Week 2 Flashcards
Culminate v.
End up
Conclude
Finish
A series of events for teachers and students will culminate in a Shakespeare festival next year.
Cumbersome adj.
Awkward Burdensome Weighty Unmanageable (Sangin, mayeye zahmat)
Cumbersome procedures
Doctors are complaining that the system is cumbersome and bureaucratic.
Cushion v.
Protect
Cushion somebody from/against something
Decimate v.
Devastate
Destroy
Wreak havoc on
Decimation of rain forests
Deficient adj.
Lacking Inadequate Insufficient Scant Scarce Defective Inferior Weak
Iron deficient
Deficient in vitamin C
Deflect v.
Turn aside Bend Deviate Diverge (Monharef krdn)
He attempts to deflect attention away from his private life.
Deflect one’s from reaching their goals
Desiccated adj.
Dehydrated
Dried
Completely dry
Desiccated leaves
Deplete v.
Use up Consume Drain Empty Exhaust Impoverish
The depletion of the ozone layer
Detractor n.
Fault-finder
Critic
Even the president’s detractors admit that the decision was the right one.
Deviate v.
Differ
Depart
Diverge
Stray
He did not deviate frin his plan.
The plane had to deviate from its normal flight path.
Devoid of adj.
Lack of
Bereft (bi gonaah)
Deficient
Empty
His face was devoid of any warmth or humor.
The skies are devoid of birdlife.
Diffuse
Expand
Spread
Propagate
The pollutants diffuse into the soil.
Their ideas diffused quickly across Europe.
An attempt to diffuse his anger (to make a bad feeling or situation less strong or serious)
Dilute
Weaken Reduce Decrease Lessen Mitigate
Diluted fruit juice
Delute the paint with some oil.
An attempt to dilute the proposals (to make a quality, belief etc. weaker or less effective)
Any dilution of standards must be resisted.
Adriot adj.
Skillful Adept (maaher) Deft Dexterous (zerang) Expert Proficient
An adroit negotiator/politician
Disguise
Hide Camouflage (estetaar) Conceal Shroud (pooshesh) Cover Mask Veil (hejaab)
Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there.
There’s no way u can disguise that southern accent.
The speech was seen by many as a thinly disguised attack on the president.
