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repugnant
offensive and unacceptable SYN repellent
deeply/utterly/wholly etc repugnant
I find his political ideas totally repugnant.
repugnant to
Animal experiments are morally repugnant to many people.
lament
to express sadness and feeling sorry about something:
The poem opens by lamenting (over) the death of a young man.
My grandmother, as usual, lamented the decline in moral standards in today’s society.
The late lamented (= dead and remembered with love) Frank Giotto used to live here.
lament the lack/absence/decline etc of something
Steiner lamented the lack of public interest in the issue.
unbridled
مهار نشدنی
not controlled and too extreme or violent
unbridled greed
incursion
invasion تجاوز
a combined British and French incursion into China in 1857.
The media was criticized for its thoughtless incursion into the domestic grief of the family.
the Japanese incursion into the U.S. domestic electronics market
acquiescent
too ready to agree with someone or do what they want, without complaining or saying what you want to do بله قربان گو
like obedient or submissive. can’t say no
understatement
An understatement can be just the thing to make someone feel better. For example, if you are a terrible dancer and everyone seems to be pointing and laughing at you, your friend might say your style is unique. She’s not lying, but she is making sad truth easier to deal with. Understatement can also be used humorously — if you have a really difficult, scary experience, you might say, “Well, that was interesting.”
standstill
a situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
come to a standstill/bring something to a standstill
Strikers brought production to a standstill.
at a standstill
Traffic was at a standstill.
endure
1 last
2 put up with. tolerate
enduring: continuing for a very long time
resolve
as noun
strong determination to succeed in doing something. like tenacity (from tenacious)
Recent events strengthened her resolve to find out the truth.
rehash
When you rehash something, you use it again without altering or changing it much. Your favorite band’s new album will be a disappointment if they just rehash all their old hits.
This issue has been rehashed so many times already.
shrewd
well judged and likely to be right.
Malcolm is a shrewd businessman.
She was shrewd enough to guess who was responsible.
Capra looked at her with shrewd eyes.
adversary
a country or person you are fighting or competing against SYN opponent
his old adversary
objective
as noun
something you try to achieve. goal
He vowed to achieve certain objectives before the end of his presidency.
the best way to accomplish your objectives.
as adjective
based on facts, or making a decision that is based on facts rather than on your feelings or beliefs OPP subjective
objective assessment/measurement/description etc
It’s hard to give an objective opinion about your own children.
Scientists need to be objective when doing research.
purely/totally/completely objective
the importance of a completely objective, independent press
sway
1 [intransitive] to move slowly from one side to another
The trees swayed gently in the breeze.
2 [transitive] to influence someone so that they change their opinion
Don’t allow yourself to be swayed by his promises.
preoccupation
focus too much on something.
1 [singular, uncountable] when someone thinks or worries about something a lot, with the result that they do not pay attention to other things
preoccupation with
the current preoccupation with sex and scandal
The management’s preoccupation with costs and profits resulted in a drop in quality and customer service.
2 [countable] something that you give all your attention to
main/chief/central etc preoccupation
Their main preoccupation was how to feed their families.
derogation
When someone puts down or ridicules another person or group, that’s derogation. Your sister might think her constant teasing is all in good fun, but if you view it as derogation, you should tell her to cut it out.
comity
The noun comity means a state of civility or courtesy between people, organizations, and nations. It’s a hoped-for mutual respect and friendliness.
Although the employees’ union and company management, entering into contract negotiations, both issued statements encouraging comity, acrimony between the two sides continued unabated.
disguise
to change someone’s appearance so that people cannot recognize them
disguise yourself as somebody/something
Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there.
He escaped across the border disguised as a priest.
synthesis
1 something that has been made by combining different things, or the process of combining things SYN combination
a synthesis of Eastern and Western philosophical ideas
2 the act of making a chemical or biological substance
the synthesis of proteins
redundant
if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you
Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts.
make a job/position etc redundant
As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant.
trail
1 PULL to pull something behind you, especially along the ground, or to be pulled in this way
A plane trailing a banner was circling overhead.
trail in/on/over etc
She walked slowly along the path, her skirt trailing in the mud.
trail something in/across/through etc something
Rees was leaning out of the boat trailing his hand through the water.
2 WALK SLOWLY [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk slowly, especially behind other people because you are tired or bored
trail behind/around
Susie trailed along behind her parents.
faint
1 difficult to see, hear, smell etc
She gave a faint smile.
a very faint noise
2 → a faint hope/possibility/chance etc
3 → not have the faintest idea
4 feeling weak and as if you are about to become unconscious because you are very ill, tired, or hungry
The heat made him feel quite faint.
faint with
I was faint with hunger.
exiguous
very small in amount
exiguous earnings
OPP exorbitant
discern
تشخیص دادن
1 to notice or understand something by thinking about it carefully
discern what/where/why etc
Officials were keen to discern how much public support there was.
2 to be able to see something by looking carefully SYN perceive
We could just discern a town in the distance.
