Question 1

ruth

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a feeling of pity, distress, or grief ;
"The young men, fiery savage children of a gentle civilized mother, slew with neither ruth nor pity."

Question 2

revere /rɪˈvɪə(r)/

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to feel great respect or admiration for somebody/something ; idolize ;
Her name is revered in Spain ;
He is now revered as a national hero.

Question 3

elevated

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high in rank ;
an elevated status

Question 4

intriguing /ɪnˈtriːɡɪŋ/

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very interesting because of being unusual or not having an obvious answer ; fascinating ;
These discoveries raise intriguing questions ;
an intriguing possibility ;
He found her intriguing.

Question 5

remedy

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a way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation ;solution ;
There is no simple remedy for unemployment ;
There are a number of possible remedies to this problem.

Question 6

culprit

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a person who has done something wrong or against the law ; مقصر ;
The police quickly identified the real culprits.

Question 7

recipe /ˈresəpi/

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a set of instructions that tells you how to cook something and the ingredients (= items of food) you need for it ; دستورالعمل ;
a recipe for chicken soup ;
vegetarian recipes ;
a recipe book

Question 8

arcane

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secret and mysterious and therefore difficult to understand ; محرمانه ;
the arcane rules of cricket

Question 9

equivocal

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not having one clear or definite meaning or intention; able to be understood in more than one way ; ambiguous ; دو پهلو ;
She gave an equivocal answer, typical of a politician.

Question 10

ambivalent

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having or showing both good and bad feelings about somebody/something
She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job ; unsure ;
He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.

Question 11

opulent

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made or decorated using expensive materials ; luxurious ;
opulent fabrics/surroundings ;
2 (of people) extremely rich ; wealthy ;
the opulent elite of Europe

Question 12

mundane

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not interesting or exciting ; dull, ordinary ;
a mundane task/job ;
I lead a pretty mundane existence ;
On a more mundane level, can we talk about the timetable for next week?

Question 13

bucolic

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connected with the countryside or country life ; روستایی ;
a stream winding through stately parks and bucolic meadows

Question 14

spurious

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false, although seeming to be genuine ; جعلی ;
He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.

Question 15

murky

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not clear; dark or dirty with mud or another substance ; cloudy ;
She gazed into the murky depths of the water.

Question 16

blunt

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without a sharp edge or point ;
a blunt knife ;
This pencil's blunt! ;
The police said he had been hit with a blunt instrument.

Question 17

feeble

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very weak ;
a feeble old man ;
The heartbeat was feeble and irregular.

Question 18

unravel

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if you unravel threads that are twisted, woven or knitted, or if they unravel, they become separated ; از گیر در اوردن؛ از هم باز کردن ;
I unravelled the string and wound it into a ball.

Question 19

concoct /kənˈkɒkt/

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to make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things ; درست کردن ;
The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.

Question 20

vindicate

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to prove that something is true or that you were right to do something, especially when other people had a different opinion ;حمایت کردن ؛ پشتیبانی کردن  ;
I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated.

Question 21

redemption

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رهایی ;  the act of exchanging shares for money ;

Question 22

debacle /dɪˈbɑːkl/

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an event or a situation that is a complete failure and causes embarrassment ; افتضاح ؛ سرنگونی ;

Question 23

boon

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something that is very helpful and makes life easier for you ; لطف ؛ خوبی ; مزیت ;
The new software will prove a boon to Internet users.

Question 24

hidebound

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having old-fashioned ideas, rather than accepting new ways of  ; narrow-minded ; کوته نظر ; قدیمی ;
She wanted a life that was less hidebound by rules and conventions.

Question 25

cloy

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to start to become slightly disgusting or annoying, because there is too much of it ; بی رغبت کردن ;
After a while, the rich sauce begins to cloy.

Question 26

anesthetize ; anesthetic

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a drug that makes a person or an animal unable to feel anything, especially pain, either in the whole body or in a part of the body ;
How long will I be under anaesthetic?

