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transmute

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Transmute is a verb meaning to change in appearance or form. For example, magical creatures can transmute into other beings. When you’re fighting a wizard, don’t be surprised if he transmutes into a terrifying dragon.
like transform

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elegiac

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If there’s one song on your playlist that always brings tears to your eyes, maybe it’s because it has an elegiac quality. Elegiac means “mournful or sad.” like dolorous
“an elegiac poem on a friend’s death”
“an elegiac lament (سوگواری) for youthful ideals”

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pellucid

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like lucid
A sentence that teaches a new vocabulary word should always be pellucid, that is, its style and meaning should be easily understandable

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proselytize

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To proselytize is to try to persuade someone to switch to your religious beliefs or your way of living. If you are going to proselytize, try not to be too pushy!
The Jesuit scientists went to learn, not to proselytize.

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dolorous

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describes someone showing great sadness
a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity

Like elegaic, mournful
غم انگیز

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impervious

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An impervious surface is one that can’t be penetrated. The word is often followed by “to,” as in “His steely personality made him impervious to jokes about his awful haircut.”
تاثر ناپذیر
غیر قابل نفوذ

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panegyric

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a formal speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something a lot.
After having made a few preparatory experiments, he concluded with a panegyric upon modern chemistry, the terms of which I shall never forget:
Dave asked Andrew to do just a simple toast, but Andrew launched into a full panegyric.
مثلا وقتی یکی میمیره دوستش میاد ی سخنرانی فرمال راجب خوبیای یارو میکنه

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bromide

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A bromide is a common saying or proverb that is obvious and not that helpful, like “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.”
همون جملات قصار کس شر
وقتی خسته شدی بدو
like apothegm or epigram

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assiduously

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Something done assiduously is done with care and dedication.
adverb with care and persistence
she worked assiduously on the senior thesis

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complaisant

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adjective showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
If only the world were populated entirely with complaisant people! Complaisant means willing to do something to please others, and complaisant people or animals are wonderful to be around.

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desiccated

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To be desiccated is to be dried out. If you like desiccated fruit, you like dried fruit
During a drought, the ground becomes cracked and desiccated.

adjective lacking vitality(زنده دلی) or spirit; lifeless
Few novelists over 80 are able to produce anything more than desiccated works.

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unassailable

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without flaws - immune(مصون) to attack
not able to be criticized, made weaker, or beaten

The party’s position looked unassailable.
The result gave the team an unassailable lead.

You are too used to dealing with theists(خدا پرستان) who adopt a position of unassailable certainty in their beliefs.
virtue تقوا opp vice فسق و فجور

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impugn

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to express doubts about someone’s honesty, courage, ability etc
I did not mean to impugn her professional abilities.
To impugn means to call into question or attack as wrong. If your usually grumpy brother is suddenly nice and sweet, you’ll impugn his motives if you’re smart — he probably just wants something from you.
زیر سوال بردن like belie, discredit, debunk, impugn

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internecine

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1 internal داخلی (of conflict) درگیری داخلی
2 bloody خونین
It’s an adjective you’d use to describe a bloody battle where both sides are badly hurt. On a lighter note, it can also mean a conflict that tears an organization apart.

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appropriate

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verb
1 To take something for yourself when you don’t have the right to do this SYN steal or pilfer
the government appropriated land that was occupied by squatters.
2 to allocate
the committee appropriated the funds to its various members.

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fecund

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1 adjective capable of producing offspring or vegetation
Synonyms:
fertile
capable of reproducing
2 adjective intellectually productive
“a fecund imagination”
The adjective fecund describes things that are highly fertile and that easily produce offspring or fruit. Rabbits are often considered to be fecund animals, and you may hear jokes in poor taste about people reproducing like rabbits if they have a lot of children.

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inviolable

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never to be broken
an inviolable right, law, principle etc is extremely important and should be treated with respect and not broken or removed
Wedding vows and vault combinations that can’t be broken are considered inviolable. (Of course, divorce lawyers and bank robbers consider this a challenge.)
Like unassailable

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vaunted

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highly praised or boasted (لاف زدن فخر فروختن) about
a plan, system, achievement etc that is vaunted is praised or talked about too much and in a way that is too proud
There’s little sign that the much-vaunted IT investment is pulling France out of recession.

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complicit

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همدست - شریک جرم
When you’re complicit, you’re guilty of being involved in some underhanded or illegal activity. If you see your brother steal the neighbor’s cat and don’t say anything, you’re complicit in a catnapping!
Abet: to help someone do something illegal or wrong.

