1500 Essential (1-300) Flashcards
abacus
frame with balls for calculating
چرتكه
abate
to lessen
to subside
فروكش كردن،
abdication
giving up control authority
استعفا، كناره گيري
aberration
straying away from what is normal
انحراف، عدم انطباق
abet
help/encourage sb (in doing wrong)
تربيت كردن، تشويق و تقويت كردن
abeyance
suspended action
بلاتكليفي، تعليق
abhor
to hate
to detest
تنفر داشتن، ترس داشتن
abide
be faithful
to endure
ايستادگيكردن، پايدار ماندن، تاب اوردن
abjure
promise or swear
to give up
سوگند شكستن، نقض عهد كردن، براي هميشه ترك كردن
abraded
rubbed off
worn away by friction
تحريك كردن، سر غيرت اوردن
abrogate
repeal or annul by authority
از ميان بردن، منسوخ كردن، لغو كردن
abscond
to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)
گريختن، فرار كردن، پنهان شدن
abstruse
difficult to comprehend
پنهان و پيچيده
abut
border on
مماس بودن، مجاور بودن
abysmal
bottomless
extreme
ژرف، گردابي، ناپيمودني
acarpous
effete no longer
fertile worn out
بي ثمر، بدون ميوه
acclaimed
welcomed with shouts and approval
accolade
praise
approval
سربالايي، فراز، مراسم اعطاي منصب
accretion
the growing of separate things into one
رشد يوسته، اتحاد و يكپارچگي
adamant
kind of stone
inflexible
مقاوم، يكدنده، جسم جامد و سخت
admonitory
containing warning
نصيحت اميز، توبيخ اميز
adorn
add beauty
decorate
زيبا كردن، ارايش كردن
adulteration
making unpure poorer in quality
جعل و تزوير
affable
polite and friendly
مهربان، دلجو و خوش برخورد
affinity
close connection
relationship
خويشاوندي، وابستگي، ميل تركيبي
aggravate
make worse
irritate
بدتر كردن، خشمگين كردن
agile
active
quick-moving
agog
eager/excited
نگران، مشتاق
ail
trouble
be ill
ازردن و پريشان كردن
درد ياكسالت داشتن
alacrity
eager and cheerful readiness
چابكي و نشاط
alcove
recess/partially enclosed place
شاه نشين، الاچيق، تو رفتگي
allegiance
duty
support
loyalty
وفاداري، تابعيت، بيعت
alleviate
make (pain) easier
to bear
سبك كردن، ارام كردن
alloy
to debase by mixing with something inferior
aloof
reserved indifferent
دور، كناره گير
amalgamate
mix
combine unite societies
اميختن
ambidextrous
able to use the left hand or the right equally well
قابليت استفاده از هر دو جهت
ambiguous
doubtful
uncertain
با ابهام، تاريك
ambivalent
having both of two contrary meanings
دوجنبه اي
ameliorate
improve
make better
بهتر كردن، اصلاح كردن
amortize
end (a debt) by setting aside money
وقف كردن ، واگذار كردن، خراب كردن، كشتن
anguish
severe suffering
اضطراب، نگران شدن، دلتنگ كردن
animosity
strong dislike
دئمني، كينه
antidote
medicine used against a poison or a disease
antithetical
direct opposing
apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
aplomb
self-confidence
apostate
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
apotheosis
deification glorification to godliness
appease
make quiet or calm
apprehensive
grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
apprise
give notice to inform
approbation
approval
apropos
appropriate to the situation apt
apt
well-suited quick-witted
arabesque
a complex ornate design
arboreal
of connected with trees
ardor
enthusiasm
arduous
steep difficult ascent laborious
argot
jargon slang
arrant
in the highest degree
arrogance
proud superior manner of behaviour
articulate
speak distinctly connect by joints
ascend
go or come up
ascertain
get to know
ascetic
practicing self-denial austere stark
ascribe
consider to be the origin of or belonging to
aseptic
surgically clean
asperity
roughness harshness ill temper irritability
aspersion
slander
assail
with attack violently
assiduous
diligent hard-working sedulous
assuage
make smth (pain desire) less
asterisk
the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
astringent
substance that shrinks
astute
clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
atonement
repayment death of Jesus
attenuate
make thin. weaken enervate
attune
bring into harmony
audacious
daring foolishly bold impudent
augury
omen sign
august
majestic venerable
auspicious
favorable successful prosperous
austere
severely moral and strict simple and plain
auxiliary
helping supporting
aver
affirm assert prove justify
aversion
strong dislike
avid
eager greedy
avow
admit. Declare openly
baleful
harmful ominous causing evil
balk
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
baneful
causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
barrage
artificial obstacle built across a river
barren
not good enough unable to have young ones without value
bask
in enjoy warmth and light
beatify
to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
bedizen
to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
belabor
beat hard
bellicose
belligerent pugnacious warlike
belligerent
(person nation) waging war
benefactor
person who has given help
benevolence
wish or activity in doing good
benign
kind and gentle mild (climate)
bequest
arrangement to give smth at death
berate
scold sharply
bereft
rob or dispossess of smth (material)
bewilder
puzzle confuse
bigot
stubborn narrow-minded person
bilge
bulge the protuberance of a cask
blandishment
flattery coaxing
blandness
polite manner comforting uninteresting
blatant
noisy and rough
blithe
cheerful casual carefree
bogus
sham counterfeit not genuine
boisterous
loud noisy rough lacking restraint
bolster
give greatly needed support
boorish
crude offensive rude
brash
hasty rush cheeky saucy
brass
yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
brazen
made of brass