Deck11 Flashcards
(94 cards)
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Abstruse
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- hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- Intellectually demanding, highly abstract, deep, recondite
- incomprehensible, unfathomable, arcane.
- 1. clear, uncomplicated, simple; obvious.
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Ambivalent
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1.uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things, irresolute
2.
Psychology . the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
.
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Arrant
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1.downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.
2.
wandering; errant.
- thoroughgoing, utter, confirmed, flagrant.
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Aversion
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1.a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to ): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
2.
a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy: His pet aversion is guests who are always late.
- distaste, abhorrence, disgust. Aversion, antipathy, loathing
- 1. predilection.
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Bemoan
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1.to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one’s fate.
2.
to regard with regret or disapproval.
- to moan about or deplore ( a loss, grief)
- hayıflanmak, şikayet etmek
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Boorish
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- of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive, rude, awkard
- hödük, öküz
coarse, uncouth, loutish, churlish. Boorish, oafish, rude, uncouth
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Capricious
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- subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic: He’s such a capricious boss I never know how he’ll react.
- değişken, kaprisli
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Coerce
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1.to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
2.
to bring about through the use of force or other forms of compulsion; exact: to coerce obedience.
3.
to dominate or control, especially by exploiting fear, anxiety, etc.: The state is based on successfully coercing the individual.
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Condone
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1.to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like).
2.
to give tacit approval to: By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior.
3.
to pardon or forgive (an offense); excuse.
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Corroborate
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- to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
- verify, authenticate, support, validate.
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Decree
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1.a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law: a presidential decree.
2.
Law . a judicial decision or order.
3.
Theology . one of the eternal purposes of god, by which events are foreordained.
- to command, ordain, or decide by decree.
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Desiccate
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1.to dry thoroughly; dry up.
2. to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
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Disingenuous
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- lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous. not candid
- samimi olmayan, ikiyüzlü
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Dubious
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1.doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
2.
of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: a dubious compliment; a dubious transaction.
3.
of uncertain outcome: in dubious battle.
- equivocal, ambiguous, obscure, unclear. 4. undecided, uncertain, hesitant, fluctuating. See doubtful.
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Embellish
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- to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
2.
to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
.
- decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
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Ephemeral
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- lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
2.
lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
- fleeting, evanescent, transient, momentary, brief.
—1. permanent.
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Evince
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- to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
2.
to reveal the possession of (a quality, trait, etc.).
-açığa vurmak
display
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Extol
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1.to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples.
glorify, exalt, celebrate.
—disparage.
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Fetid
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1.having an offensive odor; stinking.
malodorous, smelly, noisome.
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Flux
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1.a flowing or flow.
2.
the flowing in of the tide.
3.
continuous change, passage, or movement: His political views are in a state of flux.
- to melt; make fluid.
8.
to fuse by the use of flux. - course, current, flood, stream.
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Frugal
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1.economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager.
2.
entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal.
- thrifty, chary, provident, careful. See economical.
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Grimace
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- a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
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Hew
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- to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
2.
to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to hew a passage through the crowd; to hew a statue from marble.
- to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to ): to hew to the tenets of one’s political party. , adhere, confirm
- See cut. 2. form.
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Immerse
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- to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
2.
to involve deeply; absorb: She is totally immersed in her law practice.
3.
to baptize by immersion.
- to embed, bury
- immerge, duck, douse. See dip1 . 2. engage.
—4. disinter.
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**Impromptu**
1. made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
2.
suddenly or hastily prepared, made, etc.: an impromptu dinner.
3.
improvised; having the character of an improvisation.
1. See extemporaneous.
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**Ingratiate**
1. to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with ): He ingratiated himself with all the guests.
- gözüne girmek, yağcılık yapmak
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**Invective**
1.vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
2.
a railing accusation; vituperation.
3.
an insulting or abusive word or expression.
- ağır hakaret, küfür mahiyetinde, suçlayıcı
1. contumely, scorn. See abuse.
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**Lavish**
1.expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
2.
using or giving in great amounts; prodigal (often followed by of ): lavish of his time; lavish of affection.
3. to expend or give in great amounts or without limit: to lavish gifts on a person.
1, 2. unstinted, extravagant, wasteful, improvident; generous, openhanded. Lavish, prodigal, profuse
—1, 2. niggardly.
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**Manacle**
1.a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
2.
Usually, manacles. restraints; checks.
3.
to handcuff; fetter.
4.
to hamper; restrain: He was manacled by his inhibitions.
-kelepçe
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**Mollify**
1.to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
2.
to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands.
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**Oblique**
1 neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
2. indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward: oblique remarks about the candidate's honesty.
3. morally, ethically, or mentally wrong; underhand; perverse
. indirect, veiled, masked, covert. , evasive, disingenuous, underhanded
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**Palate**
1 the roof of the mouth
3. intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation.
