GRE 200-300 Flashcards
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insult
توهین کردن به، بیاحترامی کردن به، خوار کردن، فحش دادن، بالیدن، توهین
(noun) hateful communication Synonyms: abuse, affront, aspersion, black eye, blasphemy, cheap shot, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disdainfulness, disgrace, disrespect, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, outrage, put-down, rudeness, scorn, scurrility, shame, slam, slander, slap, slap in the face, slight, snub, superciliousness, taunt, unpleasantry, vilification, vituperation Antonyms: compliment, flattery, praise (verb) abuse, offend Synonyms: abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on, flout, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan, provoke, put down, revile, ridicule, roast, scoff, slam, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on one’s toes, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex Antonyms: compliment, flatter, praise - I cannot bear his insults any longer. - بیش از این تاب تحمل توهینهای او را ندارم. - He considers it an insult to his intelligence. - او آن را نوعی اهانت به عقل و شعور خود تلقی میکند. - to add insult to injury - علاوهبر آسیب رساندن توهین هم کردن، صدمه زدن و اهانت هم کردن - He insulted me by turning his back to me and not answering my greeting. - او با پشت کردن به من و پاسخ ندادن به سلام و تعارفم به من توهین کرد. - repeated acute vascular insults - آزردگیهای شدید و مکرر رگها - any insult to the constitution of a patient suffering from tuberculosis - هرگونه افگار به بنیهی بیمار مبتلا به سل - a thermal insult - حملهی حرارتی (ناشی از حرارت زیاد)
acrimony
تندی، شدت، رنجش
(noun) nasty behavior, speech Synonyms: acerbity, animosity, antipathy, asperity, astringency, belligerence, bitterness, churlishness, crankiness, harshness, ill will, irascibility, malevolence, malice, mordancy, peevishness, rancor, rudeness, sarcasm, spite, tartness, unkindness, virulence Antonyms: civility, courtesy, diplomacy, flattery, kindness, politeness, sweetness
- His acrimony was uncalled for.
- خشونت او بیدلیل بود.
misconception
تصور غلط
(noun) wrong idea, impression Synonyms: delusion, error, fallacy, fault, misapprehension, misconstruction, misinterpretation, mistake, mistaken belief, misunderstanding Antonyms: comprehension, perception, understanding
mundane
عادی، معمولی، پیشپاافتاده، مثل همیشه
دنیوی، این جهانی
(adjective) ordinary Synonyms: banal, commonplace, day-to-day, earthly, everyday, humdrum, lowly, normal, prosaic, routine, workaday, workday, worldly Antonyms: exciting, extraordinary, heavenly, supernatural, wonderful - it's a mundane book. - کتاب پیشپاافتادهای است. - Be willing to do even mundane tasks. - آماده باش، حتی وظایف پیشپاافتاده انجام بدهی. - the problems of mundane life. - مسائل زندگانی این جهانی.
ambiguous
مبهم، (کلام) دوپهلو، چندپهلو، دارای دو یا چند معنی، گنگ
(adjective) having more than one meaning Synonyms: clear as dishwater, cryptic, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexplicit, muddy, obscure, opaque, puzzling, questionable, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, vague Antonyms: clear, definite, explicit, lucid - She gave an ambiguous nod. - سرش را به طور مبهمی تکان داد. - the diplomat's ambiguous remarks - سخنان دوپهلوی دیپلمات
allure
به طمع انداختن، تطمیع کردن، شیفتن
(noun) appeal Synonyms: attraction, bedroom eyes, charisma, charm, come-hither look, come-on, enchantment, enticement, glamor, inveiglement, lure, magnetism, seductiveness, temptation, the jazz (verb) entice Synonyms: attract, bait, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, come on, decoy, draw, enchant, entrap, fascinate, hook, inveigle, lead on, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, suck in, sweep off feet, tempt, turn on, wile, win over Antonyms: deter, discourage, dissuade, prevent, repel, threaten, turn off, warn - Weak men are allured by the promise of wealth. - نوید ثروت مردان ضعیفالنفس را اغوا میکند. - the allure of wealth and power - تطمیع ثروت و قدرت
cagey
بااحتیاط، زیرکانه
(adjective) tricky Synonyms: cagey, careful, circumspect, crafty, cunning, leery, secretive, shrewd, sly, wary, wily
heresy
کفر، از دین برگشتن، ارتداد، بدعتکاری
(noun) unorthodox opinion, especially in religious matters Synonyms: agnosticism, apostasy, atheism, blasphemy, defection, disbelief, dissent, dissidence, divergence, error, fallacy, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, impiety, infidelity, misbelief, nonconformism, nonconformity, paganism, revisionism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sin Antonyms: orthodoxy - They found him guilty of heresy and burned him alive. - او را محکوم به ارتداد کردند و زنده زنده سوزاندند. - The church rejected his opinions as utter heresy. - کلیسا اندیشههای او را کفر محض و مردود شناخت. - political heresy - دگراندیشی سیاسی - What used to be considered as scientific heresy is now scientific truth. - آنچه که در گذشته ارتداد علمی محسوب میشد، اکنون واقعیت علمی است.
