Synonyms & antonyms 1 Flashcards
Forsake
1- Abandon;
Children forsaken by their parents.
2- give up, to stop doing something;
I won’t forsake my vegetarian principles
Abbreviate
Shorten;
Network is often abbreviated to “net”
- the marriage ceremony was abbreviated by rain
- باران موجب شد که مراسم ازدواج کوتاه بشود.
- an abbreviated story
- داستان خلاصه شده
Aptitude
Ability;
Aptitude of expression.
Children with an aptitude for painting and drawing.
Scanty
Insufficient ;
His scanty wages.
- our scanty supply of food and water
- موجودی اندک خوراک و آب ما
- a scanty bathing suit
- لباس شنای نابسنده
- a dry land with scanty vegetation
- سرزمینی خشک با گیاهان کمپشت
Attain
Achieve, accomplish;
Clarify your objectives and ways of attaining them.
- that country attained its independence two years ago
- آن کشور دو سال پیش استقلال خود را به دست آورد.
- Aunt Mehri attained the age of ninety
- عمه مهری به سن نود سالگی رسید.
Condense
Shorten ;
The morning play on Saturday was condensed into a half-hour package.
- steam can condense into water
- هوا میتواند تقطیر و تبدیل به آب شود.
- to condense a novel into a few pages
- رمانی را درچند صفحه خلاصه کردن
Incompetence
Inability;
The report blamed police incompetence for the tragedy.
Overheard
Above;
A plane flew overhead
Lethargic
Having little energy; feeling unwilling and unable to do anything:
I felt tired and a little lethargic
- hot,humid weather makes me lethargic
- هوای گرم و مرطوب مرا کسل میکند.
Ample
Sufficient;
There is ample time for discussion.
- he had placed his hands over his ample stomach
- دستانش را روی شکم گندهاش قرار داده بود.
- ample breasts
- پستانهای بزرگ
- it is amply clear that he is not interested in buying the house
- پرواضح است که مایل به خرید خانه نیست.
Sparse
Existing only in small amounts, insufficient
areas of sparse population.
Sparsely populated area.
He’s sparse brown hair.
Abundant
Sufficient;
There was abundant evidence to support the theory.
- the promise of a more abundant life
- نوید یک زندگی مرفهتر
- a fair and abundant land
- یک سرزمین زیبا و غنی
- abundantly, adv.
- به حد وفور، به فراوانی، بسیار
- abundantly clear
- پرواضح، کاملا آشکار
Recess
temporarily stopped:
Congress returns from its August recess next week.
After lunch, the kids have recess
- summer recess
- تعطیلات تابستان
- the judge recessed the court for lunch
- قاضی برای ناهار به دادگاه تنفس داد.
- the school will be in recess for three weeks
- مدرسه سه هفته تعطیل خواهد بود.
- we placed the piano in the recess of the wall
- پیانو را در تورفتگی دیوار قرار دادیم.
- a large recess in the steep rock
- شکافی بزرگ در صخرهی پرشیب
Adamant
He is adamant that he is not going to resign.
- we told him not to resign, but he remained adamant
- به او گفتیم استعفا ندهد ولی سماجت نشان داد.
- he was adamantly opposed to new taxes
- سرسختانه با مالیاتهای جدید مخالف بود.
Idle
1- Lazy and not willing to work:
He is a very able student he is just bone idle (= very lazy)
2- not working or being used:
It’s crazy to have £7000 sitting idle in the bank.
Subtract
To remove a number from another number:
Four subtracted from ten equals six
Adjourn
To rest or pause during a meeting or a trial:
The meeting was adjourned until December 4.
- the trial was adjourned until tomorrow morning
- محاکمه به فردا موکول شد.
- the parliament adjourned for the summer
- پارلمان برای تابستان (موقتا) تعطیل شد.
Recommence
To start again or to start something again:
The war recommenced.
Courses have stopped for the summer, but will recommence in September.
Sluggish
Moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power:
Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish.
Something is wrong with the car the engine feels sluggish.
- a sluggish worker
- کارگر کم کار
- a sluggish liver
- کبد تنبل
- when one gets old, one’s reflexes become sluggish
- وقتی انسان پیر میشود واکنشهایش کند میگردد.
