W - X - Y - Z Flashcards

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warranted

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justified توجیه پذیر
For a severe cough that lasts more than three weeks, a chest X-ray may be warranted to rule out pneumonia.
Unwarranted: done without good reason and therefore annoying
Unwarranted interference
Warrant: حکم

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welter

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a real mess
Use the noun welter to describe an enormous, messy pile, like the jumble of papers, coffee mugs, pens, and food wrappers on the desk of the messiest person in the office.

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wistful

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thinking sadly about something you would like to have but cannot have, especially something that you used to have in the past
a wistful smile
‘That’s the house where I was born, ’ she said wistfully.

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4
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Xenophobia

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fear or hatred of foreigners

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5
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Yearling

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an animal, especially a young horse, between one and two years old

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yen

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a strong desire
yen for
 a yen for foreign travel
yen to do something
 She’d always had a yen to write a book.
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yeoman

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1 an officer in the US navy who often works in an office

2 a farmer in Britain in the past who owned and worked on his own land

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yield

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amount produced.
crop
income on investment

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9
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yoke

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1 a wooden bar used for keeping two animals together, especially cattle, when they are pulling heavy loads ارابه
2 a frame that you put across your shoulders so that you can carry two equal loads which hang from either side of it

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yokel

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someone who comes from the countryside, seems stupid, and does not know much about modern life, ideas etc – used humorously
He plays the country yokel in the butter ad.
Like provincial کسی ک از پشت کوه اومده

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yore

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existing a long time ago

in days of yore

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Zealot

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a person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have them too: متعصب
a religious zealot
Like dogmatic

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