parsimony
خست، امساک، صرفهجویی، کمخرجی
dictionary.com:
extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; miserliness.
cunning
زیرک، مکار، حیله باز، ماهر، زیرکی، حیلهگری
(adjective) devious Synonyms: acute, artful, astute, cagey, canny, crafty, crazy like fox, deep, fancy footwork, foxy, guileful, insidious, keen, knowing, Machiavellian, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sly boots, smart, smarts, smooth, street-smart, streetwise, subtle, tricky, wary, wily Antonyms: gullible, kind, naive, shy (adjective) imaginative Synonyms: able, adroit, canny, clever, crackerjack, deft, dexterous, ingenious, intelligent, masterful, skillful, slighty, sly, smart, smooth, subtle, well-laid, well-planned Antonyms: unclever, unimaginative - a cunning old man - پیرمرد حیلهگر - He achieved his aim by lying and cunning. - او با دروغگویی و نیرنگبازی به هدف خود رسید. - In his films he makes cunning use of colors and sounds. - او در فیلمهای خود رنگ و صدا را هنرمندانه به کار میگیرد. - a cunning little baby - بچهی ریزهمیزه و جذاب
highlight
بخش پرنورتر (هرچیز)، بخش درخشان
بخش جالب، نکتهی مهم، نکتهی برجسته، اوج
(noun) memorable part Synonyms: best part, climax, feature, focal point, focus, high point, high spot, main feature, peak
- the highlights on the cheeks
- درخشندگی گونهها
- the highlights of her speech
- برجستهترین نکات سخنرانی او
- The highlight of our trip was the visit to Takht-Jamsheed.
- بهترین بخش سفر ما بازدید از تختجمشید بود.
judicious
دارای قوه قضاوت سلیم
(adjective) wise, thoughtful Synonyms: accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, clear-sighted, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efficacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, well-judged, worldly-wise Antonyms: foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise - a judicious man - مردی دارای عقل سلیم - His judicious investments made him rich. - سرمایهگذاریهای عاقلانه او را پولدار کرد.
