part 3 Flashcards

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Belaboring

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to explain something more than necessary

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Arduous

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extremely difficult سخت
involving/ requires a lot of effort and hard work.
* The team faced the arduous challenge of completing the project on a tight deadline.”

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Condescend

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refers to an attitude or behavior that shows a sense of superiority, importans, intellgensei than other people possibly due to arrogance or a sense of self-importance. lack of respect

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Concurrently

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at the same time

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5
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Litigation

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to sue and to take someone to the court

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Overarching

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most important or central, because of including or affecting all other areas

covers anything, it effects everything within its scope

main, all-encompassing theme

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Extrajudicial killing

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done without the permission of or without using the official legal system, not legally authorized

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grossly

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very, extremely
it’s important to note that “grossly” often carries a negative connotation, suggesting that the amount is unreasonably high.
* ue to inflation, the prices are grossly high

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Sufficiently
suffice, sufficent
suffice it to say (phrasel word)

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to be enough for the requirements or needs of the purpose, به اندازه کافی

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Admirable

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If something is admirable, it means it possesses qualities or characteristics that are worthy of respect, approval, or praise.
قابل تحسین

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Advisedly

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  • If you say you are using a word advisedly, you mean you are choosing it after thinking about it very carefully

with intention; in an intentional manner

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Engross

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taking/ having all one’s attention or interest absorbed by someone or something

to occupy competely as mind or attention absorb

  • The Godfather was quite an engrossing series that captivated a lot of people.
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Copious

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in large amounts; more than enough: فراوان
“copious” often implies an excessive or overflowing amount.
to describe a large quantity of something that can be counted or measured, such as “copious amounts of food” or “copious notes.”
* She took copious notes, filling page after page

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ratify
Ratification

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refers to the official approval or formal consent to a contract, agreement, or decision
by signing it or formally accepting it, تصویب شد
to confirm that it is officaly valid

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  1. To scale back
  2. scale down
  3. scale up
  4. downscale (to meaning)
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  1. to reduce the size or amount, capacity, or extent of something.
  2. same meaning as to scale back.
    3.to increase the size, amount, or extent of somethingusually in a planned, consistent proposition and systematic way
  3. It can mean to reduce the size, amount, or extent of something, similar to “scale down”.
    - refer to making something less luxurious or less expensive, as in “downscale a restaurant”
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derail (2 meaning)

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  1. to come off the track like train
    2- prevent/ to stop something from succeeding or progressing smoothly due to problems or complications, obstacles, issues
  • his career was derailed by a horrible scandal
  • a dearth of computer chips derailed the company`s expansion plans
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Proliferate
proliferation

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to quickly/rapidly increase in number, spread or amount.
* The use of smartphones has proliferated over the past decade.

  • the developed of new technoligies and access to them have proliferated in past decades and will continue to do so in future due to increase new innovation,
  • Hacking has proliferated with the rise of digitalizationp
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Augment
Augmentation

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“augment” always implies an addition or enhancement that improves the original state or condition of something. Adding extra

to increase the size or value, grow, enlarge, intensify of something by adding something to it:

  • the President decides to augment taxes, taxes are going up.
  • The pressure augmented. When you see the word augment, think “More!”تقویت کردن, افزودن
  • t he renovated the house in order to augemnt the sale
  • “She augmented her income by taking a second job
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Excerpts -

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  • a short part taken from a speech, book, film, etc.
20
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prolific

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“prolific” is an adjective used to describe productivity or creativity

describes someone or something that produces a large amount, number, or variety of something. present in lagre number.