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Question 1

choloric

Answer 1

adj - bad-tempered سریع از کوره در رفتن

Question 2

saturnine

Answer 2

بدخلق و عبوس
saturn-like
gloomy

Question 3

kowtow

Answer 3

bow
تعظیم یا سجده کردن

Question 4

expansive

Answer 4

communicative
friendly and open to talk
adj

Question 5

precipitate

Answer 5

adj
hasty or rash عجول

verb
to cause to happen

Question 6

fractious

Answer 6

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

Question 7

indigent

Answer 7

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

Question 8

arrant

Answer 8

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

Question 9

cow

Answer 9

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

Question 10

supercilious

Answer 10

think very highly of themselves, more highly than of others

Question 11

pariah

Answer 11

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

Question 12

churlish

Answer 12

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?

Question 13

contentious

Answer 13

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

Question 14

artless

Answer 14

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

Question 15

chary

Answer 15

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

Question 16

perfunctory

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

alacrity

Answer 17

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

Question 18

prosaic

Answer 18

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)

Question 19

conciliate

Answer 19

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

Question 20

lascivious

Answer 20

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

Question 21

apogee

Answer 21

(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.

Question 22

diatribe

Answer 22

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

Question 23

truculent

Answer 23

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)

Question 24

base

Answer 24

پست فطرت

Question 25

untoward

Answer 25

(adj) unexpected, unusual, or not wanted
opposite of toward
مخالف جریان
I walked past but didn’t notice anything untoward.

Question 26

defray

Answer 26

defray costs/expenses
like subsidize
If your mother says she will defray the cost of your next move, say thank you.

Question 27

zeitgeist

Answer 27

ی طرز تفکر یا حسی ک تو ی دوره ای بوده
each decade has its own zeitgeist

Question 28

beg the question

Answer 28

investigate
This proposal begs the question of who is going to pay for the new building.

Question 29

insufferable

Answer 29

intolerable- difficult to endure - unbearable
That woman is a snake, an insufferable snake!

Question 30

insufferable

Answer 30

intolerable- difficult to endure - unbearable
That woman is a snake, an insufferable snake!

Question 31

nadir

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

factious

Answer 32

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

Question 33

exegesis

Answer 33

an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible)
(jesus christ)

Question 34

turpitude

Answer 34

depravity - corruption - debauchery فساد
If you are guilty of turpitude, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Question 35

attenuate

Answer 35

weaken - mitigate- alleviate
opposite: amplify - strength
رقیق کردن - نازک کردن

Question 36

sedulous

Answer 36

hardworking - diligent
A sedulous person is someone who works hard and doesn’t give up easily.

Question 37

imbibe

Answer 37

drink

Question 38

byzantine

Answer 38

intricate - complex - sophisticated
the Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship”
(bizarre)

Question 39

vicissitude

Answer 39

difficult times that we all go through: OPP heyday
sickness, job loss, and other unwelcome episodes. No one can escape the vicissitudes of life.

Question 40

malfeasance

Answer 40

bad deed done by an official or an organization
wrongful conduct by a public official
(trump)

Question 41

expunge

Answer 41

eliminate - delete
(ex-el)

Question 42

penurious

Answer 42

1- poor - indigent
2- miserly - stingy

Question 43

ponderous

Answer 43

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

Question 44

accountability

Answer 44

مسئولیت پذیری
If you take responsibility for your own actions, you show accountability.

Question 45

jingoist

Answer 45

nationalist
کسی ک فک میکنه کشور خودش از همه کشورا بهتره

Question 46

catholic

Answer 46

including a broad scope
a catholic collection of records

Question 47

hector

Answer 47

رئیس بازی دراوردن برای ترسوندن بقیه
(hector : hercule)

Question 48

feckless

Answer 48

irresponsible and incompetent

Question 49

anathema

Answer 49

منفور - کافر
Galileo was anathema to the church.
Garlic is anathema to vampires.