common 3 Flashcards

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abstain

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If you abstain from something, you restrain yourself from consuming it. People usually abstain from things that are considered vices (bad habit) — like eating French fries every day for lunch.
Like eschew (avoid) or shun or refrain پرهیز

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unequivocal

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If there is no doubt about it, it’s unequivocal. An unequivocal response to a marriage proposal? “Yes. Yes! A thousand times yes!”

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itinerant

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An itinerant is a person who moves from place to place, typically for work
doctors used to be itinerant, traveling between patient’s homes.
like peripatetic

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jingoism

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Jingoism is fanatical(متعصب), over-the-top patriotism(وطن پرست). If you refuse to eat, read, wear, or discuss anything that wasn’t made in your own country, people might accuse you of jingoism.
like chauvinism

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forlorn

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adj hopeless devastated
showing hopelessness
“the last forlorn attempt”
the forlorn hope of finding a peace formula

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incongruous

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نامتناجس
inconsistent - incompatible

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spurious

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plausible but false like specious
when listening to a politician speak, it is hard to distinguish the spurious claims from the authentic ones.
spurious solution

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tenacious

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1 determined to do something and unwilling to stop trying even when the situation becomes difficult
a tenacious negotiator مصمم

2 tenacious beliefs, ideas etc continue to have a lot of influence for a long time
a tenacious religious tradition that is still practised in Shinto temples

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haughty

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having arrogant superiority
Someone who is haughty is arrogant and full of pride. When you’re haughty, you have a big attitude and act like you’re better than other people.
مغرور

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treacherous

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tending to betray or dangerously unstable and unpredictable. غیرقابل اعتماد
Treacherous means either not trusted or dangerous. A treacherous road might be icy or otherwise likely to cause a car accident. A treacherous friend will betray you.

otherwise
وگرنه 1
You’ll have to go now, otherwise you’ll miss your bus.
They got two free tickets to Canada, otherwise they’d never have been able to afford to go.
2 except
He was tired but otherwise in good health.

3 differently
say/think/decide etc otherwise
The government claims that the economy is improving, but this survey suggests otherwise.
A lot of people think otherwise.
4 used to refer to the opposite of what has just been mentioned (or otherwise)
We welcome any comments from viewers, favourable or otherwise.
The truth or otherwise of this diagnosis would be revealed in the future.

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contrive

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When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it.
Contrived: seeming false and not natural

1 to succeed in doing something in spite of difficulties. Like prevail
contrive to do something
Schindler contrived to save more than 1,000 Polish Jews from the Nazis.
2 to arrange an event or situation in a clever way, especially secretly or by deceiving people
The lawsuit says oil companies contrived the oil shortage in the 1970s.

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subsume

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contain or include
“This new system subsumes the old one”
A wide range of offences are usually subsumed under the category of robbery.

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juxtapose

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place side by side کنار هم چیدن
Juxtapose is used often when referring to contrasting elements in the arts. “The music juxtaposed the instrumentation of jazz with the harmonies of soul.”

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fallacious

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adj
غلط
Predictions that the whole state of California will snap off from the rest of North America and float away have proven to be fallacious

1 containing or based on a fallacy (استدلال غلط)
“fallacious reasoning”
2 based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information
“fallacious hope”
3 intended to deceive
“fallacious testimony(شهادت)”

appeal
1 request
2 attractiveness
What is the particular appeal of this island?
The program has a very wide appeal.

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ameliorate

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to step in and make a bad situation better.
he wanted to ameliorate poverty and the lack of education in Afghanistan.

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avaricious

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extremely greedy. Like rapacious
Someone who is avaricious is greedy or grasping, concerned with gaining wealth. The suggestion is that an avaricious person will do anything to achieve material gain, and it is, in general, not a pleasant attribute.

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belligerent

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If someone is belligerent, they’re eager to fight. It’s a good idea to avoid hardcore hockey fans after their team loses — they tend to be belligerent. جنگ طلب
like bellicose

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travesty

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noun and verb
A false, absurd or distorted representation of something.
اون چیزی ک فک میکردی نیست
used in order to say that something is extremely bad and is not what it is claimed to be
Their marriage was a complete travesty.
travesty of
O’Brien described his trial as a travesty of justice.

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eclectic

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comprised of a variety of styles. Like catholic
She listens to hip-hop, Gregorian chant, and folk music from the ’60s. He’s been seen wearing a handmade tuxedo jacket over a thrift-store flannel shirt. They both have eclectic tastes. قروقاطی

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disaffected

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کسی ک روش تاثیر بد گذاشته شده
The adjective disaffected describes someone who is dissatisfied or rebellious. Usually if you’re disaffected, you’re upset with people in authority. You and your fellow disaffected workers might become so upset about the lack of raises that you decided to boycott work.