Question 27

sullen /ˈsʌlən/

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bad-tempered and not speaking, either on a particular occasion or because it is part of your character ; عبوس ; surly /ˈsɜːli / اخمو ;
Bob looked pale and sullen ;
She gave him a sullen glare ;
sullen teenagers

Question 28

frown

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اخم ;
she seemed to wear a permanent frown ;

Question 29

contend

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to compete against somebody in order to gain something ;
Three armed groups were contending for power.

Question 30

contending

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competing

Question 31

flawed

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damaged or spoiled ;
seriously/fundamentally/fatally flawed ;
a flawed argument

Question 32

in retrospect

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thinking about a past event or situation, often with a different opinion of it from the one you had at the time ;
In retrospect, I think that I was wrong ;
The decision seems extremely odd, in retrospect.

Question 33

municipal

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connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government ; شهری ;
municipal elections/councils
municipal workers

Question 34

municipality

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شهرداری

Question 35

crumble

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if a building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it are breaking off
buildings crumbling into dust ; disintegrate ; فروریختن ;
crumbling stonework

Question 36

materialize

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appear in bodily form ; جامه عمل به خود پوشیدن ;

Question 37

prosper

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to develop in a successful way; to be successful, especially in making money
; thrive ; موفق شدن ؛ رونق یافتن ;
The economy prospered under his administration.
She seems to be prospering since she moved out of the city.

Question 38

scuffle

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a short and not very violent fight or struggle ; کشمکش ;
Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators.
He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer.

Question 39

obstinate

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refusing to change your opinions, way of behaving, etc. when other people try to persuade you to; behaviour that shows this ; یه دنده؛ لج باز ; stubborn ;
He can be very obstinate when he wants to be ;
her obstinate refusal to comply with their request

Question 40

accentuate

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to emphasize something or make it more noticeable ;
Her short hair accentuated her huge eyes.

Question 41

shirk

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to avoid doing something you should do, especially because you are too lazy ; شانه خالی کردن ;
Discipline in the company was strict and no one shirked.

Question 42

quandary

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the state of not being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation
;dilemma ; وضعیت دشوار ;
George was in a quandary—should he go or shouldn't he?

Question 43

predicament /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/

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a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do ;  quandary ;
the club's financial predicament ;
I'm in a terrible predicament.

Question 44

detrimental

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he sun's detrimental effect on skin ; harmful ; مضر ;
The policy will be detrimental to the peace process.

Question 45

layperson

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a person who does not have expert knowledge of a particular subject ;layman ;
a book written for professionals and laymen alike

Question 46

egotist

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a person who thinks that he or she is better than other people and who thinks and talks too much about himself or herself ;
You need to be an egotist to succeed in politics.

Question 47

buoyant /ˈbɔɪənt/

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tending to increase or stay at a high level, usually showing financial success ; شناور ;
a buoyant economy/market ;
buoyant sales/prices ;
a buoyant demand for homes

Question 48

premonition/ˌpreməˈnɪʃn /

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a feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant
premonition (of something) ; فکر قبلی ؛ اخطار ;
a premonition of disaster ;

Question 49

temperate

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moderate

Question 50

keep abreast of

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to make sure that you know all the most recent facts about a subject ;
It is almost impossible to keep abreast of all the latest developments in computing.

Question 51

make light of sth

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to treat something as not being important and not serious ;
I didn't mean to make light of your injuries.

Question 52

provincial

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unwilling to consider new or different ideas or things ;
synonym narrow-minded

Question 53

capricious

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showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour ;
synonym unpredictable ;
a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please ;
2 changing suddenly and quickly ;
synonym changeable ;
a capricious climate

Question 54

erratic

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not happening at regular times; not following any plan or regular pattern; that you cannot rely on ; unpredictable;
The electricity supply here is quite erratic;
She had learnt to live with his sudden changes of mood and erratic behavior;

Question 55

stanch /stæntʃ/

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strong and loyal in your opinions and attitude ; وفادار ؛ دو اتیشه ;
synonym faithful ;
a staunch supporter of the monarchy;
2) stop or restrict (a flow of blood) from a wound. فرو نشاندن ;
"colleagues may have saved her life by stanching the flow"

Question 56

alacrity /əˈlækrəti/

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great willingness or enthusiasm ;
They accepted the offer with alacrity.

