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GRE 6
GRE
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | slight of hand, تردستی |
| malediction | curse, بد گویی |
| benediction /ˌbenɪˈdɪkʃn/ | a Christian prayer of blessing to sing/say/give a benediction. his arms outstretched in benediction. |
| pulchritude /ˈpʌlkrɪtjuːd/ | beauty |
| circum (root) = around | circumference /səˈkʌmfərəns/ : محیط ; the circumference of the earth. circumcise /ˈsɜːkəmsaɪz/ : ختنه کردن circumambulate : walk all the way round. "they used to circumambulate the perimeter wall circumlocution : verbosity |
| invegle | lure : فریب دادن ; The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. Young people are lured to the city by the prospect of a job and money. entice : Try and entice the child to eat by offering their favourite food. |
| deleterious /ˌdeləˈtɪəriəs/ | harmful, damaging the deleterious effect of stress on health |
| modish | stylish, fashionable |
| artifice /ˈɑːtɪfɪs/ | trickery, deceit Pretending to faint was merely (an) artifice. the artifices of the theatre |
| ephemeral /ɪˈfemərəl/ | lasting for a very short time ; short-lived ; transient fashions are ephemeral. ephemeral pleasures leaflets, handouts and other ephemeral material |
| ogle | stare at ; observe in an obvious manner. He was not in the habit of ogling women. |
| lecherous /ˈletʃərəs/ | voluptuous, شهوت پرست |
| indelible /ɪnˈdeləbl/ | permanent ; ماندگار The experience made an indelible impression on me. Her unhappy childhood left an indelible mark. |
| lope | to run taking long relaxed steps The dog loped along beside her. He set off with a loping stride. |
| encomium /enˈkəʊmiəm/ | a speech or piece of writing that praises somebody or something highly. eulogy : مدح، ستایش |
| excerpt | گلچین کردن ؛ قطعه ی منتخب They only played a short excerpt. The document was excerpted from an unidentified FBI file. |
| albatross around one's neck | sth used for punishment |
| erudite /ˈerudaɪt / | learned, educated She could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion. |
| assured /əˈʃɔːd / | confident. "“Certainly not,” was her assured reply" |
| laud | to praise somebody/something He was lauded for his courage. |
| phlegmatic /fleɡˈmætɪk/ | calm ; not easily made angry or upset a phlegmatic temperament |
| dissent | مخالفت political/religious dissent |
| default | fail to fulfill an obligation, کوتاهی کردن |
| curry favor | to try to get somebody to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot. He's always trying to curry favour with the boss. |
| augury /ˈɔːɡjʊri/ | a sign of what will happen in the future ; omen a good/bad omen an omen of death/disaster |
| gusto /ˈɡʌstəʊ/ | enthusiasm and energy in doing sth They sang with gusto. |
| cripple | disable He was crippled by polio as a child. |
| thorny /ˈθɔːni/ | causing difficulty or disagreement a thorny question/issue/problem |
| sidestep | to avoid answering a question |
| do sth at your (own) peril | used to warn somebody that if they do something, it may be dangerous or cause them problems. Teachers ignore the importance of these results at their peril. |
| spearhead | a person or group that begins an activity or leads an attack against somebody/something. |
| dispute | an argument or a disagreement between two people, groups or countries; discussion about a subject where there is disagreement a dispute between the two countries about the border. dispute (over/about something) the latest dispute over fishing rights. |
| reconcile | to find an acceptable way of dealing with two or more ideas, needs, etc. that seem to be opposed to each other an attempt to reconcile the need for industrial development with concern for the environment. |
| discrepancy | disagreement, difference What are the reasons for the discrepancy between girls' and boys' performance in school? wide discrepancies in prices quoted for the work |
| discontent | dissatisfied here is widespread discontent among the staff at the proposed changes to pay and conditions. |
| windfall | an amount of money that somebody/something wins or receives unexpectedly. The hospital got a sudden windfall of £300000. |
| covet | میل به تملک چیزی داشتن، طمع به چیزی داشتن He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. They are this year's winners of the coveted trophy (= that everyone would like to win). |
| imbibe /ɪmˈbaɪb/ | to drink sth, to absorb sth He imbibed elements of oriental mysticism from the years he spent in India. |
| lugubrious /ləˈɡuːbriəs/ | sad and serious a lugubrious expression |
| magnanimous | kind, generous and forgiving, especially towards an enemy or a rival a magnanimous gesture. He was magnanimous in defeat and praised his opponent's skill. |
| mettle | strength of character.جرات The next game will be a real test of their mettle. She really showed her mettle under pressure. |
| perseverance /ˌpɜːsɪˈvɪərəns/ | persistence, tanacity, diligence, استقامت، پشتکار They showed great perseverance in the face of difficulty. |
| refractory | stubborn or unmanageable, rebellious سرکش |
| indigent | very poor |
| expel | throw out, اخراج کردن |
| perseverant | determined, unstoppable, مصمم |
| prodigious /prəˈdɪdʒəs/ | very large or powerful and causing surprise or admiration. شگرف، حیرت اور a prodigious achievement/memory/talent DVDs can store prodigious amounts of information. |
| franchise | حق رای |
