TPO40

Question 1

blend

Answer 1

🔹mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.
🔸blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

🔹mix (different types of the same substance, such as tea, coffee, or spirits) together so as to make a product of the desired quality.
🔸the tea is blended using leaves from estates in Sri Lanka, Kenya, India, and Indonesia

🔹put or combine (abstract things) together.
🔸I blend basic information for the novice with some scientific gardening for the more experienced

🔹merge (a colour) with another so that one is not clearly distinguishable from the other.
🔸blend and smudge the darker colours under the bottom lashes

🔹form a harmonious combination.
🔸costumes, music, and lighting all blend together beautifully

🔹be an unobtrusive or harmonious part of a greater whole by being similar in appearance or behaviour.
🔸she would have to employ a permanent bodyguard in the house, someone who would blend in

Question 2

assembly

Answer 2

🔹an action/group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose; congregation; meeting; gathering
🔸an assembly of dockers and labourers

🔹a group of people elected to make laws or decisions for a particular country or region.
🔸the 577-seat National Assembly

🔹the action of fitting together the component parts of a machine or other object.
🔸a car assembly plant

Question 3

fledged

Answer 3

🔹(of a young bird) having wing feathers that are large enough for flight; able to fly.
🔸a recently fledged bird

🔹(of a person or thing) having just taken on the role specified.
🔸a newly fledged Detective Inspector

Question 4

stranglehold

Answer 4

🔹a grip around the neck of another person that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough.

🔹complete or overwhelming control.
🔸in France, supermarkets have less of a stranglehold on food supplies

Question 5

abolish

Answer 5

🔹formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
🔸the tax was abolished in 1977

Question 6

overrule

Answer 6

🔹reject or disallow by exercising one’s superior authority; cancel; revoke; rescind
🔸Chief Judge Moran overruled the government’s objections

🔹reject the decision or opinion of.
🔸welfare staff overruled an experienced detective

Question 7

exercise

Answer 7

🔹use or apply (a faculty, right, or process); use; employ; utalize
🔸control is exercised by the Board

🔹occupy the thoughts of; worry or perplex; worry; concern
🔸Macdougall was greatly exercised about the exchange rate

Question 8

tyranny

Answer 8

🔹cruel and oppressive government or rule; cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.
🔸refugees fleeing tyranny and oppression

Question 9

interim

Answer 9

(n.)
🔹the intervening time.
خلال مدت
🔸in the interim I’ll just keep my fingers crossed

(adj.)
🔹in or for the intervening period; provisional; temporary; short-time; stopgap
🔸an interim arrangement

🔹relating to less than a full year’s business activity.
🔸an interim dividend

موقت- فیمابین

Question 10

ruthless

Answer 10

🔹having or showing no pity or compassion for others; merciless; cruel; heartless
🔸a ruthless manipulator

Question 11

succession

Answer 11

🔹a number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other; sequence; series; chain
🔸she had been secretary to a succession of board directors

🔹the action or process of inheriting a title, office, property, etc.
🔸the new king was already elderly at the time of his succession

🔹(ecology)the process by which a plant or animal community successively gives way to another until a stable climax is reached.

Question 12

dynasty

Answer 12

🔹a line of hereditary rulers of a country; bloodline
🔸the Tang dynasty

🔹a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field.
🔸the Guinness dynasty

سلسله- خاندان- آل

Question 13

appoint

Answer 13

🔹assign a job or role to (someone); designate
🔸she has been appointed to the board

🔹determine or decide on (a time or a place); specify; allot; set
🔸they appointed a day in May for the meeting

🔹(LAW)decide the disposition of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner.
🔸trustees appoint the capital to the beneficiaries

Question 14

coinage

Answer 14

🔹coins collectively.
🔸the volume of coinage in circulation

🔹the action or process of producing coins from metal.
🔸the controller of the coinage of tin

🔹a system or type of coins in use.
plural noun: coinages
🔸decimal coinage

🔹the invention of a new word or phrase.
🔸the word is of Derrida’s own coinage

Question 15

embellish

Answer 15

🔹make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features; decorate; adorn
🔸blue silk embellished with golden embroidery

🔹make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue; elaborate; exaggerate
🔸followers often embellish stories about their heroes

Question 16

ripe

Answer 16

🔹(of fruit or grain) developed to the point of readiness for harvesting and eating; mature; full grown
🔸a ripe tomato

🔹(of a cheese or wine) fully matured.
🔸a ripe Brie

🔹(of a smell or flavour) rich, intense, or pungent.
🔸rich, ripe flavours emanate from this wine

🔹having arrived at the fitting stage or time for a particular action or purpose); suitable
🔸land ripe for development
🔸the time was ripe for more change

🔹full of.
🔸a population ripe with discontent

🔹(of a person’s age) advanced.
🔸she lived to a ripe old age

🔹(of a female fish or insect) ready to lay eggs or spawn.
🔸ripe females will stop and spawn with one or more males

Question 17

deme

Answer 17

🔹(BIOLOGY) a subdivision of a population consisting of closely related plants, animals, or people, typically breeding mainly within the group.