Question 57

rhapsody /ˈræpsədi/

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a piece of music that is full of feeling and is not regular in form ;
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies

Question 58

zealot /ˈzelət/

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a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, especially religion or politics ;
synonym fanatic

Question 59

sycophant /ˈsɪkəfænt/

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a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get something from them ; adulator ;

Question 60

brag

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to talk too proudly about something you own or something you have done ;
 boast ; لاف زدن ;
He bragged to his friends about the crime ; 
I'm not bragging but I think I did very well in the interview.

Question 61

braggart /ˈbræɡət/

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a person who brags ;

Question 62

hypocrite /ˈhɪpəkrɪt /

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a person who pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not actually have ; دو رو ; ریاکار ;
Charles was a liar and a hypocrite who married her for money.

Question 63

apathetic /ˌæpəˈθetɪk/ ;
apathy

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showing no interest or enthusiasm ; بی تفاوت ؛ بی روح ;
The illness made her apathetic and unwilling to meet people.

Question 64

blithe /blaɪð/

Accepted Answer

showing you do not care or are not anxious about what you are doing ; 
He drove with blithe disregard for the rules of the road ;
2 (literary) happy; not anxious ;
a blithe and carefree girl

GRE 14

GRE

Term	Definition
ruth	a feeling of pity, distress, or grief ; "The young men, fiery savage children of a gentle civilized mother, slew with neither ruth nor pity."
revere /rɪˈvɪə(r)/	to feel great respect or admiration for somebody/something ; idolize ; Her name is revered in Spain ; He is now revered as a national hero.
elevated	high in rank ; an elevated status
intriguing /ɪnˈtriːɡɪŋ/	very interesting because of being unusual or not having an obvious answer ; fascinating ; These discoveries raise intriguing questions ; an intriguing possibility ; He found her intriguing.
remedy	a way of dealing with or improving an unpleasant or difficult situation ;solution ; There is no simple remedy for unemployment ; There are a number of possible remedies to this problem.
culprit	a person who has done something wrong or against the law ; مقصر ; The police quickly identified the real culprits.
recipe /ˈresəpi/	a set of instructions that tells you how to cook something and the ingredients (= items of food) you need for it ; دستورالعمل ; a recipe for chicken soup ; vegetarian recipes ; a recipe book
arcane	secret and mysterious and therefore difficult to understand ; محرمانه ; the arcane rules of cricket
equivocal	not having one clear or definite meaning or intention; able to be understood in more than one way ; ambiguous ; دو پهلو ; She gave an equivocal answer, typical of a politician.
ambivalent	having or showing both good and bad feelings about somebody/something She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job ; unsure ; He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.
opulent	made or decorated using expensive materials ; luxurious ; opulent fabrics/surroundings ; 2 (of people) extremely rich ; wealthy ; the opulent elite of Europe
mundane	not interesting or exciting ; dull, ordinary ; a mundane task/job ; I lead a pretty mundane existence ; On a more mundane level, can we talk about the timetable for next week?
bucolic	connected with the countryside or country life ; روستایی ; a stream winding through stately parks and bucolic meadows
spurious	false, although seeming to be genuine ; جعلی ; He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.
murky	not clear; dark or dirty with mud or another substance ; cloudy ; She gazed into the murky depths of the water.
blunt	without a sharp edge or point ; a blunt knife ; This pencil's blunt! ; The police said he had been hit with a blunt instrument.
feeble	very weak ; a feeble old man ; The heartbeat was feeble and irregular.
unravel	if you unravel threads that are twisted, woven or knitted, or if they unravel, they become separated ; از گیر در اوردن؛ از هم باز کردن ; I unravelled the string and wound it into a ball.
concoct /kənˈkɒkt/	to make something, especially food or drink, by mixing different things ; درست کردن ; The soup was concocted from up to a dozen different kinds of fish.
