Set 8 - LMS week 4 and 5

Question 1

Commemorate (v.)

Answer 1

This museum is where the soldiers and war heroes are commemorated every year.
(call to rememberence)

Question 2

Cumbersome (adj.)

Answer 2

She tried to run but her movement was hampered by the cumbersome luggage.
The application process was cumbersome but a few months after I filed the paperwork I was given employee authorization.
(دست و پاگیر، کند و سخت)

Question 3

Erratic (adj.)

Answer 3

The erratic winds finally kicked up some dust and brought abrupt variations or reductions to visibility.
(changeable, mercurial)

Question 4

Periphery (n.)(C. usually singular)

Answer 4

I have been clear, the human rights should be the center of our foreign policy, not the periphery.
since that night he has been in my dreams almost every night, but always on the periphery, never within reach.
(the edge of something, outskirts)

Question 5

Archetype (n.)(C. usually singular)

Answer 5

The architecture of the Shanghai bund was for decades presented as an archetypal symbol of abhorrent western influence.
When I think of a silhouette of a woman with an afro I immediately think of Angela Davis, it seems like she is the logo at this point, she is my archetype.
(A perfect example of something - model)

Question 6

Abhorrent (adj.)

Answer 6

Non-compliance with legal conditions and procedural safeguards only render impossible the provision of fair and transparent justice,
it also allows space for abhorrent practices such as torture and ill-treatment to prevail.
(disdained and unacceptable)

Question 7

Diminutive (adj.)

Answer 7

She imagines a diminutive pianist, dressed in a tuxedo, playing the piano inside the machine.
For very long Jerry found this diminutive woman -who wore high heels even when reporting from the oil fields of Dakota - hard to befriend.

Question 8

Unimpugnable (adj.)

Answer 8

We are asked to worship the unimpugnable power of Allah, no questions asked.
(not capable of being challenged or questioned.)

Question 9

Pugnacious (adj.)

Answer 9

Any time the leader made a pugnacious comment, the crowd applauded and roared approval.
China’s increasingly pugnacious response to western pressure.
(belligerent, ready to resort to violence.)

Question 10

retract (v.)

Answer 10

When she retracted from the deal, the company went into a state of flux, leaving no choice for them by to nullify the whole deal.
(withdraw)

Question 11

minuscule (adj.)

Answer 11

Compared to its adult size the new-born kangaroo is minuscule.
(diminutive-very small)

Question 12

Pragmatic (adj.)

Answer 12

Our pragmatic upbringing did not let us put much stock into these condolences.
Some time ago, Matilda had told her that she was a dreamer - not pragmatic.
(practical)

Question 13

Electorate (n.)(singular)

Answer 13

The study shows just how much the electorate has embraced new voting methods, despite many attempts by the former president to undermine mail voting.
(all the people who have the right and are eligible to vote.)

Question 14

Perversity (n.)(uc.)

Answer 14

Out of sheer perversity, the thinking human seems impelled to say something contrary to whatever idea it has been yelling at him.
the perversity of being able to carry a gun but not purchase a drink.
(deliberate deviation from what is good.)

Question 15

Land sliding

Answer 15

رانش زمین

Question 16

seismic

Answer 16

لرزه نگاری

Question 17

Popularization (n.)

Answer 17

Most popularizations of the science do more harm than good because they tend to reduce the logic reasoning behind the idea to metaphors that only serve to achieve a certain result.
(simplifying a scientific idea for the public to understand.)

Question 18

Splinter (v.)

Answer 18

The once powerful communist party has splintered into many different pieces.
(break into sharp pieces.)

Question 19

Tug (v.)

Answer 19

The reporter went on reporting as his daughter kept tugging at his shirt.
the child is tugging her mother’s arm to catch her attention.
(pulling with many small, short pulls.)

Question 20

rob something of something ***

Answer 20

This interplay of forces robs the planet of momentum in its orbital path.
(to get something from it.)

Question 21

exert (v.)

Answer 21

He called on the west to exert pressure on the Taliban, including potential sanctions, to protect Afghan civilians.
He has exerted himself tirelessly on behalf of the charity.
Environmental groups are exerting their influence on the government to push for a more tightened pollution law.
(put to use, usually pressure, power, influence.)

