Lesson 4

Question 1

opulence

Answer 1

great wealth or luxuriousness.

“rooms of spectacular opulence”

Question 2

covetousness

Answer 2

eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth or possessions

Question 3

downtrodden

Answer 3

oppressed or treated badly by people in power.

“a downtrodden proletarian struggling for social justice”

Question 4

maven

Answer 4

an expert or connoisseur.

“fashion mavens call beige oatmeal”

Question 5

virtuoso

Answer 5

a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit.

“a celebrated clarinet virtuoso”

Question 6

credulity

Answer 6

a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.

“moneylenders prey upon their credulity and inexperience”

Question 7

sincerity

Answer 7

the absence of pretence, deceit, or hypocrisy.

“the sincerity of his beliefs is unquestionable”

Question 8

fabulist

Answer 8

a person who composes or relates fables.

a liar, especially one who invents elaborately dishonest stories.

“a born fabulist, with an imagination unfettered by the laws of logic and probability”

Question 9

quibble

Answer 9

a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter.

“the only quibble about this book is the price”

Question 10

espouse

Answer 10

adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).

“she espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all”

Question 11

sentient

Answer 11

able to perceive or feel things.

“she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms”

Question 12

cull

Answer 12

reduce the population of (a wild animal) by selective slaughter.

“he sees culling deer as a necessity”

Question 13

sage

Answer 13

عاقل زیرک

Question 14

belligerent

Answer 14

hostile and aggressive.

“the mood at the meeting was belligerent”

Question 15

pedantic

Answer 15

excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous.

“his analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never pedantic”

Question 16

genial

Answer 16

friendly and cheerful.

“our genial host”

Question 17

utterance

Answer 17

a spoken word, statement, or vocal sound.

“he whispered, as if to lend his utterances an added confidentiality”

Question 18

being bested

Answer 18

to defeat someone in a fight or competition

“He bested his opponent in just two rounds. Synonyms. outdo. outflank.”

Question 19

deride

Answer 19

express contempt for; ridicule.

“the decision was derided by environmentalists”

Question 20

evince

Answer 20

reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate.

“the news stories evinced the usual mixture of sympathy and satisfaction”

Question 21

subtlety

Answer 21

the quality or state of being subtle.

“the textural subtlety of Degas”

زیرکی، نرمی، لطافت، باریک بینی، تیزبینی و مهارت

Question 22

doggerel

Answer 22

comic verse composed in irregular rhythm.

“doggerel verses”

شعر بد شعر بی مایه

Question 23

repartee

Answer 23

conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.

“he had a quick mind and a splendid gift of repartee”

Question 24

virtue

Answer 24

behaviour showing high moral standards.

“paragons of virtue”

Question 25

mascot

Answer 25

a person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck, especially one linked to a particular organization or event.

“the team’s dolphin mascot”

Question 26

heady

Answer 26

تند، بی پروا

Question 27

penchant

Answer 27

a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.

“he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs”

Question 28

kinship

Answer 28

blood relationship.
نسبت، بستگی، خویشاوندی، قوم و خویشی، خویشی

Question 29

largess

Answer 29

generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.

“presumably public money is not dispensed with such largesse to anyone else”

Question 30

double dealing

Answer 30

the practice of working to people’s disadvantage behind their backs.

“an air of double-dealing and deceit hangs over the negotiations”

Question 31

backpedaling

Answer 31

دبه کردن

Question 32

rapacious

Answer 32

aggressively greedy or grasping.

“rapacious landlords”

Question 33

odium

Answer 33

general or widespread hatred or disgust incurred by someone as a result of their actions.

“he incurred widespread odium for military failures and government corruption”

Question 34

legerdemain

Answer 34

skilful use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks.

deception; trickery.

“a classic piece of management legerdemain”

Question 35

occlude

Answer 35

stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage).

“thick make-up can occlude the pores”

Question 36

recalcitrant

Answer 36

having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.

“a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds”

Question 37

obstinate

Answer 37

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

“her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio”

Question 38

abstemious

Answer 38

indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink.

“‘We only had a bottle.’ ‘Very abstemious of you.’”

Question 39

monolithic

Answer 39

formed of a single large block of stone.

“later Byzantine columns were monolithic and usually made of marble”

Question 40

desiccation

Answer 40

the removal of moisture from something.

“long periods of drought have led to the desiccation of farming land”

Question 41

pleonasm

Answer 41

the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g. see with one’s eyes ), either as a fault of style or for emphasis.

حشو قبیح، تکرار بیمورد، سخن زائد

Question 42

errant

Answer 42

erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.

“an errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles”

Question 43

errant

Answer 43

erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.

“an errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles”

Question 44

scintilla

Answer 44

a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling.

“a scintilla of doubt”

Question 45

vestige

Answer 45

a trace or remnant of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.

“the last vestiges of colonialism”

Question 46

incendiary

Answer 46

(of a device or attack) designed to cause fires.
“incendiary bombs”

Question 47

havoc

Answer 47

widespread destruction.

“the hurricane ripped through Florida causing havoc”

Question 48

rankle

Answer 48

(of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment.

“the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles”

Question 49

enervate

Answer 49

make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.

“the heat enervated us all”