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Guffaw

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Laugh boisterously

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Malady

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A disease or sickness

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Resolve

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Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.

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Dearth

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A lack or shortage.

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Disheartened

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Made less hopeful or enthusiastic.

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Raffish

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Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.

بی‌ارزش، بدنام

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Elusive

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Difficult to capture or difficult to remember.

گریزان، فراری، سخت در یادآوری

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Ascendency

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The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.

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Endemic

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Native; originating where it is found.

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Ornate

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Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details.

مزین، پر آب و تاب

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Fete

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To celebrate a person.

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Discriminate

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Recognize or perceive the different.

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Renege

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Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.

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Thwart

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Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans or desires) of.

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Patronize

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Treat condescendingly.

رئیس‌وار رفتار کردن، تشویق کردن

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Flounder

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Behave awkwardly; have difficulties.

لغزش، اشتباه، رفتار زشت و ناشیانه

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Appreciable

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Large enough to be noticed (usu. refers to an amount).

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Boon

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A desirable state.

Very close and convivial.

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Degrade

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Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.

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Consummative

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Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
To make perfect and complete in every respect.

تمام و کمال، به پایان رساندن

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Robust

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Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction.

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Transitory

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Lasting a very short time.

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Snide

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Expressive of contempt; derogatory or mocking in an indirect way.

حقه‌باز، کنایه‌آمیز

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Incessant

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Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.

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Impede

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Be a hinderance or obstacle to.

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Impermeable

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Does not allow fluids to pass through.

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Proponent

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A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.

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Meander

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To wander aimlessly.

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Respite

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A pause from doing sth

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Fledging

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Young and inexperienced.

Any nee participant in some activity.

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Stolid

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited.

بی‌عاطفه

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Inclement

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(Of weather) unpleasant, stormy.

Used of persons or behavior; showing no mercy.

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Moot

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Open to argument or debate; undecidable in a meaningless or irrelevant way.

قابل بحث، مطرح کردن، دادخواهی

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Morose

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Ill-tempered and not inclined to talk; gloomy.

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Jocular

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Characterized by jokes and good humor.

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Muted

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Softened, subdued.

آرام

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Autonomously

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Acting independently; self governing (of a country).

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Disenfranchise

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Deprive of voting rights.

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Pithy

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Concise and full of meaning.

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Advocate

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Speak, plead, or argue in favor of.
A person who pleads for cause or propounds an idea.

طرفداری، دفاع

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Avid

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Marked by active interest and enthusiasm.

حریص، آزمند، مشتاق

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Archaic

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So old as to appear to belong to a different period.

کهنه،قدیمی، غیرمصطلح

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Obdurate

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Unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally; stubborn; unyielding.

بی‌عاطفه، سرسخت

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Quandary

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State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options.

حیرت، گیجی، سرگردانی

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Plodding

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(Of movement) slow and laborious.

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Relish

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لذت بردن از

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Blemish

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خسارت زدن، افترا زدن، لکه‌دار کردن

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Delinquent

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متخلف، غفلت‌کار

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Dear

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Expensive

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Rhetoric

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لفاظی، خطابت

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Unanimous

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متفق‌القول، هم‌رای

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Deter

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Turn away from by persuasion.
Try to prevent; show opposition to.

مانع شدن و بازداشتن، ترساندن

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Ingenuity

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The power of creative imagination.

نبوغ، قوه ابتکار

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Apprehension

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Fearful expectation.

درک، بیم، هراس

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
Easily influenced.

چکش‌خور، نرم و قابل انعطاف

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Entice

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Get someone to do sth through (often false or exaggerated) promises.

فریفتن، اغوا کردن

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