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GRE 10
GRE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| audacity | brave but rude or shocking behaviour ; جسارت و گستاخی He had the audacity to say I was too fat. The sheer audacity of the plan amazed everyone. |
| tenuous | 1 so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists ; ضعیف و کم ; a tenuous hold on life ; His links with the organization turned out to be, at best, tenuous. 2 extremely thin and easily broken ; the tenuous threads of a spider's web |
| austerity | a situation when people do not have much money to spend because there are bad economic conditions ; War was followed by many years of austerity. austerity measures and economic reforms |
| palliate | to make a disease or an illness less painful or unpleasant without curing it ; تسکین دادن ؛ موقتا اروم کردن ; "treatment works by palliating symptoms" |
| condone | to accept behaviour that is morally wrong or to treat it as if it were not serious; چشم پوشی کردن ; Terrorism can never be condoned. The college cannot condone any behaviour that involves illicit drugs. |
| absurd | completely ridiculous; not logical and sensible ; ridiculous ; That uniform makes the guards look absurd. Of course it's not true, what an absurd idea. |
| imperil | to put something/somebody in danger |
| cognoscenti /ˌkɑːnjəˈʃenti/ | people with a lot of knowledge about a particular subject |
| illuminati | روشن فکر |
| neophyte | a person who has recently started an activity ; کار اموز ; The site gives neophytes the chance to learn from experts. |
| fungible | interchangeable ; money is fungible. |
| malleable | that can be hit or pressed into different shapes easily without breaking or cracking ; easily influenced or changed ; نرم و قابل انعطاف ; The softness and malleability of gold makes it perfect for making jewellery. |
| heteromorphic | دارای شکل های گوناگون |
| dissuade | منصرف کردن ; opp. persuade |
| sordid | 1 immoral or dishonest It was a shock to discover the truth about his sordid past. 2 very dirty and unpleasant people living in sordid conditions |
| skeptical | having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that something will happen ; dubious ; I am skeptical about his chances of winning. |
| gauntlet | a metal glove worn as part of a suit of armour by soldiers in the Middle Ages ; run the gauntlet : to be criticized or attacked by a lot of people take up the gauntlet : to accept sb's invitation to fight throw down the gauntlet : to invite sb to fight |
| animadversion | criticism or censure. اعتراض ; "her animadversion against science" |
| glib | using words that are clever, but are not sincere, and do not show much thought ; چرب زبان ؛ زبان دار ; a glib salesman ; glib answers |
| peevish | easily annoyed by unimportant things; bad-tempered ; زود رنج ; Sebastian was a sickly, peevish child. |
| condign | (of a punishment) appropriate to the crime سزاوار ؛ مناسب ; |
| spur | a fact or an event that makes you want to do something better or more quickly ; motivation; His speech was a powerful spur to action. A few encouraging words might provide just the spur she needs. |
| stark | complete ; sheer ; stark contrast |
| flagitious | criminal ; |
| antediluvian | very old-fashioned ; criticism of Britain's antediluvian blasphemy law. |
| obscure | not well known ; unknown ; مبهم ; We went to see one of Shakespeare's more obscure plays. |
| simulacrum | copy ; plural simulacra ; "a small-scale simulacrum of a skyscraper" |
| platitude | کلیشه |
| phlegmatic | not easily made angry or upset ; calm ; a phlegmatic temperament |
| maleficent | تبه کار ؛ شریر |
| conspicuous | easy to see or notice; likely to attract attention ; تابلو ، انگشت نما ; Mary's red hair always made her conspicuous at school. I felt very conspicuous in my new car. |
| costive | سرد و یبس |
| tenable | easy to defend against attack or criticism ; قابل دفاع ; a tenable position ; The old idea that this work was not suitable for women was no longer tenable. |
| bathetic | disappointing |
| disingenuous | not sincere, especially when you pretend to know less about something than you really do ; ؛ عدم صراحت It would be disingenuous of me to claim I had never seen it. |
| risible | laughable ; ridiculous |
| burgeon | to begin to grow or develop rapidly ; a burgeoning population |
| suave | charming, confident, and elegant. فهمیده و با ادب ; شیک ؛ "all the waiters were suave and deferential" |
| attire | clothes dressed in formal evening attire |
| georgic | rustic |
| natty | neat and fashionable ; a natty suit |
| drab | without interest or colour; dull and boring ; a cold drab little office ; drab women, dressed in browns and greys |
| penury | the state of being very poor ; poverty ; "he died in a state of virtual penury" |
| malaise | the problems affecting a particular situation or group of people that are difficult to explain or identify ; economic/financial/social malaise |
| lethargy | the state of not having any energy or enthusiasm for doing things; بی علاقگی ; periods of weakness and lethargy" |
| sophistry | the use of clever arguments to persuade people that something is true when it is really false ; سفسطه کردن ; Convincing myself that I had gained in some way from my loss was just pure sophistry. |
| grandstanding | the fact of behaving or speaking in a way that is intended to make people impressed in order to gain some advantage for yourself ; خود نمایی ; She accused her opponent of engaging in cheap political grandstanding in front of the TV cameras. |
| disguise | to change your appearance so that people cannot recognize you ; The hijackers were heavily disguised. |
| embezzle | to steal money that you are responsible for or that belongs to your employer ; اختلاس کردن ; He was found guilty of embezzling $150000 of public funds. |
| petulant | bad-tempered and unreasonable, especially because you cannot do or have what you want ; زود رنج ; کج خلق ; He behaved like a petulant child and refused to cooperate. |
| gingerly | in a careful way, because you are afraid of being hurt, of making a noise, etc ; cautiously ; با احتیاط ; He opened the box gingerly and looked inside. |
| pilfer | to steal things of little value or in small quantities, especially from the place where you work ; دله دزدی کردن ; He was caught pilfering. |
