1100 Words Flashcards

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Eminent

Em-i-nent

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Famous/ well-known/ outstanding

Of high reputation

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Drenched

Drenched

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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

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Compound

Com-pound

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To increase or add to

تركيب شدن

Of
Example: Teaching is compound of several different skills.

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Drudgery

Drudg-e-ri

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Hard boring work

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Annals

An-nals

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Historical reccords

Example1: The annals of zoological society

Example 2: One of the most unusual cases in the annals of crime.

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Badger

Bad-ger

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Annoy persistently
To pester/ nag

آزار دادن، موي دماغ شدن

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Interminable

In-ter-mi-na-ble

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Unending

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Laconic

La-con-ic

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Expressing much in few words

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Accost

Ac-cost

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To approach and speak to

مخاطب قرار دادن

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Reticent

Ret-i-cent

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Silent

Unwilling to talk about what you feel or what you know

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Implore

Im-plore

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To pealed urgently for aid or mercy

To ask for sth in an emotional way

Example: She implored the soldiers to save her child.

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Intrepid

In-trep-id

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Brave

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Irate

I-rate

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Incensed/ angry

In-censed

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Throng

Throng

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Crowd

Example1: She got lost in the throng.
Example2: A throng of excited things.

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Felon

Fel-on

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A person guilty of a major crime

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Hapless

Hap-less

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Unfortunate

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Furtive

Fur-tive

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Stealthy/ secret

Stealth-y

مخفيانه، دزدكي

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Vigilant

Vig-i-lant

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Watchful

هوشيار

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Plethora

Pleth-o-ra

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Excess

تعداد زياد، معمولا بيش از حد نياز

Example: A plethora of suggestion

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Fabricate

‘Fab-ri-cate

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To lie

بافتن

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Deceive

De-‘ceive

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To make someone believe sth that is not true

Trick

Sth you do in order to deceive someone

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Gesticulate

Ges-‘tic-u-late

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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.

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Despairing

De-s’pair-ing

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Showing a feeling that you have no hope at all.

Example: She gave me a last despairing look

Verb: despair
Adverb: despairingly

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Adroit

A-d’roit

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Clever and skilfull, specially in the way you use words and argument

