Impugn GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪmˈpjuːn/ (verb) Definition to cast doubt on something by criticizing it, call into question, attack verbally, dispute, question, assail, query, challenge, take issue with, doubt Example I must say that I was disappointed in the content of this list – but not necessarily surprised. As is often the case, it appears…
Insurrection GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˌɪn.sərˈek.ʃən/ (noun) Definition rebellion against the government of a country usually by using violence or armed conflict, anarchy, sedition, insurgency, insurgence, mutiny, coup d’état, revolt, riot, revolution, civil disorder, civil disobedience, unrest, uprising, coup Example Family members and law enforcement have confirmed more details on the now five people who died…
Machination GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ma ki·na·tion/ (noun) Definition devising plots or schemes to accomplish some evil end or collusion, conspiracy, collusion, scheme or plot, plotting, cabal, intrigue, design, plan Example Machination is contriving a plot or conspiracy. The act of planning or contriving a scheme for executing some purpose, particularly an evil purpose; an artful…
داستان پیرمرد و نوه – آموزش زبان فارسی با داستان به همراه پادکست و ویدیوی آموزشی، لیستی از واژگان و اصطلاحات و پرسش و پاسخ برای آموزش زبان فارسی به کودکان و نوجوانان Watch this video on YouTube. داستان پیرمرد و نوه در روزگاران قدیم، پیرمردی با پسر، عروس و نوه چهار ساله اش زندگی…
روش های پیشگیری از بیماری کرونا – مطالب علمی در آموزش زبان فارسی به همراه ویدیو و آموزش واژگان فارسی برای آموزش آنلاین زبان فارسی به غیر فارسی زبانان Watch this video on YouTube. شستن دست ها برای پیشگیری از بیماری کرونا، دست های خود را مرتب با آب و صابون و به مدت حد…
Insipid GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd/ (adj) Definition lacking flavor, taste, interest or energy, vapid, dull, stale, tasteless, bland, flavorless, colorless, banal, tame, uneventful, unappetizing, boring, lifeless, uninteresting, characterless, unimaginative, unexciting Example Still, as journalists, we should hold ourselves to higher standards and fight the urge to uncritically let our own boredom infect our writing. In…
Edify GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈed.ɪ.faɪ/ (verb) Definition to guide or educate someone, instruct someone spiritually or morally, train, teach, school, enlighten, tutor, better, inform, cultivate Example Guru is a Sanskrit term for a “mentor, guide, expert, or master” of certain knowledge or field who edifies apprentices, learners or students. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is…
Cosset GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈkɒs.ɪt/ (verb) Definition to give excessive care and attention to someone, treat with great care, indulge, pamper, overindulge, coddle, shelter, mollycoddle, cater to, wrap in cotton wool, protect, fondle, dandle, spoil, baby, pet Example Cosseted children growing up unable to cope with failure because parents are ‘not allowing them to be…
Axiom GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈæk.si.əm/ (noun) Definition generally accepted truth, premise, self-evident truth, postulate, apothegm, gnome, truism, dictum, adage, proverb, rule, saying, maxim, aphorism Example The issues whose recent neglect Walder laments are central to the “political process” model that dominated social movements research in the late twentieth century. A key axiom in that approach…
Abyss GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /əˈbɪs/ (noun) Definition an extremely deep hole that seems to be bottomless, void, pit, bottomless pit, gulf, cavity, gorge, chasm, rift – a difficult situation that causes trouble, predicament Example Humankind has visited the tallest and most remote places on Earth as well as an increasing amount of space via piloted…