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Effigy GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Effigy GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈef.ɪ.dʒi/ (noun) a model or other object which represents someone, especially one of a hated person which is hung or burnt in a public place, statue, image, dummy, figurine, carving, representation, figure, likeness: Crowds marched through the streets carrying burning effigies of the president. Fre: effigie Fa:…
Fractious GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Fractious GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈfræk.ʃəs/ (adj) easily upset or annoyed, and tending to complain, irritable, peevish, restless, complaining, touchy, testy, grumpy: a fractious child Fre: hargneuse Fa: شکننده
Inexorable GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Inexorable GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ɪˈnek.sər.ə.bļ/ US /-sɚ-/ (adj) continuing without any possibility of being stopped, unstoppable, inevitable, unavoidable, inescapable, unchangeable, relentless, inflexible, adamant, unyielding: the inexorable progress of science Fre: inexorable Fa: نرم نشدنی، سخت، بی شفقت
Felon Felon /ˈfel.ən/ (noun) a person who is guilty of a crime, criminal, culprit, delinquent, outlaw, offender, murderer, killer, robber, thief, lawbreaker: The aggressive criminal felon was handcuffed.
Sword of Damocles Sword of Damocles If you have a sword of Damocles hanging over you/your head, something bad seems very likely to happen to you, something that threatens to cause imminent disaster, a bad and disastrous event that might occur anytime: The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over the French politics. Fre: …
Accost 1100 Words You Need Accost 1100 Words You Need /əˈkɒst/ US /-ˈkɑːst/ (verb) to approach or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way, approach, stop, confront, detain, buttonhole, hound: I’m usually accosted by beggars and drunks as I walk to the station. Fre: accoster Fa: نزدیک شدن
Throng 1100 Words You Need Throng 1100 Words You Need /θrɒŋ/ US /θrɑːŋ/ (noun & verb) a large group or crowd of people, multitude, horde, swarm, mob, host, mass, flock, cram, flood: The poor little child was lost in the throng. Fre: foule Fa: ازدحام
Pour Oil on Troubled Waters Pour Oil on Troubled Waters to make peace among people or stop a quarrel, reconcile, put people back on friendly terms, end conflict between people, calm someone down, settle down, quiet down, conciliate, pacify, appease, mollify, placate, soothe, resolve: There was such hostility between the two political parties that no…
Perceive 1100 Words You Need Perceive 1100 Words You Need /pəˈsiːv/ US /pɚ-/ (verb) to see something or someone, or to become aware of something that is obvious, to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something, notice, observe, distinguish, take in, recognize, identify, sense, comprehend, become aware of, realize: Bill…
Interminable 1100 Words You need Interminable 1100 Words You need /ɪnˈtɜː.mɪ.nə.bļ/ US /-ˈtɝː-/ (adj) continuing for too long and therefore boring or annoying, endless, ceaseless, incessant, everlasting, perpetual, never-ending: We had to listen to another of his interminable stories of his days as a soldier. Fre: interminable Fa: تمام نشدنی، بی پایان