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rudimentary

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being at the earliest stages of development

22
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immutable

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not able to be changed غیر قابل تغییر
OPP mutable
taxes are one of the immutable laws of the land, so there is no use arguing about paying them

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ascetic

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adj and noun like spartan or abnegation
زندگی شبیه مرتازهای هندی
practicing self-denial
living without any physical pleasures or comforts, especially for religious reasons
an ascetic life

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languid

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not inclined towards physical exertion or effort, slow and relax
سست. شولکس
as the sun beat down and the temperature climbed higher. we spent a languid week lying around the house.
“a languid mood”
“a languid wave of the hand”

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frustrate

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1 if something frustrates you, it makes you feel annoyed or angry because you are unable to do what you want
The fact that he’s working with amateurs really frustrates him.
2 to prevent someone’s plans, efforts, or attempts from succeeding SYN foil
Their attempts to speak to him were frustrated by the guards.

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derive

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1 come from
many words in the English language are derived from Latin
The present name derives from an older form

2 deduce or infer
from the multiple set of footprints in the living room, the investigator derived an important clue.

deduce
to use the knowledge and information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion about it
deduce that
From her son’s age, I deduced that her husband must be at least 60.
deduce from
What did Darwin deduce from the presence of these species?

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derivative

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something that borrows heavily from something else that came before it.
حجم زیادی از ان از چیز دیگه ای برگرفته یا اقتباس شده
like music, writing or poetry
a derivative artistic style
This relatively new style of music is derivative of ragtime and blues.

poem شعر
poet شاعر
poetry شعر وشاعری

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apathy

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an absence of emotion and enthusiasm
بی تفاوتی - بی علاقگی - بی میلی
widespread apathy among voters led to a very small turnout on election day.

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mollify

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to make someone who is angry less angry,
Janine was unable to mollify Harry.
placate
If you placate someone, you stop them from being angry by giving them something or doing something that pleases them. If your dad is annoyed that you forgot to take out the trash, you might be able to placate him by doing the dishes.

appease, placate, conciliate

30
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supplant

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جای چیزی رو گرفتن
for many, a cell phone has supplanted a traditional phone.

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insidious

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an insidious change or problem spreads gradually without being noticed, and causes serious harm.
insidious form of water pollution
insidious disease
insidious pleasure
like pernicious

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eminent

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prominent
Shakespeare is an eminent author.

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ephemeral

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lasting a very short time. Like fleeting
a lifespan of a mayfly is ephemeral, lasting from a few hours to a couple of days.

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magnanimous

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noble and generous in spirit, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful
جوانمرد - سخاوتمند
he was a great sportsman, in defeat he was complimentary and in victory he was magnanimous.

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elucidate

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make clearer and easier to understand
clarify - facilitate. Demystify باز کردن مساله
His statement confused more than it elucidated and satisfied almost no one.

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circumvent

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to avoid - دور زدن - از زیرش در رفتن. Bypass
The company opened an account abroad, in order to circumvent the tax laws.
We went north in order to circumvent the mountains.

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staunch

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adjective firm and dependable especially in loyalty
“a staunch defender of free speech”
staunch supporter/ally/advocate وفادار

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heretic

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stubborn, haughty adamant یک دنده
though everybody at the gym told Mike to do cardio before weights, Mikey was a heretic and always did the reverse.

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jubilant

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filled with joy because of triumph or success.
I was jubilant to receive a perfect score on the GRE.
Like ebullient

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Quotidian

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کارهای معمولی و روزمره
When you talk about the quotidian, you’re talking about the little things in life: everyday events that are normal and not that exciting. Going to the store, doing chores, working or going to school, and brushing your teeth are all quotidian. If you take a spaceship to Mars, that would be unusual and extraordinary: the opposite of quotidian.

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tantamount

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equivalent معادل
When something is tantamount to another thing it is essentially its equivalent. For some animal activists, wearing fur is tantamount to murder.

Paramount: more important than anything else
ambivalent: مردد
Prevalent: common

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delineate

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مشخص کردن
1 to describe or draw something carefully so that people can understand it
The document delineates your rights and your obligations.
2 to make the borders between two areas very clear
The boundaries of these areas should be clearly delineated.

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guileless

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If you are guileless, you are not a liar; you are innocent. Like ingenuous, naive
free of deceit and trickery
at first I thought my niece was guileless, but then i found myself buying her ice cream every time we passed a shop.

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negligible

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insignificant
The damage done to his property was negligible.

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denote

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be a sign or indication of
indicate
Crosses on the map denote villages.
What does the word ‘curriculum’ denote that ‘course’ does not?

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vilify

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بهتان زدن - شایعه درست کردن - بدنام کردن
The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews.
Johnson was vilified in the press for refusing to resign.
like denigrate, besmirch, vilify
calumny تهمت و بهتان

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refractory

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سرکش
Imagine yourself pulling a dog who doesn’t want to walk. The dog is refractory, or stubbornly resisting your authority.

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precocious

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a precocious child shows intelligence or skill at a very young age, or behaves in an adult way – sometimes used to show disapproval in British English
a precocious child who walked and talked early
زودرس

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panache

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a way of doing things that makes them seem easy and exciting, and makes other people admire you
with panache
They played and sang with great panache.
خیلی خیلی خوب انجامش میدن

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vehement

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adj strong
extremely strong, powerful, or intense emotion or force
vehement dislike
“vehement deluges of rain”
“vehement clapping”
“a vehement defense”