Question 18

civic

Answer 18

🔹relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal; urban
🔸a meeting of civic and business leaders

🔹relating to the duties or activities of people in relation to their town, city, or local area.
🔸he was active in the civic life of Swindon

Question 19

juror

Answer 19

🔹a member of a jury.

داور- عضو هیئت منصفه

Question 20

sovereign

Answer 20

🔹a supreme ruler, especially a monarch; ruler; king or queen
🔸the Emperor became the first Japanese sovereign to visit Britain

🔹possessing supreme or ultimate power; supreme; absolute; unrestrained
🔸in modern democracies the people’s will is in theory sovereign

🔹(of a nation or its affairs) acting or done independently and without outside interference; independent; autonomous
🔸a sovereign, democratic republic

🔹possessing royal power and status.
🔸our most sovereign lord the King

Question 21

delegate

Answer 21

🔹entrust (a task or responsibility) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself; assign
🔸she must delegate duties so as to free herself for more important tasks

🔹send or authorize (someone) to do something as a representative.
🔸Edward was delegated to meet new arrivals

Question 22

subordinate

Answer 22

🔹lower in rank or position; of less or secondary importance.
🔸his subordinate officers

🔹a person under the authority or control of another within an organization.
🔸he was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates

🔹treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else.
🔸practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency

🔹make subservient to or dependent on something else.
🔸to define life would be to subordinate it to reason

Question 23

agenda

Answer 23

🔹a list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting.
🔸the question of nuclear weapons had been removed from the agenda

🔹a plan of things to be done or problems to be addressed; schedule
🔸he vowed to put jobs at the top of his agenda

🔹the underlying intentions or motives of a particular person or group.
🔸Miller has his own agenda and it has nothing to do with football”

Question 24

focal

Answer 24

🔹relating to the centre or most important part.
🔸the focal symbol of sovereignty is the crown

🔹(of a disease or medical condition) occurring in one particular site in the body.

Question 25

upstage

Answer 25

🔹to do something that takes people’s attention away from someone else who is more important 🔸All the big-name stars were upstaged by 12-year-old Katy Rochford. 🔹towards the back of the stage in a theatre

Question 26

inferior

Answer 26

🔹lower in rank, status, or quality; second-class 🔸schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country 🔹(LAW) (of a court or tribunal) susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court 🔹(ECONOMICS) denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes. 🔹a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability; subordinate

Question 27

stunning

Answer 27

🔹extremely impressive or attractive; remarkable; extraordinary 🔸she looked stunning

Question 28

unfold

Answer 28

🔹open or spread out from a folded position; flatten 🔸he unfolded the map and laid it out on the table 🔹(of events or information) gradually develop or be revealed; develop; evolve 🔸there was a fascinating scene unfolding before me 🔹reveal or disclose (thoughts or information); relate; recount 🔸Eva unfolded her secret exploits to Mattie

Question 29

regard

Answer 29

🔹consider or think of in a specified way. 🔸she regarded London as her base 🔹gaze at steadily in a particular way; contemptlate 🔸Professor Ryker regarded him with a faint smile 🔹(of a thing) relate to; concern. 🔸if these things regarded only myself, I could stand it with composure

Question 30

floodplain

Answer 30

🔹an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.

Question 31

crown

Answer 31

🔹تاج 🔹the monarchy or reigning monarch. noun: Crown; noun: the Crown 🔸their loyalty to the Church came before their loyalty to the Crown 🔹the top or highest part of something; peak; summit 🔸the crown of the hill 🔹an award or distinction gained by a victory or achievement, especially in sport. 🔸the world heavyweight crown 🔹ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch. 🔸he went to Rome to be crowned 🔹declare or acknowledge (someone) as the best, especially at a sport. 🔸he was crowned world champion last September 🔹rest on or form the top of. 🔸the distant knoll was crowned with trees

