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debonair

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(debineir) elegant, refined, charming

“Its communist agents are charming and almost debonair”

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mutiny

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isyan etmek, isyankarlık
“Colombus’us man mutinied”
“Sailors staged a mutiny and took control of the ship”

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discreet

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temkinli, tedbirli

“discreetly asked”

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decimate

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kıran girmek, yok etmek
“cholera decimated the population…”

Roma’da isyankar onluların biri yok edilir ki diğerleri korkup itaat etsin.
December, decimal, on

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exert

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  1. sarf etmek, çaba harcamak
    “I exerted myself in today’s work”
    2.kullanmak, istimal etmek
    “he considered exerting his influence”
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palatable

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yiyilebilir, makul

“I don’t think this is more palatable”

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expedient

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belki doğru olmayan fakat elverişli bir çare

“pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient.”
“Marley found it expedient to maintain social relationships with gunmen and politicans from both political parties.”
“They found it expedient to negotiate with the terrorists.”
“Do the right thing, not the expedient thing.”

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hermetic

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recluse, solitary
“The idea I should live in a hermetic bubble”
bilmeceli

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thespian

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actor

“a renowned thespian and director”

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nouveau

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newly arrived or developed(mostly negative)

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allegiance

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devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause

“allegiance to a political party”

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toll

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vergi, bedel, ayakbastı

“this job has its toll”

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debilitate

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kuvvetten düşürmek, takatten düşürmek, güçsüzleştirmek

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perk

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ikramiye
“Hybrid working is not a perk.
A Visa and Healthcare is not a perk.
20 days holiday + bank holidays is not a perk.”

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vetted

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having been subjected to evaluation or appraisal: critically reviewed and evaluated for official approval or acceptance
“a central hub for victims, providing legal resources, a vetted list of lawyers … and how-to guides for petitioning lawmakers”
“Internet users don’t hate the media. … People want the vetted information the news media offer”

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mitigate

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Yatistirmak, sakinlestirmek, uysallastirmak

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versatility

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Çok yönluluk

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chirpy

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cıvıl cıvıl, neşeli, şen şakrak

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vehemently

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hararetli bir şekilde

20
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wheat

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Buğday

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chaff

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saman

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insatiable

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doyumsuz, açgözlü

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rescind

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yürürlükten kaldırmak, feshetmek

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amiss

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1a: in a mistaken way : WRONGLY
If you think he is guilty, you judge amiss.
b: ASTRAY
Something had gone amiss.
2: in a faulty way : IMPERFECTLY
practiced more so as not to play the piece amiss

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stipulated

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öngörülmüş, şart koşulmuş

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apt

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münasip, uygun

“it would be apt to establish…”

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contingency

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an event (such as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur
“trying to provide for every contingency”
b: something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else
“the contingencies of war”
“contingency plans”

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ample

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bol
“There is ample market research that concludes high latency in applications is a big factor in customers bouncing off a website.”

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onus

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görev, yükümlülük

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Throughput

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iş hacmi.

Throughput is a measure of how many units of information a system can process in a given amount of time

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tethered

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bağlanmış (hayvan)

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rudimentary

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basit, gelişmemiş, ilk öğrenilen

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facilitate

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hafifletmek, rahatlatmak, olanak sağlamak, yardım etmek

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credulous

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enayi, saf, safdil

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utilization

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kullanım, istimal

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augment

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artırmak, çoğaltmak

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stew

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yahni

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tractable

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işlenebilir

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medium

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çevre, ortam

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cretinous

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very stupid:
He made some disgusting, cretinous comments.
What sort of cretinous moron are you!

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thrall

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kölelik, bağımlılık

“These countries were under the thrall of merciless Soviet union.”

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aficionado

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meraklı, delisi, tutkunu

“movie aficionados”

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spry

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cevval, çevik, hareketli

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emeritus

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emeritus (bir üniversitede emekli öğretim görevlisine verilen unvan)

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gobsmacked

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overwhelmed with wonder, surprise, or shock : ASTOUNDED
Several minutes later I touch the bottom, pleased to discover that Louise—despite all her experience exploring caves elsewhere in the world—is as gobsmacked as I am. “This place is huge, and daylit,” she says, her face glazed with awe.
— Gregory Crouch
Thus, when the cell-phone video surfaced, fashion insiders were so gobsmacked that to this day they’ll tell you where they were when they first heard about it.
— Ingrid Sischy

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