vindicate	to prove that something is true or that you were right to do something, especially when other people had a different opinion ;حمایت کردن ؛ پشتیبانی کردن ; I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated.
redemption	رهایی ; the act of exchanging shares for money ;
debacle /dɪˈbɑːkl/	an event or a situation that is a complete failure and causes embarrassment ; افتضاح ؛ سرنگونی ;
boon	something that is very helpful and makes life easier for you ; لطف ؛ خوبی ; مزیت ; The new software will prove a boon to Internet users.
hidebound	having old-fashioned ideas, rather than accepting new ways of ; narrow-minded ; کوته نظر ; قدیمی ; She wanted a life that was less hidebound by rules and conventions.
cloy	to start to become slightly disgusting or annoying, because there is too much of it ; بی رغبت کردن ; After a while, the rich sauce begins to cloy.
anesthetize ; anesthetic	a drug that makes a person or an animal unable to feel anything, especially pain, either in the whole body or in a part of the body ; How long will I be under anaesthetic?
sullen /ˈsʌlən/	bad-tempered and not speaking, either on a particular occasion or because it is part of your character ; عبوس ; surly /ˈsɜːli / اخمو ; Bob looked pale and sullen ; She gave him a sullen glare ; sullen teenagers
frown	اخم ; she seemed to wear a permanent frown ;
contend	to compete against somebody in order to gain something ; Three armed groups were contending for power.
contending	competing
flawed	damaged or spoiled ; seriously/fundamentally/fatally flawed ; a flawed argument
in retrospect	thinking about a past event or situation, often with a different opinion of it from the one you had at the time ; In retrospect, I think that I was wrong ; The decision seems extremely odd, in retrospect.
municipal	connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government ; شهری ; municipal elections/councils municipal workers
municipality	شهرداری
crumble	if a building or piece of land is crumbling, parts of it are breaking off buildings crumbling into dust ; disintegrate ; فروریختن ; crumbling stonework
materialize	appear in bodily form ; جامه عمل به خود پوشیدن ;
prosper	to develop in a successful way; to be successful, especially in making money ; thrive ; موفق شدن ؛ رونق یافتن ; The economy prospered under his administration. She seems to be prospering since she moved out of the city.
scuffle	a short and not very violent fight or struggle ; کشمکش ; Scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators. He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer.
obstinate	refusing to change your opinions, way of behaving, etc. when other people try to persuade you to; behaviour that shows this ; یه دنده؛ لج باز ; stubborn ; He can be very obstinate when he wants to be ; her obstinate refusal to comply with their request
accentuate	to emphasize something or make it more noticeable ; Her short hair accentuated her huge eyes.
shirk	to avoid doing something you should do, especially because you are too lazy ; شانه خالی کردن ; Discipline in the company was strict and no one shirked.
quandary	the state of not being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation ;dilemma ; وضعیت دشوار ; George was in a quandary—should he go or shouldn't he?
predicament /prɪˈdɪkəmənt/	a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially one where it is difficult to know what to do ; quandary ; the club's financial predicament ; I'm in a terrible predicament.
detrimental	he sun's detrimental effect on skin ; harmful ; مضر ; The policy will be detrimental to the peace process.
layperson	a person who does not have expert knowledge of a particular subject ;layman ; a book written for professionals and laymen alike
egotist	a person who thinks that he or she is better than other people and who thinks and talks too much about himself or herself ; You need to be an egotist to succeed in politics.
buoyant /ˈbɔɪənt/	tending to increase or stay at a high level, usually showing financial success ; شناور ; a buoyant economy/market ; buoyant sales/prices ; a buoyant demand for homes
premonition/ˌpreməˈnɪʃn /	a feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasant premonition (of something) ; فکر قبلی ؛ اخطار ; a premonition of disaster ;
temperate	moderate
keep abreast of	to make sure that you know all the most recent facts about a subject ; It is almost impossible to keep abreast of all the latest developments in computing.
make light of sth	to treat something as not being important and not serious ; I didn't mean to make light of your injuries.
provincial	unwilling to consider new or different ideas or things ; synonym narrow-minded
