1100 Words Flashcards
Eminent
Em-i-nent
Famous/ well-known/ outstanding
Of high reputation
Drenched
Drenched
Covered with a lot of liquid
Soaked/saturated/steeped
Soaked/ sat-u-rat-ed/ steeped
Waterlogged (for ground: The game was cancelled because the field was waterlogged.)
In/with
Compound
Com-pound
To increase or add to
تركيب شدن
Of
Example: Teaching is compound of several different skills.
Drudgery
Drudg-e-ri
Hard boring work
Annals
An-nals
Historical reccords
Example1: The annals of zoological society
Example 2: One of the most unusual cases in the annals of crime.
Badger
Bad-ger
Annoy persistently
To pester/ nag
آزار دادن، موي دماغ شدن
Interminable
In-ter-mi-na-ble
Unending
Laconic
La-con-ic
Expressing much in few words
Accost
Ac-cost
To approach and speak to
مخاطب قرار دادن
Reticent
Ret-i-cent
Silent
Unwilling to talk about what you feel or what you know
Implore
Im-plore
To pealed urgently for aid or mercy
To ask for sth in an emotional way
Example: She implored the soldiers to save her child.
Intrepid
In-trep-id
Brave
Irate
I-rate
Incensed/ angry
In-censed
Throng
Throng
Crowd
Example1: She got lost in the throng.
Example2: A throng of excited things.
Felon
Fel-on
A person guilty of a major crime
Hapless
Hap-less
Unfortunate
Furtive
Fur-tive
Stealthy/ secret
Stealth-y
مخفيانه، دزدكي
Vigilant
Vig-i-lant
Watchful
هوشيار
Plethora
Pleth-o-ra
Excess
تعداد زياد، معمولا بيش از حد نياز
Example: A plethora of suggestion
Fabricate
‘Fab-ri-cate
To lie
بافتن
Deceive
De-‘ceive
To make someone believe sth that is not true
Trick
Sth you do in order to deceive someone
Gesticulate
Ges-‘tic-u-late
Moving arms and hands energetically, usually while speaking, bec you are excited, angry or cannot think of the right words to use
Syn: gesture
Example1: Jane gesticulated wildly and shouted stop.
Example2: Jim raised his hands in a despairing gesture.
Despairing
De-s’pair-ing
Showing a feeling that you have no hope at all.
Example: She gave me a last despairing look
Verb: despair
Adverb: despairingly
Adroit
A-d’roit
Clever and skilfull, specially in the way you use words and argument
Example: A adroit negotiator
Adverb: adroitly
Noun: adroitness
Intensify
In-‘ten-si-fy
Enhanched/ highten
To increase in degree or strength
Or to make sth do this
Example1: In jane the civil war intencified.
Example2: His mother’s death intensified his loneliness
Pretext
‘Pre-text
An excuse
بهانه
Pretext for
Example: The incident provided the pretext for war
Pretext of doing sth
Example: Tom called at her apartment on the pretext of asking for a book
Avid
‘Av-id
Eager
‘Ea-ger
Eager to do sth/ for
Noun: eagerness
Adverb: eagerly
Cajole
Ca-‘jole
Coax Coax sb into/ out of doing sth Coax sb to do sth Coax sb down/out/back etc. Noun: coaxing Adverb: coaxingly چاپلوسي كردن Example: Cajole rich countries into helping
Bristle
‘Bristle
N
To stiffen with fear or anger
با عصبانيت عكس العمل نشان دادن
Exp.: He bristle at her rudeness
Stiffen
‘Stiff-en
V.
When you stiffen, your body suddenly becomes straight, firm or still bec of your angry or anxious
Exp.: He touched her, and she stiffened
To become painful or difficult to move
Exp.: Joints has stiffened
To make material stiff so that it will not bend easily
To become more stronger, more severe
Exp.: A camping to stiffen rules against drink-driving
Tremulous
‘Trem-u-lous
Adj.
Shaking slightly, specially bec u are nervous
Quivering
‘Quiv-ering
Shaking slightly be of cold or feel of afraid, angry or excitef
Syn.: tremble
Exp.: A tremulous voice or hands.
