Unit 3.1 Flashcards
Considerate
Syn thoughtful
considerate /kənˈsɪd(ə)rət /
▸ adjective 1 careful not to inconvenience or harm others: she was unfailingly kind and considerate.
2 archaic showing careful thought: be considerate over your handwriting.
–DERIVATIVES considerately /kənˈsɪd(ə)rətli / adverb
considerateness /kənˈsɪdərətnəs / noun.
–ORIGIN late 16th century (in the sense ‘showing careful thought’): from Latin consideratus, past participle of considerare ‘examine’ (see consider).
Sensible
sensible /ˈsɛnsɪbl /
▸ adjective 1 done or chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit: I cannot believe that it is sensible to spend so much a sensible diet. ▪ (of a person) possessing or displaying prudence: he was a sensible and capable boy.
2 (of an object) practical and functional rather than decorative: Mum always made me have sensible shoes.
3 archaic readily perceived; appreciable: it will effect a sensible reduction in these figures. ▪ (sensible of/to) able to notice or appreciate; not unaware of: we are sensible of the difficulties he faces.
–DERIVATIVES sensibleness /ˈsɛnsɪblnəs / noun.
–ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense ‘perceptible by the senses’): from Old French, or from Latin sensibilis, from sensus (see sense).
Affection
SYN Loving
affection /əˈfɛkʃn /
▸ noun [mass noun] 1 a gentle feeling of fondness or liking: she felt affection for the wise old lady [count noun] he won a place in her affections.
2 archaic the action or process of affecting or being affected. ▪ [count noun] a condition or disease: an affection of the skin.
▪ [count noun] a mental state; an emotion.
–DERIVATIVES affectional /əˈfɛkʃən(ə)l / adjective.
–ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin affectio(n-), from afficere ‘to influence’ (see affect2).
Sincere
SYN GENUINE
Ops insincere
sincere /s(ɪ)nˈsɪə /
▸ adjective ( sincerer, sincerest) free from pretence or deceit; proceeding from genuine feelings: they offer their sincere thanks to Paul. ▪ (of a person) saying what they genuinely feel or believe; not dishonest or hypocritical: she’d sounded sincere enough
a painfully sincere young actor.
–DERIVATIVES sincereness noun.
–ORIGIN mid 16th century (also in the sense ‘not falsified, unadulterated’): from Latin sincerus ‘clean, pure’.
adjective
[sin·cere || sɪn’sɪr /-‘sɪə]
honest, truthful, frank, straightforward, genuine, earnest
Show off
show-off /ˈʃəʊɒf /
▸ noun informal, derogatory a person who acts pretentiously or who publicly parades themselves, their possessions, or their accomplishments.
verb - show off
خود نمایی کردن : flaunt, show off, dash, grandstand, pose, posture
SubmitEnglish Dictionary
boast, be proud; exhibit; coquetry, prissiness; one who thinks highly of himself and attempts to demonstrate it to others
showed off
boast, made an impression
Boast
boast1 /bəʊst /
▸ verb 1 [reporting verb] talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one’s achievements, possessions, or abilities: [no object] she boasted about her many conquests [with clause] he boasted that he had taken part in the crime [with direct speech] Ted used to boast ‘I manage ten people.’.
2 [with object] (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride): the hotel boasts high standards of comfort.
▸ noun an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction: I said I would win and it wasn’t an idle boast.
–DERIVATIVES boaster /ˈbəʊstə / noun.
–ORIGIN Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin.
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verb - boast
به رخ کشیدن : boast, flaunt
لاف زدن : brag, boast, yelp, gammon, brave, hector
بالیدن : flaunt, glory, grow, pride, boast, preen
Integrity
integrity /ɪnˈtɛɡrɪti /
▸ noun [mass noun] 1 the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles: a gentleman of complete integrity.
2 the state of being whole and undivided: upholding territorial integrity and national sovereignty. ▪ the condition of being unified or sound in construction: the structural integrity of the novel.
▪ internal consistency or lack of corruption in electronic data: [as modifier] integrity checking.
