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clandestine
done or kept secret
a clandestine affair
clandestine meetings
expeditiously
in a quick and effective way SYN efficiently
All issues presented to the court are considered as fairly and expeditiously as possible.
an expeditious system for examining claims for refugee status.
purview
scope. limits
This matter comes within the purview of the Department of Health.
tainted
1 a tainted substance, especially food or drink, is not safe because it is spoiled or contains a harmful substance or poison
a tainted blood supply
2 affected or influenced by something illegal, dishonest, or morally wrong
a tainted witness
displace
1 to take the place or position of something or someone SYN replace
Coal has been displaced by natural gas as a major source of energy.
immigrants who displace US workers in the job market
predilection
a tendency
if you have a predilection for something, especially something unusual, you like it very much SYN liking
predilection for
Mrs Lane’s predilection for gossip
proclivity
formal a tendency to behave in a particular way, or to like a particular thing – used especially about something bad. like predilection
proclivity to/towards/for
The child showed no proclivity towards aggression.
his sexual proclivities
Proclivity: tendency to bad things
Predilection: tendency to unusal things
Mendacity: tendency to lie
proliferate
verb grow rapidly
“Pizza parlors proliferate in this area”
see more
verb cause to grow or increase rapidly
“We must not proliferate nuclear arms”
abnegation
when you do not allow yourself to have or do something that you want → self-denial
پرهیز و ریاضت
unkempt
unkempt hair or plants have not been cut and kept neat
gloat
فیس و چس..پز دادن
to show in an annoying way that you are proud of your own success or happy about someone else’s failure
gloat over
The fans are still gloating over Scotland’s victory.
renounce
denounce
renounce: اعلام کنی چیزی (باور یا
جایگاه) که قبلا داشتی رو دیگه نداری
denounce: 1 speak out against
2 give away information about somebody
impotent
1 unable to take effective action because you do not have enough power, strength, or control
Emergency services seem impotent in the face of such a disaster.
impotent rage
2 a man who is impotent is unable to have sex because he cannot get an erection
enviable
an enviable quality, position, or possession is good and other people would like to have it. حسادت انگیز
Now he was in the enviable position of not having to work for a living.
tonic
something that gives you more energy or strength when you feel tired
harbor
بندرگاه
dock: اسکله
trial
1 محاکمه
2 آزمایش
3 محنت. رنج
shrug something ↔ off
to treat something as unimportant and not worry about it
We can’t just shrug these objections off.
surmise
guess, infer
attain
1 to succeed in achieving something after trying for a long time
More women are attaining positions of power.
2 to reach a particular level, age, size etc
Share prices attained a high of $3.27.
After a year she had attained her ideal weight.
unattainable: impossible to achieve
