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שינון בסיגרים
Odyssey
Journey
Antiquity
Opposite of maternity
unsparing
לא חוסך. un-spar-ing
egalitarian
שיויוני, e·gal·i·tar·i·an
inferior
lower in rank, status, or quality. n·fe·ri·or
assert
לִטעוֹן
Synonym: claim, argue, assert
Examples: “This book began with the assertion that it is the optimists who get things done”. “I would like to believe and I think I can assert that we did this in one state.” “I’m going to assert to you that…”
Gentile
a person who is not Jewish. gen·tile
Vocabulary
vow - ka - byoo - leh - ree
polytheistic
paa·lee·thee·i·stuhk
Monotheistic
M
agriculture
Synonym of farming
agri-culture
a·gruh-kuhl·chr
vast
Very great in size, extent, or quantity.
Synonym: huge, expansive, boundless, immeasurable, limitless, infinite.
Tunic
A tunic is a garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the knees.
Inadequate
לָקוּי, לא מספיק.
lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
Synonym: insufficient, not enough, poor, too little, too few.
Antonyms: adequate
adequate
satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
Synonym: enough, sufficient, fair, fairly good, OK, okay
tusk
ניב, שן של פיל, ההיפופוטם
grasp
לתפוס, להבין
Example: “the way in which children could grasp complex ideas”. “what Black Barry failed to grasp is that is..” “…because it helped me grasp the concepts faster.”
Anxious, apprehensive
need work on it
malevolent
מרושע.
Examples: “Gossip is hurtful and mean, and cannot be described as anything but malevolent.”
“Very rarely do I meet a human being who is as malevolent as my cousin Bob.”
Proposition
praa·puh·zi·shn טענה, הצעה
a statement or assertion that expresses a judgment or opinion.
Synonym: theory, hypothesis, thesis, argument, idea.
Example: I received interesting interesting proposition for my boss today.
Preposition
preh·puh·zi·shn any member of a class of words found in many languages that are used before nouns, pronouns, or other substantives to form phrases functioning as modifiers of verbs, nouns, or adjectives, and that typically express a spatial, temporal, or other relationship, as in, on, by, to, since.
Lust
Very strong sexual desire
Lust
a fierce desire, often sexual in nature.
תאוה, תשוקה.
“he lust for money often causes people to perform criminal acts.” “Tim’s lust for Amy consumed his every thought”
Synonym: greed, greediness, desire, craving
deceptive
giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.
Synonym : misleading
deceive
(of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.
להטעות, לרמות.
logical fallacy
When you make an argument based on reasoning that’s just plain wrong, it’s a logical fallacy
delusion
אשליה
A delusion is a belief that has no evidence in fact — a complete illusion. The cook at the hot dog stand who thinks he is the best chef in the world? That opinion is definitely a delusion.
Examples: “Human can be Subject to delusion”
urban
עִירוֹנִי
in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city.
“the urban population” “an urban comedy”
צריך עוד עבודה
pseudoscience
so͞odōˈsīəns
an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
״The US government is taking legal action against pseudoscience groups.״
hoax
מתיחה
Synonym: practical joke, joke, prank, trick.
Example: “he was accused of making hoax calls”
benevolent
goodwill or kindly feelings
“God as benevolent Father who created every single species as it existed now”
Theism
belief in the existence of a god or gods, especially belief in one god as creator of the universe, intervening in it and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures.
deism
belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind.
atheism
disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
Synonym: nonbelief, nontheism, disbelief,
Teleological Argument
One of the most frequently used arguments for God’s existence is the Design Argument, sometimes also known as the Teleological Argument (from the Greek word telos, which means ‘purpose’)
offspring
צֶאֱצָאִים, זרע
a person’s child or children
thesis
a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved
״his central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world״
antithesis
בדיוק הפוך
An antithesis is the complete opposite of something.
(The antithesis is simply the negation of the thesis, a reaction to the proposition)
The noun antithesis comes from a Greek root meaning “opposition” and “set against.” It’s often used today when describing two ideas or terms that are placed in strong contrast to each other. We might come across antithesis in school if we learn about the “Hegelian dialectic.” There, the thesis, or main idea put forward in an argument, is countered with its opposite idea — the antithesis — and the two are finally reconciled in a third proposition, the synthesis. An antithesis wouldn’t exist without a thesis because it works as a comparison.
“It’s just the antithesis of democracy” ״the antithesis between occult and rational mentalities״
synthesis
The synthesis solves the conflict between the thesis and antithesis by reconciling their common truths, and forming a new proposition
jargon
special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand.
Synonym: special language
conclusively
באופן סופי
synonyms: once and for all
״wars are difficult to win conclusively״
conclusive
מכריע
״the evidence is conclusive״
regression
נְסִיגָה
coward
cower
cowardly
coward - noun
a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant thing.
Example: “Maybe that was because she wasn’t a coward like Chess”
cower - verd
any mouse will cower when a huge, hungry cat approaches
cowardly - adjective
lacking courage
synonyms: fearful
Someone who is acting cowardly is showing no courage. A politician who is afraid to tell the truth about his shadowy past can be described as cowardly.
Vividly
באופן חי
Reciprocal
הדדי
doom
noun. death, destruction, or some other terrible fate.
Content
- in a state of peaceful happiness.
synonym: satisfied, pleased - the things that are held or included in something.
hypocrisy
hypocrite
hypocrisy
the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform
hypocrite
Hypocrites usually talk a big talk but fail to follow their own rules — like an outspoken vegetarian who secretly eats bacon.
keen
נלהב
Synonym
שם נרדף
Intervention
התערבות
the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
