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Inversion

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وارونه‌سازی

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Folly

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حماقت، نادانی

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Surly

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Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.

تندخو و گستاخ، ناهنجار

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Assuage

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Make sth intense less severe.

آرام کردن، تخفیف دادن

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Lucid

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(Of language) transparently clear; easily understandable.

شفاف، واضح

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Debase

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Reduce the quality or value of sth.

مقام کسی را پایین بردن، پست کردن

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Impeccable

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Without fault or error.

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Unruly

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(Of persons) noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; unwilling to submit to authority.

سرکش، یاغی

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Hamstrung

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Made ineffective or powerless.

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Sentimental

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Effusively or insincerely emotional, especially in art, music, and literature.

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Inadvertent

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Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally.

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Altruism

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The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.

نوع‌دوستی، بشردوستی

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Perennial

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Lasting an indefinitely long time; eternal; everlasting.

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Spurn

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Reject with contempt.

با تحقیر رد کردن

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Pristine

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Unspoiled, untouched. (Nature).

Immaculately clean and unused.

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Perpetuate

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Cause to continue.

دائمی کردن

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Whimsical

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Determined by impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason.

بوالهوس

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Tawdry

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Tastelessly showy, cheap and shoddy.

زرق و برق‌دار، ارزان و‌مزخرف

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Shoddy

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جنس بنجل

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Insincere

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ریاکار، بی‌صداقت

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Precedent

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An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.

مقدم، نمونه

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Genteel

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Marked by refinement in taste and manners.

اصیل، نجیب

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Egotist

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An conceited and self-centered person.

خودپرست

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Cornucopia

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An abundant supply of sth good.

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Grovel

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Show submission or fear.

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Gruesome

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مخوف، وحشت‌آور

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Allowance

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جیره دادن، هزینه سفر

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Run of the mill

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برجسته نبودن، عادی

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Disown

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Prevent deliberately.

رد کردن، انکار کردن، جلوگیری

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Renounce

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انکار کردن، سرزنش کردن

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Snub

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Refuse to acknowledge.

Reject outright and bluntly.

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Forefront

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جلودار

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Precipitation

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شتابزدگی

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Jargon

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A characteristic language of a particular group.

اصطلاحات مخصوص یک صنف

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Benign

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Kind.

(Medicine) not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive.

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Rankle

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Gnaw into; make resentful or angry.

چرک جمع کردن، عذاب دادن

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Augment

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Enlarge or increase; improve.

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Pertinent

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Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand.

وابسته، مربوط

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Euphoria

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Feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation.

رضایتمندی، خوشحالی

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Tumult

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A state of chaos, noise and confusion.

غوغا، آشوب

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Banish

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Expel from a community, residence or location; drive away.

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Vacuous

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Devoid of intelligence, matter or significance.

تهی، خالی، بی‌مفهوم

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Devoid

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تهی، خالی

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Facetious

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Cleverly amusing in tone.

اهل شوخی بیجا

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Conducive

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Making a situation or outcome more likely to happen.

مساعد، موجب شونده

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Irresolute

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Uncertain how to act or response.

بی‌عزم، دودل