Adv.: Tremulousely
Cessation
To stopping
توقف، انقطاع
Repudiate
Re-‘pu-di-ate
Decline/ reject
N.: repudiation
Exp.1: He repudiate all offers of friendship.
Exp.2: The book repudiate the racist stereotypes about black woman.
Jostle
‘Jos-tle
To shove hard
Shove
Exp.: He shoved her towards the car
Inadvertent
In-ad-‘vert-ent
Adj.
Not attentive/ by accident: by mistake
غيرعمدي
N.: inadvertence
Adv.: inadvertently
Exp.1: Inadvertent exposure to chemicals.
Exp.2: His name vas inadvertently omitted from the list.
Dupe
Dupe
N.
A person easily tricked, specially into becoming involved in sth illegal
Mislead
V.: dupe
To trick or deceive someone
Heedless
‘Heed-less
Adj.
Not attentive,
Not paying attention to sth
Exp.: Heedless of danger
Adv.: heedlessly
Feint
N.
A movement or an attack that is intended to deceive an opponent, specially in boxing
Ominous
‘Om-i-mous
Adj.
Threatening
Making u feel that sth bad is giong to happen
Adv.: ominously
Exp.1: There was a ominous silence
Exp.2: The sky looked ominously dark
Alacrity
A-‘lac-ri-ty
Quickness and eagerness
Briskness (quickly and full of energy)
Lively action
Exp.: She accepted with alacrity
Stipulate
‘Stip-u-late
Sh that must be done
To specify a condition
تصريح كردن
N.: stipulation
Sth that must be done, and which is stated as part of am agreement, law or rule
Exp.: Law stipulate the maximum interest rate that banks can charge
Mundane
Mun-‘dane
1.worldly
2. Ordinary and not interesting or exiting
Syn.: boring
Intimidate
In-‘tim-i-date
To overawe
ترساندن، وحشت زده كردن
N.: intimidation
Condolence
Con-‘do-lence
Pity ( use to show that u are disappointed about sth and u wish thing could happen differently. Syn.: shame)
Exp.: It is a pity that he didn’t accept the job.
Euphemism
‘Eu-phe-mis-m
Less offensive term
A polite word or expression that u use instead of more dire t one to avoid shocking or upsetting someone
Exp.: pass way is euphemism for die.
Belligerent
Bel-‘lig-er-ent
Adj.
Warlike/ aggressive
N:. Belligerence, belligerency
Tend
Tend
If sth tend to happen, it happens often and likely to happen again
(Tend to do sth)
To look after someone or sth
(Tend to sb or sth)
Pugnacious
Pug-‘na-cious
Adj.
Very eager to argue or fight with people
Argumentative
Quarrelsome
‘Quar-rel-some
Adv.: pugnaciously
N.: pagnacity
Disdain
Dis-‘dain
N. & V. Contempt Con-'tempt (n.) تحقير، تحقير كردن Adj.: disdainful, A disdainful look. Adv.: disdainfully
Exp.1: She watch me with disdain.
Exp.2: The man disdain her work.
Promulgate
‘Prom-ul-gate
To make known officially ( idea, belief or new law)
N.: promulgator (countable)
N. Promulgation (uncountble)
Scoff
Scoff
To sneer at
تمسخر كردن
Exp.: David scoff at her fear.
Belittle
Be-‘lit-tle
V.
To male seem less important
Exp.: He tend to belittle her effort.
Tangible
‘Tan-gi-ble
Adj.
Having actual form قابل لمس و محسوس Opp.: intangible Adv.: tangibly N.: tangibility
Exp.1: You have tangible benefit for the family.
Exp.2: His silence is almost tangible.
Brash
Brash
Adj.
- Behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly- used to show disapproval
Exp.: Brash journalists
- A brash building, place etc attracts attention by being colourful, large, exciting etc
Exp.: The painting was brash, bold, and modern
Adv.: brashly
N.: brashness
Impudent
‘Im-pu-dent
Adj.