| ubiquitous | everywhere, very common the ubiquitous bicycles of university towns the ubiquitous movie star, Tom Hanks |
| mediocre | not very good, average |
| voluble | talking a lot (volubility : talkativeness) Evelyn was very voluble on the subject of women's rights. |
| accolade /ˈækəleɪd/ | praise or an award for an achievement that people admire |
| impugne /ɪmˈpjuːn/ | call into question, challenge the father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother. |
| cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/ | a style of cooking Italian cuisine |
| delectable /dɪˈlektəbl/ | delicious the delectable smell of freshly baked bread delectable chocolate truffles |
| reprobate | a person who behaves in a way that society thinks is immoral reprobate behavior |
| clamor | to demand sth loudly People began to clamour for his resignation. |
| mercurial /mɜːˈkjʊəriəl/ | wild fluctuations in personality, volatile, unsteady Emily's mercurial temperament made her difficult to live with. |
| equivocation | ابهام، طفره These actions must be condemned without equivocation. I say this without equivocation |
| resolute | determined, firm , مصمم resolute leadership He became even more resolute in his opposition to the plan. Her voice sounded calm and resolute. |
| sanctuary | haven, refugee to take sanctuary in a place The government offered sanctuary to 4000 refugees. |
| reproach | blame or criticism for something you have done His voice was full of reproach. The captain's behaviour is above/beyond reproach(= you cannot criticize it). |
| infer | make stereotypes , استنباط کردن Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context. Readers are left to infer the killer's motives. |
| adhere | stick, conform |
| supplant | replace, uproot Their work has been largely supplanted by the use of a computer program that fulfils the same function. |
| supersede /ˌsuːpəˈsiːd/ | replace The theory has been superseded by more recent research. |
| temper, damp | moderate, hold back he was able to damp(temper) his wild fluctuations in personality. |
| portentous /pɔːˈtentəs/ | unfavorable , نا فرجام، بد یمن the envelope and its portentous contents. portentous sign |
| pertinacious /ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs/ | determined, tenacious, persistent, persevering, resolute he worked with a pertinacious resistance to interruptions. |
| unremitting | continuos, never stopping unremitting hostility |
| drizzle | نم نم باران |
| chary | not willing to risk doing something; cautious محتاط most people are chary of allowing themselves to be photographed. |
| opprobrium /əˈprəʊbriəm/ | severe criticism of a person, country, etc. by a large group of people ; ننگ The bombing has attracted international opprobrium. The government did not deserve the opprobrium heaped on it by the national press. |
| implicate | incriminate, involve police claims implicated him in many more killings. |
| birthright | حق مسلٓم he property is the birthright of the eldest child. Education is every child's birthright. |
| unflappable | self controlled Malati, a sedate old female, was a placid soul, unflappable even in a crisis. |
| heckle | interrupt with aggressive comments He was booed and heckled throughout his speech. |
| extol | praise enthusiastically he extolled the virtues of the Russian people. |
| badger | harras, bother, pester ; اذیت کردن، به ستوه اوردن journalists badgered him about the deals. |
| daunt | intimidate, frighten, scare some people are daunted by technology |
| intrepid | fearless, adventurous our intrepid reporter. |
| incongruous | strange, and not suitable in a particular situation, inappropriate Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our technical age. The two of them made an incongruous couple. |
| salubrious | pleasant to live in; clean and healthy salubrious weather |
| disseminate | to spread information, knowledge, etc. so that it reaches many people Their findings have been widely disseminated. |
| confound | to confuse and surprise somebody The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. |
| corroborate /kəˈrɒbəreɪt/ | confirm The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses. corroborating evidence |
| espouse | adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life) ; 2) marry "he turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth'' |
| dispel | make disappear, eliminate His speech dispelled any fears about his health. |
| promulgate | to spread an idea, a belief, etc. among many people ; make public ; اعلام کردن these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization. |
| egghead | intellectual |
| sermon | speech |
| utterly | totally, completely We're so utterly different from each other. She utterly failed to convince them. |
| enchanting /ɪnˈtʃɑːntɪŋ/ | delightfully charming or attractive. "Dinah looked enchanting" |
| devolve | transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level "measures to devolve power to the provinces" |
| congregation | crowd, group of people |
| execrable /ˈeksɪkrəbl/ | extremely bad or unpleasant. "execrable cheap wine" |
| notwithstanding | despite |
| inauspicious /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/ | unfortunate, unpromising , نا مبارک، شوم an inauspicious start |
| euphemism | جایگزین مودبانه ‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’. |
| fallacious | wrong; based on a false idea a fallacious argument |
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