fourth session Flashcards

1
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forswear

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When you forswear, you abandon something completely
renounce
abnegate
forgo
abandon
abjure
repudiate
relinquish
disavow
انکار
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transmute

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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

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breach

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A breach is a violation of a law, duty, or promise
violate
نقض

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abrogate

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Abrogate means to abolish or avoid
invalidate
negate
nullify
terminate
نقض
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5
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vituperate

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o vituperate is to speak or write in an extremely negative way about someone
censure
condemn
lambaste
asperse
scold
reprove
reproach
criticize
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slake

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When you slake something, such as a desire or a thirst, you satisfy it
satiate
satisfied

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abash

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embarrass

disconcert

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adumbrated

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To adumbrate something is to outline it
augur
forecast
portend
predict
presage
prophesy
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9
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vitiate

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ruined in character or quality
آلوده کردن
injure
blemish
damage
harm
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10
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abridge

truncate

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کوتاه کردن
خلاصه کردن
abbreviate
shorten

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11
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sedulous

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said less and did more
assiduous
scrupulous
diligent

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baneful

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full of bane and misery
ominous
unpropitious
Anything that’s baneful is destructive or disastrous

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13
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standoffish

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aloof or unfriendly
misanthropic
reclusive
hermit

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assiduous

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careful, methodical and very persistent

sedulous

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glacial

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cold

unfriendly

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16
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genial

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kind
amiable
خونگرم

17
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candid

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ingenuous

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latent

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dorment

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hostile

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inimical

20
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myrmidons

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lackeys

پاچه خوار

21
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aesthetes

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connoisseur

کارشناس امور هنری

22
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tyros

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novices

23
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anchorites

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recluse

گوشه گیر

24
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irate

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furious
infuriated
incensed
enraged
incandescent
fuming
seething
25
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divisive

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alienating
estranging
isolating
schismatic

26
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impulsive

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impetuous
spontaneous
hasty

27
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combative

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belligerent
bellicose
contentious
pugnacious
quarrelsome
28
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reneged on

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retreated from (عقب نشینی کردن)
زیر قول زدن
29
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encomium

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tribute

30
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refute

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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

31
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Assert

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Asserting is all about standing up for what you believe

32
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concede

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At midnight, the candidate finally conceded defeat

33
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dispute

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he noun dispute means any conflict or disagreement