–ORIGIN late Middle English (in integrity (sense 2 of the noun)): from French intégrité or Latin integritas, from integer ‘intact’ (see integer). Compare with entirety, integral, and integrate.
امانت : trust, integrity, honesty, safekeeping, trusteeship, fideism
کمال : perfection, integrity, maturity, completeness, sophistication, complementarity
بی عیبی : integrity, impeccability
راستی : truth, integrity, verticality, sooth, fidelity, veracity
Decent
Honest, good and fair
Ethical
[‘eth·i·cal || ‘eθɪkl]
moral, pertaining to values and principles
ethical /ˈɛθɪkl /
▸ adjective 1 relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these: ethical issues in nursing ethical standards. ▪ morally good or correct: can a profitable business ever be ethical?.
▪ avoiding activities or organizations that do harm to people or the environment: an expert on ethical investment
switching to more ethical products
adopt ethical shopping habits
ethical holidays.
2 [attributive] (of a medicine) legally available only on a doctor’s prescription and usually not advertised to the general public: all types of drugs, including ethical drugs and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals.
–DERIVATIVES ethicality /ˌɛθɪˈkalɪti / noun.
ˈeTHikəl]
adjective - ethical
وابسته به علم اخلاق : ethic, ethical
بجی در امور اخلاقی : ethic, ethical
کتاب اخلاق : ethic, ethical
Arrogant
Unpleasant, behaving in a proud.
arrogant /ˈarəɡ(ə)nt /
▸ adjective having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities: he’s arrogant and opinionated a typically arrogant assumption.
–ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin arrogant- ‘claiming for oneself’, from the verb arrogare (see arrogate).
ˈarəgənt]
adjective - arrogant
متکبر : arrogant, proud, haughty, perky, conceited, swaggering
مغرور : proud, arrogant, haughty, swanky, snobbish, imperious
گستاخ : perky, insolent, rude, impudent, bold, arrogant
سرکش : rebellious, disobedient, indomitable, rebel, recalcitrant, arrogant
پرنخوت : arrogant
Idiotic
Very stupid,
idiotic /ˌɪdɪˈɒtɪk /
▸ adjective informal very stupid: I was able to hum its idiotic theme tune.
–DERIVATIVES idiotically /ˌɪdɪˈɒtɪkli / adverb.
ˌidēˈätik]
adjective - idiotic
ابلهانه : foolish, idiotic
Knowledgeable
SYN WELL KNOWN
Struggle
Conflict
struggle /ˈstrʌɡl /
▸ verb [no object] make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction: before she could struggle, he lifted her up [with infinitive] he struggled to break free. ▪ engage in conflict: politicians continued to struggle over familiar issues.
▪ strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance: new authors are struggling in the present climate
many families on income support have to struggle to make ends meet.
▪ (struggle with) have difficulty handling or coping with: passengers struggle with bags and briefcases.
▪ [no object, with adverbial of direction] make one’s way with difficulty: it took us all day to struggle back to our bivouac.
▸ noun a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack: there were signs of a struggle and there was a lot of blood around. ▪ a conflict or contest: a power struggle for the leadership.
▪ a determined effort under difficulties: with a struggle, she pulled the pram up the slope
the centre is the result of the scientists’ struggle to realize their dream.
▪ a very difficult task: it was a struggle to make herself understood.
–PHRASES the struggle for existence (also the struggle for life) the competition between organisms, especially as an element in natural selection, or between people seeking a livelihood: every adaptation had to offer an advantage to the organism in the struggle for existence.
–DERIVATIVES struggler /ˈstrʌɡələ , ˈstrʌɡlə / noun.
–ORIGIN late Middle English: frequentative, perhaps of imitative origin. The noun dates from the late 17th century.
Motivated
motivate /ˈməʊtɪveɪt /
▸ verb [with object] 1 provide (someone) with a reason for doing something: he was primarily motivated by the desire for profit. ▪ cause (someone) to have interest in or enthusiasm for something: it is the teacher’s job to motivate the child at school.
2 South African English request (something) and present facts and arguments in support of one’s request: he said he would motivate funds to upgrade the food stalls.
Timid
Shy and nervous