Example: A adroit negotiator

Adverb: adroitly
Noun: adroitness

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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
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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
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Avid 'Av-id
Eager 'Ea-ger Eager to do sth/ for Noun: eagerness Adverb: eagerly
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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 ```
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Bristle 'Bristle
N To stiffen with fear or anger با عصبانيت عكس العمل نشان دادن Exp.: He bristle at her rudeness
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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
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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
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Cessation
To stopping توقف، انقطاع
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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.
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Jostle 'Jos-tle
To shove hard Shove Exp.: He shoved her towards the car
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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.
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Dupe Dupe
N. A person easily tricked, specially into becoming involved in sth illegal Mislead V.: dupe To trick or deceive someone
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Heedless 'Heed-less
Adj. Not attentive, Not paying attention to sth Exp.: Heedless of danger Adv.: heedlessly
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Feint
N. A movement or an attack that is intended to deceive an opponent, specially in boxing
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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
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Alacrity A-'lac-ri-ty
Quickness and eagerness Briskness (quickly and full of energy) Lively action Exp.: She accepted with alacrity
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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
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Mundane Mun-'dane
1.worldly 2. Ordinary and not interesting or exiting Syn.: boring
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Intimidate In-'tim-i-date
To overawe ترساندن، وحشت زده كردن N.: intimidation
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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.
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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.
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Belligerent Bel-'lig-er-ent
Adj. Warlike/ aggressive N:. Belligerence, belligerency
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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)
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Pugnacious Pug-'na-cious
Adj. Very eager to argue or fight with people Argumentative Quarrelsome 'Quar-rel-some Adv.: pugnaciously N.: pagnacity
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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.
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Promulgate 'Prom-ul-gate
To make known officially ( idea, belief or new law) N.: promulgator (countable) N. Promulgation (uncountble)
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Scoff Scoff
To sneer at تمسخر كردن Exp.: David scoff at her fear.
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Belittle Be-'lit-tle
V. To male seem less important Exp.: He tend to belittle her effort.
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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.
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Brash Brash
Adj. 1. Behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly- used to show disapproval Exp.: Brash journalists 2. 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
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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
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Hostility Hos-'til-i-ty
N. When someone is unfriendly and full of anger towards another person
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Octegenerian
A person is in his or her eighty
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Laceration La-ce-'ra-tion
Jagged wound Exp.: Multiple lacerations to the upper arm
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Aspitant A's-pi-rant
N. A candidate for a high position Aspiration Syn.: ambition A strong desire to have or achieve sth
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Sordid 'Sor-did
1.involving immoral or dishonest behaviour Exp.: I want to hear all the sordid detail 2. Very dirty and unpleasent Exp.: A sordid little room 3. Base
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Castigate 'Cast-i-gate
To correct by punishing N.: castigation
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Critisize 'Crit-i-size
نقد كردن
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Scarrilous
Adj. Damage and untrue statements about someone افترا آميز Adv.: scurrilously
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Coarse Coarse
1.Talking in a rude and offensive way 2. Having a rough surface that feel slightly hard Opp.: smooth Syn.: rough
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Frenzy 'Frenzy
Wild fit A state of great anxiety or excitement, in which you can't control your behaviour Exp.: Frenzy of religious feeling
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Clandestine Clan-'des-tine
Adj. Under cover, secret Exp.: Clandestine meeting
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Concur Con-'cu
1. Agree Exp.: The committee largely concurred with this view 2. To happen at the same time Syn.: coincide (co-in-'side, ... Especially by chance) Exp.: Every thing concurred to produce the desired effect.
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Dregs
Most worthly part
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Drag
كشيدن چيزي يا كسي | به زور بردن كسي به جايي
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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.
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Grief
Extreme sadness, especially bec of someone's death
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Inane I-'nane
Foolish Adv.: inanely N.: inanity
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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
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Flagrant 'Flay-grant
Adj. Glaringly bad وقيح Exp.: Flagrant violations of human rights Adv.: flagrantly
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Outrageous Aut-'ra-geous
1. Very shocking and extremely unfair or offensive Exp.: Outrageous prices. 2. Extremely unusual and slightly amusing or shocking Exp.: an outrageous hairstyle Adv.: outrageously خارج از عرف
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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
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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
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Duplicity Dju-p'lic-i-ty
N. ``` Trickery cunning Adj 'Cun-ning Adv.: cunningly Exp.: A cunning plan دورويي ``` Adj.: duplicitous
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Paucity 'Pou-ci-ty
Less than is needed of sth Syn.: lack, scarcity ('Scer-ci-ty) Exp.: A paucity of information.
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Distraught Dis-'trought
Adj. پريشان Crazed, mentally confused So upset and worried that u can't think clearly Exp.: Comforting the distraught parents.
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Admonish Ad-'man-ish
To warn To reprove N.: admonishment
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Culprit 'Cal-prit
A guilty person Syn.: victim
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Reprove Pe-'prove
To criticise someone for sth that they have done Exp.: Employees were reproved for smoking in the building's restroom
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Egregious Ig-'ri-gious
Adj. Remarkably bad An egregious mistake, failour, problem etc is extremely bad and noticeable Adv.: egregiously
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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
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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
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Dispute Dis-'pute
A serious argument or disagreement
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Tolerate
To put up with To bear (syn.: stand, تحمل كردن)
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Impunity | Im-'pu-ni-ty
Freedom from punishment | معافيت از مجازات
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Construe
To infer(برداشت،تعبير) To make a decuction تعبير كردن Exp.: The term can be construed in two different ways
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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
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Rush 'Rush
To move very quickly, specially bec u need to be somewhere very soon Syn.: hurry Exp.: A small girl rushed past her.
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Sally 'Sal-ly
V. Suddenly rush forth يورش آوردن Exp.: Prisoners sallied toward the gate.
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Affluent 'f-flu-ent
Adj. Rich Wealthy N.: affluence Exp.: Affluent family
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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
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Discern Di-'ssern
1.Perceive To be able to see sth by looking carefully 2. 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
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Consternation Con-ste-'na-tion
N. A feel of worry, shock, or fear بهت Syn.; alarm Exp.: He looked at her in consternation.
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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.
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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
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Impress Im-'press
1. To make someone feel admiration and respect تحت تاثير قرار دادن 2. To make the importance of sth clear to someone
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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
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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
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Bizarre Bi-'zza
Very unusual or strange
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Contrary Conte'ry
Opposing Exp.: To contrary views emerged
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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
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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