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Acclimate |
به اب و هوای جدید خو گرفتن |
To adat / to adjust |
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Adage |
ضرب المثل حکم مثال If you want to get rich remember the adage "a penny saved is a penny earned |
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Aegis |
The space programme will countine under the aegis of the armed forces |
Defense sponership shield |
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Affluent |
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Rich |
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Alleviate |
Less painful/difficult |
These measurese are dessigned to alleviate the situation |
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Altercation |
ستیزه مجادله |
There was a brief altercation and someone called the police |
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Antithesis |
They are the antithesis of the typical married couple |
Opposite contrast |
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Atheist |
Hamed was an atheist |
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Agnostic |
Who is not sure whether there is a god |
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Avid |
Keen enthusiastic An avid collector of jazz records An avid golfer I have an avid intrest in cats |
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Chronological |
We arranged the documents in chronological order |
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clandestine |
◇clandestine meetings  his involvement in a clandestine operation to sell arms to Iran  a clandestine love affair |
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coerce |
 Local people were coerced into joining the rebel army. |
Force by threat |
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Coherent |
A coherent speech about the economy that would be easy to undrestand |
Understandable |
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Condone |
 I cannot condone the use of violence under any circumstances |
To excuse (to accept or forgive behaviour that most people think is morally wrong) |
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Connive |
They connived with their mother to deceive me. |
conspire |
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conspire |
All six men admitted conspiring to steal cars.conspire against There was some evidence that he had been conspiring against the government Pollution and neglect have conspired to ruin the city.conspire against Emily felt that everything was conspiring against her |
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Corpulent |
تنومند Fast food restaurants have dined that their food has made Americans corpulent |
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Covert |
Covert operation To maintain the security of the nation, covert investigations by the CIA are sometimes necessary |
Clandestine ;secret |
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conceited |
 You’re the most conceited selfish person I’ve ever known |
Egotist |
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Elusive |
elusive adj.VERBS be, prove Further movie roles have proved somewhat elusive for the young actor international success has been elusive. She managed to get an interview with that elusive man. |
Hard to achieve understand |
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Emulate |
She admired her coach so much that she emulate his manner of speaking |
To copy or imitate |
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Imitate |
do something in exactly the same way that someone else does it: 'Have you heard him trying to imitate an Englishman speaking French?' 'He walks as if he is trying to imitate Donald Duck ◇ The Japanese have no wish to imitate Western social customs and attitudes |
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Eulogy |
The minister delivered a long eulogy |
To praise somwone in funeral |
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Exacerbate |
I don’t want to exacerbate the situation |
Aggravate |
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criterion |
Standard measure |
meet/satisfy/fulfil the criteria  Does your experience meet the criteria for the job?use criteria  What criteria do we use to decide whether one book is better than another?apply criteria (=use them)  There are certain criteria you should apply when buying a computer |
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culpable |
Guilty |
Since he was out of town when the murder happened he was not culpable |
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Cursory |
 Even a cursory glance at these figures shows that there is a problem |
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Decadent |
a falling from high to low standards in morals or the arts. the decadence of the late Roman empire. انحطاط؛ تنزل2. the state of having low or incorrect standards of behaviour; immorality. He lived a life of decadence. فساد؛ زوال ˈdecadent adjectivea decadent young man. فاسد |
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Devious |
devious good at secretly thinking of clever plans to trick people in order to get what you want:  You have a very devious mind!  They use all kinds of devious methods to find out your personal details. |
Cunning deceptive |
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Cunning |
cunning2 noun [uncountable]the ability to achieve what you want by deceiving people in a clever way: She would use low cunning (=unpleasant dishonest methods) to win people’s sympathy |
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Deceptive |
highly, very | dangerouslyPHRASES can be deceptive Appearances can be deceptive?dangerously deceptive |
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Digress |
The members of the debating team were warned that they would lose the debate if they continued to digress from the proposed subject |
