Lipset 2 Flashcards
defalcate
embezzle — zimmete para geçirme
“the officials were charged with defalcating government money”
warp and woof
the fundamental structure of any process, foundation, base
illicit
illegal
queer
1) homoseksüel 2) weird, odd, different
counterfeit
sahtesini yapmak (e.g. para), taklit etmek
astounding
astonishing, şaşırtıcı, müthiş
deference
hürmet, saygı, uyma, riayet
“those in the lower strata giving overt deference to their betters”
eschew
avoid
“America consciously eschewed symbols of aristocracy and social rank”
in tandem with
birlikte, ortaklaşa, beraber
scrap
kırıntı, parça, hurda
scrap heap
hurda yığını, çöp yığını
extrapolate
extend a conclusion or method to an unknown situation assuming that similar trends will continue
overhaul
revizyon, bakım, elden geçirme
mundane
1) olağan, sıradan 2) dünyevi (as opposed to heavenly)
epitome
öz, ideal, simge, somut örnek