Question 22

Spiral (n.)(v.)

spiraled into

Answer 22

Biden’s Afghanistan pullout plan spiraled into a chaos when the Taliban immediately ousted the America-backed government and blindsided a Whitehouse that prides itself on orderly planning.

Question 23

Credulous (adj.)

Answer 23

Although the authors constantly extol their own shrewdness they show a remarkable credulousness toward some far-fetched ideas such as carbon eating tress.
The incomprehensibility of the modern world has made us even more credulous.

Question 24

Incredulity(n.)(UC.)

Answer 24

teenagers fear credulousness, therefore; incredulity is their first reaction to everything.

Question 25

Imperialism (n.)(uc.)

Answer 25

small nations resent west cultural imperialism.

Question 26

forebear (n.)

Answer 26

Although evolutionary psychologists are not as imperialist in their intellectual ambitions as their sociobiologist forebears of the 1970s, they tend , to some critics’ view, to be as arrogant in their claims.
(ancestor)

Question 27

Contentious (adj.)

Answer 27

The most radical and probably contentious proposal imposes tariffs on the imports from countries with less stringent climate-protection rules.
He always finds a way to circumvent addressing contentious issues and sticking to the most mundane ones.
(controversial, someone who is contentious is always ready to fight.)

Question 28

commendation (n.)(countable and uncountable)

Answer 28

After winning the world championship he received a note of commendation from the president.
(an official statement praising someone who has been very brave or successful.)

Question 29

Coincide (v.)

Answer 29

The Olympics coincided with a rise in coronavirus cases that reached record levels in Japan, even though Olympic related cases remained steady.
His first year in office coincided with the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
(happen simultaneously, co-occur)

Question 30

contend (v.)

Answer 30

Inevitably, fight breaks between the members of contending groups.
Israel contends that Iran, its regional archrival seeks nuclear weapons, while Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
(insist, fight for, argue)

Question 31

Patronage (n.)(uc.)

Answer 31

He is a republican mega donor and many saw his appointment as a patronage hire, since he is also an ally of Trump.
(The business given to a commercial enterprise by its clientele.)(giving someone something in return for their political support)(show approval or support for something)

Question 32

Crass (adj.)

Answer 32

Asking for an advance on your inheritance is crass but worse it may hurt their feeling - thinking that you are licking your chops in the anticipation of their death.
(stupid, insensitive, offensive)

Question 33

Coetaneous (adj.)

Answer 33

هم دوره - هم عصر

Question 34

Egotistical (adj.)

Answer 34

It might have seemed egotistical but I have done what was best for my own peace of mind.
The evacuation seemed egotistical, it looked like they only cared about themselves and not the poor people they left behind.
(self centered, selfish, narcissistic)

Question 35

nebulous (adj.)

Answer 35

The origin of the information is factual and clear at some points and nebulous at others.
Those close to the administration have admitted that the plan to reopen the schools was the most nebulous on of all.
(vague - unclear - not having definite form)

Question 36

Portend (v.)

Answer 36

The more troubling part is what these actions portend for democracy.
rising infections portend a health-care crisis.
(presage, be a sign of something calamitous happening)

Question 37

Avaricious (v.)

Answer 37

When you put the most avaricious in charge, they use the tools of government to further enrich themselves.
it was roughly four times what the most avaricious moneylender would charge.
(greedy)

Question 38

heterodox (adj.)

Answer 38

It is not just her heterodox economic views that are making former congressmen wary.
(unorthodox - dissident)

Question 39

Secluded (adj.)

Answer 39

He stopped at a secluded spot and started to dig a small grave.

Question 40

Anachronistic (adj.)

Answer 40

All of the students find the assignment a little anachronistic since all the characters lived in 1910.
(ana + chronistic = out of time)

Question 41

Flout (v.)

Answer 41

Some companies flout the rules and employ children as young as seven.
(deliberately disobey the rules)

Question 42

Serendipitous (adj.)

Answer 42

I made a serendipitous discovery
It was their serendipitous encounter at that open mic that led to his own show on Netflix.
(out of sheer luck)

Question 43

Solidarity (n.)(uc.)

Answer 43

I come before you today to express my solidarity with the people of New York.
An expression of solidarity among unions and against management.
(همبستگی)

Question 44

Patronize (v.)

Answer 44

We patronize them for their incompetence, for their tragic fate of having formed below us.
A lovely restaurant mostly patronized by the locals.
(person = talk like they are inferior, place = support)