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40 Cards in this Set
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vilify |
abuse, berate, denigrate, disparage, slander بدنام کردن، توهین کردن، بهتان زدن |
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volition |
free will, choice, choosing خواست، اراده، به خواست خود |
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winsome |
behaving in a pleasant and attractive way |
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abet |
to help someone do something wrong or illegal, help, aid, assist |
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acclaim |
praise, applaud, approve, celebrate, cheer, clap |
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admonish |
reprimand, berate, chide, rebuke, scold |
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affront |
offend, anger, annoy, insult, |
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ameliorate |
improve, amend, better, help |
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amorphous |
formless, shapeless, unformed, unshaped |
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anticlimax |
disappointment, comedown , letdown |
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appalled |
very shocked and upset by something very bad or unpleasant |
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arduous |
difficult, exhausting, fatiguing |
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aspirant |
candidate, applicant, hopeful, seeker ادم نامجو، جاه طلب |
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atrocity |
cruelty, horror, savagery |
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badger |
bother, pester, torment |
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barrage |
سد آتش رگبار، سیل A large volume of sth, a large number of things happening all at once |
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beseech |
beg, ask, call upon |
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bleak |
Devoid of enthusiasm or life dismal, cheerless, depressing, discouraging, gloomy
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brittle |
fragile, breakable, delicate, frail |
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callous |
heartless, cold, hard-bitten, hardened, hardhearted, insensitive, uncaring, unfeeling |
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canvass |
campaign, electioneer, solicit votes |
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casualty |
victim, death, fatality, loss, wounded |
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certitude |
certainty, assurance, confidence اطمینان، یقین |
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churlish |
rude, harsh, ill-tempered, impolite, uncivil |
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coeval |
contemporary, coexistent, coexisting, concurrent, simultaneous |
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Collusion |
a secret agreement that two or more people make in order to do something dishonest تبانی |
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concede |
- admit, accept, acknowledge- give up, relinquish, surrender, yield |
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convivial |
social, sociablefriendly and pleasantly cheerful |
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construe |
explain, clarify |
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cozen |
cheat, bilk, defraud, trick or fool someone by telling lies |
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cynical |
sceptical,pessimistic |
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decimate |
to destroy or greatly decrease in size or number |
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delude |
deceive, fool, mislead |
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depreciate |
- devalue, decrease, deflate, lessen, lose value, lower, reduce- disparage, belittle, denigrate |
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devolve |
To delegate a duty or responsibility to someone else, pass |
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disburse |
spend, expend, pay |
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disheveled |
Messy, untidy, unkempt |
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dissident |
disagreeing protester, rebel |
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dotage |
Old age |
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ebb |
retreat, subside, withdraw جزر دریا، پایین رفتن آب decline, decrease, diminish |
