Gre-Bibile-12

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indignation

Back 1

anger ar an injustice

He felt indignation at the ill-treatment of the helpless animals.

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plummet

Back 2

fall sharply

Stock prices plummeted as Wall Street reacted to the rise in interest rates.

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anchor

Back 3

secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place;

We set the post in concrete to anchor it in place.

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exude

Back 4

تراوش كردن ، بيرون امدن ، افشاندن
discharge; give forth;

The maple syrup is obtained from the sap that the trees exude in early spring.

sap: عصاره، شیره
syrup: شیره
maple tree:a sweet sticky liquid obtained from some kinds of maple tree which is eaten especially on pancakes

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serenity

Back 5

calmness; placidity;

The serenity of the sleepy town was shattered by a tremendous explosion.

shatter:to break suddenly into very small pieces Ex. The plate hit the floor, and shattered into tiny bits.; Their hopes and dreams were shattered by war.

placid:The lake was placid and still under the moonlight.; a large, placid baby

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wastrel

Back 6

profligate

He was denounced as a wastrel who had dissipated his inheritance.

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blunder

Back 7

error

The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture.

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corrosive

Back 8

خورنده ، تباه كننده ، فاسد كننده
eating away by chemicals or disease

Stainless steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chemicals.

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irresolute

Back 9

uncertain how to act; weak ;

She had no respect for him because he seemed weak-willed and irresolute.

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sinewy

Back 10

tough; strong and firm;

The steak was too sinewy to chew.

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hypochondriac

Back 11

person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness;

The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypocondriac.

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monochromatic

Back 12

having only one color

Most people who are color blind actually can distinguish several colors; some, however, have a truly monochromatic view of a world all in shades of gray.

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rebus

Back 13

puzzle in which pictures stand for words

coven:a group or meeting of witches
A coven of witches beside a tree is a possible rebus for the town Coventry.

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plethora

Back 14

excess; overabundance;

She offered a plethora of excuses for her shortcomings.

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analogy

Back 15

similarity; parallelism;

Your analogy is not a good one because the two situations are not similar.

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extricate

Back 16

free; disentangle ;

He found that he could not extricate himself from the trap.

disentangle: to separate things that have become joined or confused Ex. It's difficult to disentangle hard fact from myth, or truth from lies.; I tried to disentangle the wires under my desk.

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astringent

Back 17

binding; causing contraction; harsh or severe

The astringent quality of unsweetened lemon juice made swallowing difficult.

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deadpan

Back 18

wooden; impassive;

We wanted to see how long he could maintain his deadpan expression.

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fluke

Back 19

unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune ;

When Douglass defeated Tyson for the heavyweight championship, some sportscasters dismissed his victory as a fluke.

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corollary

Back 20

consequence; accompaniment;

Brotherly love is a complex emotion, with a sibling rivalry its natural corollary.

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irreconsilable

Back 21

incompatible; not able to be resolved;

Because the separated couple were irreconcilable, the marriage counselor recommended a divorce.

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simile

Back 22

comparison of one thing with another; using the word like or as;

My love is like a red, red rose is a simile.

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progenitor

Back 23

ancestor

The Roth family, whose progenitors emigrated from Germany early in the nineteenth century, settled in Peru, Illinois.

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stygian

Back 24

literary dark

The stygian room reminded him of an empty space.

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aberrant

Back 25

abnormal or deviant

Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.

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plauditory

Back 26

approving; applauding;

The theatrical company reprinted the plauditory comments of the critics in its advertisement.

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amputate

Back 27

cut off part of body; prune;

When the doctors had to amputate Ted Kennedy's leg to prevent the spread of cancer, he did not let the loss of his leg keep him from participating in sports.

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extol

Back 28

praise; glorify ;

The astronauts were extolled as the pioneers of the Space Age.

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exemplary

Back 29

serving as a model; outstanding;

Her exemplary behavior was praised at commencement.

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scourge

Back 30

lash; whip; severe punishment

They feared the plague and regarded it as a deadly scourge.

plague:a disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people Ex. drops in population levels due to plagues and famines

whip: شلاق
lash* : a hit with a whip, especially as a punishment
They were each given fifty lashes.