Vocab Flashcards
(106 cards)
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abdicate
A
ab+dict+ate
DICT like dictator, dictation means ordering
the king was forced to abdicate the throne
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humble
A
Hum+(a)ble
Hum: soil
متواضع
Humility(n.) : تواضع
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humiliate
A
hum + ile + ate
soil + much + ..
به خاک کشاندن
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exacerbate
A
ex + acerb + ate
much + acidic + make = worsen
aggravate
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facile
A
fac + ile
make + easy
facilities , …
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senile
A
sen + ile
age + much = aged
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aggravate
A
exacerbate
worsen
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senescent
A
sen + escent
age + being
در حال مسن شدن ، در حال منسوخ شدن
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belittle
A
humiliate
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humus
A
hum + us
Latin word
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exhume
A
ex + hum + e
out + soil = disinter
از خاک درآوردن ، نبش قبر کردن
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perilous
A
dangerous
jeopardous
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actionable
A
Action + able
قابل طرح در دادگاه
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counteract
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counter + act
contra + doing : خنثی کردن
Thwart
neutralize
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Thwart
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counteract
neutralize
خنثی کردن
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exacting
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ex + act + ing
much + do + … (adj.)
سخت و بسیار دقیق
exacting standards
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exactitude
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exact + i + tude tude : پسوند حالت ساز i: حرف اتصال دقت exactitude of judgement
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latitude
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lat: جنب
عرض جغرافیایی
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longitude
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long: طول
طول جغرافیایی
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altitude
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alt: ارتفاع
ارتفاع
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magnitude
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magn: بزرگی
وسعت و بزرگی
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rectitude
A
صحت یا درستی یک چیز
rec : راست
rectangle : راست زاویه
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pulchritude
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physical beauty
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attitude
A
طرز تفکر و دیدگاه
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retroactive
retrospective
retro : behind
عطف به ما سبق
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transact
trans + act = cross + do
| تراکنش
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greedy
حریص
| شکمو
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anarchy
an + archy
| بدون حکومت
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anomalous
A + nomal
not normal
غیر معمول
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anonymous
An + o + nym + ous
Not + linking+ name + (adj.)
بی نام
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autonomous
مستقل ( دارای هویت خود)
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synonymous
syn + o + nym + ous
| هم نام - هم معنی
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atheism
A + The + ism
not + God + school of thought
The = Dei = God
مکتب بی خدایی
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atrophy
a + troph + y
not + figure, shape
تحلیل عضلات
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dystrophy
dys + troph + y
| بیماری تحلیل عضلات
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democracy
demo + cracy
people + govern
حکومت مردم سالار
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patriarchy
patri + archy
father + govern
حکومت مردسالارانه
matriarchy : زن سالارانه
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audacious
if you are audacious, you are daring and unconventional!
audacious attempt
syn: bold
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indefatigable
in + de + fatigue + able
Someone who is indefatigable can go on for a very long time without becoming tired.
an indefatigable worker
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notorious
A good synonym for notorious is infamous; both words mean "well-known, and not in a good way."
a notorious demagogue
syn: infamous
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clandestine
describes a secret, usually illegal activity. Often these things have to do with political and spy organizations.
syn: secret; covert
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lenient
If you're not overly strict, and you show tolerance and mercy when someone does something wrong, you're being lenient..
lenient parents
syn: tolerant
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laconic
describes a style of speaking or writing that uses only a few words, often to express complex thoughts and ideas.
syn: brief
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cacophony
A cacophony is a mishmash of unpleasant sounds, often at loud volume.
cacophony of a large city
syn: blare, clamor
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abduct
ab + duct
away+ path
خارج کردن از مسیر، ربودن
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abhor
```
ab + hor
= away + unpleasant
رویگردان و متنفر بودن
disgust
despise
loathe
```
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insolent
(ru)de
b(ru)sque
Someone who's insolent is either really doing her own thing, even if it goes against what everyone else is doing, or she’s mildly disrespectful.
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indolent
dole : suffering, درد، رنج سختی
doleful face : چهره غم انگیز
indolent : بیعار و تنبل
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abject
```
ab : away
ject: throw
دور پرت شده
abject family : poor, needy
abject poverty : فقر مفرط
مفرط منفی
reject: throw away
```
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abstruse
```
very difficult
abs + truse (حقیقت)
دور از حقیقت ولی به معنی چیزی که همه ازش سر در نمیارن
recondite
esoteric
arcane
```
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recondite
esoteric
arcane
abstruse
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abate
```
bate from the root "beat" as in falling rain
a is negative, so abate means stooping the rain
فروکش کردن
تحلیل رفتن
a + bate (beat)
diminish
dwindle
lessen
ebb
relent
shrink
wane
```
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relentless
بدون فروکش کردن
| continuous
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abstinence (n.)