disguise
تغییر قیافه دادن، جامه مبدل پوشیدن، نهان داشتن، پنهان کردن، لباس مبدل، تغییر قیافه
(noun) covering, makeup for deception Synonyms: beard, blind, camouflage, charade, cloak, color, coloring, concealment, costume, counterfeit, cover-up, dissimulation, dress, facade, face, faking, false front, fig leaf, front, get-up, guise, illusion, make-believe, mask, masquerade, pageant, pen name, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, pseudonym, put-on, red herring, screen, semblance, smoke screen, trickery, veil, veneer (verb) mask; misrepresent Synonyms: affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, doctor up, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge, garble, gloss over, hide, make like, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, wear cheaters, whitewash Antonyms: expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask
Idioms
- a blessing in disguise
- توفیق اجباری، به ظاهر زحمت به باطن رحمت (چیزی که ابتدا خوشایند نیست؛ ولی بعداً معلوم میشود که خوب بوده)
- توفیق اجباری
- to disguise one's voice - صدای خود را عوض کردن - Disguised as a woman, Akbar slipped through the border. - اکبر درحالی که خود را بهشکل زن درآورده بود، از مرز فرار کرد. - The mother was unhappy about the untimely marriage of her son, but she disguised her feelings. - مادر از ازدواج بیموقع پسرش خرسند نبود؛ ولی احساسات خود را پنهان کرد. - Everyone thought she was an old woman, but when her disguises were removed, she was found to be a ten-year old girl! - همه میپنداشتند پیرزن است؛ ولی وقتی نقابش را برداشتند، معلوم شد دختر بچهای ده ساله است! - a king in disguise - پادشاهی با جامهی مبدل - He spoke with disguise. - در لفافه صحبت میکرد.
far-fetched
دور، دور و دراز، زورکی، از دور آمده
(adjective) hard to believe Synonyms: bizarre, doubtful, dubious, eccentric, fantastic, fishy, forced, hard to swallow, illogical, implausible, improbable, incoherent, inconsequential, incredible, labored, preposterous, queer, recondite, strained, strange, suspicious, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, unnatural, unrealistic Antonyms: believable, natural, plausible, realistic
- I could not believe his far-fetched claims.
- نمیتوانستم ادعاهای غیرمنطقی او را باور کنم.
eclipse
گرفتگی، گرفت، کسوف یا خسوف، تحتتأثیر قرار دادن
(noun) shadowing of the sun Synonyms: concealment, darkening, decline, diminution, dimming, extinction, extinguishment, obliteration, obscuration, occultation, penumbra, shading, shroud, veil (verb) obscure, veil Synonyms: adumbrate, becloud, bedim, blot out, cloud, darken, dim, extinguish, murk, overshadow, shadow, shroud Antonyms: clear, explain, lay out (verb) surpass achievement Synonyms: exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, overrun, surmount, tower above, transcend Antonyms: fall behind - the eclipse of the Romans empire - افول امپراطوری روم - Soon Byron's fame eclipsed everyone else's. - کمی نپایید که (شهرت) بایرون، شهرت همه را تحتتأثیر قرار داد. - The moon eclipsed the sun for one minute. - ماه جلوی نور خورشید را برای یک دقیقه گرفت.
impulsive
(کسی که از روی هوس کار میکند) هوسی، دله، ناگه خواه، ویری، پیش رانشی، درون رانشی
(adjective) tending to act without thought Synonyms: abrupt, ad-lib, automatic, careless, devil-may-care, emotional, extemporaneous, flaky, gone off deep end, hasty, headlong, hot-and-cold, impetuous, instinctive, intuitive, involuntary, jumping the gun, mad, offhand, passionate, precipitate, quick, rash, spontaneous, sudden, swift, unconsidered, unexpected, unmeditated, unpredictable, unpremeditated, unprompted, up-and-down, violent, winging it Antonyms: cautious, considering, heedful, premeditative, thoughtful, wise - an impulsive person - آدم ویری - an impulsive remark - اظهارنظر بدون پیشاندیشی
exculpate
بیگناه شمردن، پاککردن، روسفیدکردن، بخشوده داشتن
(verb) forgive Synonyms: absolve, acquit, amnesty, clear, condone, discharge, disculpate, dismiss, excuse, exonerate, explain, free, justify, let off, pardon, rationalize, release, remit, vindicate, wipe slate clean Antonyms: blame, condemn, sentence
- Subsequent events thoroughly exculpated him.