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**Peripatetic**
1 walking or traveling about; itinerant.
-gezinimci, aristocu
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**Placebo**
1 a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine.
2. smth said or done to win the favor of another
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**Predilection**
1 a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
bias, inclination, leaning, liking, weakness, predisposition, prepossession.
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**Prosaic**
1 commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
2.
of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.
1. ordinary, everyday; vapid, humdrum, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting.
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**Quotidian**
1 daily: a quotidian report.
2.
usual or customary; everyday: quotidian needs.
3.
ordinary; commonplace: paintings of no more than quotidian artistry.
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**Redoubtable**
1 that is to be feared; formidable.
2.
commanding or evoking respect, reverence, or the like.
-heybetli, korkulur
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**Resplendent**
1 shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
radiant; dazzling, gorgeous, magnificent.
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**Savor**
1 the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
2.
a particular taste or smell.
3.
distinctive quality or property.
4. to give oneself to the enjoyment of: to savor the best in life.
- kendine has tat, tadını çıkarmak
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**Sinuous**
1 having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
2.
indirect; devious: sinuous questions.
3.
characterized by a series of graceful curving motions: a sinuous dance.
1. curving, meandering, twining, twisting, coiled, curved, serpentine. 2. roundabout.
—1. straight. 2. direct.
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**Stalwart**
1. strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
2.
strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.
3.
firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.
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**Suffuse**
1. to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, glow etc.
cover, pervade, diffuse, bathe, flood.
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**Tawdry**
1.(of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
2.
low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
3. cheap, gaudy apparel.
1. flashy, meretricious.
—1. elegant.
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**Trepidation**
1. tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
2.
trembling or quivering movement; tremor.
- dehşet, ürperme
1. trembling, fright. 2. quivering, shaking.
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**Valorous**
1. having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
2.
characterized by valor: valorous deeds.
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**Voluminous**
1.forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes: a voluminous edition.
2.
sufficient to fill a volume or volumes: a voluminous correspondence.
3.
of great volume, size, or extent: voluminous flow of lava.
3. extensive, copious, ample.
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1. hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
2. Intellectually demanding, highly abstract, deep, recondite
1. incomprehensible, unfathomable, arcane.
- 1. clear, uncomplicated, simple; obvious.
**Abstruse**
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1.uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things, irresolute
2.
Psychology . the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
.
**Ambivalent**
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1.downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.
2.
wandering; errant.
1. thoroughgoing, utter, confirmed, flagrant.
**Arrant**
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1.a strong feeling of dislike, opposition, repugnance, or antipathy (usually followed by to ): a strong aversion to snakes and spiders.
2.
a cause or object of dislike; person or thing that causes antipathy: His pet aversion is guests who are always late.
1. distaste, abhorrence, disgust. Aversion, antipathy, loathing
- 1. predilection.
**Aversion**
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1.to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
2.
to regard with regret or disapproval.
3. to moan about or deplore ( a loss, grief)
- hayıflanmak, şikayet etmek
**Bemoan**
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1. of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive, rude, awkard
- hödük, öküz
coarse, uncouth, loutish, churlish. Boorish, oafish, rude, uncouth
**Boorish**
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1. subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- değişken, kaprisli
**Capricious**
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1.to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
2.
to bring about through the use of force or other forms of compulsion; exact: to coerce obedience.
3.
to dominate or control, especially by exploiting fear, anxiety, etc.: The state is based on successfully coercing the individual.
**Coerce**
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1.to disregard or overlook (something illegal, objectionable, or the like).
2.
to give tacit approval to: By his silence, he seemed to condone their behavior.
3.
to pardon or forgive (an offense); excuse.
**Condone**
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1. to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.
**Corroborate**
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1.a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law: a presidential decree.
2.
Law . a judicial decision or order.
3.
Theology . one of the eternal purposes of god, by which events are foreordained.
4. to command, ordain, or decide by decree.
**Decree**
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1.to dry thoroughly; dry up.
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2.
to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
```
**Desiccate**
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1. lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous. not candid
- samimi olmayan, ikiyüzlü
**Disingenuous**
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1.doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
2.
of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: a dubious compliment; a dubious transaction.
3.
of uncertain outcome: in dubious battle.
1. equivocal, ambiguous, obscure, unclear. 4. undecided, uncertain, hesitant, fluctuating. See doubtful.
**Dubious**
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1. to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
2.
to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
.
1. decorate, garnish, bedeck, embroider.
**Embellish**
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1. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
2.
lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
1. fleeting, evanescent, transient, momentary, brief.
—1. permanent.
**Ephemeral**
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1. to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
2.
to reveal the possession of (a quality, trait, etc.).
