28 Flashcards
comply
verb: to act according to an order, set of rules, or request:
He’s been ordered to have the dog destroyed because it’s dangerous, but he refuses to comply.
There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.
noun: compliance:
It is the job of the inspectors to enforce compliance with the regulations.
adj: compliant:
a compliant child
discreetly
adj: discreet: careful not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention, especially by keeping something secret:
The family made discreet enquiries about his background.
She hung the laundry on a line in a discreet corner of the yard.
adv: discreetly:
Some of Nelle’s acquaintances discreetly suggested she get a divorce.
endemic
شبیه پاندمیک و اپیدمیک
The WHO defines pandemics, epidemics, and endemic diseases based on a disease’s rate of spread.
impartial
adj: بی طرف
The jury has to give an impartial verdict after listening to all of the evidence.
noun: impartiality
adv: impartially
inordinate
adj: much more than usual or expected:
Margot has always spent an inordinate amount of time on her appearance.
adv: inordinately:
She seemed to be inordinately fond of her dog.
inundate
verb: to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all:
We have been inundated with requests for help.
to flood an area with water:
If the dam breaks it will inundate large parts of the town.
noun: inundation:
The town is preparing for the annual inundation of tourists.
The dam saved the area from inundation.
brazen
adj: obvious, without any attempt to be hidden:
brazen cheating
He told me a brazen lie.
adv: brazenly:
The robber brazenly carried the stolen painting to the getaway car.
come across
phrasal verb: to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic:
She comes across really well (= creates a positive image) on television.
He comes across as a bit of a bore in an interview.
If an idea or emotion comes across in writing, film, music, or when someone is speaking, it is expressed clearly and people notice it:
What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness.
demeanor
noun: a way of looking and behaving:
The boss has a calm, reassuring demeanor.
fallacious
/fəˈleɪ.ʃəs/
adj: not correct:
His argument is based on fallacious reasoning.
adv: fallaciously
noun: fallaciousness
limber
adj: نرم، انعظاف پذیر: able to bend and move easily:
Good posture makes your muscles more limber.
preconception
noun: an idea or opinion formed before enough information is available to form it correctly:
Try to go into the meeting without too many preconceptions about what the other group wants.
fabricate
verb: to invent or produce something false in order to deceive someone:
He was late, so he fabricated an excuse to avoid trouble.
noun: fabrication:
The report stopped short of accusing anyone of fabrication of evidence.
generic
adj: shared by, typical of, or relating to a whole group of similar things, rather than to any particular thing:
The new range of engines all had a generic problem with their fan blades.
Jazz is a generic term for a wide range of different styles of music.
notion
noun: a belief or idea:
The show’s director rejects the notion that seeing violence on television has a harmful effect on children.
I have only a vague notion of what she does for a living.
adj: existing only as an idea, not as something real:
Almost everyone will have to pay a higher tax bill than the notional amount suggested by the Treasury Secretary.
adv: notionally:
He is only notionally responsible for the project; in reality the technical director takes all the decisions.
