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3/6/13 Flashcards

1
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Palimpsest

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can refer to anything that has been changed numerous times but which traces of former instantiations can still be seen.
The downtown was a palimpsest of the city’s checkered past – a new Starbucks had opened up next to an abandoned, shuttered building, and a freshly asphalted road was inches away from a pothole large enough to swallow a house pet.

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checkered

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شطرنجی,

دارای تحولات,متغیر

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3
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Serendipity

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Finding something pleasant that you weren’t even looking for.

نعمت غیر مترقبه
something you were never looking for you end up buying. Though if this becomes a habit, it may cease to be serendipitous

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4
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hapless

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بی چاره

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5
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lad

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جوانک

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6
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defenestrate

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comical way of saying to throw someone out of a window

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7
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Invective

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سخن حمله امیز

ناسزا گویی

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coax

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چاپلوسی کردن,نوازش کردن

rishkhand kardan

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inveigh

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با سخن حمله کردن

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inveigle

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سرگرم کردن,گمراه کردن و بردن

fariftan

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Diatribe

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strong verbal attack against someone or something

انتقاد تلخ

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Screed

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an abusive rant that has since become tedious and hackneyed

سخن یا نامه دراز وخسته کننده

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13
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rant

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بیهوده گویی

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tedious

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خسته کننده

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15
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hackneyed

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pishe paa oftade,gheire ghable tavajjoh

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16
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Tirade

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angry speech

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17
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Harangue

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tirade and diatribe

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18
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Vituperation

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violently launch into an invective or tirade

fahhashi, na seza gooyi

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Precipitate

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adj. to be hasty or rash,v.make something happen suddenly
and n:
رسوب شیمیایی

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20
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hasty

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شتاب زده

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21
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Amalgam

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in the chemistry sense, is an alloy made of mercury and some other metal,
Generally speaking, an amalgam is a mixture of two or more things.

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22
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solvent

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حلال

قادر به پرداخت قروض

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23
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dissolve

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حل کردن

24
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Catalyst

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anything that speeds up (or precipitates) an event is a catalyst

25
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Slapdash

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hastily put together

کاری که سرسری یا از روی بیپروایی انجام دهند

26
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Heyday

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the pinnacle, or top, of a person, time period or career

اوج خوش بختی

27
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Hodgepodge

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confusing mixture or jumble
چیز درهم و برهم
Long after his heyday as Germany’s pre-eminent visionary philosopher, Nietzsche began to populate his writing with a hodgepodge of aphorisms

28
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jumble

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درهم امیختگی

29
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aphorisms

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کلمات قصار

30
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eminent

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برجسته

31
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Aboveboard

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honest

“bi shile pile”

32
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Thoroughgoing

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absolute

تمام و کمال

33
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Telltale

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revealing

34
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Cadaverous

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emaciated,gaunt
جسدوار
Some actors take challenging roles in which they have to lose so much weight that they appear cadaverous

35
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gaunt

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نحیف

36
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emaciated

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لاغر

37
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Macabre

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story, film, or, for that matter, any description is filled with gruesome details about death and horror, we say that it is macabre
ترسناک

38
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gruesome

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مخوف

39
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Goosebumps

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describe that sensation on our skin when we become frightened.

40
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BUMP

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دست انداز

41
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pimple

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جوش

42
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lest

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مبادا

43
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Diabolical

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adj.be extremely wicked like the devil

44
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Phantasmagorical

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series of images that seem as though they are out of a dream,
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45
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Gregarious

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be likely to socialize with others,flocking

46
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garrulous

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talkative

47
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Ingenuous

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naïve and innocent
صاف و ساده
if you are likely to go along with a devious plan, whether or not it is ingenious, you are ingenuous

48
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naive

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ساده

49
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ingenious

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دارای هوش ابتکاری

50
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devious

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منحرف

51
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Peruse

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read very carefully

52
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Disabuse

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persuade somebody that his/her belief is not valid goes together with the word notion

53
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notion

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مفهوم

54
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Mettlesome

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poke your nose in somebody else’s business
“gheiratmand,”
A soldier on the battlefield is mettlesome when he runs into enemy fire to save a comrade

55
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mettle

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courage or valor
غیرت
jorboze

56
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valor

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delavari

57
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comrade

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