Unit 8 Flashcards
Asylum
(n) place of refuge or shelter
e. g. We provide asylum for those too ill to care for themselves.
Prudent
(adj) acting with or showing care and thought for the future
e. g. No prudent money manager would authorize a loan without first knowing its purpose.
Atavism
(n) in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence
e. g. Some modern political theorists reject nationalism as a tribal atavism.
Attenuate
(v) to weaken
e. g. Modern digital radio equipment allows even signals that have been greatly attenuated to be transmitted by one station and received by another station.
Audacious
(adj) bold; daring
e. g. The German army commander Erwin Rommel was known as the “Desert Fox” as a result of his audacious surprise attacks on allied forces in World War II
Austere
(adj) stern; unadorned
e. g. Deism is an austere belief that reflects the predominant philosophy of the Age of Enlightenment: a universe symmetrical and governed by rationality
Stern
(adj) (of an act or statement) strict and severe
e. g. Stern measures to restrict vehicle growth
Unadorned
(adj) not adorned; plain
e. g. It was very simple, its walls unadorned.
Autonomous
(adj) self-governing; independent
e. g. School governors are legally autonomous.
Conformity
(n) Compliance with standards, laws, and rules (مطابقت)
e. g. Conformity to regulations
Avarice
(n) greed
e. g. He was rich beyond the dreams of avarice
Aver
(v) to affirm; declare to be true
e. g. He averred that he was innocent of the allegations
Avocation
(n) secondary occupation
e. g. Don became so proficient at his avocation -computer programming- that he is thinking of giving up his job as a teacher to do it full time.
Avuncular
(adj) like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
e. g. Walter Cronkite, who was the anchorman of the CBS News during much of the 1970s and 1980s, had an avuncular manner that made him one of the America’s most trusted personalities.
Benevolent
(adj) well meaning and kindly (خیراندیش، نیکخواه)
e. g. He was something of a benevolent despot
