fourth session Flashcards
forswear
When you forswear, you abandon something completely renounce abnegate forgo abandon abjure repudiate relinquish disavow انکار
transmute
Transmute is a verb meaning to change in appearance or form
Transmute often describes physical change — like when alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold — but it can also be used more figuratively to describe anything that’s transformed
transform
change
convert
breach
A breach is a violation of a law, duty, or promise
violate
نقض
abrogate
Abrogate means to abolish or avoid invalidate negate nullify terminate نقض
vituperate
o vituperate is to speak or write in an extremely negative way about someone censure condemn lambaste asperse scold reprove reproach criticize
slake
When you slake something, such as a desire or a thirst, you satisfy it
satiate
satisfied
abash
embarrass
disconcert
adumbrated
To adumbrate something is to outline it augur forecast portend predict presage prophesy
vitiate
ruined in character or quality آلوده کردن injure blemish damage harm
abridge
truncate
کوتاه کردن
خلاصه کردن
abbreviate
shorten
sedulous
said less and did more
assiduous
scrupulous
diligent
baneful
full of bane and misery
ominous
unpropitious
Anything that’s baneful is destructive or disastrous
standoffish
aloof or unfriendly
misanthropic
reclusive
hermit
assiduous
careful, methodical and very persistent
sedulous
glacial
cold
unfriendly
genial
kind
amiable
خونگرم
candid
ingenuous
latent
dorment
hostile
inimical
myrmidons
lackeys
پاچه خوار
aesthetes
connoisseur
کارشناس امور هنری
tyros
novices
anchorites
recluse
گوشه گیر
irate
furious infuriated incensed enraged incandescent fuming seething
divisive
alienating
estranging
isolating
schismatic
impulsive
impetuous
spontaneous
hasty
combative
belligerent bellicose contentious pugnacious quarrelsome
reneged on
retreated from (عقب نشینی کردن) زیر قول زدن
encomium
tribute
refute
The verb refute is to prove that something is wrong. When the kids you’re babysitting swear they brushed their teeth, you can refute their claim by presenting the dry toothbrushes
Assert
Asserting is all about standing up for what you believe
concede
At midnight, the candidate finally conceded defeat
dispute
he noun dispute means any conflict or disagreement