| insipid | having almost no taste or flavour ; بی مزه ; flavourless a cup of insipid coffee |
| sagacity | the quality of being sagacious (wise) ; "a man of great political sagacity" |
| convalescence | a period of time when you get well again after an illness or a medical operation; the process of getting well ; دوره نقاهت ; You need four to six weeks' convalescence |
| narrativize | present or interpret (something such as experience or theory) in the form of a story or narrative. "As others have pointed out, narrativizing the event is different from storytelling." |
| impugn | dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question ؛ challenge ; زیر سوال بردن ; "the father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother" |
| incorrigible | having bad habits which cannot be changed or improved ; incurable ; اصلاح ناپذیر ; Her husband is an incorrigible flirt. |
| waggish | funny, clever and not serious ; waggish remarks |
| peccadillo | a small unimportant thing that somebody does wrong ; She forgave her husband's sexual peccadilloes. |
| trespass | to enter land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter ; تعدی کردن ؛ تجاوز کردن ; He told me I was trespassing on private land. The sign on the fence said ‘No trespassing’. |
| iniquity | the fact of being very unfair or wrong; the iniquity of racial prejudice ; the iniquities of the criminal justice system |
| protagonist /prəˈtæɡənɪst/ | the main character in a play, film/movie or book ; hero |
| catharsis | the process of releasing strong feelings, for example through plays or other artistic activities, as a way of providing relief from anger, suffering, etc. پاکسازی روان |
| denouement /ˌdeɪˈnuːmɒ̃/ | the end of a play, book, etc, in which everything is explained or settled; the end result of a situation ; |
| breadth | a wide range (of knowledge, interests, etc.) ; broadness ; He was surprised at her breadth of reading |
| eclectic | wide-ranging ; extensive ; She has very eclectic tastes in literature. His house is an eclectic mixture of the antique and the modern. |
| iota | an extremely small amount ; There is not one iota of truth (= no truth at all) in the story. I don't think that would help one iota. |
| veneer | a thin layer of wood or plastic that is glued to the surface of cheaper wood, especially on a piece of furniture ; روکش pine, with a walnut veneer |
| medley | a piece of music consisting of several songs or tunes played or sung one after the other a medley of Beatles hits 2 a mixture of people or things of different kinds a medley of flavours/smells |
| emend | o remove the mistakes in a piece of writing, especially before it is printed ; correct ; The date of the battle needs to be emended to 1643. |
| allay | diminish ; reduce (specially a feeling); to allay fears/concern/suspicion |
| puissance | great power or influence |
| toothsome | tasty |
| peremptory | expecting to be obeyed immediately and without question or refusal a peremptory summons; بی چون و چرا ؛ قطعی ; The letter was peremptory in tone. |
| detriment | the act of causing harm or damage; something that causes harm or damage; Wood accounts for 90% of energy production in some countries, with consequent environmental detriment. ضرر |
| rescind | to officially state that a law, contract, decision, etc. is no longer valid ;revoke; "the government eventually rescinded the directive" باطل کردن ؛ لغو کردن |
| protract | prolong. طول دادن ; "he had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process" |
| malady | a serious problem ; illness ; Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society. |
| proliferation | the sudden increase in the number or amount of something; a large number of a particular thing ; تکثیر کردن ; attempts to prevent cancer cell proliferation a proliferation of personal computers |
| buttress | a stone or brick structure that supports a wall ; support ; backup ; |
| fallacy | a false idea that many people believe is true ; اعتقاد غلط ؛ استدلال غلط ; It is a fallacy to say that the camera never lies. |
| forswear | to stop doing or using something; to make a promise that you will stop doing or using something ; renounce ; ترک کردن The group forswears all worldly possessions. |
| transmute | transform ; to change, or make something change, into something different ; It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold. |
| breach | a failure to do something that must be done by law ; نقض کردن ; a breach of contract/copyright/warranty They are in breach of Article 119. |
| abrogate | to officially end a law, an agreement, etc. repeal ; لغو کردن ؛ باطل کردن ; The rule has been abrogated by mutual consent. |
| vituperate | blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language. ناسزا گفتن ؛ ; |
| slake | quench or satisfy (one's thirst). فرو نشاندن ; "slake your thirst with some lemonade" |
| seep | to flow slowly and in small quantities through something or into something ; trickle ; چکیدن ; Blood was beginning to seep through the bandages. |
| adumbrate | to give a general idea or description of something without details ; outline ; طرح چیزی را نشان دادن |
| vitiate | to spoil or reduce the effect of something ; The ‘yes’ vote was vitiated by the low turnout in the election. |
| abash | cause to feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. "she was not abashed at being caught" |
| adulterate | o make food or drink less pure by adding another substance to it ; contaminate; The water supply had been adulterated with chemicals from the soil. |
| abridge | to make a book, play, etc. shorter by leaving parts out ; truncate ; She has been asked to abridge the novel for radio. |
| baneful | evil or causing evil ; بد ؛ موذی |
| standoffish | distant and cold in manner; unfriendly ; aloof ; گوشه گیر ؛کناره گیر ; |
| glacial | cold and unfriendly; not showing feelings ; ادم سرد |
| recluse | a person who lives alone and likes to avoid other people ; منزوی ; to lead the life of a recluse |
| bicker | to argue about things that are not important ; squabble ; The children are always bickering about something or other. |
| excoriate ; castigate | scold very harshly ; (admonish : scold mildly) (hapless : unlucky) |
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