TPO7 Flashcards
cruise
Journey, voyage
• a cruise around the world
objective
Aim, goal, intent
invertebrate
a living creature that does not have a backbone
wipe out
Erase, annihilate, kill, eliminate
dome
A round roof on a building
Penetrate
- Permeate, seep, enter, go through
* bullets that penetrate thick armour plating
fragment
Particle, portion, bit, piece,
• glass fragments
peculiarity
- Abnormality, anomaly
* a strange or unusual habit, quality etc:
basin
sink
Wash sink
Amazon basin
silt
Residue, sand, sediment
strait
• a narrow passage of water between two areas of land, usually connecting two seas:
• the Bering Strait
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Salinity
Saline adj
Salinity n
Saline solution
exterminate
Destruction, extinction,extermination
• Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits.
score
- Number
* Great scores of animals
brine
water which contains a lot of salt and is used for preserving food:
• fish pickled in brine
• sea water
precipitation
• Rain, rainfall, snow, snowfall
deluge
- a large amount of something such as letters or questions that someone gets at the same time [= flood]
- deluge of
- Viewers sent a deluge of complaints about the show.
cascade
1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to flow, fall, or hang down in large quantities:
Her thick black hair cascaded down below her waist.
Gallons of water cascaded over the side of the bath.
turbulent
- Unstable, violent, stormy
- the dark turbulent waters of the river
- He has had a turbulent political career.
cohesive
1connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole:
a cohesive community
2uniting people or things:
Historically, sport has been a cohesive force in international relations.
bond
something that unites two or more people or groups, such as love, or a shared interest or idea [↪ tie]
• bond between
• the emotional bond between mother and child
monolithic
• a monolithic building is very large, solid, and impressive
entity
• Body, being, thing
garrison
Military garrison
پادگان
station
to send someone in the military to a particular place for a period of time as part of their military duty [= post]:
• I was stationed overseas at the time.
province
a Chinese province
obsession
noun fixation; consumption with belief, desire
Gambling became an obsession , and he eventually lost everything
territory
- land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler, or military force:
- Hong Kong became Chinese territory in 1997.
• Area, colony, land, zone,
conquest
- the act of getting control of a country by fighting:
- the Norman Conquest (=the conquest of England by the Normans)
- conquest of
- the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
- Success, triumph, win
stark
• very plain in appearance, with little or no colour or decoration:
- In the cold dawn light, the castle looked stark and forbidding.
- the stark beauty of New Mexico
• Simple, bare
march
• if soldiers or other people march somewhere, they walk there quickly with firm regular steps
legion
• a large group of soldiers, especially in ancient Rome
قشون
numerous
Fertile
Fruitful, rich, abundant,
• fertile land or soil is able to produce good crops:
foster
promote,encourage
adopt
Virtue
Honor,integrity
• moral goodness of character and behaviour [≠ vice]:
• Women have often been used as symbols of virtue.
devotion
- the strong love that you show when you pay a lot of attention to someone or something
- devotion to
- Alanna has always shown intense devotion to her children.
Thorough
1including every possible detail➔ thoroughly:
The doctor gave him a thorough check-up.
predispose
1to make someone more likely to suffer from a particular health problem:
predispose somebody to something
Diabetes predisposes patients to infections.
Willing,incline
ready
Might
great strength and power:
• two individuals who took on the might of the English legal system
• He swung the axe again with all his might.
subtlety
• he quality that something has when it has been done in a clever or skilful way, with careful attention to small details:
• The play lacks subtlety.
• She argued her case with considerable subtlety.
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disdain
- with disdain
- She watched me with disdain.
- a look of complete disdain
• Ridicule, arrogance, aversion, dislike, contempt,
Sphere
- 2 a particular area of activity, work, knowledge etc
- in … sphere
- television’s increasing role in the political sphere
caliber
• of somebody’s calibre •
Where will we find another man of his calibre?
• The school attracts a high calibre of student.
Route
- a way from one place to another
- route to/from
- What’s the best route to Cambridge?
Cavalry
سواره نظام
Millet
ارزن
• the small seeds of a plant similar to grass, used as food
diffuse
Spread, distribute, scatter
• The pollutants diffuse into the soil.
receptive
- a receptive audience
- receptive to
- a workforce that is receptive to new ideas
• welcoming, interested, open- minded
chariot
• a vehicle with two wheels pulled by a horse, used in ancient times in battles and races
Traverse
- to move across, over, or through something, especially an area of land or water:
- two minutes to traverse the park
• Cross, roam, go over, pass over,
innovation
• a new idea, method, or invention
- innovation in
- recent innovations in English teaching
Thrive
- to become very successful or very strong and healthy:
- plants that thrive in tropical rainforests
- a business which managed to thrive during a recession
Shine, prosper, develop, succeed, grow, advance
profound
having a strong influence or effect profound effect/influence/impact/consequence etc
Tolstoy’s experiences of war had a profound effect on his work.
ingenious
- Imaginative, inventive, innovative, creative
- Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators.
- an ingenious device
furnace
كوره
Flee
- to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger:
- His attackers turned and fled.
Desiccation
• the process of becoming completely dry
