Vocab Flashcards
Instinctively
(adv)
By natural instinct
- you can instinctively answer with an easy ‘yes’ or ‘no’
Obscure
(adj)
Uncertain, not clear
- for some obscure reason
Pace
(n)
Speed in walking, running or moving
- many people shop at frantic pace
Frantic
(adj)
Anxious or very worried
- you find many people shopping at a frantic pace
Deed
(n)
Something done
کردار
- good deeds
Thrill
(n)
An excited feeling
- happiness is the thrill of buying new shoes
Humanity
(n)
People in general
بشریت
- all humanity
Longing
(n)
Enthusiasm, thirst
اشتیاق، عطش
- a life without longing
Devote
(v)
Give all or most of one’s time or resources to a person or activity
- devoting attention to unhappiness
Astonishing
(adj)
Amazing
عجیب، شگفتآور
- some astonishing facts
Assert
(v)
To say definitely
اظهار قطعی کردن
- the Chinese teaching assert that happiness lies in acting within social networks
Manner
(n)
A way in witch anything is done
شیوه، حالت، رفتار
- religion facilitates happiness in a similar manner
Well-being
(n)
Health
تندرستی، سلامتی
- there is a positive correlation between religious commitment and perceived well-being
Grafting
(v)
Linking
پیوند زدن
- the doctor treated her burns by grafting skin from her leg to her back
Intervention
(n)
Interposition
مداخله, وساطت
- military intervention
Vague
(adj)
Not clear
مبهم
- she has only a vague idea of how this machine works
Boredom
(n)
Fatigue, exhaustion, tiredness
خستگی، ملالت
- it was a bad movie and the audience did not hide its boredom
Regulation
(n)
Adjustment, law
تنظیم، قانون
- the regulation of prices
Restraint
(n)
Prevention
خودداری، خویشتن داری
- she showed great restraint and did not answer her curses
Indulgence
(n)
Extravagance, exceeding
زیاده روی، افراط
- indulgence in eating
Astonishing
(adj)
Extravagant, surprising
شگفت آور، حیرت انگیز
Declare
(v)
To announce publicly or formally
اعلام کردن، رسما بیان کردن
- war was declare this morning
Evaluation
(n)
Assessment
An evaluation of the country’s financial needs
Interference
(n)
Intervention
- interference in other countries internal affairs
Interruption
(n)
Discontinuity, suspension
انقطاع، تعلیق
- without interruption
Assertion
(n)
Claim
- the assertion of the right to the freedom of expression is important
Astonishment
(n)
Amazement
حیرت
The appearance of two-headed man filled everyone with astonishment
Cheer
(n)
A shout of approval, encouragement or welcome
- three cheers for the queen
Devotion
(n)
Consecration, commitment, loyalty
وقف، سرسپردگی، وفاداری
- the devotion of such talents to
- his devotion to his family
Obscurity
(n)
Anonymity, ambiguity
گمنامی، ابهام