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amenable
easily persuaded - pushover
even though she did not like the outdoors, Shirley was generally amenable, so her brother was able to persuade her to go camping.
If a person or thing is amenable to something, they are ready, willing, or responsive.
upbraid
reprimand : tell off - scold - castigate - chastise
scold: to angrily criticize someone, especially a child, about something they have done SYN tell off دعوا کردن بچه
Do not scold the puppy, but simply and firmly say ‘no’.
scold somebody for (doing) something
Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother.
scorn
1 to show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting
Many women scorn the use of make-up.
2 to criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect
He scorned the government’s record in dealing with crime.
impertinent
disrespectful - بی ادب - rude
a kid in the back row of class quietly heckling his teacher, you can call him impertinent.
Dont mistake it with intermittent: sporadic
amorphous
shapeless
نظم خاصی تو شکلش نیس
• The molten rock hardens into amorphous forms.
his study was amorphous. he would do questions from random books.
harangue
a long pompous (حق ب جانب) speech - a tirade
to speak in a loud angry way, often for a long time, in order to criticize someone or to persuade them that you are right
harangue somebody about something
He stood on the street corner, haranguing passers-by about the stupidity of the forthcoming war.
censure
Censure is a noun referring to very strong criticism; the verb means to criticize very strongly.
after being caught in bed with a mistress, the mayor was censured by the city council.
excoriate, vituperate, objurgate, denounce, fulminate
innocuous
isn’t harmful or likely to cause injury. بی خطر harmless opp dangerous
an innocuous remark
He’s a perfectly innocuous young man.
amalgam
a mixture of multiple things. blend combination
the band was an amalgam of hip hop and jazz and pop, blending the three styles with good results.
Amalgamate:coalesce
artful
1 هنرمند
2 باهوش و حقه باز
intimate
1 adj صمیمی
2 verb to suggest - imply as a possibility. Insinuate
at first Manfred’s teachers intimated to his parents that he was not suited to skip a grade.
commensurate
Like coterminous هم تراز - معادل
the sentence was commensurate with the heinousness (زشته avv) of his crime.
ambivalent
adj having mixed feelings about something
If you can’t decide how you feel about something, declare yourself ambivalent about it.
i am ambivalent about marriage.
belie
زیر سوال بردن like impugn
the smile on his face belied the pain he must feel after…
disinterested
able to judge a situation fairly because you are not concerned with gaining any personal advantage from it SYN objective, impartial, unbiased
A lawyer should provide disinterested advice.
acrimony
Acrimony is bitterness, or ill will. Acrimony is a spiteful word. It sounds bitter, like acid.
feelings of anger between people who disagree strongly and do not like each other
the acrimony between president and vice-president sent a clear signal to voters.
accountability
If you take responsibility for your own actions, you show accountability. Stepping up and admitting it when you break something shows accountability.
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calumny
بهتان و افترا - تهمت
verbal attacks that are meant to destroy reputations or friendships. You’ve probably seen political ads during election time that rely on calumny to move voters.
venerate
to respect deeply
the professor, despite his sleep-inducing lectures, was venerated among his colleagues.
gregarious
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undermine
to weaken - به تزلزل انداختن - سست کردن
the students undermined the teacher’s authority by questioning…