Stray |
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Dormant |
The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue. |
Inactive |
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Stray |
This meeting is beginning to stray from the point. |
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Duress |
under duress The confession was obtained under duress. |
Coersion |
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Coersion |
The defendant explained that he had been acting under coercion |
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Egotist |
خودخواه خودپسند |
Conceited |
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Conceited |
You’re the most conceited selfish person I’ve ever known |
Vain egotist |
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Elusive |
Sleep was strangely elusive an elusive idea or quality is difficult to describe or understand:  For me, the poem has an elusive quality 1. an elusive person or animal is difficult to find or not often seen:  She managed to get an interview with that elusive man |
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Emulate |
The basketball player admired his coach so much that he emulated his manner of speaking, walking and dressing |
To copy or imitate |
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Imitate |
The Japanese have no wish to imitate Western social customs and attitudes Have you heard him trying to imitate an Englishman speaking French?' 'He walks as if he is trying to imitate Donald Duck.' |
Emulate |
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Eulogy |
The minister delivered a long eulogy |
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Exacerbate |
. I don’t want to exacerbate the situation. |
Eggravate |
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Exhort |
o try very hard to persuade someone to do something exhort somebody to do something Police exhorted the crowd to remain calm Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence |
Urge |
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Expedite |
strategies to expedite the decision-making process |
To execute (عمل کردن) promptly ; speed up |
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Fallacious |
containing or based on false ideas:  Such an argument is misleading, if not wholly fallacious. |
deceiving, deceptive |
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Fracas |
Eight people were injured in the fracas. |
Brawl noisy quarrel |
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Furtive |
behaving as if you want to keep something secret  There was something furtive about his actions.furtive glances/looks Chris kept stealing furtive glances at me.—furtively adverb:  She opened the door and looked furtively down the hall. |
Clandestine |
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Garrulous |
talking a lot, especially about unimportant things: A garrulous old man was sitting near me in the bar. He became more garrulous as the evening went on. |
Talkative |
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Gesticulate |
The officer gesticulated towards the refugees. Englishmen think that French speak louder and gesticulate more than english ppl |
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heterogeneous |
Teaching a heterogeneous group of skiers , for exapmle beginners and intermediates in one class is extremely difficult |
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Imbibe |
to accept and be influenced by qualities, ideas, values etc: She had imbibed the traditions of her family ● the roots of the plants are able to imbibe fluids from the soild |
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Impasse |
Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse |
Deadlock |
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Impeccable |
She has taught her children impeccable manners. a bar with impeccable service—impeccably adverb: impeccably dressed |
Perfect flawless |
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Incarcerate |
He spent 10 years incarcerated in prison |
Confine |
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Incriminate |
He refused to answer questions for fear he might incriminate himself گناهکارقلمداد نمودن |
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Incumbent |
if it is incumbent upon you to do something, it is your duty or responsibility to do it: It is incumbent upon parents to control what their children watch on TV the incumbent president/priest/government at the present time |
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Indigent |
تهی دست |
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Indolent |
The indolent son of a wealthy landowner |
Idel |
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Impoverished |
out-of-work miners and their impoverished families The children come from impoverished neighbourhoods. one of the world’s most impoverished countries |
Indolent |
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Inept |
inept leadership He was criticized for his inept handling of the problem نا شایسته بی عرضه |
=/Aptitude =/ ;incompetent |
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Aptitude |
He has a natural aptitude for teaching. |
Talent |
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Incompetent |
an incompetent manager weak incompetent leadership |
Inpet |
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Innocuous |
His comment seemed perfectly innocuous. fairly, pretty, quite, relatively The liquid looked fairly innocuous. enough The question appeared innocuous enough, but I still did not trust her. |
Harmless |
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Insolent |
behaving in a way that is deliberately very rude to someone in authority: The girl’s only response was an insolent stare. Don’t be so insolent |
Impudent ;arrogant |
