Verbal Advantage-1

Question 1

Ostensible

Answer 1

Apparent, appearing or seeming to be true, professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved.
نمایان، ظاهر

Plausible; specious
Specious, however has the negative suggestion of using deception to make sth false appear true.
Ostensible is often used in opposition to real or actual. An ostensible motive is not necessarily a real motive; an ostensible advantage is not necessarily an actual advantage.

Question 2

Digress

Answer 2

To wander, stray from the point; ramble, deviate, go off in another direction.
پرت شدن از موضوع، منحرف شدن
Digressus- dis, part and gradi, to go, walk…
Ingress: the place you walk in, the entrance.
Egress: the place you walk out, the exit.

It is not used for physical wandering, instead it is used of speaking or writing that departs from the main point or subject at hand and wanders off in another direction.
If she hadn’t digressed so much, her lecture would have been more interesting.

Question 3

Uncanny

Answer 3

Eerie, strange, weird, mysterious: “an uncanny experience”.

Uncanny may refer to sth that is strange in an unnatural or unearthly way, sth whose strangeness is unsettling or even frightening.

Uncanny may also mean beyond what is normal or expected, strange in a remarkable or marvelous way, as “an uncanny resemblance” or “uncanny ability”.

Question 4

Candor

Answer 4

Frankness, openness, sincere expression.

Synonyms: straightforward-outspokenness-forthrightness-ingenuousness.
Candor is the noun, the adjective is candid, frank, open, sincere.

The candid person expresses his or her thoughts frankly and openly, with no hesitation. The forthright person speaks directly to the point; plainly and sometimes bluntly, in a no-nonsense manner. The ingenuousness person speaks honestly and sincerely, with no hint of evasiveness or deception.

Question 5

Morose

Answer 5

Gloomy, moody, glum, grumpy, ill-tempered, depressed.
ترش‌رو، کج‌خلق

After weeks of futile job-hunting, he became morose.

Difficult synonyms:
Dolorous- mournful, full of sadness.
Lugubrious- extremely gloomy or dismal.
Saturnine-having a bitter disposition or sour outlook on life.

😡Antonyms:
Optimistic, jovial, sanguine.

Sullen and morose are close in meaning. Plus misanthropy.

Question 6

Adept

Answer 6

Skilled.

Synonyms:
Handy, clever, able, deft, expert, adroit, dexterous and proficient.

He was adept at managing his investments, and they always turned a handsome profit.

Question 7

Saturated

Answer 7

Soaked, thoroughly wet, full of moisture.

Synonyms:
Drenched, steeped, permeated, impregnated, imbued, sodden.

Sodden may mean heavy with moisture, soggy, or dull, stupefied, expressionless, as from drinking too much liquor. To saturate means to soak or wet thoroughly, either literally, as in My french fries are saturated with oil, or figuratively: The company saturated the media with ads for its new product.

Question 8

Rebuff

Answer 8

To refuse bluntly, reject sharply, turn down abruptly, snub, spurn.

Question 9

Repudiate

Answer 9

To reject, cast off, disown, renounce, refuse to accept as one’s own; also, to reject as false, deny the authority of, refuse to accept as true.

Repudiate is a vehement rejection.