از میان 500 واژه انگلیسی که در کتابی به همین نام مطالعه کردم، تعدادی را، هم به لحاظ اینکه برای اول بار یاد گرفتم و یا اینکه معانی دیگر آن برایم جالب بود را جدا کردم ( ده درصد مجموع واژه های مهم اشاره شده در آن کتاب ) و در اینجا برای استفاده خودم و دیگران گذاشته ام. البته با توجه به فصل امتحانات بعضی ها! امیدوارم که بتواند مفید واقع شود.
spontaneous: خودبخود، بی اختیار، فوری adj. unplanned; uncontrolled
The crowd reacted spontaneously to the danger.
wanton: بیفکر، گستاخ، جسور، بی احترام adj. done without thought or consideration
The jealous man was wantonly impolite to the winner
impulse: انگیزه آنی و بدون فکر قبلی v. a sudden desire to do sth.
Many shoppers buy items on impulse. She reacted impulsively to the loud noise.
capricious: دمدمی مزاج، هوسباز a capricious person often changes their mind unexpectedly.
A variety of cases exist where U.S. companies have been unfairly affected by what they consider to be arbitrary and capricious enforcement of laws.
prone: متمایل، مستعد adj. likely to do sth. Prone position: وضعیت درازکش
She is prone to study hard the night before her tests.
prompt: برانگیختن، به فعالیت واداشتن، سریع کردن، آماده v. to cause sth to happen; to do quickly; to be on time
His emotional plea prompted the director to give him a second chance.
assimilate: وفق دادن، تلفیق کردن، شبیه ساختن 1) if you assimilate ideas, customs or methods, you learn them and make use of it. 2) When immigrants are assimilated into a community, they become a part of it and often lose some of their own traditions and culture.
Assimilation of a new cultural environment can be difficult.
conform: همنوایی کردن (با هنجار)، مطابقت کردن، وفق دادن to follow established rules or patterns of behavior.
You must conform to the rules or leave the party. He has always been a conformist.
disguise: لباس مبدل پوشیدن، گول زدن، پوشاندن v. to hide the usual appearance of sth.
It is hard to disguise the fact that business is slow. He went among the enemy in disguise. He had tried all source of disguise.
outlandish: بیگانه وار، عجیب غریب strange and unpleasant; beyond accepted norms (bizarre)
Rebellious youth in many countries dress outlandishly.
frail: سست، نحیف، شکننده adj. weak in health or in a body (fragile)
A frail child. One of the frailties of human being is laziness.
absurd: یاوه، نامعقول adj. clearly false, without reason (ridiculous)
Confidentially, I think his suggestion is absurd. They are absurdly irrational about the issue.
enact: به صورت قانون درآوردن، وضع کردن (قانون)، تصویب کردن to pass a law
Congress enacted the legislation during its last session. The enactment of the law is in the hands of the Parliament.
elude: اجتناب کردن از، طفره زدن از to escape in a tricky way (evade)
The criminal has eluded the police for months. Elude one’s enemy.
amenity: سازگاری، راحتی، خاطر، مطبوعیت n. sth that makes life easier or more enjoyable
One expects many amenities (conveniences) at a five-star hotel.
elicit: استخراج کردن، استنباط کردن to get the facts, to draw out, extract
A lawyer will elicit all the facts necessary to prove her case. Elicitation of the truth can be difficult at times.
assert: حمایت کردن، اظهار قطعی کردن to express or defend oneself strongly (declare)
The government asserted its control over the banking system. The company president is an assertive individual.
arbitrary: adj.1 an action or decision made with little thought, order, or reason : Her choice of clothing seemed arbitrary. 2 showing unlimited power without taking account of other opinion: An arbitrary decision against the workers.
discern: v. to see sth clearly: It is often difficult to discern the truth in newspapers.
discernible: adj. noticeable; easily seen: A feeling of anxiety was discernible among the members of the team. (Syn: ascertainable)
vibrant: adj. lively, powerful, full of action, bright (Syn: brilliant)
His vibrant personality made him well liked by everyone. The vibrancy of the city is attractive to many individuals.
rudimentary: adj. 1 including the first stage only; simple; not complex (Syn: basic)
He has a rudimentary knowledge of computers. 2 undeveloped: rudimentary wings.
trepidation: wory or anexiety about sth that is going to happen
cavalcade: سواره رژه رفتن Cavalcades of cars circled with horns blaring as thousands poured into the city waving the black and red Albanian flag.
revel: شادمانی کردن Across the capital, Pristina, revelers danced in the streets, fired guns into the air and waved red and black Albanian flags in jubilation at the birth of the world's newest country.
deter: بازداشتن، دچار ترس و تردید کردن"Dreams are infinite, our challenges loom large, but nothing can deter us from moving forward to the greatness that history has reserved for us."Thaci told the assembly.
cradle: مهد Thaci pledged that the new nation would be "a democratic, multiethnic state" — an attempt to reach out to Serbs who consider Kosovo the cradle of their medieval culture and religion.
stern: سخت و محکم (adj) But he also had stern words for the Serbian government, which last week declared secession illegal and invalid, saying in the Serbian language: "Kosovo will never be ruled by Belgrade again."
circumvent: در اینجا به معنای دورزدن If someone circumvent a rule or restriction, they avoid being prevented from doing something by the rule or restriction in a clever way.
Iran's first investment banks will start operating next month, part of Tehran's strategy of opening new banking channels but also part of its effort to circumvent US restrictions on its financial sector.
tirade: سخنرانی شدید اللحن tirade is a long, angry speech critisizing someone or something.
A defiant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Tehran was close to its target of producing nuclear energy and launched a new tirade against Israel as world powers seek to impose new sanctions on Iran.
spate: هجوم بی مقدمه، سیلاب رگبار spate of things is a lot of them happening or appearing within a short period of time.
Spate of attacks kill dozens in Iraq . Car bombs and gunmen struck new U.S. allies, police and civilians Sunday in northern Iraq, killing as many as 53 people. The spate of attacks came even as the American military released a captured diary and another document they say show al-Qaida in Iraq cracking under a Sunni revolt against its brutal tactics.