Rude and showing no respect to other people
N.: impudence
گستاخ
Exp.: His behaviour was mixture of impudence and hostility
Hostility
Hos-‘til-i-ty
N.
When someone is unfriendly and full of anger towards another person
Octegenerian
A person is in his or her eighty
Laceration
La-ce-‘ra-tion
Jagged wound
Exp.: Multiple lacerations to the upper arm
Aspitant
A’s-pi-rant
N.
A candidate for a high position
Aspiration
Syn.: ambition
A strong desire to have or achieve sth
Sordid
‘Sor-did
1.involving immoral or dishonest behaviour
Exp.: I want to hear all the sordid detail
- Very dirty and unpleasent
Exp.: A sordid little room - Base
Castigate
‘Cast-i-gate
To correct by punishing
N.: castigation
Critisize
‘Crit-i-size
نقد كردن
Scarrilous
Adj.
Damage and untrue statements about someone
افترا آميز
Adv.: scurrilously
Coarse
Coarse
1.Talking in a rude and offensive way
- Having a rough surface that feel slightly hard
Opp.: smooth
Syn.: rough
Frenzy
‘Frenzy
Wild fit
A state of great anxiety or excitement, in which you can’t control your behaviour
Exp.: Frenzy of religious feeling
Clandestine
Clan-‘des-tine
Adj.
Under cover, secret
Exp.: Clandestine meeting
Concur
Con-‘cu
- Agree
Exp.: The committee largely concurred with this view - To happen at the same time
Syn.: coincide (co-in-‘side, … Especially by chance)
Exp.: Every thing concurred to produce the desired effect.
Dregs
Most worthly part
Drag
كشيدن چيزي يا كسي
به زور بردن كسي به جايي
Solace
‘Sal-es
Easing of grief
Exp.1: After the death of her son, she found solace in the church
Exp.2: Mary was great solace to me after her died.
Grief
Extreme sadness, especially bec of someone’s death
Inane
I-‘nane
Foolish
Adv.: inanely
N.: inanity
Rampant
‘Ram-paent
Adj.
Going unchecked
چيزي (بد) كه گسترش پيدا ميكنه و از كنترل خارج ميشه
Adv.: rampantly
Exp.: Pickpocketing is rampant in the downtown
Flagrant
‘Flay-grant
Adj.
Glaringly bad
وقيح
Exp.: Flagrant violations of human rights
Adv.: flagrantly
Outrageous
Aut-‘ra-geous
- Very shocking and extremely unfair or offensive
Exp.: Outrageous prices. - Extremely unusual and slightly amusing or shocking
Exp.: an outrageous hairstyle
Adv.: outrageously
خارج از عرف
Duress
Duj-‘ress
Under duress or under force
Illegal of unfair threat
Compulsion
Com-‘pal-sion
Force someone to do sth they don’t want to do
Exp.: The confession was obtained under duress
Inexorable
Un-‘eks-o-ra-ble
Inflexible
Unstoppable
Unrelenting (unre-‘lent-ing, syn.: relentless, موقعيت ناخوشايند كه براي مدت طولاني متوقف نميشه)
Adv.: inexorably
N.: inexorability
Duplicity
Dju-p’lic-i-ty
N.
Trickery cunning Adj 'Cun-ning Adv.: cunningly Exp.: A cunning plan دورويي
Adj.: duplicitous
Paucity
‘Pou-ci-ty
Less than is needed of sth
Syn.: lack, scarcity (‘Scer-ci-ty)
Exp.: A paucity of information.
Distraught
Dis-‘trought
Adj.
پريشان
Crazed, mentally confused
So upset and worried that u can’t think clearly
Exp.: Comforting the distraught parents.
Admonish
Ad-‘man-ish
To warn
To reprove
N.: admonishment
Culprit
‘Cal-prit
A guilty person
Syn.: victim
Reprove
Pe-‘prove
To criticise someone for sth that they have done
Exp.: Employees were reproved for smoking in the building’s restroom
Egregious
Ig-‘ri-gious
Adj.
