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argot (n.) a specialized vocabulary used by a group |
Writers of crime fiction often use the argot of criminals and detectives to create a realistic atmosphere. |
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arrest (v.) to stop; to sieze |
Temporary arrest of the patient's respiration made it easier for the doctor to perform surgery on him |
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artifact (n.) item made by human craft |
Marxist contend that appreciation of the art has declined because capitalism has trained people to perceive human artifacts as commodities, and has alienated people from nature, their true humanity, their creations. |
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artless (adj.) guileless; natural |
The source of meaning of artless as guileless is the poet John Dryden, who wrote of William Shakespeare in 1672: "Such artless beauty lies in Shakespeare wit. . ." |
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*ascetic (n.) one who practice self-denial, or self-discipline and abstention. |
Muslim ascetics consider the internal battle against human passion a greater jihad than the struggle infidels. |
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ascetic (adj.) self-denying or austere asceticism (n.) |
The writer's ascetic lifestyle helped her to concentrate on finishing her novel.
One tradition of asceticism derives from the belief that the body is fundamentally bad and must subjugated to the soul. |
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asperity (n.) severity; harshness; irritability قسوة, وجه, حدة |
In his autobiography Gerald Trywhitt, the British writer, composer, artist, and aesthete, recounts a humorous incident: "Many years later, when I was sketching in Rome, a grim-looking Englishwoman came up to me and said with some asperity, 'I see you are painting MY view.'" |
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*aspersion (n.) slender; false rumor تشهير, نضح, طعم, قذف |
The Republic of Singapore is a young democracy, and its leaders often respond strongly to journalist and others and who cast aspersion on their intigrity. |
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*assiduous (adj.) diligent, hard-working مجتهد, حرص, مواظب, كاد, دائم الملاطفة, حريص |
The assiduous people of Hong Kong live in a territory with one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. |
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assuage (v.) to make less severe هدأ, لطف, سكن, أشبع, أزال, مرافق |
On November 21, 1864, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln wrote the following in the a letter to Mrs. Bixby Boston, who had lost five sons in battle: "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the alter of freedom." |
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astringent (adj.) harsh; severe صارم, مقلص |
Bob tends to nick himself when he shaves, so he uses an astringent aftershave to stop the bleeding. |
