advance 1 Flashcards
choloric
adj - bad-tempered سریع از کوره در رفتن
saturnine
بدخلق و عبوس
saturn-like
gloomy
kowtow
bow
تعظیم یا سجده کردن
expansive
communicative
friendly and open to talk
adj
precipitate
adj
hasty or rash عجول
verb
to cause to happen
fractious
irritable - stubborn -
cranky, rebellious and inclined to cause problems. Tempers and children are commonly described as such
factious: related to faction فرقه ای
factitious: artificial
indigent
extremely poor
lack not only money but homes.
Like impecunious, penurious
arrant
It can be used to add emphasis to other words, most often negative words.
Arrant rudeness is extreme rudeness. Arrant hypocrisy is very hypocritical. An arrant liar is a world-class liar
arrant fool
cow
to intimidate
coward comes from here
They had underestimated her if they thought she could be cowed into submission by threats and violence.
supercilious
think very highly of themselves, more highly than of others
pariah
outcast
someone who everyone hates and avoids
برعکس پریا ک همه دوسش دارن
churlish
کسی ک آداب معاشرت سرش نمیشه
یهو دیدی سر میز شام ی جوک +18 گفت
Did your father and I raise you to be churlish?
contentious
sth: controversial
s.o: often argues with people (argumentative) احسان
like tendentious: controversial
artless
naive
without deceit
ب وقتش مول بازیو بلد نیستن
بی ژیله پیله
chary
adj: wary
دستش ب لرزه واسه انجام اون کار
unwilling to risk doing something
Banks were chary of lending the company more money.
Wariness: the trait of being cautious and watchful
perfunctory
adj
از روی عرف و روتین
چون بقیه انتظار دارنه
مثل تشکر بخاطر کادویی ک خوشت نیومده
یا تعارف های بیجا
perfunctory courtesy
perfunctory replies
She gave him a perfunctory smile.
The applause was perfunctory.
alacrity
eagerness-willingness- enthusiasm
نشاط و چابکی
like a kid whose mother has told him he can buy anything in a candy store.
از خوشحالی این پا اون پا کردن
prosaic
boring or ordinary
prosaic everyday life
They may spend prosaic domestic evenings together, him reading the paper while she serves up a casserole
(mese mozaik khaste konanadas)
conciliate
the flowers you bring to conciliate your girlfriend after a fight.
وقتی ی کاری میکنی ک خشم طرف فروکش کنه تو داری کانسیلیت میکنی اونو
conciliatory approach/tone/gesture
like propitiate
lascivious
شهوانی
وقتی فقط ی چیز تو سرته و اون سکسه
lascivious wink
lascivious old man
syn: lecherous
kos nadide hashari zafe kos
apogee
(n) apex- peak- the highest level
related to astronomy
The sun reached its apogee and started down the blue sky of early afternoon.
His political career reached its apogee in the 1960s.
diatribe
an angry, critical speech
a diatribe against contemporary American civilization
excoriate: to criticize very harshly
truculent
کسی ک خوی وحشیانه داره
to be defiant, aggressive
A truculent student will get in trouble with teachers, and a truculent teacher might get fired. In a violent sport like football, it helps to be truculent, but it’s usually not a great quality.
standing in line had made him truculent.
(nakonam kunet)
base
پست فطرت
untoward
(adj) unexpected, unusual, or not wanted
opposite of toward
مخالف جریان
I walked past but didn’t notice anything untoward.
defray
defray costs/expenses
like subsidize
If your mother says she will defray the cost of your next move, say thank you.
zeitgeist
ی طرز تفکر یا حسی ک تو ی دوره ای بوده
each decade has its own zeitgeist
beg the question
investigate
This proposal begs the question of who is going to pay for the new building.
insufferable
intolerable- difficult to endure - unbearable
That woman is a snake, an insufferable snake!
insufferable
intolerable- difficult to endure - unbearable
That woman is a snake, an insufferable snake!
nadir
the lowest point
opp: zenith - peak - apogee
It was the nadir of his career.
The relationship between the Soviet Union’s two dominant politicians here reached its nadir.
factious
To be factious (adj) is to act like a faction(n).
faction:ی زیر گروهیه ک عقایدش با بقیه فرق داره
struggles between the different factions within the party.
factional conflict.
a factious country. کشور نفاق افکن
exegesis
an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
(jesus christ)
turpitude
depravity - corruption - debauchery فساد
If you are guilty of turpitude, you should be ashamed of yourself.
attenuate
weaken - mitigate- alleviate
opposite: amplify - strength
رقیق کردن - نازک کردن
sedulous
hardworking - diligent
A sedulous person is someone who works hard and doesn’t give up easily.
imbibe
drink
byzantine
intricate - complex - sophisticated
the Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship”
(bizarre)
vicissitude
difficult times that we all go through: OPP heyday
sickness, job loss, and other unwelcome episodes. No one can escape the vicissitudes of life.
malfeasance
bad deed done by an official or an organization
wrongful conduct by a public official
(trump)
expunge
eliminate - delete
(ex-el)
penurious
1- poor - indigent
2- miserly - stingy
ponderous
1- slow or awkward because of being very big and heavy
an elephant’s ponderous walk
2- boring, very serious, and seeming to progress very slowly
a ponderous and difficult book
Almost:plodding. Ponderous. Cumbersome
accountability
مسئولیت پذیری
If you take responsibility for your own actions, you show accountability.
jingoist
nationalist
کسی ک فک میکنه کشور خودش از همه کشورا بهتره
catholic
including a broad scope
a catholic collection of records
hector
رئیس بازی دراوردن برای ترسوندن بقیه
(hector : hercule)
feckless
irresponsible and incompetent
anathema
منفور - کافر
Galileo was anathema to the church.
Garlic is anathema to vampires.
