advance 5 Flashcards
objurgate
criticize severely
express strong disapproval of
بددهانی کردن
browbeat
To browbeat is to intimidate with language. Picture yourself in a police station. The cops are trying to get you to talk by using tough, even abusive, language. They are browbeating you.
1/verb discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
2/verb be bossy towards
He had much more fun back at Group, browbeating everyone he wasn’t afraid of.
She was determined to browbeat everyone into believing her.
to try to make someone do something, especially in a threatening way
browbeat somebody into doing something
truculence
noun
defiant aggressiveness
If you get into fights all of the time, you might be accused of truculence and sent for anger management classes. Truculence is showing a fierce (خشمگین- همراه با شدت- حار) kind of aggression.
کله خری و کله شقی
defiant: stubborn ب حرف گوش نده adj
defiant children
ineffable
Ineffable ideas and emotions are difficult to put into words (indescribable). Parents might feel an ineffable sadness and pride when watching their youngest child graduate from high school.
ineffable joy
She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were now full.
Ineffable can also be used to describe a name that is so sacred you’re not allowed to say it.
“the ineffable name of the Deity”
pinpoint: to discover exact facts around s.th
unstinting
adjective very generous
“called for unstinting aid to Britain”
unstinting support, help, praise etc is complete and given willingly
I am also grateful for the unstinting help of those who staffed the stall and baked as well.
artifice
noun
trick (from artificial) ساختگی
If a politician pretends to be angry as a way of rousing(برانگیختن) the anger of the voters and getting more votes, he’s guilty of artifice — a subtle and crafty trick.
This time, along with many other artifices, they brought a flying carpet.
chimera
something impossible in real life that only exists in your mind. Like quixotic
illusion - خیال باطل- رویایی ک هیچوقت واقعی نمیشه
many believe that a world free of war is a chimera.
I felt satisfaction because such a geology confirmed that I was right, that this island was a chimera, a play of the mind.
atavism
Atavism is a return to a previous way of doing, saying, or seeing things. It can be casual, like wearing retro clothing and listening to vinyl records
مث اینه ک دوباره نزدن پشم مد شده
Like resurgence
nettlesome
adj
رو مخ like nuisance
causing irritation or annoyance
Maria found her coworker’s cell phone nettlesome.
mettlesome
full of energy and determination
paragon
paragon of sth means سلطان چیزی بودن
paragon of gentleness
a paragon of virtue
Jordan is the paragon for basketball players.
brook
noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river
verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
as a verb means tolerate or to put up with
put up with باهاش کنار اومدن
to accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining
She put up with his violent temper.
broadside
noun
like diatribe and vitriol
a strong verbal attack
Can the government survive this latest broadside from its own supporters?
solicitude
noun
care and concern for someone’s health, safety etc
She was grateful to him for his solicitude.
adj
solicitous
Dont mistake ot with solitude: تنهایی(+)
baleful
adj
پر از خشم و نفرت
expressing anger, hatred, or a wish to harm someone
a baleful look
a baleful omen
apothegm
An apothegm is a short instructive saying that’s easy to remember and sometimes even slightly witty, like “haste makes waste.” An apothegm often expresses a fundamental truth or general rule.
practice makes perfect.
جمله قصار like epigram
besotted
be besotted (with somebody/something)
to love or want someone or something so much that you cannot think or behave sensibly
He’s completely besotted with her.
My parents were besotted with each other and always in each other’s arms.
bemoan
to complain or say that you are disappointed about something
He was bemoaning the fact that lawyers charge so much.
bemoan the lack/absence/loss of something
an article bemoaning the lack of sports facilities in the area
But I didn’t bemoan the loss of my free time.
embryonic
primitive - inchoate
in an early stage of development
If something is described as embryonic, it’s just starting to develop or come together.
The plans are still only in embryonic form.
percipient
quick to notice and understand things SYN perceptive or acumen
a percipient author
ersatz
fake, and not as good as the real thing
ersatz coffee. like semblance
The ersatz version of something is an inferior substitute or imitation. You might speak in an ersatz French accent, but you won’t fool the Parisian who runs the local French bakery.