1500 Essential (1-300) Flashcards

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abacus

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frame with balls for calculating

چرتكه

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abate

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to lessen
to subside
فروكش كردن،

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abdication

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giving up control authority

استعفا، كناره گيري

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aberration

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straying away from what is normal

انحراف، عدم انطباق

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abet

A

help/encourage sb (in doing wrong)

تربيت كردن، تشويق و تقويت كردن

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abeyance

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suspended action

بلاتكليفي، تعليق

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abhor

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to hate
to detest
تنفر داشتن، ترس داشتن

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abide

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be faithful
to endure
ايستادگيكردن، پايدار ماندن، تاب اوردن

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abjure

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promise or swear
to give up
سوگند شكستن، نقض عهد كردن، براي هميشه ترك كردن

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abraded

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rubbed off
worn away by friction
تحريك كردن، سر غيرت اوردن

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abrogate

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repeal or annul by authority

از ميان بردن، منسوخ كردن، لغو كردن

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abscond

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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

گريختن، فرار كردن، پنهان شدن

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abstruse

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difficult to comprehend

پنهان و پيچيده

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abut

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border on

مماس بودن، مجاور بودن

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abysmal

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bottomless
extreme
ژرف، گردابي، ناپيمودني

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acarpous

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effete no longer
fertile worn out
بي ثمر، بدون ميوه

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acclaimed

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welcomed with shouts and approval

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accolade

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praise
approval
سربالايي، فراز، مراسم اعطاي منصب

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accretion

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the growing of separate things into one

رشد يوسته، اتحاد و يكپارچگي

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adamant

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kind of stone
inflexible
مقاوم، يكدنده، جسم جامد و سخت

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admonitory

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containing warning

نصيحت اميز، توبيخ اميز

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adorn

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add beauty
decorate
زيبا كردن، ارايش كردن

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adulteration

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making unpure poorer in quality

جعل و تزوير

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affable

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polite and friendly

مهربان، دلجو و خوش برخورد

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affinity

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close connection
relationship
خويشاوندي، وابستگي، ميل تركيبي

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aggravate

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make worse
irritate
بدتر كردن، خشمگين كردن

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agile

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active

quick-moving

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agog

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eager/excited

نگران، مشتاق

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ail

A

trouble
be ill
ازردن و پريشان كردن
درد ياكسالت داشتن

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alacrity

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eager and cheerful readiness

چابكي و نشاط

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alcove

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recess/partially enclosed place

شاه نشين، الاچيق، تو رفتگي

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allegiance

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duty
support
loyalty
وفاداري، تابعيت، بيعت

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alleviate

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make (pain) easier
to bear
سبك كردن، ارام كردن

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alloy

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to debase by mixing with something inferior

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aloof

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reserved indifferent

دور، كناره گير

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amalgamate

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mix
combine unite societies
اميختن

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ambidextrous

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able to use the left hand or the right equally well

قابليت استفاده از هر دو جهت

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ambiguous

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doubtful
uncertain
با ابهام، تاريك

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ambivalent

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having both of two contrary meanings

دوجنبه اي

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ameliorate

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improve
make better
بهتر كردن، اصلاح كردن

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amortize

A

end (a debt) by setting aside money

وقف كردن ، واگذار كردن، خراب كردن، كشتن

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42
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anguish

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severe suffering

اضطراب، نگران شدن، دلتنگ كردن

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animosity

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strong dislike

دئمني، كينه

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antidote

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medicine used against a poison or a disease

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antithetical

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direct opposing

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apartheid

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brutal racial discrimination

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aplomb

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self-confidence

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apostate

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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions

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apotheosis

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deification glorification to godliness

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appease

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make quiet or calm

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apprehensive

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grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future

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apprise

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give notice to inform

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approbation

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approval

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apropos

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appropriate to the situation apt

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apt

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well-suited quick-witted

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arabesque

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a complex ornate design

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arboreal

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of connected with trees

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ardor

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enthusiasm

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arduous

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steep difficult ascent laborious

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argot

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jargon slang

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arrant

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in the highest degree

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arrogance

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proud superior manner of behaviour

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articulate

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speak distinctly connect by joints

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ascend

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go or come up

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ascertain

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get to know

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ascetic

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practicing self-denial austere stark

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ascribe

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consider to be the origin of or belonging to

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aseptic

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surgically clean

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asperity

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roughness harshness ill temper irritability

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aspersion

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slander

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assail

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with attack violently

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assiduous

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diligent hard-working sedulous

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assuage

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make smth (pain desire) less

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asterisk

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the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)

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astringent

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substance that shrinks

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astute

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clever quick at seeing to get an advantage

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atonement

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repayment death of Jesus

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attenuate

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make thin. weaken enervate

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attune

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bring into harmony

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audacious

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daring foolishly bold impudent

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augury

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omen sign

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august

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majestic venerable

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auspicious

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favorable successful prosperous

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austere

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severely moral and strict simple and plain

