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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

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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

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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

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Eager

‘Ea-ger

Eager to do sth/ for

Noun: eagerness
Adverb: eagerly

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Cajole

Ca-‘jole

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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

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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

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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

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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

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To stopping

توقف، انقطاع

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Repudiate

Re-‘pu-di-ate

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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

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To shove hard

Shove
Exp.: He shoved her towards the car

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Inadvertent

In-ad-‘vert-ent

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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

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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

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Adj.

Not attentive,
Not paying attention to sth

Exp.: Heedless of danger

Adv.: heedlessly

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Feint

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N.

A movement or an attack that is intended to deceive an opponent, specially in boxing

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Ominous

‘Om-i-mous

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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

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Quickness and eagerness
Briskness (quickly and full of energy)
Lively action

Exp.: She accepted with alacrity

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Stipulate

‘Stip-u-late

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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

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1.worldly
2. Ordinary and not interesting or exiting
Syn.: boring

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Intimidate

In-‘tim-i-date

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To overawe
ترساندن، وحشت زده كردن
N.: intimidation

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Condolence

Con-‘do-lence

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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

A

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

A

Adj.

Warlike/ aggressive

N:. Belligerence, belligerency

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Tend

Tend

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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

A

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

A 
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

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To make known officially ( idea, belief or new law)

N.: promulgator (countable)
N. Promulgation (uncountble)

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Scoff

Scoff

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To sneer at
تمسخر كردن
Exp.: David scoff at her fear.

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Belittle

Be-‘lit-tle

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V.
To male seem less important

Exp.: He tend to belittle her effort.

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Tangible

‘Tan-gi-ble

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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

A

Adj.

  1. Behaving too confidently and speaking too loudly- used to show disapproval

Exp.: Brash journalists

  1. 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

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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

A

N.

When someone is unfriendly and full of anger towards another person

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Octegenerian

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A person is in his or her eighty

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Laceration

La-ce-‘ra-tion

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Jagged wound

Exp.: Multiple lacerations to the upper arm

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Aspitant

A’s-pi-rant

A

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

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1.involving immoral or dishonest behaviour
Exp.: I want to hear all the sordid detail

  1. Very dirty and unpleasent
    Exp.: A sordid little room
  2. Base
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Castigate

‘Cast-i-gate

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To correct by punishing

N.: castigation

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Critisize

‘Crit-i-size

A

نقد كردن

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Scarrilous

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Adj.
Damage and untrue statements about someone
افترا آميز
Adv.: scurrilously

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Coarse

Coarse

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1.Talking in a rude and offensive way

  1. Having a rough surface that feel slightly hard
    Opp.: smooth
    Syn.: rough
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Frenzy

‘Frenzy

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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

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Adj.

Under cover, secret

Exp.: Clandestine meeting

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Concur

Con-‘cu

A
  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

A

Most worthly part

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Drag

A

كشيدن چيزي يا كسي

به زور بردن كسي به جايي

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Solace

‘Sal-es

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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

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Extreme sadness, especially bec of someone’s death

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Inane

I-‘nane

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Foolish

Adv.: inanely
N.: inanity

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Rampant

‘Ram-paent

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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

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Adj.

Glaringly bad
وقيح

Exp.: Flagrant violations of human rights

Adv.: flagrantly

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Outrageous

Aut-‘ra-geous

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  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

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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

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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

A

N.

Trickery
cunning
Adj
'Cun-ning
Adv.: cunningly
Exp.: A cunning plan
دورويي

Adj.: duplicitous

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Paucity

‘Pou-ci-ty

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Less than is needed of sth

Syn.: lack, scarcity (‘Scer-ci-ty)

Exp.: A paucity of information.

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Distraught

Dis-‘trought

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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

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To warn
To reprove

N.: admonishment

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Culprit

‘Cal-prit

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A guilty person

Syn.: victim

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Reprove

Pe-‘prove

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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

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Adj.

Remarkably bad
An egregious mistake, failour, problem etc is extremely bad and noticeable

Adv.: egregiously

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Pernicious

Pe-‘ni-cious

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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

A

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

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A serious argument or disagreement

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Tolerate

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To put up with

To bear (syn.: stand, تحمل كردن)

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Impunity

Im-‘pu-ni-ty

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Freedom from punishment

معافيت از مجازات

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Construe

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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

A

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

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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

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V.

Suddenly rush forth
يورش آوردن

Exp.: Prisoners sallied toward the gate.

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Affluent

‘f-flu-ent

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Adj.

Rich
Wealthy

N.: affluence

Exp.: Affluent family

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Elicit

E-‘lli-cit

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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

A

1.Perceive
To be able to see sth by looking carefully

  1. 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

A

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

A

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

A

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

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  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

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

A

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

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Very unusual or strange

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Contrary

Conte’ry

A

Opposing

Exp.: To contrary views emerged

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Precocious

Pre-‘cou-shes

A

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

A

Adj.

سرسري
Done without care
Superficial
A quickly action, only. Ec people expect it

Adv.: perfunctotily

Exo.: She gave him a perfunctory smile

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