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Impudent |
rude, and having no respect for people who are older or more important: The boy gave an impudent smile. |
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Intrepid |
willing to do dangerous things or go to dangerous places:  an intrepid traveller  We sent our intrepid reporter to find out what is happening |
Brave; bold |
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Bold |
The following year he made a bold step to expand his business a bold decision  Deciding to emigrate is a bold decision for anyone to make. |
Interpid |
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Inundate |
With After the broadcast, we were inundated with requests for more information. The cactus was inundated with too much water |
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Itinerary |
Your itinerary includes a visit to Stonehenge.برنامه سفر |
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Judicious |
a judicious choice Changing filed turned out to be judicious move in my life |
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Lament |
The nation lamented the death of its great war leader. |
To mourn grief |
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Lethargy |
trying to shake off the feeling of lethargy |
lethargic lazy |
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Lucid |
You must write in a clear and lucid style. The detective's lucid analysis led him to the murderer |
Clear ; easily understood |
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Lucrative |
The business that had been so lucrative was now bankrupt His investment in real state was happily lucrative |
profitable |
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Ludicrous |
The whole idea is absolutely ludicrous! |
Silly absurb |
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Magnanimous |
Its magnanimous of my cousin to support an orpahan in kenya |
Unselfish generous |
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Malevolent |
None of us were aware of his malevolent intentions |
Evil |
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Mediate |
When my sister and i quarrel, mom steps in to mediate to change the effect or influence of something, especially to make the effect less bad: Exercise may mediate the effects of a bad diet. |
میانجی گری وساطت |
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Meticulous |
very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly: He was meticulous in his use of words.meticulous about He has always been so meticulous about his appearance He was meticulous about keeping the place clean and tidy. |
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Militant |
We are Militant in defence of our country |
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Morbid |
with a strong and unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially deathmorbid fascination/curiosity a morbid fascination with instruments of torture The trip was made all the worse by Frankie’s morbid fear of flying. His head was full of morbid thoughts. |
Unhealthy |
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Mundane |
Most arguments are over mundane issues like spending or saving money. Mundane details bore me |
Boring |
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Nefarious |
nefarious activities such as drug trafficking and fraud |
Wicked sinful evil |
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Nemesis |
an enemy or opponent that is impossible to defeat – a rather formal use: In the final, he met his old nemesis, Rafael Nadal |
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Nomad |
Having lived in 6 different states yoy might call us nomads کوچ گر خانه بدوش |
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Nonchalant |
Has he got a girlfriend?’ Jill asked, trying to sound nonchalant |
Cool |
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Oblivion |
sink/slip/slide into oblivion (=fade into oblivion)  It was once a popular game, but it has since sunk into oblivion.  The old machines eventually slid into oblivion. |
Forgotten |
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Obsolete |
Will computers render books obsolete? Their work is now rendered obsolete by machines. |
متروک شده |
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Odious |
She was upset by Joe's odious remarks |
Hateful |
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Omnipotent |
In his country the king was omnipotent |
قادر مطلق |
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Onus |
My parents reluctantly agreed to share the onus for our bankrup |
burden obligation |
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Ostensible |
Illness was the ostensible reason for his absence but in fact he was just lazy |
Apparent |
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Apparent |
all too His unhappiness was all too apparent |
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Panacea |
There is no panacea for country's economic problems |
Remedy for everything |
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Pariah |
منفور |
Outcast |
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Outcast |
Smokers often feel as though they are being treated as social outcasts. ترد شده |
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Parsimonious |
I prefer thrifty to Parsimonious |
Thrifty stingy |
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Penitent |
توبه کار |
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Paucity |
a paucity of information |
Lack |
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Pensive |
thinking a lot about something, especially because you are worried or sad Jan looked pensive In a pensive mood Picasso started to paint his masterpiece |
Thoughtful |
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Perjury |
Hall was found guilty of perjury شهادت دروغ |