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auxiliary

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helping supporting

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aver

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affirm assert prove justify

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aversion

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strong dislike

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avid

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eager greedy

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avow

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admit. Declare openly

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baleful

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harmful ominous causing evil

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balk

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obstacle purposely to get on the way of

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baneful

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causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive

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barrage

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artificial obstacle built across a river

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barren

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not good enough unable to have young ones without value

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bask

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in enjoy warmth and light

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beatify

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to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to

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bedizen

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to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner

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belabor

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beat hard

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bellicose

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belligerent pugnacious warlike

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belligerent

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(person nation) waging war

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benefactor

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person who has given help

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benevolence

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wish or activity in doing good

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benign

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kind and gentle mild (climate)

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bequest

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arrangement to give smth at death

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berate

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scold sharply

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bereft

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rob or dispossess of smth (material)

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bewilder

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puzzle confuse

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bigot

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stubborn narrow-minded person

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bilge

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bulge the protuberance of a cask

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blandishment

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flattery coaxing

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blandness

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polite manner comforting uninteresting

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blatant

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noisy and rough

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blithe

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cheerful casual carefree

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bogus

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sham counterfeit not genuine

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boisterous

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loud noisy rough lacking restraint

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bolster

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give greatly needed support

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boorish

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crude offensive rude

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brash

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hasty rush cheeky saucy

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brass

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yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)

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brazen

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made of brass

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breach

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opening broken place breaking

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brittle

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easily broken

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broach

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bring up announce begin to talk about

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brook

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to tolerate endure

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buoyant

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able to float light-hearted

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burgeon

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grow forth send out buds

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burnish

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to polish rub to a shine

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cabal

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a scheme or plot a group of plotters

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cadge

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to beg to get by begging

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cajole

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use flattery or deceit to persuade

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calipers

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metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument

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calumny

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slander aspersion

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candid

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frank straight-forward

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cant

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insincere talk/jargon

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cantankerous

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bad-tempered/quarrelsome

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canvass

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discuss thoroughly sort of touting

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castigate

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to chastise correct by punishing

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castigation

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severe punishment

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catalyst

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substance that causes speeding up

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caustic

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biting sarcastic

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censure

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expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke

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centurion

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leader of a unit of 100 soldiers

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chary

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cautious wary

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chastened

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corrected punished

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chastisement

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punishment

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chauvinist

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a blindly devoted patriot

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chicanery

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legal trickery/false argument

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chisel

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steel tool for shaping materials

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churl

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bad-tempered person

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clamor

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shout complain with a lot of noise

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clientele

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customers

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clinch

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come to grips/settle conclusively

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cling

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to resist separation

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clot

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half-solid lump formed from liquid

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cloture

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closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting

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coagulation

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change to a thick and solid state

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coalescing

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coming together and uniting into one substance

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coax

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get smb to do smth by kindness

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coda

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passage that completes a piece of music

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Q

coddle

A

treat with care and tenderness

161
Q

coerce

A

compel to force to make obedient

162
Q

coeval

A

of the same period coexisting

163
Q

cogent

A

strong convincing

164
Q

cogitate

A

think deeply mediate

165
Q

cognizant

A

being fully aware of

166
Q

colander

A

bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water

167
Q

collusion

A

secret agreement for a deceitful purpose

168
Q

combustion

A

process of burning

169
Q

commemorate

A

keep the memory of

170
Q

commodious

A

having plenty of space for what is needed

171
Q

commuter

A

person who travels regularly

172
Q

complaisance

A

tending to comply obliging willingness to please

173
Q

compunction

A

feeling of regret for one’s action

174
Q

conceal

A

hide keep secret

175
Q

conceit

A

over-high opinion of too much pride

176
Q

conciliatory

A

reconciling soothing comforting mollifying

177
Q

concord

A

agreement or harmony

178
Q

concur

A

agree in opinion happen together

179
Q

condense

A

increase in density strength make laconic

180
Q

condone

A

forgive

181
Q

congeal

A

make or become stiff and solid

182
Q

conjoin

A

to join together

183
Q

connoisseur

A

a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)

184
Q

connotation

A

suggestion in addition to

185
Q

consequential

A

pompous self important

186
Q

console

A

give comfort or sympathy to

187
Q

conspicuous

A

easily seen remarkable

188
Q

consternation

A

surprise and fear dismay

189
Q

constrain

A

compel

190
Q

constrict

A

make tight or smaller

191
Q

consume

A

get to the end of

192
Q

consummate

A

perfect/make perfect/complete

193
Q

contemn

A

to scorn or despise

194
Q

contentious

A

argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome

195
Q

contiguous

A

touching neighboring near

196
Q

contrite

A

filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing

197
Q

contumacious

A

insubordinate rebellious

198
Q

conundrum

A

a riddle dilemma enigma

199
Q

conviction

A

convincing firm belief

200
Q

convoke

A

call together summon

201
Q

convoluted

A

complicated coiled twisted

202
Q

cordial

A

warm and sincere

203
Q

cordon

A

line (of police acting as a guard)