Question 32

projection

Answer 32

🔹an estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends. 🔸plans based on projections of slow but positive growth 🔹the presentation of an image on a surface, especially a cinema screen. 🔸quality illustrations for overhead projection 🔹an image projected on a surface. 🔸the band use stage projections featuring moon shots 🔹the ability to make a sound heard at a distance. 🔸I taught him voice projection 🔹the presentation or promotion of someone or something in a particular way. 🔸the legal profession's projection of an image of altruism 🔹a mental image viewed as reality. 🔸monsters can be understood as mental projections of mankind's fears 🔹the unconscious transfer of one's desires or emotions to another person. 🔸we protect the self by a number of defence mechanisms, including repression and projection 🔹a thing that extends outwards from something else. 🔸the chipboard covered all the sharp projections

Question 33

amphibian

Answer 33

🔹دوزیست

Question 34

ambient

Answer 34

🔹relating to the immediate surroundings of something. 🔸the liquid is stored at below ambient temperature(حرارت پیرامون و محیط) 🔹relating to or denoting advertising that makes use of sites or objects other than the established media (e.g. by placing slogans on the back of bus tickets).

Question 35

colonize

Answer 35

🔹send settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it. 🔸the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy تشکیل مستعمره دادن 🔹settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area). 🔸they sought to discredit the peoples they were colonizing 🔹appropriate (a place or domain) for one's own use. 🔸a small town in a part of the Hudson Valley fast being colonized by weekenders 🔹(ECOLOGY)(of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area). 🔸mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces

Question 36

newt

Answer 36

🔹سوسمار آبی- سمندر آبی

Question 37

mud

Answer 37

🔹گِل 🔹information or allegations regarded as damaging or scandalous. 🔸the two sides took over the local media to throw mud at each other

Question 38

burrow

Answer 38

🔹(of an animal) make a hole or tunnel, typically for use as a dwelling; tunnel 🔸moles burrowing away underground 🔹hide underneath or press close to something. 🔸the child burrowed deeper into the bed 🔹make a thorough inquiry; investigate. 🔸journalists are burrowing into the prime minister's business affairs

Question 39

acclimatization

Answer 39

🔹the process or result of becoming accustomed to a new climate or to new conditions; adjustment; adaptation; accommodation; habituation 🔸the most important feature of acclimatization to high altitude is an increase in the rate and depth of breathing

Question 40

diurnal

Answer 40

🔹of or during the day; daily 🔸diurnal rhythms 🔹(ZOOLOGY)(of animals) active in the daytime. 🔹(BOTANY)(of flowers) open only during the day.

Question 41

morphology

Answer 41

🔹a particular form, shape, or structure. 🔹the study of the forms of things. ریخت شناسی 🔹the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.

Question 42

permeable

Answer 42

🔹(of a material or membrane) allowing liquids or gases to pass through it; penetrable; pervious; porous 🔸a frog's skin is permeable to water

Question 43

greasy

Answer 43

🔹covered with, resembling, or produced by grease or oil. 🔸he wiped his greasy fingers 🔹containing or cooked with too much oil or fat; fatty; oily 🔸greasy food 🔹slippery. 🔸the rain's making the roads greasy 🔹(of a person or their manner) unpleasantly or insincerely polite or ingratiating. 🔸the greasy little man from the newspaper

Question 44

desiccation

Answer 44

🔹the removal of moisture from something; dehydration | 🔸long periods of drought have led to the desiccation of farming land

Question 45

bask

Answer 45

🔹lie exposed to warmth and light, typically from the sun, for relaxation and pleasure. 🔸sprawled figures basking in the afternoon sun 🔹revel in and make the most of (something pleasing). 🔸he went on basking in the glory of his first book شادی کردن- کیف کردن- لذت بردن

Question 46

hibernate

Answer 46

🔹(of an animal or plant) spend the winter in a dormant state. 🔸some species hibernate in tree roosts 🔹(of a person) remain inactive or indoors for an extended period. 🔸the pilots who have been hibernating during the winter months get their gliders out again

Question 47

aestivate

Answer 47

gerund or present participle: estivating | 🔹(of an insect, fish, or amphibian) spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy.

Question 48

nocturnal

Answer 48

🔹done, occurring, or active at night. | 🔸tmost owls are nocturnal

Question 49

discernible

Answer 49

🔹able to be discerned; perceptible; visible; noticeable | 🔸the scandal had no discernible effect on his career

Question 50

deter

Answer 50

🔹discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences;scare off; put off; 🔸only a health problem would deter him from seeking re-election 🔹prevent the occurrence of. 🔸strategists think not only about how to deter war, but about how war might occur

Question 51

sequestered

Answer 51

🔹(of a place) isolated and hidden away; secluded | 🔸a wild sequestered spot