advance 7 Flashcards
canard
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This is a false, deluding statement designed to confuse the voters, as it presents the other candidate in a bad light by spreading an untruth.
the public will always be fooled by the media’s canards.
chauvinism
Chauvinism means the belief that your country is superior to all others. If you traveled to China and complained about everything that was unfamiliar and talked about how much better things are back home, you’d be guilty of chauvinism.
splenetic
very irritable اعصاب خورد کن
Anyone who’s splenetic is very cranky and even a little mean. If you want to have fun at the bowling alley, don’t invite your splenetic cousin to come along — he always ends up hurting someone’s feelings.
diminutive
Diminutive means small. A diminutive person is short and small. A diminutive word is a “cute” version of a word or name: for example, “duckling” is a diminutive of “duck” and Billy is a diminutive form of the name William.
But their diminutive size makes for fun eating.
It suited her diminutive stature and delicate features.
Diminution:reduction
dissolution
separation into component parts
The dissolution of a relationship means that it’s broken up or ended. The dissolution of your band means you better get started on your solo album.
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panacea
If someone offers you a pill that promises eternal life, don’t take the pill. It’s a panacea, a remedy that falsely claims to solve every problem ever. SYN cure-all
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
modicum
If you want to describe a small amount of something, try modicum. If you have a modicum of interest in something, you are a little bit interested.
a small or moderate or token amount
I must’ve had some modicum of talent
She just expected a modicum of mutual respect from those she taught.
officious
it means being annoyingly eager to do more than is required.
too eager to tell people what to do – used to show disapproval
an officious traffic warden
“The officious lunch lady made everyone’s food choices her business, and made nasty comments when students chose cookies over carrots.”
.وقتی سعی میکنی بقیه رو کنترل کنی و هی تو خواسته هاشون دخالت میکنی تو آفیشس هستی
veritable
real - true
When something is veritable it is true, or at least feels that way.
The area is a veritable paradise for those who love walking and swimming.
demonstrative
s.o who open to show his feelings
People who are demonstrative easily and clearly show their emotions. A demonstrative person might shout “Hooray” and jump for joy at good news. A non-demonstrative person might feel no less excited, but refrain from demonstrating it.
when Sally told James that she wants to break up with him, she expected he would react demonstratively, but he quietly nodded his head and left without saying a word.
misattribute
attribute sth to sth: نسبت دادن - ascribe or impute
mis + attribute means to falsely ascribe
lachrymose
tearful
ineluctable
impossible to avoid unavoidable inevitable
a major health crisis brought on by smoking is ineluctable.
cataclysm
When an event causes great suffering, we call it a cataclysm.
فاجعه
catastrophic فاجعه بار - مصیبت وار
Proved catastrophic (disastrous)
enamored
strongly attracted to or in love with like besotted
we all boys are enamored with Billie eylish.
bereft
So, they took the thing you most loved, and you’re never going to get it back. You’ve gone beyond just plain grief-stricken — you’re bereft. like crestfallen or doleful
bereft of hope/meaning/life etc
feeling very sad and lonely
dissipate
1 to gradually become less or weaker before disappearing completely, or to make something do this like subside or die down (محو شدن)
As he thought it over, his anger gradually dissipated.
Little by little, the smoke was dissipated by the breeze.
2 [transitive] to waste something valuable such as time, money, or energy
His savings were soon dissipated.
row
an angry dispute
exiguity
the quality of being meager - little-few
a meagre amount of food, money etc is too small and is much less than you need
the exiguity of the ship’s supplies forced them to search for fresh water and food.
like modicum
OPP exorbitant or surfeit
pillory
A pillory is a wooden frame with cutouts for someone’s head and hands. Long ago, people found guilty of a crime could be sentenced to be locked in a pillory for a certain amount of time for punishment but also for public humiliation.
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