204
Q

cornucopia

A

abundant supply

205
Q

corporeal

A

physical of or for the body

206
Q

correlate

A

have a mutual relation

207
Q

corroboration

A

additional strengthening evidence

208
Q

countenance

A

to favor or approve of

209
Q

counterfeit

A

forgery

210
Q

countervail

A

counterbalance

211
Q

covert

A

disguised

212
Q

covetous

A

eagerly desirous

213
Q

cower

A

crouch shrink back

214
Q

coy

A

shy/modest (esp of a girl)

215
Q

crass

A

very great (es. stupidity)

216
Q

cravat

A

piece of linen worn as a necktie

217
Q

craven

A

cowardly

218
Q

crease

A

line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket

219
Q

credulity

A

too great a readiness to believe things

220
Q

credulous

A

ready to believe things

221
Q

crush

A

press lose shape subdue overwhelm

222
Q

cryptic

A

secret with a hidden meaning

223
Q

cumbersome

A

burdensome heavy and awkward to carry

224
Q

curmudgeon

A

bad-tempered person

225
Q

curriculum

A

course of study

226
Q

cursory

A

quick hurried

227
Q

curtail

A

make shorter then was planned

228
Q

dainty

A

pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please

229
Q

daunt

A

intimidate make fearful

230
Q

dawdler

A

person who is slow waste of time

231
Q

dearth

A

shortage

232
Q

debacle

A

a breakup overthrow sudden disaster

233
Q

decorum

A

propriety properness

234
Q

decree

A

order given by authority

235
Q

decry

A

disapprove of

236
Q

defer

A

postpone give way (to show respect)

237
Q

deferential

A

showing respect

238
Q

defiance

A

open disobedience or resistance

239
Q

delineate

A

to portray depict sketch out

240
Q

deluge

A

great flood heavy rush of water

241
Q

demagogue

A

person appealing not to reasons

242
Q

demur

A

to hesitate raise objections

243
Q

denigrate

A

blacken belittle sully defame

244
Q

denouement

A

an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot

245
Q

deplete

A

use until none remains

246
Q

deposition

A

dethronement depositing

247
Q

deprave

A

make morally bad corrupt

248
Q

deprecate

A

protest against express disapproval of

249
Q

dereliction

A

deserting and leaving to fall into ruins

250
Q

derision

A

ridicule mockery deriding

251
Q

derivative

A

unoriginal obtained from another source

252
Q

derogatory

A

insulting tending to damage

253
Q

descry

A

catch sight of see smth in the distance

254
Q

desiccant

A

substance used to absorb moisture

255
Q

desuetude

A

cessation of use disuse

256
Q

desultory

A

aimless haphazard digressing at random

257
Q

deter

A

discourage hinder

258
Q

detraction

A

slandering verbal attack aspersion

259
Q

detumescence

A

diminishing or lessening of swelling

260
Q

deviance

A

being different in moral standards (from normal)

261
Q

dexterity

A

skill (esp. in handling)

262
Q

diaphanous

A

transparent gauzy

263
Q

diatribe

A

bitter and violent attack in words

264
Q

diffidence

A

shyness

265
Q

dilate

A

speak comprehensively become wider large

266
Q

disallow

A

refuse to allow or accept as a correct

267
Q

discern

A

see with an effort but clearly

268
Q

discomfit

A

confuse embarrass

269
Q

disconcert

A

upset the self-possession of

270
Q

discountenance

A

refuse to approve of

271
Q

discourse

A

speech lecture

272
Q

discredit

A

refuse to believe

273
Q

discreet

A

careful/prudent

274
Q

discrete

A

individually distinct

275
Q

disdain

A

look on with contempt

276
Q

disencumber

A

free from encumbrance

277
Q

disheveled

A

untidy

278
Q

disingenuous

A

sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning

279
Q

disinter

A

dig up from the earth

280
Q

dislodge

A

move force from the place occupied

281
Q

dismal

A

sad gloomy miserable

282
Q

disparate

A

essentially different

283
Q

disproof

A

proof to the contrary

284
Q

dissemble

A

speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)

285
Q

disseminate

A

distribute (esp. ideas)

286
Q

dissent

A

have a different opinion refuse to assent

287
Q

dissolution

A

disintegration looseness in morals

288
Q

distraught

A

distracted violently upset in mind

289
Q

divergence

A

getting farther apart from a point

290
Q

divestiture

A

taking off getting rid of giving up

291
Q

divulge

A

make known smth secret

292
Q

doggerel

A

trivial poorly constructed verse

293
Q

dogmatic

A

positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion

294
Q

dolt

A

stupid fellow

295
Q

dormant

A

in a state of inactivity but awaiting development

296
Q

dote

A

show much fondness center one’s attention

297
Q

drawl

A

slow way of speaking

298
Q

droll

A

jesting

299
Q

drone

A

male bee person who isn’t self-employed

300
Q

drowsiness

A

feeling sleepy half asleep