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1100 words
1100 words - third set (week 41-46)
| Term | Defenition | example |
|---|---|---|
| Curry | (v) to praise someone, especially someone in authority, in a way that is not sincere, in order to get some advantage for yourself: | ex: He's always trying to curry favour with the boss. |
| pall | (v) become less intresting | ex: The pleasure of not having to work quickly palled. |
| succulent | (adj) (of food) juicy and tasty | ex: the steak was succulent |
| satiety | (n) the state of being full سیری | ex: Satiety was increased with a larger bulk of food intake. |
| potpourri | (n) a collection, a mixture | ex: Her new TV show will be a potpourri of arts and media reports. |
| sanction | (v, n) to give official approval, allow | ex: Official sanction has not yet been given. |
| insidious | (adj) cunning موذیانه | ex: his insidious jealousy warped his normally loving nature |
| propriety | (n) decency, the accepted standard behavior | ex: She was careful always to behave with propriety. |
| advent | (n) arrival ظهور | ex: Since the advent of jet aircraft, travel has been speeded up. |
| impious | (adj) godless | ex: The emperor's attack to the church was impious |
| proffer | (v) offer | ex: she proffer a glass of wine |
| spate | (n) سیل از چیزی، هجوم | ex: There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently. |
| shibboleth | (n) عقیده پوسیده، شعار قدیمی | ex: They still cling to many of the old shibboleths of education. |
| bogus | (adj) fake | ex: She was fooled by his bogus identity card. |
| substantiate | (v) prove, provide evidence | ex: Katzen offered little evidence to substantiate his claims . |
| raucous | (adj) a loud harsh noise | ex: He burst into raucous laughter |
| quandary | (n) dilemma | ex: I was in a quandary about whether to go. |
| callous | (adj) heartless- unfeeling | ex: He is callous about the safety of his workers. |
| expedient | (n, adj) مصلحت امیز | ex: It is expedient that he should retire at once. |
| negligible | (adj) unimportant, trivial | ex: The pay that the soldiers received was negligible. |
| blase | (adj) indifferent | ex: Kids have become blase about violence on television. |
| ennui | (n) boredom, mentally tired | ex: we can offer playing football to brighten the ennui of our prisons. |
| comely | (adj) attractive | ex: The very name of this comely and quite small village attracts attention. |
| artifice | (n) deception | ex: Pretending to faint was merely ( an ) artifice. |
| qualm | (n) worry, anxiety | ex: He had no qualms about cheating the tax inspector. |
| expurgate | (v) censor سانسور کردن | ex: Most children read an expurgated version of fairy tales. |
| begrudge | (v) to feel unhappy about spending time/ money | ex: I begrudge every penny I pay in tax. |
| gratuity | (n) tip, reward | ex: he added a gratuity for the server |
| delve | (v) search through | ex: We delve deeply into the psyche for memories of past experience |
| capricious | (adj) changing mood quickly دمدمی مزاج | ex: he is capricious |
| replenish | (v) refill, reload | ex: he replenished Justin's glass with mineral water |
| roster | (n) a list of duties | ex: The teacher checked the roster to see whom he would teach this year. |
| stunt | (v) to prevent the growth or development | ex: Lack of water will stunt the plant's growth |
| atrophy | (v) (of a part of the body) to become weaker | ex: After several months in a hospital bed, my leg muscles had atrophied |
| maim | (v) wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. | ex: Automobile accidents maim many people each year. |
| ameliorate | (v) make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. | ex: Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation. |
| unctuous | (adj) flattery | ex; He speaks in an unctuous tone |
| benevolent | (adj) kind, charitable | ex: |
| subservient | (adj) مطیع و فرمانبر | ex: She is expected to be subservient to her father. |
| iniquity | (n) evil شرارت | ex: From their callous hearts comes iniquity |
| largess | (n) generosity, a gift | ex: the king likes to give largess |
| mollify | (v) calm the anxiety or anger | ex: A policewoman attempted to mollify her. |
| mercenary | (adj,n) پولکی، مادی | ex: She's interested in him for purely mercenary reasons. |
| aloof | (adj) distant and detached | ex: Some people find her aloof and unfriendly. |
| pragmatic | (adj) practical | ex: She was a dreamer - not pragmatic. |
| vestige | (n) a trace of sth | ex: He looked at her without a vestige of sympathy. |
| deluge | (n) a severe flood (v) inundate with a great quantity of something. | ex: Viewers sent a deluge of complaints about the show. |
| carnage | (n) slaughter, killing a large number of people | ex: the bombing was timed to cause as much carnage as possible |
| libel | (n,v) defamation, a published false statement | ex: This photograph is a libel on him. |
| plaintiff | (n) خواهان، مدعی، شاکی | ex: Judges in three states have sided with the plaintiffs. |
| canard | (n) a false story خبر، شایعه بی اساس | ex: That canard was proved to be true later. |
| deprecate | (v) to think something of little importance | ex: You should not deprecate your own worth. |
| reputed | (adj) having a good reputation | ex: He is reputed as / to be the best surgeon in Paris. |
| frail | (adj) extremely weak | ex: He's always in frail health. |
| excoriate | (v) criticize severely | ex: His latest novel received excoriating reviews. |
| diminutive | (adj) unusually small | ex: She has diminutive hands for an adult. |
| dulcet | (adj) a sweet, soothing sound | ex: Basil's dulcet tones could be heard in the corridor. |
| impromptu | (adj) فی البداهه، بدون برنامه ریزی | ex: We finished the day with an impromptu game of football in a nearby field. |
| malevolent | (adj) having an ill will/ hatred | ex: the mail character in the movie was an malevolent witch |
| wistful | (adj) sad and thinking about something that is impossible or in the past | ex: Simon's face grew wistful as he thought about his happy student days. |
| raiment | (n) clothes | ex: girls always complains about lacking suitable raiment. |
| brigand | (n) outlaw راهزن، یاغی | |
| corpulent | (adj) fat | |
| rail | (v) to complain angrily | ex: He railed against the injustices of the system |
| raconteur | (n) someone who tells interesting stories | ex: His grandfather was a fine raconteur. |
| sullen | (adj) bad-tempered and gloomy person | ex: Teenagers are often describe as gloomy and sullen peop |
| rail | (v) to complain angrily | ex: He railed against the injustices of the system |
| raconteur | (n) someone who tells interesting stories | ex: His grandfather was a fine raconteur. |
| sullen | (adj) bad-tempered and gloomy person | ex: Teenagers are often describe as gloomy and sullen people |
| rift | (n) split, crack, break | ex: the rift between the two younger men never healed |
| emissary | (n) a diplomat, ambassador | ex: Yet another Italian emissary, General Zanossi, appeared on August 26 in Lisbon. |
| taut | (adj) stretched, tight, stressed | ex: The skin of the drum is taut. |
| livid | (adj) angry کبود | ex: She was absolutely livid that he had lied. |
| martinet | (adj) a strict disciplinarian | ex: the woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children |
| yen | (n) longing or craving | ex: She'd always had a yen to write a book. |
| bagatelle | (adj) something, especially an amount of money, that is small and not important | ex: A million dollars is a mere bagatelle to him. |
| callow | (ad) immature, inexperienced | ex: Mark was just a callow youth of sixteen when he arrived in Paris. |
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