Remarkably bad
An egregious mistake, failour, problem etc is extremely bad and noticeable
Adv.: egregiously
Pernicious
Pe-‘ni-cious
Adj.
Harmful
Causing injury (often in a way that u don’t notice easily
مضر
Adv.: perniciously
Exp.: The media’s pernicious influence
Acrimonious
Bitter
تند و زننده
An acrimonious meeting or discussion is one in which people argue a lot and get very angry
Exp.: The meeting ended in an acrimonious dispute
Adv.: acrimoniously
N.: acrimoniousness
Dispute
Dis-‘pute
A serious argument or disagreement
Tolerate
To put up with
To bear (syn.: stand, تحمل كردن)
Impunity
Im-‘pu-ni-ty
Freedom from punishment
معافيت از مجازات
Construe
To infer(برداشت،تعبير)
To make a decuction
تعبير كردن
Exp.: The term can be construed in two different ways
Feasible
‘Fi-se-ble
Adj.
A plan, idea, or method that is possible and likely to work
Syn.: possible
Exp.: A feasible solution
Adv.: feasibly
N.: feasibility
Exp.: A feasibility study
Rush
‘Rush
To move very quickly, specially bec u need to be somewhere very soon
Syn.: hurry
Exp.: A small girl rushed past her.
Sally
‘Sal-ly
V.
Suddenly rush forth
يورش آوردن
Exp.: Prisoners sallied toward the gate.
Affluent
‘f-flu-ent
Adj.
Rich
Wealthy
N.: affluence
Exp.: Affluent family
Elicit
E-‘lli-cit
To draw forth
To success to getting information or a reaction from someone, specially when this is difficult
استخراج كردن
N.: elicitation
Exp.1: When her knock elicited no response, she opened the door
Exp. 2: The test uses pictures to elicit words from the child
Discern
Di-‘ssern
1.Perceive
To be able to see sth by looking carefully
- To notice or understand sth by thinking about it carefully
Adj.; discernible
Adv.: discernibly
تمييز دادن
Exp.: When we could discern the city lights, we knew we were safe at last
Consternation
Con-ste-‘na-tion
N.
A feel of worry, shock, or fear
بهت
Syn.; alarm
Exp.: He looked at her in consternation.
Dismay
Dis-‘may
N.: To worry, disappointment, or unhappiness u feel when sth unpleasant happens
Exp.: The stared at each other in dismay.
V.: To make someone feel worried,…
Adj.: dismayed
Exp.: She was dismayed to see how thin she had grown.
Chagrin
‘Shag-rin
N.
Annoyance and disappointment bec sth has not happened the way you hope
آزردگي
Exp.: Much to her chagrin, I got the job
V.
The feel annoyed and disappointed
Exp.: Dale was chagrined that she wasn’t impressed
Impress
Im-‘press
- To make someone feel admiration and respect
تحت تاثير قرار دادن - To make the importance of sth clear to someone
Humiliation
Hu-mil-i-a-‘tion
A feeling of shame and great embarrassment, bec u have been made to look stupid or weak
Exp.; A humiliation of having yo ask her parents for money
Perverse
Pe-‘verse
Persisting in error
گمراه
Bizarre(very unusual or strange, adv.: bizarrely)
Exp.1: He is perverse enough to insist that he is right.
Exp.2: He gets perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people
Adv.: perversely
Exp.: perversely, he was irritated by his kindness
Bizarre
Bi-‘zza
Very unusual or strange
Contrary
Conte’ry
Opposing
Exp.: To contrary views emerged
Precocious
Pre-‘cou-shes
Adj.
Reaching maturity early
بلوغ زودرس
A precocious child shows intelligence or skill at a very young age, or behaviour in an adult way
Exp.: a precocious child who walk and talk early
Adv.: precociously
N.3 precociousness, precocity
Perfunctory
Pe-‘func-tchrt
Adj.
سرسري
Done without care
Superficial
A quickly action, only. Ec people expect it
Adv.: perfunctotily
Exo.: She gave him a perfunctory smile