- رویدادهای بعدی بیگناهی او را کاملاً نشان داد.
overblow
وزیدن، وزاندن
(موسیقی - ساز بادی) بلندتر از حد معمول نواختن
dictionary.com:
verb (used with object), o·ver·blew, o·ver·blown, o·ver·blow·ing.
to give excessive importance or value to: to overblow one’s own writing.
to overinflate.
to blow over the surface of, as the wind, sand, or the like: dead leaves overblowing the yard.
to blow (a wind instrument or an organ pipe) in such a way as to produce overtones.
verb (used without object), o·ver·blew, o·ver·blown, o·ver·blow·ing.
to overblow a wind instrument.
obfuscate
گیج کردن، مبهم و تاریک کردن
(verb) confuse Synonyms: baffle, becloud, befuddle, bewilder, cloud, complicate, conceal, confound, darken, fog, fuddle, muddle, obscure, perplex, puzzle, rattle - Don't obfuscate the main issue by giving unimportant details. - مطلب اصلی را با آوردن جزئیات کماهمیت مبهم نکن. - to obfuscate one's reader - خوانندهی خود را دچار سردرگمی کردن
droll
خندهآور، مضحک، مسخرهآمیز، لودگی کردن
(adjective) amusing, farcical Synonyms: absurd, camp, campy, clownish, comic, comical, crack-up, diverting, eccentric, entertaining, for grins, funny, gagged up, gelastic, humorous, jocular, joshing, laffer, laughable, ludicrous, odd, preposterous, quaint, queer, quizzical, ridiculous, riot, risible, waggish, whimsical Antonyms: dramatic, serious, traumatic, unfunny - He says droll things. - او حرفهای بامزهای میزند. - Charlie Chaplin, that droll little man - چارلی چاپلین، آن مرد کوچک و خندهدار
inconclusive
غیرقاطع، مجمل، ناتمام، بینتیجه، بیپایان
(adjective) up in the air Synonyms: ambiguous, deficient, incomplete, indecisive, indeterminate, lacking, open, uncertain, unconvincing, undecided, uneventful, unfateful, unfinished, unsatisfactory, unsettled, vague Antonyms: certain, conclusive, decisive, definite, sure
- a long and inconclusive war
- جنگی طولانی و بینتیجه
disperse
پراکنده کردن، متفرق کردن
(verb) distribute; scatter Synonyms: banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, divvy, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, send off, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, take off in all directions, vanish Antonyms: arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather - Our regiment was dispersed by the enemy attack. - حملهی دشمن هنگ ما را تار و مار کرد. - They dispersed the news throughout the state. - آنان خبر را در سرتاسر ایالت پخش کردند. - The sun kept dispersing morning mists. - خورشید مه صبحگاهی را پراکنده میکرد. - The crowd dispersed at the first shot. - با اولین تیراندازی جمعیت متفرق شد. - A prism disperses light. - منشور نور را تجزیه میکند. - The tourists left the bus and dispersed themselves in various hotels. - توریستها اتوبوس را ترک کردند و در هتلهای مختلف ولو شدند.
amplify
وسعت دادن، بزرگ کردن، مفصل کردن، مفصل گفتن یا نوشتن، (برق) افزودن، بالابردن، بزرگ شدن، تقویت کردن (صدا)
(verb) increase in size or effect Synonyms: add, augment, beef up, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, flesh out, heighten, hike up, inflate, intensify, jack up, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, soup up, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen Antonyms: abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize - The death of his rival further amplified Nasser's political influence. - مرگ رقیب نفوذ سیاسی ناصر را بیشتر کرد. - to amplify a point in a debate - در مناظره نکتهای را شرح و بسط دادن
exaggerate
اغراقآمیز کردن، بیشازحد واقع شرح دادن، مبالغه کردن در، گزافهگویی کردن
(verb) overstate, embellish Synonyms: amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge, go to extremes, heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inflate, intensify, lay it on thick, lie, loud talk, magnify, make too much of, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, pretty up, puff, put on, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up Antonyms: depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate - She exaggerated her own daughter's virtues. - او صفات نیک دختر خود را بزرگ میکرد. - Don't exaggerate! - غلو نکن! - Their propaganda machine exaggerates everything grossly. - دستگاه تبلیغاتی آنها در همهچیز سخت مبالغه میکند. - The striped dress exaggerates her shortness. - پیراهن خطدار قدش را بیشازحد کوتاه نشان میدهد.