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abate
to decrease, reduce (فروکش کردن)
We waited for the storm to abate.
Public anger does not appear to be abating.
abdicate
1 to give up the position of being king or queen
King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his eldest son.
The king was forced to abdicate the throne.
2 abdicate (your) responsibility
to refuse to be responsible for something, when you should be or were before
The government has largely abdicated its responsibility in dealing with housing needs.
aberrant
deviating from norm. like anomalous
abeyance
something such as a custom, rule, or system that is in abeyance is not being used at the present time
fall into abeyance (=no longer be used)
The umbrella group we’d formed in 1987 had fallen into abeyance, but the name still meant something.
but the right has been in abeyance for years.
abject
miserable, pitiful
abject poverty/misery/failure
Abjection: depressed feeling, a bleak and heavyhearted state of mind. Like degradation or wretchedness
abjure
to reject, abandon formally. Retract or recant
Abjure means to swear off, and it applies to something you once believed. You can abjure a religious faith, you can abjure your love of another person, and you can abjure the practice of using excessive force in interrogation(بازجویی).
abscission
the act of cutting. پشم ریزونای پاییز
the natural separation of a leaf of other parts of a plant.
The flower buds and immature fruit frequently drop off; researchers have tried to determine the role growth hormones play in this abscission.
abscond
1 to escape from a place where you are being kept
abscond from
The boy absconded from a children’s home.
2 to secretly leave somewhere, taking with you something that does not belong to you. Pilfer or appropriate
abscond with
He has to convince a judge that he wasn’t going to abscond with the money.
abstemious
careful not to have too much food, drink مواظبه داره چقد میخوره
moderate in appetite
But such people are abstemious in many other ways, e.g. they do not drink tea.
abstinence
the practice of not having something you enjoy, especially alcohol or sex, usually for reasons of religion or health.
پرهیز. ریاضت
In the early stages of abstinence, people are having a lot of difficulties and craving(هوس و اشتیاق) is most pronounced.
abysmal
very bad. Terrible
Abysmal working condition.
accretion
A slow, gradual growth in size or in amount
Coral growth and the accretion of sediments(رسوب) in coastal mangroves will compensate.
accrue
1 if advantages accrue to you, you get those advantages over a period of time. (advantages happen to)
advantages accruing from the introduction of new technology.
benefits that accrue to students.
2 accumulate
Interest will accrue until payment is made.
adamant
uncompromising or stubborn
determined not to change your opinion or a decision that you have made
She begged me to change my mind, but I remained adamant.
adamant that
Madonna is adamant that she will not tour this year.
adjunct
something added or attached.
Online instruction is a useful adjunct to the real thing.
admonish
to caution or reprimand
adulterate
to make food or drink less pure by adding another substance of lower quality to it.
Try not to adulterate such healthy basics with too rich a dressing.
aesthetic
related to beauty
affected
pretentious, phony (ساختگی)
an affected laugh
affinity
fondness, liking, similarity
his remarkable affinity with animals.
the affinity between Christian and Chinese concepts of the spirit.
I felt an affinity with him.
aggrandize
to make larger or greater. گنده کردن
If you are a window washer, but you refer to yourself as a “vista enhancement specialist,” then you are aggrandizing your job title — that is, making it sound greater than it is.
aggregate
amounting to a whole
alacrity
cheerful willingness
alchemy
کیمیاگری
allay
to lessen, ease, soothe. Like abate
allay (somebody’s) fear/concern/suspicion etc
The president made a statement to allay public anxiety.
alleviate
to make something less painful or difficult to deal with. like mitigate
alleviate the problem/situation/suffering etc
a new medicine to alleviate the symptoms of flu
measures to alleviate poverty
alloy
a mixture of two or more metals
آلیاژ
The pipes are made of an alloy of copper and zinc.
Unalloyed:pure or complete
allure
the power of entice by charm
At 50, she had lost none of her sexual allure.
harmonies that never fail to allure the listener.
amalgamate
to combine into a united whole. like coalesce
The agency is expected to amalgamate with the National Rivers Authority.
The editors will amalgamate all the information into one article.
ambiguous
unclear
ambivalent
not sure whether you want or like something or not. like equivocal, uncertain مردد
We are both somewhat ambivalent about having a child.
