advance 4 Flashcards

Question

decry

Answer 1

to state publicly that you do not approve of something SYN condemn(محکوم کردن) express strong disapproval of The national news printed his mother's full statement decrying the violence that took her son's life, and demanding justice.

Answer 2

Puissant means powerful and in possession of authority, and is often used to describe the political power of someone, like a prince or president. "Sweet Petyr, surely you do not mean to suggest that these puissant lords and noble knights could be bought like so many chickens in the market."

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hold back 1 hold somebody/something ↔ back to make someone or something stop moving forward Police in riot gear held back the demonstrators. 2 hold something ↔ back to stop yourself from feeling or showing a particular emotion She struggled to hold back her tears. Anger flooded through her. She couldn’t hold it back. 3 hold somebody/something ↔ back to prevent someone or something from making progress They felt the British economy was being held back by excessive government controls.

Answer 4

From the literal "to become bony" meaning of ossify, we get the more figurative meaning: to become rigid or hardened. Although you and other young people may be willing to effect social changes, many older voters have ossified in their opinions. سرسخت تر شدن

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Mona Lisa’s inimitable smile . Mozart's music follows a clear pattern that anyone could imitate, but his music gives an overall sense of effortlessness that is inimitable. غیرقابل تقلید

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adjective not easily perturbed, excited, or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure “unflappable in a crisis”

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looking disappointed and upset SYN downcast He came back looking crestfallen. If you are crestfallen, you are dark, depressed, and down in the dumps. You are in need of a pep talk, or at least a hug.

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someone who deliberately creates trouble. آشوب گر Freddy is a firebrand • Ronald Reagan was deplored as a firebrand who might bring on a nuclear war.

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To inure is to get used to something difficult or unpleasant. If after spending an hour in your brother's room, you stop noticing the stinky-sock smell, you have become inured to the odor. He was inured to the cold

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1 a magisterial way of behaving or speaking shows that you think you have authority his magisterial voice 2 a magisterial book is written by someone who has very great knowledge about a subject his magisterial study of the First World War 3 offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power. though she was only a third grade teacher, Ms Martinet was magisterial in dealing with her class, lording over them like a queen.

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To be stalwart is to be courageous and dependable, like a stalwart knight who defends a kingdom from a ferocious dragon.

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speed, rapidity like accelerit

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a practical consequence that follows naturally. نتیجه بدیهی like concomitant something that is the direct result of something else Surprisingly, environmental improvement has been a corollary to economic growth. • She is remembered largely for her pioneering ` dancing modernism, a corollary to abstract expressionism. • Of course, a basic corollary of the theory is that deep drilling should uncover a portion of these massive methane resources.

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1 to arrange or plan in a carefully detailed way a teacher might machinate to best organize and inspire her class 2 to plot in an equally careful but somewhat sneaky or underhanded way. a movie villain machinates in order to defeat the hero.

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to give someone as much care and attention as you can, especially too much SYN pamper لی لی ب لالاش گذاشتن He cosseted her with flowers and champagne. indulgence 1 چیزی ک حال میده ولی مضره (افراط) An occasional glass of wine was his only indulgence. 2 willingness to forgive a spirit of indulgence and forgiveness

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a strange feeling that something is going to happen, especially something bad • I didn't exactly have a presentiment - certainly not of anything like this happening. • I have an intractable presentiment that I will soon start seeing them in Tod's dream. • I understood that you had had some sort of presentiment of disaster.

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silly and stupid SYN childish. Fatuous a puerile joke He did not speak down to her or at her, nor content himself with puerile questions about her life or monologues of his own activities.

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ribald remarks or jokes are humorous, rude, and about sex. Like bawdy a ribald remark ribald humor Something ribald is funny, but in a vulgar or off-color way. If someone makes a ribald joke in class, she will probably be sent to the principal's office.

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1 معاف کردن از یک قانون یا تعهد since her father is a millionaire, she is given dispensation from many of the school's policies. 2 give out Villagers dispensed tea to visitors. a machine for dispensing cash 3 to officially provide something for people dispense justice (=decide whether or not someone is guilty of a crime and what punishment they should receive)

Answer 20

the exciting last part of a story or play The plot takes us to Paris for the denouement of the story.

Answer 21

adj سرکش و سر ب هوا not being serious about something that other people think you should be serious about a rather flippant remark flippant about You shouldn’t be flippant about such things.

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tending to do things very quickly, without thinking carefully first, or showing this quality SYN impulsive He was high-spirited and impetuous. She might live to regret this impetuous decision.

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aggressive and noisy You’ve probably seen an obstreperous child in the grocery store, pulling away from her mother, screaming at the top of her lungs.

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when you blame or criticize someone for something that has happened Bitter accusations and recriminations followed the disaster. Sometimes you accuse your opponent of refusing to compromise and he accuses you of the same thing. That’s a recrimination اتهام متقابل

Answer 25

like intact something that is inviolate cannot be attacked, changed, or destroyed Purists object that once you have a forest, it should be left inviolate. • I simply thought this was an inviolate, eternal truth. Violate: verb of violence

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adj (arrogant & domineering) like coercive giving orders and expecting to be obeyed, in a way that seems too proud She raised her hand in an imperious gesture. His manner was abrupt and imperious. abrupt syn curt (using very few words in a way that seems rude) 1 sudden and unexpected an abrupt change of plan come to an abrupt end/halt etc The bus came to an abrupt halt. 2 seeming rude and unfriendly, especially because you do not waste time in friendly conversation. Like terse Sorry, I didn’t mean to be so abrupt.

Answer 27

Use the adjective rarefied to describe things that are so stylish, smart, or moral that they seem elevated above the ordinary, like the rarefied conversation of brilliant scholars. the word rarefied can also describe the air in high elevations that has less oxygen, like the rarefied air that can be challenging to mountain climbers.