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Peruse |
I would like you to peruse these documents tonight my boss said I never signed anything that i had not perused at least twice |
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Phlegmatic |
calm and not easily excited or worried:  The taxi driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, showed no surprise at this request شخص خونسرد |
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Plagiarize |
He accused other scientists of plagiarizing his research سرقت ادبی تحقیقاتی ایده |
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plausible |
reasonable and likely to be true or successful Antonym : implausible: His story certainly sounds plausible. a plausible liar |
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Posthumous |
بعد از مرگ منتشر شده 1. Occurring or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award.2. Published after the writer's death: a posthumous book.3. Born after the death of the father: a posthumous child |
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Precocious |
a precocious child who walked and talked early |
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Potpourri |
The composer performed a potpourro of his hits |
Mixture medley |
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Procrastinate |
to delay doing something that you ought to do: Don’t procrastinate – make a start on your assignments as soon as you get them. People often procrastinate when it comes to paperwork |
Put off delay postpone |
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Prognosticate |
The thunder and lighting prognosticated a huge storm |
Predict |
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Prolific |
productive, abundant, fertile Producing much songs books |
The prolific author produced three best sellers last week |
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Quandary |
 Kate was in a quandary over whether to go or not. |
Dilemma |
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Rabid |
The rabid fans caused a riot when their team lost Rabid dog |
Furious |
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Rendezvous |
She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar. The cafe is a popular rendezvous for young lovers. |
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Rescind |
I wanted to rescind my order but it was too late |
To cancel ;to repeal |
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Repeal |
The government has just repealed that law لغو باطل |
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Sanguine |
happy and hopeful about the future Synonym : optimisticsanguine about Other economists are more sanguine about the possibility of inflation. a sanguine view Im not sanguine about our teams chances this year |
Confident hopeful optimistic |
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Simile |
تشابه |
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Skeptic |
I couldent convince henry , a born Skeptic Roy is skeptical about saras promise |
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Slander |
 He is being sued for slander. Linking his name to terrorism was a slander |
افترا |
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Sporadic |
happening fairly often, but not regularly : There has been sporadic violence downtown.—sporadically The fighting continued sporadically for several days |
intermittent |
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intermittent |
stopping and starting often and for short periods Synonym : The weather forecast is for sun, with intermittent showers |
sporadic |
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Superficial |
I’m fine - just a few superficial cuts |
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Taciturn |
A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables کم حرف |
Silent reserved ₩ garrulous |
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Reserved |
unwilling to express your emotions or talk about your problems ⇒ shy: Ellen was a shy, reserved girl |
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Terse |
Derek’s terse reply ended the conversation. |
Brief to the point = abrupt |
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abrupt |
1. sudden and unexpected: an abrupt change of plancome to an abrupt end/halt etc The bus came to an abrupt halt.2. seeming rude and unfriendly, especially because you do not waste time in friendly conversation: Sorry, I didn’t mean to be so abrupt |
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Thwart |
attempt to, try toPREP. in They were thwarted in their attempt to gain overall control of the company easily | constantly Plans to expand the company have been constantly thwarted. |
Hinder block |
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Trite |
پیش پا افتاده ، کهنه His poetry is full of trite descriptions of nature |
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Utopia |
imaginary perfect world where everyone is happy ⇒ dystopia—utopian adjective: a utopian society |
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Vacillate |
: She vacillated about whether to leave. The weather vacillated between sunny and rainy |
Hesitate |
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Verbose |
Using or containing too many words: For once, his usually verbose wife was content to listen. Legal writing is often unclear and verbose.—verbosely |
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Vindicate |
The lawyer asked the jury to vindicate his client |
Clear exonerate |
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Exonerate |
to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not guiltyexonerate somebody from/of something He was totally exonerated of any blame. |
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Volatile |
A highly volatile liquid |
Explosive changeable |
