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41 Cards in this Set
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Blueprint |
A plan for achieving sth, a plan for a building |
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Caprice |
A sudden change of mind or behavior or tendency for it |
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Insinuation |
Sth that s.o. Says which seems unpleasant but does not say this openly |
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Penchant Penchant for sth |
When you like sth very much and try to do or have it |
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Aegis Under the aegis of sb/sth |
With the protection or support of a person or organization |
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Duress (n) Under duress |
Illegal or unfair treats |
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Ethos (n) |
The set of ideas and moral attitudes that are typical of a particular gp |
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Impassive (adj) Impassivity (n) |
Not showing any emotions |
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Query (v) Query whether |
1. To express doubt if sth is true 2. To ask a Q |
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Enforce |
1. To make people obey 2. To make sth happen |
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Usurp (v) |
To take s.o.'s power, position, job when U do not have the right to |
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Portend (v) |
To be a sign that sth is going to happen |
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Providence |
1. a force which is believed by some people to control what happens in our lives and to protect us 2. آینده نگری |
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Prodigality |
ولخرجی |
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Prodigal (adj) |
Sb who leave his family without their approval but is sorry later and returns |
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Altruism |
When U care about or help other people even though this brings no advantage to yourself |
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Inadvertently |
Accidentally, deliberately |
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Extemporaneous (adj) |
Spoken or done without any preparation |
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Incendiary |
1. Designed to cause fire 2. A speech or piece of writing intended to make people angry |
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Flamboyant |
تجملاتی و زرقی برقی |
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Forfeit (v) |
To lose a right, position, possession or have it taken away from you bcz you have broken a law |
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Inflict (v) |
Inflict sth on sb To make so suffer sth unpleasant |
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Appraise (v) |
To officially judge how successful, effective, or valuable sth is Evaluate To look carefully at s.o. or sth to make an opinion about them |
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Indemnify (v) |
Against/for: to promise to pay s.o. If sth they own is damaged or lost For: to pay s.o. money bcz of loss, injury, damage |
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Sustain (v) |
Maintain, suffer, give strength, to support an idea |
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Dissimulate (v) |
To hide your true feelings or intentions esp by lying |
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Unveil (v) |
To show a new product To remove cover as part of a ceremony |
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Explicate (v) |
To explain an idea in detail |
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Precipitate (v) |
To make sth happen more quickly |
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Partisan (adj) |
Strongly supporting a political party, plan, leader Relating to the fighting of an enemy that has taken control of its country. |
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Mellifluous (adj) |
A voice or piece of music sounds pleasantly smooth. |
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Encomium (n) |
The expression of a lot of praise |
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Bravura (n) |
Great skill shown in the way U perform, write, paint etc, esp when U do sth very difficult |
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Complacent (adj) |
To stop trying to improve or change things bcz you are pleased with what you have achieved |
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Liturgy |
A way of praying in a religious service using a fixed oreder of words or prayers |
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Melee |
A situation in which a lot of people rush around a confused way |
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Perdition |
Punishment after death A complete destruction or failure |
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Nous |
Intelligence and the ability to make practical decisions Common sense |
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Expendable (adj) |
Not needed enough to be kept or saved |
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Apocryphal (adj) |
A story that is well known but probably not true |
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Snide (adj) |
Snide remarks/comments If you say sth snide, U say sth unkind often in a clever indirect way |