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choloric

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adj - bad-tempered سریع از کوره در رفتن

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saturnine

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بدخلق و عبوس
saturn-like
gloomy

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kowtow

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bow
تعظیم یا سجده کردن

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expansive

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communicative
friendly and open to talk
adj

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precipitate

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adj
hasty or rash عجول

verb
to cause to happen

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fractious

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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

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indigent

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extremely poor
lack not only money but homes.
Like impecunious, penurious

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arrant

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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

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cow

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to intimidate
coward comes from here
They had underestimated her if they thought she could be cowed into submission by threats and violence.

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supercilious

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think very highly of themselves, more highly than of others

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pariah

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outcast
someone who everyone hates and avoids
برعکس پریا ک همه دوسش دارن

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churlish

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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?

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contentious

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sth: controversial
s.o: often argues with people (argumentative) احسان
like tendentious: controversial

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artless

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naive
without deceit
ب وقتش مول بازیو بلد نیستن
بی ژیله پیله

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chary

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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

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perfunctory

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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.

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alacrity

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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

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prosaic

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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)

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conciliate

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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

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lascivious

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شهوانی
وقتی فقط ی چیز تو سرته و اون سکسه
lascivious wink
lascivious old man
syn: lecherous
kos nadide hashari zafe kos

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apogee

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(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.

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diatribe

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an angry, critical speech
a diatribe against contemporary American civilization
excoriate: to criticize very harshly

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truculent

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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)

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base

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پست فطرت

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untoward
(adj) unexpected, unusual, or not wanted opposite of toward مخالف جریان I walked past but didn’t notice anything untoward.
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defray
defray costs/expenses like subsidize If your mother says she will defray the cost of your next move, say thank you.
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zeitgeist
ی طرز تفکر یا حسی ک تو ی دوره ای بوده each decade has its own zeitgeist
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beg the question
investigate This proposal begs the question of who is going to pay for the new building.
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insufferable
intolerable- difficult to endure - unbearable That woman is a snake, an insufferable snake!
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insufferable
intolerable- difficult to endure - unbearable That woman is a snake, an insufferable snake!
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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.
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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
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exegesis
an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) (jesus christ)
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turpitude
depravity - corruption - debauchery فساد If you are guilty of turpitude, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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attenuate
weaken - mitigate- alleviate opposite: amplify - strength رقیق کردن - نازک کردن
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sedulous
hardworking - diligent A sedulous person is someone who works hard and doesn't give up easily.
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imbibe
drink
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byzantine
intricate - complex - sophisticated the Byzantine tax structure Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship” (bizarre)
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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.
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malfeasance
bad deed done by an official or an organization wrongful conduct by a public official (trump)
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expunge
eliminate - delete (ex-el)
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penurious
1- poor - indigent 2- miserly - stingy
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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
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accountability
مسئولیت پذیری If you take responsibility for your own actions, you show accountability.
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jingoist
nationalist کسی ک فک میکنه کشور خودش از همه کشورا بهتره
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catholic
including a broad scope a catholic collection of records
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hector
رئیس بازی دراوردن برای ترسوندن بقیه (hector : hercule)
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feckless
irresponsible and incompetent
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anathema
منفور - کافر Galileo was anathema to the church. Garlic is anathema to vampires.