Vocabulary For Ielts (Unit 19)

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Current affairs (n)

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[uncountable]

important political events or other events in society that are happening now

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Compile (v) *

Back 2

to make a book, list, record etc, using different pieces of information, music etc ⇒ compilation:

✓The document was compiled by the Department of Health

compile something from/for something

✓The report was compiled from a survey of 5,000 households.

Hint 2

جمع آوری کردن

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Assess (v) ***

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assess the impact/extent/effectiveness etc of something

✓a report to assess the impact of advertising on children

assess what/how etc

✓The technique is being tried in classrooms to assess what effects it may have.

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to make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking carefully about it

Synonym : judge

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censorship (n) *

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[uncountable]

the practice or system of censoring something:

✓censorship of books

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Tabloid (n) *

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(also tabloid newspaper)

a newspaper that has small pages, a lot of photographs, and stories mainly about sex, famous people etc rather than serious news ⇒ broadsheet

—tabloid (adjective) [only before noun]:

✓tabloid journalists

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Relegate (v) *

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formal

to give someone or something a less important position than before

relegate somebody/something to something

✓Women tended to be relegated to typing and filing jobs.

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ارجاع کردن، انداختن

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Biased (adj) *

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more interested in a particular thing than in another

✓The majority of infants are biased towards being social rather than being antisocial.

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سودار، جهت دار

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exposé (n)

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(countable)

a story in a newspaper or on television that shows the truth about something, especially something dishonest or shocking

✓an exposé of corrupt practices by lawyers

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Safeguard (n) *

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a rule, agreement etc that is intended to protect someone or something from possible dangers or problems:

✓International safeguards prevent the increase of nuclear weapons.

✓safeguards against the exploitation of children

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bias (v) *

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to unfairly influence attitudes, choices, or decisions:

✓Several factors could have biased the results of the study.

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[Word Family: verb: bias; noun: bias; adjective: biased ≠ unbiased]

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Intrude (v) *

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to interrupt someone or become involved in their private affairs, in an annoying and unwanted way:

✓Would I be intruding if I came with you?

intrude into/on/upon

✓Employers should not intrude into the private lives of their employees.

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Intrusion (n)

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publicize (v) *

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(also publicise British English)

to give information about something to the public, so that they know about it:

✓television's failure to publicize the unemployment issue

well/widely/highly publicized (=receiving a lot of attention)

✓His visit was highly publicized.

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[Word Family: noun: public, publication, publicist, publicity; verb: publicize; adverb: publicly; adjective: public]

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sensationalize (v)

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[transitive]

(also sensationalise British English)

to deliberately make something seem as strange, exciting, or shocking as possible

– used in order to show disapproval:

✓The media often sensationalizes crime.

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Exploit (v) *

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to treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but giving them very little in return

– used to show disapproval:

✓Homeworkers can easily be exploited by employers.

Hint 14

بهره برداری کردن از

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Impartial (adj) *

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not involved in a particular situation, and therefore able to give a fair opinion or piece of advice

Synonym : fair

Antonym : biased:

✓We offer impartial advice on tax and insurance.

✓an impartial inquiry into the deaths

—impartially (adverb)

—impartiality (noun) [uncountable]

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بی طرف، بی غرض

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Hype (n)

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attempts to make people think something is good or important by talking about it a lot on television, the radio etc

– used to show disapproval ⇒ exaggeration:

✓Some experts are concerned that the new drug won't live up to all the hype.

✓Despite the media hype, I found the film very disappointing.

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Distort (v)

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[transitive]

to report something in a way that is not completely true or correct:

✓His account was badly distorted by the press.

—distorted (adjective)

—distortion (noun)

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تحریف شدن

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Invade (v)

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[transitive]

to get involved in something in an unwanted and annoying way:

✓What right does he have to invade my privacy?

✓Patients are given the feeling that they mustn't try to invade medical territory (=try to deal with things that are not their responsibility).

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Invasive (adj)

Invasion (n)

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Pervasive (adj)

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existing everywhere:

✓the pervasive influence of television

✓the all-pervasive mood of apathy

—pervasiveness (noun) [uncountable]

—pervade (verb)

—pervasion (noun)

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Superficial (adj) *

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seeming to have a particular quality, although this is not true or real

superficial resemblance/similarity

✓Despite their superficial similarities, the two novels are, in fact, very different.

at/on a superficial level

✓At a superficial level, things seem to have remained the same.

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ظاهری، سطحی

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Rectify (v)

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formal

to correct something that is wrong

Synonym : put right:

I did my best to rectify the situation, but the damage was already done.

—rectification (noun) [uncountable and countable]

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جبران کردن، اصلاح کردن

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Casualty (n)

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[countable]

someone who is hurt or killed in an accident or war:

✓Our aim is to reduce road casualties.

✓civilian casualties (=people who are not soldiers who are injured or killed)

cause/inflict casualties

✓The rebels have inflicted heavy casualties.

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تلفات

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Seize (v) **

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to take hold of something suddenly and violently

Synonym : grab:

✓Suddenly, he seized my hand.

seize something from somebody

✓Maggie seized the letter from her.

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Prejudice (n) *

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an unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way, especially because of their race, sex, religion etc

– used to show disapproval:

✓Women still face prejudice in the workplace.

✓It takes a long time to overcome these kinds of prejudices.

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پیش داوری

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Disseminate (v) *

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to spread information or ideas to as many people as possible:

✓Her findings have been widely disseminated.

—dissemination (noun) [uncountable]:

✓the dissemination of information

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توزیع اخبار

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Cynical (adj)

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unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something:

✓a cynical view of human nature

✓The public is cynical about election promises.

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عیبجو

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regulate (v) *

Back 27

to control an activity or process, especially by rules:

✓strict rules regulating the use of chemicals in food

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تعدیل کردن، تنظیم کردن

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Ridicule (v)

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[Transitive]

to laugh at a person, idea etc and say that they are stupid

Synonym : mock

✓At the time, his ideas were ridiculed.

Hint 28

ریشخند کردن، تمسخر کردن