Words-15 Flashcards

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Guffaw

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Laugh boisterously

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Malady

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A disease or sickness

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Resolve

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Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.

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Dearth

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A lack or shortage.

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Disheartened

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Made less hopeful or enthusiastic.

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Raffish

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Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.

بی‌ارزش، بدنام

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Elusive

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Difficult to capture or difficult to remember.

گریزان، فراری، سخت در یادآوری

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Ascendency

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The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.

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Endemic

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Native; originating where it is found.

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Ornate

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Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details.

مزین، پر آب و تاب

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Fete

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To celebrate a person.

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Discriminate

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Recognize or perceive the different.

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Renege

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Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation.

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Thwart

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Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans or desires) of.

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Patronize

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Treat condescendingly.

رئیس‌وار رفتار کردن، تشویق کردن

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Flounder

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Behave awkwardly; have difficulties.

لغزش، اشتباه، رفتار زشت و ناشیانه

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Appreciable

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Large enough to be noticed (usu. refers to an amount).

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Boon

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A desirable state.

Very close and convivial.

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Degrade

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Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.

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Consummative

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Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill.
To make perfect and complete in every respect.

تمام و کمال، به پایان رساندن

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Robust

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Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction.

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Transitory

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Lasting a very short time.

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Snide

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Expressive of contempt; derogatory or mocking in an indirect way.

حقه‌باز، کنایه‌آمیز

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Incessant

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Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.

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Impede
Be a hinderance or obstacle to.
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Impermeable
Does not allow fluids to pass through.
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Proponent
A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea.
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Meander
To wander aimlessly.
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Respite
A pause from doing sth
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Fledging
Young and inexperienced. | Any nee participant in some activity.
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Stolid
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited. بی‌عاطفه
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Inclement
(Of weather) unpleasant, stormy. | Used of persons or behavior; showing no mercy.
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Moot
Open to argument or debate; undecidable in a meaningless or irrelevant way. قابل بحث، مطرح کردن، دادخواهی
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Morose
Ill-tempered and not inclined to talk; gloomy.
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Jocular
Characterized by jokes and good humor.
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Muted
Softened, subdued. آرام
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Autonomously
Acting independently; self governing (of a country).
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Disenfranchise
Deprive of voting rights.
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Pithy
Concise and full of meaning.
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Advocate
Speak, plead, or argue in favor of. A person who pleads for cause or propounds an idea. طرفداری، دفاع
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Avid
Marked by active interest and enthusiasm. حریص، آزمند، مشتاق
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Archaic
So old as to appear to belong to a different period. کهنه،قدیمی، غیرمصطلح
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Obdurate
Unable to be persuaded or moved emotionally; stubborn; unyielding. بی‌عاطفه، سرسخت
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Quandary
State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options. حیرت، گیجی، سرگردانی
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Plodding
(Of movement) slow and laborious.
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Relish
لذت بردن از
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Blemish
خسارت زدن، افترا زدن، لکه‌دار کردن
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Delinquent
متخلف، غفلت‌کار
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Dear
Expensive
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Rhetoric
لفاظی، خطابت
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Unanimous
متفق‌القول، هم‌رای
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Deter
Turn away from by persuasion. Try to prevent; show opposition to. مانع شدن و بازداشتن، ترساندن
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Ingenuity
The power of creative imagination. نبوغ، قوه ابتکار
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Apprehension
Fearful expectation. درک، بیم، هراس
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out. Easily influenced. چکش‌خور، نرم و قابل انعطاف
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Entice
Get someone to do sth through (often false or exaggerated) promises. فریفتن، اغوا کردن