Deck22 Flashcards by Enes Bilgin

Abide

to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me.
to have one’s abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village.
to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last.
to put up with; tolerate; stand: I can’t abide dishonesty!
to accept without opposition or question: to abide the verdict of the judges.
tarry. 2. live. 3. persevere, endure. 4. bear, endure, brook; support.

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Allegiance

the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.

2.
loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like.

treason. 2. treachery.

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Arbitrate

1.to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.

2.
to submit to arbitration; settle by arbitration: to arbitrate a dispute.

-hakemlik, arabuluculuk yapmak (-a başvurmak)

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Auspicious

promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.

2.
favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.

-uğurlu, hayırlı

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Bedizen

to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner.

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Blunt

having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil.
abrupt in address or manner: a blunt, ill-timed question.
slow in perception or understanding; obtuse: His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others.

5 to weaken or impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of: Wine first excites, then blunts the imagination.

to make less effective
- kör, keskin olmayan, pervasız
See dull. 2. short, gruff, rough, rude, uncivil, impolite. Blunt, bluff, brusque, curt 3. dimwitted, thick, stolid. 4. dull.

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Calumniate

to make, spread false and malicious statements about; slander.

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Clot

a mass or lump.

2.
a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.

-pıhtı

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Conceal

to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.

2.
to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging: to conceal one’s identity by using a false name.

hide

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Convoluted

twisted; coiled.

2.
complicated; intricately involved: a convoluted way of describing a simple device.

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Dawdle

to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!

2.
to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter.

to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away ): He dawdled away the whole morning.

1, 2. See loiter. 3. fritter, putter, idle, trifle.

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Dereliction

1.deliberate or conscious neglect; negligence; delinquency: dereliction of duty.

2.
the act of abandoning something.

See neglect. 2. desertion.

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Discountenance

to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.

2.
to show disapproval of: The teachers discountenanced smoking by the students.

3 disapproval; disapprobation.

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Dogmatism

dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.

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Electorate

the body of persons entitled to vote in an election.

2.
the dignity or territory of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Enormity

1.outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of war crimes.

something outrageous or heinous, as an offense: The bombing of the defenseless population was an enormity beyond belief.
greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity: The enormity of such an act of generosity is staggering.

-alçaklık, habislik, büyük kötülük, çok büyük olma

1 monstrousness, heinousness. 3. hugeness, vastness.

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Eulogy

a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person.

2.
high praise or commendation.

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Exsert

to thrust out, protrude, project

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Ferocity

a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- vahşilik

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Flexibility

capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
susceptible of modification or adaptation; adaptable: a flexible schedule.
willing or disposed to yield; pliable: a flexible personality.

pliable, elastic, supple. Flexible, limber, pliant

-stiff, rigid

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Frenetic

frantic; frenzied, hectic, hyper
- telaşlı, çok heyecanlı

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Grace

elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action.
a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment.
favor or good will.

14 to lend or add grace to; adorn: Many fine paintings graced the rooms of the house.

attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease. 4. kindness, kindliness, love, benignity; condescension. 5. lenity, leniency. 14. embellish, beautify, deck, decorate, ornament; enhance, honor.

Antonyms
1. ugliness. 4. animosity. 5. harshness. 14. disfigure.

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Heed

to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.

2.
to give attention; have regard.

note, observe, consider, mark. 3. consideration, care; caution, vigilance, watchfulness.
- 1. disregard, ignore.

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Ignoble

1.of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.

2.
of low grade or quality; inferior.
3.
not noble; of humble descent or rank.

1 degraded, dishonorable, ignominious, contemptible. 3. lowly, obscure, plebeian, peasant.

1. honorable. 2. superior.

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**Implode**

1. to burst inward ( opposed to explode).

**Inflammatory**

1. tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches. - tahrik edici, alevlendirici fiery, incendiary, provocative.

**Intrepid**

1. resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer. brave, courageous, bold. -timid.

**Laconic**

1. using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. brief, pithy, terse; succinct. - voluble.

**Maladroit**

1. lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way. clumsy, inept; gauche

**Miscreant**

1. depraved, villainous, or base., an evil person

**Noxious**

1. harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes. 2. morally harmful; corrupting; pernicious: a noxious plan to spread dissension. hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, nocuous, detrimental, deleterious. 2. corruptive. - 1, 2. harmless.

