27 Flashcards
Detractor
phrasal verb: detract from something: to make something seem less valuable or less deserving of admiration than it really is :
All that make-up she wears actually detracts from her beauty, I think.
adj: detractor: someone who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly:
His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for leadership.
noun: ditraction: a fact or situation that makes something seem less valuable, less useful, less attractive, etc. :
detraction from But those are minor detractions from an otherwise excellent programme.
Despite the cost savings, coal also has a number of detractions.
criticism that harms someone’s reputation:
He gave no answer to the malicious detractions of his enemies.
Cushion
noun: کوسن
something that makes the effects of a bad situation less severe:
You should aim to build up a cushion of money in case of emergencies.
You should aim to build up a cushion of three months’ income in your savings account, for emergencies.
Cumbersome
/ˈkʌm.bɚ.səm/
adj: difficult to do or manage and taking a lot of time and effort:
Critics say that the process for amending the Constitution is cumbersome, but others defend it.
Analytically comparing these expressions with the solutions for stochastic prices proves to be cumbersome.
adv: cumbersomely: in a way that is awkward because of being large, heavy, or not effective:
She moved cumbersomely around the room.
With their latest, cumbersomely titled album, the band tackle big subjects.
Desiccated
/ˈdes.ə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
verb: desiccate: to remove the moisture from something so it becomes completely dry; to lose all moisture and become completely dry:
Intensive farming has desiccated the land.
to become damaged or destroyed by losing an important quality; to damage or destroy something in this way:
The global economy is desiccating by the day.
adj: Desiccated: dried, with the moisture removed:
100 g of desiccated coconut
not interesting or completely without imagination:
All the party seems to have to offer is the same desiccated old ideas.
noun: desiccation: the process or quality of becoming completely dried:
Additionally, in desiccation-sensitive seeds, protective antioxidant systems may also fail.
Designate
verb: to choose someone officially to do a particular job:
Traditionally, the president designates his or her successor.
be designated as Thompson has been designated as team captain.
to say officially that a place or thing has a particular character or purpose:
designated for A large chunk of the money is designated for new housing.
Depict
verb: to represent or show something in a picture or story:
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
depict someone as something/doing something In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant.
noun: depiction:
I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television.
She is nothing like her depiction in the media.
Derive
verb: to get or obtain something:
The institute derives all its money from foreign investments.
Deplete
verb: to reduce something in size or amount, especially supplies of energy, money, etc.:
If we continue to deplete the earth’s natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment.
adj: depleted:
Measures have been taken to protect the world’s depleted elephant population.
physically/emotionally depleted (= weakened)
noun: a reduction in something:
depletion of the depletion of the ozone layer
disregard
verb: the fact of showing no care or respect for something:
What amazes me is her complete disregard for anyone else’s opinion.
to ignore something:
He told us to disregard everything we’d learned so far and start again.
noun: lack of consideration or respect:
The writer has shown a reckless disregard for the truth.
caliber
noun: the quality of someone or something, especially someone’s ability:
If teaching paid more it might attract people of (a) higher caliber.
calibrate, calibration, …: کالیبره کردن وسایل
Scholar
noun: a person who studies a subject in great detail, especially at a university:
a classics/history scholar
Dr Miles was a distinguished scholar of Russian history.
Pale
adj: رنگ پریده:
She wore a pale blue hat.
verb:
His face paled and he looked as if he might faint.
Bow
verb: تعظیم کردن
They bowed to the Queen.
noun:
take a bow The audience applauded enthusiastically, and she came back on stage to take another bow.
پاپیون
I tied the ribbon around the present in a pretty bow.
کمان
He made his own bow and arrows.
Spill
verb: to (cause to) flow, move, fall, or spread over the edge or outside the limits of something:
I spilled coffee on my silk shirt.
You’ve spilled something down your tie.
noun: an amount of something that has come out of a container:
a fuel spill on the road
Could you wipe up that spill, please?
Shiver
verb: When people or animals shiver, they shake slightly because they feel cold, ill, or frightened:
The poor dog - it’s shivering!
He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt.
noun:
I felt/gave a shiver as I looked out at the dark expanse of sea.
adj: shivery:
She’s very hot and shivery, so I think she must have flu.