capricious	showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour ; synonym unpredictable ; a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please ; 2 changing suddenly and quickly ; synonym changeable ; a capricious climate
erratic	not happening at regular times; not following any plan or regular pattern; that you cannot rely on ; unpredictable; The electricity supply here is quite erratic; She had learnt to live with his sudden changes of mood and erratic behavior;
stanch /stæntʃ/	strong and loyal in your opinions and attitude ; وفادار ؛ دو اتیشه ; synonym faithful ; a staunch supporter of the monarchy; 2) stop or restrict (a flow of blood) from a wound. فرو نشاندن ; "colleagues may have saved her life by stanching the flow"
alacrity /əˈlækrəti/	great willingness or enthusiasm ; They accepted the offer with alacrity.
rhapsody /ˈræpsədi/	a piece of music that is full of feeling and is not regular in form ; Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies
zealot /ˈzelət/	a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something, especially religion or politics ; synonym fanatic
sycophant /ˈsɪkəfænt/	a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get something from them ; adulator ;
brag	to talk too proudly about something you own or something you have done ; boast ; لاف زدن ; He bragged to his friends about the crime ; I'm not bragging but I think I did very well in the interview.
braggart /ˈbræɡət/	a person who brags ;
hypocrite /ˈhɪpəkrɪt /	a person who pretends to have moral standards or opinions that they do not actually have ; دو رو ; ریاکار ; Charles was a liar and a hypocrite who married her for money.
apathetic /ˌæpəˈθetɪk/ ; apathy	showing no interest or enthusiasm ; بی تفاوت ؛ بی روح ; The illness made her apathetic and unwilling to meet people.
blithe /blaɪð/	showing you do not care or are not anxious about what you are doing ; He drove with blithe disregard for the rules of the road ; 2 (literary) happy; not anxious ; a blithe and carefree girl
phlegmatic	not easily made angry or upset ; synonym calm ; cool ; a phlegmatic temperament
cunning	able to get what you want in a clever way, especially by tricking or cheating somebody ; حیله گر ; synonym crafty, wily ; a cunning liar ; He was as cunning as a fox.
aghast /əˈɡɑːst/	filled with horror and surprise when you see or hear something ; horrified ; مات و مبهوت ; Erica looked at him aghast.
bemused	showing that you are confused and unable to think clearly ; confused ; synonym bewildered /bɪˈwɪldə(r)/ ; a bemused expression/smile ; She looked somewhat shaken and bemused by what had happened.
empathy	the ability to understand another person's feelings, experience, etc empathy (with somebody/something) ; یکدلی ; the writer's imaginative empathy with his subject
caprice /kəˈpriːs /	a sudden change in attitude or behaviour for no obvious reason ; هوس ;
obdurate /ˈɑːbdərət/	refusing to change your mind or your actions in any way ; stubborn ; an obdurate attitude ; to remain obdurate
prescient /ˈpresiənt/	knowing or appearing to know about things before they happen ; اگاهی از پیش ; علم غیب ; prescient warnings
complacent /kəmˈpleɪsnt/	too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary ; از خود راضی ; a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment We must not become complacent about progress.
relegate	to give somebody a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before ; downgrade ; انداختن ; She was then relegated to the role of assistant ; He relegated the incident to the back of his mind ;
callous /ˈkæləs/	not caring about other people's feelings or suffering ; synonym cruel, unfeeling ; a callous killer/attitude/act
fickle	changing often and suddenly ; unstable ; بی ثبات ; The weather here is notoriously fickle. the fickle world of fashion
perspicacious /ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/	able to understand somebody/something quickly and accurately; زیرکی ؛ فراست ; perspicacity /ˌpɜːspɪˈkæsəti/ ; a perspicacious remark
clear-headed	able to think in a clear and sensible way, especially in a difficult situation ; In business Jane was clear-headed and decisive.
inestimable	too great to calculate ; The information he provided was of inestimable value.
intrigued /ɪnˈtriːɡd/	very interested in something/somebody and wanting to know more about it/them ; شیفته ; He was intrigued by her story.
institutionalized	نهادینه
pastoral	showing country life or the countryside, especially in a romantic way ; bucolic ; a pastoral scene/poem/symphony

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