**Outset**

1. the beginning or start: I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.

**Peremptory**

1. leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command. 2. imperious or dictatorial. 3. positive or assertive in speech, tone, manner, etc. 2. arbitrary, dogmatic, domineering.

**Piquant**

1. agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic. 2. agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive: a piquant glance. 3. of an interestingly provocative or lively character: a piquant wit. 1. spicy. 2. intriguing. 3. sharp, clever. - 1. insipid.

**Pragmatic**

1. of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.

**Prone**

1. having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable: to be prone to anger. 2. having the front or ventral part downward; lying face downward. 3. lying flat; prostrate. 4. Groveling, abject, inclined, predisposed 1. apt, subject, tending. 3. recumbent.

**Quell**

1. to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly. 2. to vanquish; subdue. 3. to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.): The child's mother quelled his fears of the thunder. 1, 2. crush, quash, overpower, overcome, defeat, conquer, quench. 3. calm, pacify, compose, hush. - 1, 2. foster. 3. agitate.

**Reconnaissance**

1. Military . a search made for useful military information in the field, especially by examining the ground. 3. Surveying, Civil Engineering . a general examination or survey of a region, usually followed by a detailed survey.

**Repulsive**

1. causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask. 2. capable of causing repulsion; serving to repulse: to present enough repulsive force to keep the enemy from daring to attack. 3. tending to drive away or keep at a distance; cold; forbidding: arrogant, repulsive airs to frighten the timid. 1. loathsome, disgusting, offensive, distasteful.

**Sap**

1. to undermine; weaken or destroy insidiously. - altını oymak 3. impair, enfeeble, deplete, exhaust, enervate.

**Shrewd**

1. astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician. 2. keen; piercing. 1. quick, discerning, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, keen; discriminating, intelligent. See acute.

**Splice**

1. to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands. 2. to unite (timbers, spars, or the like) by overlapping and binding their ends. 3. graft, mesh (aşılamak, birbirine geçmek)

**Submerge**

1. to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium. 2. to cover or overflow with water; immerse. 3. to cover; bury; subordinate; suppress: His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living. 1. submerse. 2. flood, inundate, engulf.

**Tangential**

1. pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent. 2. merely touching; slightly connected: tangential information. 3. divergent or digressive, as from a subject under consideration: tangential remarks.

**Transgress**

1. to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin. 2. to pass over or go beyond (a limit, boundary, etc.): to transgress bounds of prudence. 3. to go beyond the limits imposed by (a law, command, etc.); violate; infringe: to transgress the will of God. err, trespass. 3. contravene, disobey. Antonyms 3. obey.

**Urbane**

1 having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner. 2. reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., especially in expression: He maintained an urbane tone in his letters. - nazik, medeni 1. suave, cosmopolitan.

**Vitiate**

1 to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. 2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of. 3. to debase; corrupt; pervert. 4. to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.

**Yarn**

1 thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving. 2. a continuous strand or thread made from glass, metal, plastic, etc. 3. the thread, in the form of a loosely twisted aggregate of fibers, as of hemp, of which rope is made (rope yarn). 4. a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings: He spun a yarn that outdid any I had ever heard.

1. to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me. 2. to have one's abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village. 3. to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last. 4. to put up with; tolerate; stand: I can't abide dishonesty! 7. to accept without opposition or question: to abide the verdict of the judges. tarry. 2. live. 3. persevere, endure. 4. bear, endure, brook; support.

**Abide**

1. the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign. 2. loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like. treason. 2. treachery.

**Allegiance**

1.to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine. 2. to submit to arbitration; settle by arbitration: to arbitrate a dispute. -hakemlik, arabuluculuk yapmak (-a başvurmak)

**Arbitrate**

1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion. 2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate. -uğurlu, hayırlı

**Auspicious**

1. to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner.

**Bedizen**

1. having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point; rounded; not sharp: a blunt pencil. 2. abrupt in address or manner: a blunt, ill-timed question. 3. slow in perception or understanding; obtuse: His isolation has made him blunt about the feelings of others. 5 to weaken or impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of: Wine first excites, then blunts the imagination. 6. to make less effective - kör, keskin olmayan, pervasız 1. See dull. 2. short, gruff, rough, rude, uncivil, impolite. Blunt, bluff, brusque, curt 3. dimwitted, thick, stolid. 4. dull.

