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