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turgid

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turgid writing or speech is boring and difficult to understand SYN dull - tedious
a turgid Social Science textbook

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self-effacing

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Someone who’s self-effacing is shy and likes to stay out of the spotlight, shunning attention and praise.
adjective reluctant to draw attention to yourself. Like retiring
lack of self-confidence

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discursive

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tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
“a rambling discursive book”
از این شاخه ب اون شاخه میشه

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enormity

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noun the quality of extreme (گندگی)
noun the quality of being outrageous ( باعث میشه خشمت بزنه بیرون -ظالمانه - چیزی ک برق از کلت میپرونه)
Even now, the full enormity of his crimes has not been exposed.
the enormity of the task

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abjure

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صرف نظر کردن - از نظر خودت برگشتن - چشم پوشی کردن
while the church believed that Galileo abjured the theory under threat of torture, e later wrote a book supporting the theory.
it applies to something you once believed. You can abjure a religious faith, you can abjure your love of another person
like retract

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autocratic

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Autocratic describes a way of ruling, but not in a nice way. An autocratic leader is one who rules with an iron fist; in other words — someone with the behavior of a dictator.
خیلی رئیس بازی درمیاره
مثل کره شمالی

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aplomb

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with aplomb formal با خونسردی
in a confident and skilful way, especially when you have to deal with difficult problems or a difficult situation
Ms Sharpe handled their questions with great aplomb.

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noisome

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This is a fancy way of saying that it will stink. Like malodorous or smelly
adj having a very bad smell
The distant workers who supported this wealth lived in noisome slums.

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unimpeachable

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بری از اتهام
Unimpeachable describes someone or something that is without any doubt, innocent and good, like an unimpeachable role model who avoids bad influences and sketchy situations.

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proscribe

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To proscribe something is to forbid or prohibit it, as a school principal might proscribe the use of cell phones in class.

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doughty

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Someone who’s doughty is brave and determined, like a doughty knight who fearlessly rides off to slay a terrifying giant. like stalwart

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mendicant

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گدا
People who live off begging can be called mendicants.

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pontificate

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to give your opinion about something in a way that shows you think you are always rightحق رو ب خودت دادن
pontificate about/on
Politicians are always pontificating about education.
There are lots of people in Washington who pontificate on the issue of the day.

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callow

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young and inexperienced
تازه کار
If you’re a rookie or new to something, you could be described as callow — like callow freshmen in high school or the callow receptionist who can’t figure out how to transfer a call.

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inequity

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نابرابری
racial inequity

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conflate

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در هم آمیختن
Conflate is a more formal way to say “mix together,” and it’s typically used for texts or ideas.
combine ideas or …
to combine two or more things to form a single new thing
He conflates two images from Kipling’s short stories in the film.
There are no composite characters or conflated events in this story.

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desideratum

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A desideratum is something you desire or want. It’s a fancy word for a must-have.
the desiderata for a vacation are time and money

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coterminous

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equal. Like tantamount
Use the word coterminous to describe things that are equal in scope. If an earthquake in Australia was coterminous with the earthquake in China, that means it caused the same amount of destruction.

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hauteur

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overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
a bad king might act with hauteur toward his subjects.
as soon as she won the lottery, Alice began displaying a hauteur to her friends.

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palatable

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acceptable to one’s sense of taste—literally or figuratively. If it’s palatable, then you can put up with it — whether it’s leftovers or a mediocre made-for-TV movie.

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solicitous

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very concerned about someone’s safety, health, or comfort
When you hear the word solicitous, think of your mom — attentive, caring, and concerned.
Done assiduously

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afford

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provide
encompass: include در بر گرفتن

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bridle

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a set of leather bands put around a horse’s head and used to control its movements

restrain
1 to stop someone from doing something, often by using physical force
restrain somebody from doing something
I had to restrain her from running out into the street.
He had to be restrained from using violence.
2 to control your own emotions or behaviour
Renwick restrained a feeling of annoyance.
restrain yourself (from doing something)
She could barely restrain herself from hitting him.
3 to control or limit something that is increasing too much
Price rises should restrain consumer spending.

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tyro

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تازه کار
like callow
all great writers athletes and artists were tyros one day

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ethereal

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1 very delicate and light, in a way that does not seem real
ethereal beauty
His music is ethereal
2 insubstantial (intangible)

1 formal not solid, large, strong, or definite
The evidence seemed very insubstantial.
an insubstantial meal
2 literary not existing as a real object or person
insubstantial ghosts

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gumption

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شجاعت like temerity or mettle
At least she had the gumption to phone me.
Someone who takes risks without being afraid has gumption.

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facile

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1 a facile remark, argument etc is too simple and shows a lack of careful thought or understanding عمق نداره - سطحیه like superficial
facile generalizations
2 [only before noun] formal a facile achievement or success has been obtained too easily and has no value
a facile victory OPP pyrrhic victory(comes at a great cost)

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conflagration

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a very intense and uncontrolled fire
The stage was set, it seemed, for a new conflagration in East Asia.

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stultify

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انرژی و انگیزه ی چیزیو گرفتن like enervate
Their behavior stultified the boss’s hard work.
Listening to an hour-long graduation speech on a hot, humid day might stultify you.

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malingerer

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از زیر کار در رو
Have you ever pretended to be sick or hurt to get out of taking a test or doing a chore? Then you, my dear, are a malingerer, and should be ashamed of yourself. Shape up!

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obtuse

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not quick or alert in perception OPP astute, acumen, percipient
slow to learn or understand
like joe tribiani