**Blunt**

1. to make, spread false and malicious statements about; slander.

**Calumniate**

1. a mass or lump. 2. a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood. -pıhtı

**Clot**

1. to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat. 2. to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging: to conceal one's identity by using a false name. hide

**Conceal**

1. twisted; coiled. 2. complicated; intricately involved: a convoluted way of describing a simple device.

**Convoluted**

1. to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages! 2. to move slowly, languidly, or dilatorily; saunter. 3. to waste (time) by or as if by trifling (usually followed by away ): He dawdled away the whole morning. 1, 2. See loiter. 3. fritter, putter, idle, trifle.

**Dawdle**

1.deliberate or conscious neglect; negligence; delinquency: dereliction of duty. 2. the act of abandoning something. 1. See neglect. 2. desertion.

**Dereliction**

1. to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him. 2. to show disapproval of: The teachers discountenanced smoking by the students. 3 disapproval; disapprobation.

**Discountenance**

1. dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.

**Dogmatism**

1. the body of persons entitled to vote in an election. 2. the dignity or territory of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

**Electorate**

1.outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness: the enormity of war crimes. 2. something outrageous or heinous, as an offense: The bombing of the defenseless population was an enormity beyond belief. 3. greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity: The enormity of such an act of generosity is staggering. -alçaklık, habislik, büyük kötülük, çok büyük olma 1 monstrousness, heinousness. 3. hugeness, vastness.

**Enormity**

1. a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially a set oration in honor of a deceased person. 2. high praise or commendation.

**Eulogy**

1. to thrust out, protrude, project

**Exsert**

1. a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness. - vahşilik

**Ferocity**

1. capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler. 2. susceptible of modification or adaptation; adaptable: a flexible schedule. 3. willing or disposed to yield; pliable: a flexible personality. pliable, elastic, supple. Flexible, limber, pliant -stiff, rigid

**Flexibility**

1. frantic; frenzied, hectic, hyper - telaşlı, çok heyecanlı

**Frenetic**

1. elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action. 2. a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment. 3. favor or good will. 14 to lend or add grace to; adorn: Many fine paintings graced the rooms of the house. 1. attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease. 4. kindness, kindliness, love, benignity; condescension. 5. lenity, leniency. 14. embellish, beautify, deck, decorate, ornament; enhance, honor. Antonyms 1. ugliness. 4. animosity. 5. harshness. 14. disfigure.

**Grace**

1. to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning. 2. to give attention; have regard. 1. note, observe, consider, mark. 3. consideration, care; caution, vigilance, watchfulness. - 1. disregard, ignore.

**Heed**

1.of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes. 2. of low grade or quality; inferior. 3. not noble; of humble descent or rank. 1 degraded, dishonorable, ignominious, contemptible. 3. lowly, obscure, plebeian, peasant. - 1. honorable. 2. superior.

**Ignoble**

1. to burst inward ( opposed to explode).

**Implode**

1. tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches. - tahrik edici, alevlendirici fiery, incendiary, provocative.

**Inflammatory**

1. resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer. brave, courageous, bold. -timid.

**Intrepid**

1. using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply. brief, pithy, terse; succinct. - voluble.

**Laconic**

1. lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way. clumsy, inept; gauche

**Maladroit**

1. depraved, villainous, or base., an evil person

**Miscreant**

**Noxious**

1. the beginning or start: I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.

**Outset**

**Peremptory**

**Piquant**

1. of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations.

**Pragmatic**

**Prone**

**Quell**

**Reconnaissance**

**Repulsive**

1. to undermine; weaken or destroy insidiously. - altını oymak 3. impair, enfeeble, deplete, exhaust, enervate.

**Sap**

1. astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician. 2. keen; piercing. 1. quick, discerning, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, keen; discriminating, intelligent. See acute.

**Shrewd**

**Splice**

**Submerge**

**Tangential**

**Transgress**

**Urbane**

1 to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. 2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of. 3. to debase; corrupt; pervert. 4. to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.

**Vitiate**

**Yarn**

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