TPO41 Flashcards
prime
🔹of first importance; main.
🔸a nurse’s prime concern is the well-being of the patient
🔹from which another thing may derive or proceed.
🔸Diogenes’ conclusion that air is the prime matter
🔹of the best possible quality; excellent; top-quality
🔸prime cuts of meat
🔹having all the typical characteristics of something.
🔸the novel is a prime example of the genre
🔹most suitable or likely.
🔸any hospital with high costs is a prime candidate for closure
🔹the state or time of greatest vigour or success in a person’s life; heyday
🔸you’re in the prime of life
grandeur
🔹splendour and impressiveness, especially of appearance or style; magnificence
شکوه- عظمت
🔸the majestic grandeur and simplicity of Roman architecture
🔹high rank or social importance.
🔸his facade of grandeur
skim
🔹remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid.
🔸as the scum rises, skim it off
🔹go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air; glide
🔸he let his fingers skim across her shoulders
🔹read (something) quickly so as to note only the important points; glance through
🔸he skimmed the report
🔹deal with or treat (a subject) briefly or superficially.
🔸she skimmed over her meeting with Roger—it had suddenly become rather difficult to speak of him
mystify
🔹utterly bewilder or perplex (someone); puzzle; baffle; obfuscate
🔸I was completely mystified by his disappearance
🔹make obscure or mysterious.
🔸lawyers who mystify the legal system so that laymen find it unintelligible
go down in history
🔹to be remembered by many people for having done something
🔸He’ll go down in history as one of our finest leaders.
rewarding
🔹providing satisfaction; gratifying; satisfying; pleasing; fullfiling
🔸skiing can be hugely rewarding
overrule
🔹reject or disallow by exercising one’s superior authority.
🔸Chief Judge Moran overruled the government’s objections
🔹reject the decision or opinion of.
🔸welfare staff overruled an experienced detective
adolescence
🔹the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
بلوغ
🔸Mary spent her childhood and adolescence in Europe
cornerstone
🔹an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based; foundation; basis
🔸a national minimum wage remained the cornerstone of policy
stain
🔹mark or discolour with something that is not easily removed.
🔸her clothing was stained with blood
🔹be marked or be liable to be marked with a stain.
🔹damage or bring disgrace to (the reputation or image of someone or something); dishonour
🔸the awful events would unfairly stain the city’s reputation
🔹colour (a material or object) by applying a penetrative dye or chemical.
🔸wood can always be stained to a darker shade
cabbage
🔹کلم
contrived
🔹deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
created or arranged in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic.
🔸the ending of the novel is too pat and contrived
contrive
🔹create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice; engineer; devise
🔸his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis
spawn
🔹(of a fish, frog, mollusc, crustacean, etc.) release or deposit eggs.
🔸the fish spawn among fine-leaved plants
🔹(of a fish, frog, etc.) be laid as eggs.
🔸the fish can locate the precise stream in which they were spawned
🔹(of a person) produce (offspring).
🔸why had she married a man who could spawn a boy like that?
🔹produce or generate a large number of.
🔸the decade spawned a bewildering variety of books on the forces
clog
🔹block or become blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter.
🔸the gutters were clogged up with leaves
🔹fill up or crowd (something) so as to obstruct passage.
🔸tourists’ cars clog the roads into Cornwall
consignment
🔹a batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone.
محموله
🔸a consignment of drugs
🔹the action of consigning or delivering something.
🔸levels of consignment are running below budget
leverage
🔹use borrowed capital for (an investment), expecting the profits made to be greater than the interest payable.
🔸a leveraged takeover bid
🔹use (something) to maximum advantage.
🔸the organization needs to leverage its key resources
🔹to spread or use resources (=money, skills, buildings etc that an organization has available), ideas etc again in several different ways or in different parts of a company, system etc
leverage something across something
🔸Reusable software is leveraged across many applications.
handy
🔹convenient to handle or use; useful.
🔸a handy desktop encyclopedia
🔹ready to hand.
🔸keep credit cards handy
🔹placed or occurring conveniently.
🔸a hotel in a handy central location
🔹skilful.
🔸he’s handy with a needle
prompt
🔹(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling); give rise to; bring about
🔸the violence prompted a wave of refugees to flee the country
🔹cause someone to take a course of action.
🔸curiosity prompted him to look inside
🔹encourage (a hesitating speaker) to say something; remind
🔸And the picture?’ he prompted
🔹supply a forgotten word or line to (an actor) during the performance of a play.
inert
🔹lacking the ability or strength to move; immobile
🔸she lay inert in her bed
🔹lacking vigour.
🔸an inert political system
🔹chemically inactive.
attend
🔹be present at (an event, meeting, or function); take part in
🔸the whole sales force attended the conference
🔹go regularly to (a school, church, or clinic).
🔸all children are required to attend school
🔹deal with.
🔸he muttered that he had business to attend to
🔹escort and wait on (a member of royalty or other important person); accompany
🔸Her Royal Highness was attended by Mrs Jane Stevens
🔹occur with or as a result of.
🔸people feared that the switch to a peacetime economy would be attended by a severe slump