پرهیز
abstain (v.)
abs + tain = away + keep : avoid = evade = refrain : پرهیز كردن
tain: attain - retain
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absurd
ab + surd
away + ration
= irrational غیر منطقی
هیچ و پوچ
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ablution
luv/lut/lot : wash
ab + lut + .. = away + wash + ...: با شستشو زدودن
شستشو به عنوان سنت مذهبي
وضو و غسل
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abscond
```
ab (away) + scon (place)
فرار کردن با یک چیز ارزشمند
= decamp (جمع کردن کمپ و به چاک زدن)
ensconce : (v.) به معنی جا دادن چیزی
abscond with money or something of value
```
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abnegate
negate : انکار کردن و نفی کردن
ab + neg + ate :
انكار كرىن و رویگرداندن از چیزی
= abjure = recant = renounce
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acerb - / acri-
sharp, sour
| تند و تیز و زننده
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acute
acute headache
حاد
acute anxiety : شدید
acute pain is a pain you know where it comes from
dull is a kind of pain you don't know about, u just feel it
chronic (related to time) is a pain you have from a long time ago
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chronic
time-related
chronicle :
chronometer :
anachronism : عدم تطابق زمانی
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acerbic
acerbic humor
| طنز تلخ و طعنه آمیز
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acrid
-id صفت ساز
acrid smoke
زننده و ناخوشایند
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pellucid
| limpid
easy to understand
| luc : نور
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rancid
متعفن
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acrimonious
غیر دوستانه و بی ادبانه
| acr : ناخوشایند
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recession
meaning "a going back, retreat."
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acumen
Acu : sharpness
acumen : شم
shrewdness
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agile
ag + ile
کسی که کاری را آسان انجام می دهد
چابک
ile : either it is just makes adjective, or it makes adjective and also means easy
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agitate
| agitated
به تکاپو انداختن
تلاش کردن
agitated: سراسیمه
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pedagogue
```
ped- : 1. leg ( ped & pod) 2.infant
pedal : related to leg
pediatrician : related to infant
-agogue : 1. leader 2. teacher
peragogue : teacher of children
هر لغتي كه به agogue ختم بشه منفی است
```
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celerity
| agility
swiftness
| چابکی
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litigate
```
"lit" like in literature
lit- : means کلام و حرف
literal translation : ترجمه لغوي و كلامي
-ig- : leading, driving
litigate : یعنی پیشبرد را به دست علم و دانش بدهیم
طرح دعوی در دادگاه
```
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coagulate
لخته شدن
clot
curdle
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cogent
co + agent
ag : do
agent : doer
cogent : convincing
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prodigal
wasteful
extravagant
ولخرج
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fumigate
fume: دود سمی
fume + ig (drive)
یعنی با استفاده از دود بیرون کردن - دود اندود کردن
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ben/bon
mal
good خوبی - خیر - نیکویی
benefit, beneficial
bad
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benign
```
ben + ign(ig + n)
ig is the same ag meaning drive/do
ig at the end becomes ign
good + drive/do
تومور خوش خیم
someone who does good : مهربان
```
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malignant
mal + ign
| بدخیم
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benediction
| malediction
```
ben + e + dic + tion
good + کلام
سخن خوب - دعای خوب
give sbody benediction
malediction نفرین
```
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benevolent
vol : میل، نظر
good + vol
خیرخواه
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volition
i did it on my own volition
| صلاحدید و نظر
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benefaction
ben + fac +
| نیکوکاری
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biennial
| biannual
biennial (هر دو سالی یه بار)
| biannual (سالی دو بار)
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enn
به معنی سال
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bipartisan
| bipartisan agreement
party حزب
partisan وفادار به یک حزب
bipartisan دوجانبه
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monogamy
bigamy (bigamist)
polygamy
چند همسره
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bifurcate
fur : دو بخش
| دو بخش کردن
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western frontier
مرزهای غربی
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deride (derision)
مورد تمسخر قرار گرفتن
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ignoramus
جاهل
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CAD/CID
```
to fall (physical fall, making mistake)
to happen by chance
```
94
cadaverous
شبیه جنازه
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recidivist
describes someone who can't stop committing crimes — for example, a repeat shoplifter is a recidivist
recidivist offenders تبهکاران سابقه دار
re + cid + i + v + ist
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deciduous
deciduous teeth دندان شیری
| deciduous trees خزان شونده
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impermeable
```
the prefix im-, meaning “not,” and the adjective permeable, meaning “allowing to pass through,”
impermeable to bullets , liquid, ...
=impregnable
=impenetrable
=impervious
```
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CANT/CHANT
| 1:20:16
to sing
شعار دادن
راز و نیاز
ورد خوندن
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encore
| ovation
دوباره دوباره
| تشویق طولانی مدت
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enchant
en at the start of the word is intensifier
en + chant : مسحور کردن
enchanting: مسحور کننده
disenchanting : از اشتباه درآوردن
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recant
re + cant
re : again at the opposite direction
many Catholics recanted to avoid punishment
برائت جستن
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incantation
in + cant
chant incantation:
ورد خوندن در دل
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coincidence
co + in + cid + ence
co-occurrence
concurrence
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decadent
pop music was condemned as decadent and crude
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ebb
```
relent
shrink
diminish
dwindle
lessen
abate
```
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dwindle
```
relent
shrink
diminish
abate
lessen
```