- sluggish economic development
- پیشرفت اقتصادی آهسته
- a sluggish market
- بازار کساد
Grown-up
Adult:
He seems very grown up for a 10-year-old.
This book is a bit too grown up for you. (= you’re too young to understand this book.)
Unyielding
Completely unwilling to change a decision, opinion, demand, etc. (Opposite: yielding )
His unyielding faith.
Advocate
To publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or a way of doing something:
He was an untiring advocate of economic reform.
Assertive
Someone who is assertive behaves confidently and is not frightened to say what they want or believe:
If you really want to promotion, you’ll have to be more assertive.
The job may call for assertive behaviour.
- he defended his actions so assertively that everyone thought he was right
- با چنان سماجتی از اعمال خود دفاع میکرد که همه فکر کردند حق با اوست.
Pushy
Behaving in an unpleasant way by trying too much to get something or to make someone do something:
A pushy salesman.
About his future, he is rather pushy and choosy at the same time.
Militant
Active, determined and often willing to use force:
The army are in conflict with militant groups.
Militance became increasingly impatient of Parliamentary manoeuvres.
- militant powers
- نیروهای رزمنده
- the militant clergy
- روحانیون مبارز
- some of the more militant members of the party
- برخی از اعضای ستیزه جوتر حزب
Manoeuverable
Yielding, flexible:
A plane which was surprisingly fast and manoeuverable for its size
Novice
A person who is not experienced in a job or situation:
He was a complete novice in foreign affairs.
I’ve never driven a car before I’m a complete novice.
Postpone
To delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time:
They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.
The visit had to be postponed for some time.
Aspiring
Ambitious.
Someone who is trying to become a successful actor, politician writer, etc.
An aspiring artist.
I knew him when he was an aspiring young law student.
- aspiring to become an actor
- سخت آرزومند هنرپیشه شدن
- aspiring writers
- نویسندگان بلندپرواز
Driven
Someone who is driven is so determined to achieve something or be successful that all of their behaviour is directed towards this aim:
Like most of the lawyers that I know, Rachel is driven.
Hinder
To limit the ability of someone to do something, or to limit the development of something:
He is hindered by a lack of education.
Snow hindered the army’s progress
Antagonize
To make someone dislike you or feel opposed to you:
It’s a very delicate situation and I have no wish to antagonize him.
Two other drugs antagonised the anti-depressant like effect.
- he had antagonized all of the neighbors
- او همهی همسایهها را با خود بد کرده بود.
Provoke
- thought provoking
- تفکر انگیز
- to provoke a fight between two dogs
- دو سگ را به جنگ هم انداختن
- to provoke vomiting by fingering the throat
- با انگشت زدن به سق استفراغ ایجاد کردن
- to provoke Jamshid, he kept on coughing repeatedly
- او برای برانگیختن خشم جمشید پیدرپی سرفه میکرد.
- I was really provoked by the way he treated us
- طرز رفتار او با ما مرا واقعا بر آشفت.
- to provoke jeaiousy
- موجب حسادت شدن
- to provoke a smile
- باعث لبخند شدن
Outcry
A strong expression of anger and disapproval about something made by a group of people or by the public:
The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry.
- an outcry of despair
- فریاد حاکی از نومیدی
- the outcry against cruel treatment of prisoners
- اعتراض پر سر و صدا نسبت به رفتار ظالمانه با زندانیان
Aggressive
Behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person:
If I criticise him, he gets aggressive and starts shouting
Embitter
To make someone feel embittered (= very angry about things that have happened to you):
He did not allow his suffering to embitter him
- his remarks embittered his enemies
- اظهارات او دشمنانش را آتشی کرد.
- repeated failure in examinations had embittered him
- شکست های مکرر در امتحانات کام او را تلخ کرده بود.
Soothe
To make someone feel calm or less worried:
To soothe a crying baby.
Soothe the pain.
Tranquilize
(Of a drug) having a calming or sedative effect on.
Tranquilize drugs.
Apparent
Obvious, evident:
Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.