-açığa vurmak
display
**Evince**
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1.to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples.
glorify, exalt, celebrate.
—disparage.
**Extol**
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1.having an offensive odor; stinking.
malodorous, smelly, noisome.
**Fetid**
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1.a flowing or flow.
2.
the flowing in of the tide.
3.
continuous change, passage, or movement: His political views are in a state of flux.
7. to melt; make fluid.
8.
to fuse by the use of flux.
1. course, current, flood, stream.
**Flux**
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1.economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager.
2.
entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal.
1. thrifty, chary, provident, careful. See economical.
**Frugal**
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1. a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
**Grimace**
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1. to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
2.
to make, shape, smooth, etc., with cutting blows: to hew a passage through the crowd; to hew a statue from marble.
3. to uphold, follow closely, or conform (usually followed by to ): to hew to the tenets of one's political party. , adhere, confirm
1. See cut. 2. form.
**Hew**
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1. to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
2.
to involve deeply; absorb: She is totally immersed in her law practice.
3.
to baptize by immersion.
4. to embed, bury
1. immerge, duck, douse. See dip1 . 2. engage.
—4. disinter.
**Immerse**
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1. made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
2.
suddenly or hastily prepared, made, etc.: an impromptu dinner.
3.
improvised; having the character of an improvisation.
1. See extemporaneous.
**Impromptu**
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1. to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with ): He ingratiated himself with all the guests.
- gözüne girmek, yağcılık yapmak
**Ingratiate**
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1.vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
2.
a railing accusation; vituperation.
3.
an insulting or abusive word or expression.
- ağır hakaret, küfür mahiyetinde, suçlayıcı
1. contumely, scorn. See abuse.
**Invective**
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1.expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
2.
using or giving in great amounts; prodigal (often followed by of ): lavish of his time; lavish of affection.
3. to expend or give in great amounts or without limit: to lavish gifts on a person.
1, 2. unstinted, extravagant, wasteful, improvident; generous, openhanded. Lavish, prodigal, profuse
—1, 2. niggardly.
**Lavish**
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1.a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
2.
Usually, manacles. restraints; checks.
3.
to handcuff; fetter.
4.
to hamper; restrain: He was manacled by his inhibitions.
-kelepçe
**Manacle**
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1.to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
2.
to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands.
**Mollify**
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1 neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
2. indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward: oblique remarks about the candidate's honesty.
3. morally, ethically, or mentally wrong; underhand; perverse
. indirect, veiled, masked, covert. , evasive, disingenuous, underhanded
**Oblique**
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1 the roof of the mouth
3. intellectual or aesthetic taste; mental appreciation.
**Palate**
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1 walking or traveling about; itinerant.
-gezinimci, aristocu
**Peripatetic**
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1 a substance having no pharmacological effect but given merely to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a medicine.
2. smth said or done to win the favor of another
**Placebo**
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1 a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference: a predilection for Bach.
bias, inclination, leaning, liking, weakness, predisposition, prepossession.
**Predilection**
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1 commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
2.
of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry.
1. ordinary, everyday; vapid, humdrum, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting.
**Prosaic**
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1 daily: a quotidian report.
2.
usual or customary; everyday: quotidian needs.
3.
ordinary; commonplace: paintings of no more than quotidian artistry.
**Quotidian**
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1 that is to be feared; formidable.
2.
commanding or evoking respect, reverence, or the like.
-heybetli, korkulur
**Redoubtable**
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1 shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
radiant; dazzling, gorgeous, magnificent.
**Resplendent**
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1 the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
2.
a particular taste or smell.
3.
distinctive quality or property.
4. to give oneself to the enjoyment of: to savor the best in life.
- kendine has tat, tadını çıkarmak
**Savor**
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1 having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
2.
indirect; devious: sinuous questions.
3.
characterized by a series of graceful curving motions: a sinuous dance.
1. curving, meandering, twining, twisting, coiled, curved, serpentine. 2. roundabout.
—1. straight. 2. direct.
**Sinuous**
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1. strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust.
2.
strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight.
3.
firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N.
**Stalwart**
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1. to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, glow etc.
cover, pervade, diffuse, bathe, flood.
**Suffuse**
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1.(of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
2.
low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
3. cheap, gaudy apparel.
1. flashy, meretricious.
—1. elegant.
**Tawdry**
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1. tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
2.
trembling or quivering movement; tremor.
- dehşet, ürperme
1. trembling, fright. 2. quivering, shaking.
**Trepidation**
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1. having valor; courageous; valiant; brave.
2.
characterized by valor: valorous deeds.
**Valorous**
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1.forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes: a voluminous edition.
2.
sufficient to fill a volume or volumes: a voluminous correspondence.
3.
of great volume, size, or extent: voluminous flow of lava.
3. extensive, copious, ample.
**Voluminous**
