example of something | ex: Victor Hugo was the epitome of french writers. |
dexterity | (n) skill | ex: Video games demand great manual dexterity. |
repugnant | (adj) disgusting, abhorrent | ex: I find his racist views totally repugnant. |
acme | (n)peak, pinnacle, zenith | ex: His work is considered the acme of cinematic art. |
copious | (adj) abundant, full | ex: She supports her theory with copious evidence. |
vehemently | (adv) intense manner | ex: has always vehemently denied using drugs. |
perfidious | (adj) disloyal | ex: The company was betrayed by its perfidious allies. |
covet | (v) crave, desire to possess | ex: Never covet wealth and power. |
ingratiate | (v) خودشیرینی | ex: He's always trying to ingratiate himself with his boss. |
ignominious | (adj) shameful | ex: The marriage was considered especially ignominious |
servile | (adj) showing a passion to serve | ex: He is servile to his boss. |
volition | (n) اراده، میل | ex: Deena left the company of her own volition. |
sojourn | (n,v) a temporary stay | ex: He must sojourn in villages |
halcyon | (n) ایام خوش گذشته | ex: She recalled the halcyon days of her youth. |
tenable | (adj) justifiable, defensible | ex: His theory is no longer tenable in light of the recent discoveries. |
superfluous | (adj) زائد، زیادی | ex: Repack all the superfluous cups in the box. |
nascent | (adj) developing نوظهور | ex: China is a nascent superpower. |
iconoclast | (n) سنت شکن، بت شمن | ex: Freud was considered an iconoclast in the field of psychology |
germane | (adj) relevant | ex: this is not germane to our theme |
conducive | (adj) helpful, good for | ex: Daylight is highly conducive to good plant growth. |
glib | (adj) چرب زبان، زبون باز | ex: No one was convinced by his glib answers |
homogeneous | (adj) similar | ex: he population of the village has remained remarkably homogeneous. |
malleable | (adj) easily influenced | ex: She was young enough to be malleable. |
legerdemain | (n) جادوگری | ex: Some accused the White House of legerdemain. |
stagnant | (adj) راکد، کساد | ex: Business was stagnant last month. |
passe | (adj) no longer fashionable | ex: It was fashionable in the sixties but definitely passe in the eighties. |
facet | (n) aspect | ex: The report examines every facet of the prison system |
foist | (v) قالب کردن، انداختن | ex: He's religious but he doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone. |
stigmatize | (v) to treat someone or something unfairly by disapproving of him, her, or it: | ex: People should not be stigmatized on the basis of race. |
capitulate | (v) surrender | ex: The enemy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation. |
audacity | (n) boldness, daring, fearlessness | ex: I can't believe he had the audacity to ask me for more money! |
tantalize | (v) tease someone with a promise that is unobtainable امیدواهی دادن | ex: Give the dog the bone don't tantalize him. |
retort | (v) to answer angrily | ex: "That doesn't concern you!" she retorted. |
tacit | (adj) implied without being said | ex: By tacit agreement , Clark's friends all avoided any mention of his mentally ill wife. |
chicanery | (n) trickery, deception | ex: these storylines are packed with political chicanery |
obliging | (adj) willing or eager to help | ex: The shop assistant was very obliging. |
belated | (adj) happening hater that it should have been | ex: They made a belated attempt to save her life. |
decrepit | (adj) broken down, weak and old | ex: Most of the buildings were old and decrepit. |
imperturbable | (adj) calm | ex: She was one of those imperturbable people who never get angry or upset. |
vacillate | (v) between two opinions دودل بودن | ex: I vacillated between teaching and journalism |
staunch | (adj) loyal | ex: She's a staunch advocate of free trade. |
opprobrium | (n) رسوایی | ex: |
machiavellian | (adj) cunning | ex: Reuther's political success cannot be read solely in terms of Machiavellian politics. |
pandemonium | (n) chaos | ex: There was pandemonium when the news was announced. |
flay | (v) peeling the skin | ex: He was so angry he nearly flayed his horse alive. |
demeanor | (n) behavior | ex: The old soldier never lost his military demeanor. |
delineation | (n) portrayal, description | ex: Delineation of channels is the first step of geologic evaluation. |
vindicate | (v) justify, to clear someone of blame | ex: The witness completely vindicated him. |
heinous | (adj) very bad and evil | ex: They admitted to the most heinous crimes. |
turpitude | (n) corruption | ex: She felt depressed by the turpitude of modern society. |
infraction | (n) violation of law | ex: Most companies may forgive a minor infraction |
callous | (adj) hard-hearted | ex: He is callous about the safety of his workers. |
redress | (v) remedy or compensent | ex: King Arthur tried to redress wrongs in his kingdom. |
vituperation | (n) bitter language | ex: The speeches were full of vituperation and slander. |
clique | (n) a small group of people | ex: The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals. |
extol | (v) praise someone enthusiastically | ex: he extolled the virtues of the Russian people |
facile | (adj) effortless, easy | ex: While the adults found the video game complicated, the teenagers thought it was facile and easily played. |
cant | (n) stock phrases that become nonsense | ex: I didn't understand a word of their cnat |
umbrage | (n) annoyance, offensive | ex: He takes umbrage against anyone who criticises him. |
magnanimous | (adj) generous | ex: Johnson was vilified in the press for refusing to resign. |
elucidate | (v) explain | ex: You have not understood; allow me to elucidate. |
vilify | (v) defame someone | ex: She was vilified by the press for her controversial views. |
vapid | (adj) unexciting | ex: he offers nothing but vapid musical comedies |
unwieldy | (adj) difficult to carry or move because of its size, shape, or weight. | ex: A piano is a very unwieldy item to get down a flight of stairs. |
augment | (v) increase | ex: he augmented his summer income by painting houses |
fatuous | (adj) silly | ex: Why did the fatuous King send him into exile? |
contort | (v) twist, bent out of normal shape | ex: His body contorted with pain. |
imperceptible | (adj) unnoticible | ex: Such changes are imperceptible to even the best-trained eye. |
repertpire | (n) collection گنجینه | ex: A chef's repertoire is what she knows how to cook. |