Lesson 5

Question 1

latency

Answer 1

the state of existing but not yet being developed or manifest; concealment.

“tension, and the latency of violence, make the greatest impressions”

Question 1

minatory

Answer 1

expressing or conveying a threat.

“he is unlikely to be deterred by minatory finger-wagging”

Question 2

insularity

Answer 2

ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience.

“an example of British insularity”

Question 3

lucidity

Answer 3

clarity of expression; intelligibility.

“his lecture combined intellectual lucidity and passion”

brightness; luminosity.

“the lucidity of his paintings”

Question 4

disincentive

Answer 4

a factor, especially a financial disadvantage, that discourages a particular action.

“spiralling house prices are beginning to act as a disincentive to development”

Question 5

iniquitous

Answer 5

grossly unfair and morally wrong.

“an iniquitous tax”

Question 6

stratify

Answer 6

form or arrange into strata.

“El Niño brings surface heat from the west, and stratifies the ocean layers”

Question 7

connotation

Answer 7

an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

“the word ‘discipline’ has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression”

Question 8

unheralded

Answer 8

not previously announced, expected, or acclaimed.

“he was unwilling to make an unheralded entrance”

Question 9

enigmatic

Answer 9

difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

“he took the money with an enigmatic smile”

Question 10

suspicion

Answer 10

a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.

“she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her”

Question 11

opacity

Answer 11

the quality of lacking transparency or translucence.

“thinner paints need black added to increase opacity”

Question 12

sect

Answer 12

a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

Question 13

dearth

Answer 13

a scarcity or lack of something.

“there is a dearth of evidence”

Question 14

foodstuff

Answer 14

خواربار، ماده غذایی

Question 15

clangor

Answer 15

a continuous loud banging or ringing sound.

“he went deaf because of the clangour of the steam hammers”

Question 16

deleterious

Answer 16

causing harm or damage.

“divorce is assumed to have deleterious effects on children”

Question 17

auspicious

Answer 17

conducive to success; favourable.

“it was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election”

Question 18

subdued

Answer 18

(of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed.

“I felt strangely subdued as I drove home”

Question 19

undulate

Answer 19

move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion.

“the surface of the liquid undulated gently”

Question 20

erstwhile

Answer 20

قبلا، سابقا

Question 21

vagrant

Answer 21

a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.

Question 22

myrmidon

Answer 22

a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly.

“one of Hitler’s myrmidons”

Question 23

proselyte

Answer 23

a person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another.

Question 24

malefactor

Answer 24

a person who commits a crime or some other wrong.

Question 25

quibble

Answer 25

a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter.

“the only quibble about this book is the price”

Question 26

pedantic

Answer 26

excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous.

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

Question 27

crotchet

Answer 27

a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.

a perverse or unfounded belief or notion.
“the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors”

Question 28

awl

Answer 28

a small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather.

Question 29

opus

Answer 29

a separate composition or set of compositions.

an artistic work, especially one on a large scale.
“he was writing an opus on Mexico”

Question 30

commodious

Answer 30

roomy and comfortable.

“they moved to a more commodious dwelling”

Question 31

reciprocity

Answer 31

the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another.

“the Community intends to start discussions on reciprocity with third countries”

Question 32

propinquity

Answer 32

the state of being close to someone or something; proximity.

“he kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead him into temptation”

Question 33

cordial

Answer 33

warm and friendly.

“the atmosphere was cordial and relaxed”

Question 34

let up

Answer 34

(of something undesirable) become less intense.

“the rain’s letting up—it’ll be clear soon”

Question 35

sidle

Answer 35

walk in a furtive, unobtrusive, or timid manner, especially sideways or obliquely.

“I sidled up to her”

Question 36

circumambulate

Answer 36

walk all the way round (something).

“they used to circumambulate the perimeter wall”

Question 37

traipse

Answer 37

walk or move wearily or reluctantly.

“students had to traipse all over London to attend lectures”

سرگردان بودن، هرزه گردی کردن، ول گشتن

Question 38

trudge

Answer 38

walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically because of exhaustion or harsh conditions.

“I trudged up the stairs”

Question 39

aristocrat

Answer 39

a member of the aristocracy.

“a decadent old blue-blooded aristocrat”

نجیب زاده

Question 40

extravagant

Answer 40

lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

“it was rather extravagant to buy both”

غریب، عجیب، گزاف، غیر معقول، گزافگر

Question 41

nugatory

Answer 41

of no value or importance.

“a nugatory and pointless observation”

Question 42

sumptuous

Answer 42

splendid and expensive-looking.

“the banquet was a sumptuous, luxurious meal”

Question 43

mercurial

Answer 43

subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

“his mercurial temperament”

Question 44

precarious

Answer 44

not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

“a precarious ladder”

Question 45

hold in esteem

Answer 45

the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) “it is held in esteem” synonyms: regard, respect.

Question 46

crescendo

Answer 46

the loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.

“the port engine’s sound rose to a crescendo”

Question 47

euphony

Answer 47

the quality of being pleasing to the ear.

“the poet put euphony before mere factuality”

Question 48

obsolete

Answer 48

no longer produced or used; out of date.

“the disposal of old and obsolete machinery”