TPO2 Flashcards
Seal
🔹fasten or close securely
Mohkam chasbandan- mohro moom kardan- bastan
🔹apply a non-porous coating to a surface to make it impervious
Darz giri kardan
Clay
🔹khake ros- gel- sofal
Runoff
🔹a further competition, election, race, etc after a tie or inconclusive resul
🔸he won only 49 percent of the vote, so a runoff will be held
🔹the draining away of water(or substance carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure
🔸when it rains the runoff cascades down to the valley floor
Diminish
🔹make or become less;decrease;lessen;decline
🔸the new law is expected to diminish the government’s chances
Deteriorate
🔹become progressively worse
🔸relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply
Delicate
🔹very fine in texture or structure; of intricate workmanship or quality
🔹easily broken or damaged;fragile
🔹requiring sensitive or careful handling
Tract
🔹an area of land, typically a large one
🔸large tracts of natural forest
Devoid of
🔹entirely lacking or free from
🔸Lisa kept her voice devoid of emotion
Livestock
🔹Chahar payane ahli- damo ahsham
Trample
🔹Tread on and crush
Lagad kardan-pamal kardan
🔸the fence had been trampled down
Pulverize
🔹to crush, beat, or grind into powder or dust; reduce to fine particles
🔹(informal)destroy or defeat
🔸he had a winning car and pulverized the opposition
Irrigation
🔹the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels
Abyari kardan
🔸the river supplies water for irrigation of agricultural crops
🔹the process of washing out an organ or wound with continuous flow of water or medication
🔸for sinus congestion, saline nasal irrigation can be helpful
Crust
🔹a hardened layer, coating, or deposit on the surface of something soft
🔸a crust of snow
🔹the tough outer part of a loaf of bread
Rigorous
🔹extremely thorough and careful
🔸rigorous testing of consumer product
🔹adhering strictly to a belief or system
🔹harsh and demanding
Shadid-sakht
Streamline
(v.)
🔹design or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement;aerodynamic
🔹make(an organization or system)more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods
Saade va porbazdeh va moasser
🔸the company streamlined its operations by removing whole layers of management
Hind
🔹(especially of a bodily part)studied at the back; posterior;back;rear
🔸a hind leg
Disguise
🔹give a different appearance in order to conceal one’s identity;impersonate;
🔸we took elaborate measures to disguised ourselves as locals.
Affinity
🔹a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something;empathy;bond
🔸he had a special affinity with horses
🔹a similarity of characteristics suggesting a relationship, especially a resemblance in structure between animals, plants, or languages;similarity;resemblance; correspondence
🔸a semantic affinity between two words
🔹relationship, especially by marriage as opposed to blood ties
Dwelling
🔹a house, flat, or other place of residence
Limb
🔹an arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or bird’s wing
🔸they got out, stretching their cramped limbs.
🔹a large branch of tree
🔸the bare limb of a heigh tree
Extinct
(Adj.)
🔹(of a species, family, or other larger group)having no living members.
🔸trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct.
🔹(of volcano)not having erupted in recorded history
🔸the islands are the remains of extinct volcanoes
Marine
🔹relating to or found in the sea
🔸marine plants
Archaeo-
🔸(prefix)kohan- ghadimi- baastani
Flesh-eating
🔹carnivorous
Gooshtkhar
🔹destructive time body tissues
🔸flesh-eating bacteria
🔹(of a supernatural creature)feeding on human flesh
🔸flesh-eating zombies
Breed
🔹(of animals)mate and then produce offspring
Zaayidan
🔸toads are said to return to the pond of their birth to breed
🔹train someone to behave in a particular way;bring up;raise
Tarbiat kardan- parvardan
Expose
🔹make something visible by uncovering it;reveal;uncover;bare
Reveal true objectionable nature of someone or something;disclose;manifest
🔹cause someone to be vulnerable or at risk;subject
🔸many newcomers are exposing themselves to injury
🔹introduce someone to a subject or area of knowledge
🔸students were exposed to statistics in highschool
Vestigial
🔹forming a very small remnants of something that was once greater or more noticeable; remaining; leftover
🔸he felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night.
🔹degenerate, having become functionless in the course of evolution;rudimentary;undeveloped;immature
🔸the vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden.
Locomotion
🔹movement or ability to move from one place to another;motion
🔸the muscles that are concerned with locomotion
Propulsion
🔹the action of driving or pushing forward; impelling force; thrust
Nirooye mohareke- pish randan
🔸they drive and use their wings for propulsion under water
Peepshow
🔹shahre farang
Parlor
🔹a sitting room in a private house
🔸they had lunch in the parlor
🔹a room in a public building for receiving guests
🔸the mayor’s parlor
🔹a shop or business providing specified goods or services
🔸ice cream parlor
🔸a beauty parlor
Arcade
🔹a covered passage with arches along one or both sides; gallery
🔹a covered walk with shops along one or both sides
Paasaaj
A shopping arcade
Readily
🔹without hesitation or reluctance;willingly
🔹without delay or difficulty;easily
🔸transport is readily available
Handful
🔹a quantity that fills the hand. A small number or amount
🔸only a handful of people were in the pub
🔹a person or group that is very difficult to deal with or control
🔸the kids could be such a handful
Admission
🔹a statement acknowledging the truth of something;acceptance
🔸an admission of guilt
🔹the process or fact of entering or being allowed to enter a place or organization
🔸the evening before her admission to hospital
🔹the fee charged for entry to a public place
🔸admission is 1 for adults and 0.5 for children
Perfect
(V.)
🔹make completely free from faults or defects;make as good as possible;improve
🔹bring to completion;finish
Makeshift
🔹acting as an interim and temporary measure;temporary
🔸arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed
Spectacle
🔹a visually striking performance or display;show
🔸the acrobatic fears make a good spectacle
🔹an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact;scene
🔸the spectacle of a city’s mass grief
🔹(with s)a pair of glasses
Lantern
🔹a lamp with a transparent case protecting the the flame or electric bulb, and typically having a handle by which it may be carried or hung
Fanoos-cheragh baadi
🔸a paper lantern
🔹faanose daryayi
Spectator
🔹a person who watches at a show, game, or other event;observer;witness;
(Opposite of participant)
Marvel
(v.)
🔹be filled with wonder or astonishment
🔸she marveled at Jeffrey’s composure
(n.)
🔹a wonderful or astonishing person or thing;wonder;miracle
🔸the marvels of technology
Minuscule
🔹extremely small;tiny
Strike
🔹hit forcibly and deliberately with one’s hand or a weapon or other implement
🔹(of disaster, disease, or other unwelcome phenomenon)occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects on
🔸a major earthquake struck the island
🔹(of a though or idea)come into mind suddenly or unexpectedly
🔸a disturbing thought struck Melissa
🔹(of employees)refuse to work as a group of organized protest, typically in an attempt to obtain a particular concession from their employer
🔸workers may strike over threatened job losses
🔹cancel, remove, or cross out with or as if with a pen-officially remove someone from membership of a professional group
🔸I will strike his name from the list
🔸he was struck off by the law society and will never practice as a solicitor again
🔹discover(gold, minerals, or oil)by drilling or mining
Strip
(v.)
🔹remove all coverings from
🔸they stripped the bed
🔹deprive someone of rank, power, or property;take away from;dispossess
🔸the lieutenant was stripped of his rank
🔹sell of(the assets of a company)for profit
(n.)
🔹a long narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material
🔸a strip of linen
