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abate |
v. to decrease; reduce azaltmak geçmek, dinmek, ceza indirimi yapmak |
NASA announced that it would delay... By the weekend, the storms had abated. |
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abdicate |
v. to give up a position, right ,or power tahtı terketmek, görevden vazgeçmek, istifa etmek abdicate responsibility formal bir şeyin sorumluluğunu daha fazla üslenmemek abdication vazgeçme, terk |
The appeals furge has abdicated his responsibility to revlew the findings of the high court |
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aberrant |
adj. deviating from what is normal sapkın kimse, sapan, anormal |
When a person's behavfor becomes aberrant, his or her peers may become concerned that the individual is becoming a devlant |
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abeyance |
n. temporary suppressions or suspension sürünceme, kullanılmama, askıda kalma, kullamılmama |
A good fudge must hold his or her fudgment in abeyance until all the facts in a case have been presented |
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abject |
adj. miserable; pitiful perişan, sefil, umutsuz, zavallı ezik, mahcup, pişman, utanmış |
John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath portrays the abject poverty of many people during the Great Depression |
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abjure |
v. reject; abandon formally inkar etmek, yemin ederek reddetmek |
He abjured his religion/his life of dissipation.
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abscission |
n. the act of cutting: the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant fasıla, kesilme, ara |
Two scientists, Alan G. Williams and Thomas G. Whitham, have hypothesized that premature leaf abscission is an adaptive plant response to herbivorous attack |
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abscond |
v. to depart secretly izinsizce kaçmak, ayrılmak, sıvışmak |
A warrant is out for the arrest of a person believed to have absconded with three million dollars |
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abstemious |
adj. moderate in appetite kanaatkar, özellikle yeme içme konusunda kendini tutan |
Some research suggests that people with an abstemious lifestyletend to live longer than people who indulge theirnappetites |
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abstinence |
n. the giving up of certain pleasures mahrum olma, uzak durma, kaçınma |
The monk's vow of abstinence includes all intoxicating substances |
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abysmal |
adj. very bad çok kötü, berbat, adi |
the team's abysmal
performance last season |
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accretion |
n. growth in size or increase in amount ihlak, katılma, büyüme |
In the 1960s,the American geophysicist. Harry Hess concewed the idea of sea floor spreading a process in which the new crust in the ocean is continually generated by igneous proceses at the crests of the mid-oceanic ridges, causing a steady accretion of the crust |
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accrue |
v. to accumulate; grow by additions çoğalmak, birikmek |
Interest will accrue on the account at a rate of seven percent.Little benefit will accrue to the city (= it will receive little benefit)from the new transport links.
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adamant |
adj. uncompromising: unyielding inatçı, dik başlı, dediğim dedikçi, sert adamantly adverb kararlı bir şekilde |
[+ (that)] They are adamant that they have not broken any rules.
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adjunct |
n. something added, attached, or joined ikinci derecede olan şey, yardımcı, tamamlayıcı |
Speed walking, cross-country running, and marathons are normally regarded as adjuncts of track and field athletics since races in these sports are not normally held on a track |
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admonish |
v. to caution or reprimand hafif bir dille azarlamak, uyarmak, ikaz etmek |
The fudge admonished the jury to discount testimony that had been ruled inadmissible |
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adulterate |
v. to corrupt or make impure saflığını bozmak, yabancı madde katmak, değerini düşürmek |
The unscrupulous company sells an adulterated version of the drug, and doesn't inform consumers that they are getting a less efficacious drug than they think they are getting |
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aesthetic |
adj. relating to beauty or art estetik aesthetically adverb estetik, uyumlu bir şekilde |
the aesthetic appeal of cats
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affected |
adj. pretentious, phony samimi ve alışılmış olmayan biçimde konuşan veya davranan |
It has been argued that the emphasis on so-called "proper English" leads to unnatural and affected speech |
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affinity |
n. fondness; liking; similarity yakın ilgi, alaka SIMILARITY [C, U] benzerlik |
She seems to have a natural affinity for/with water.
There are affinities between this poem and some of his earlier work |
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aggrandize |
v. to make larger or greater büyütmek, yüceltmek, çoğaltmak |
One of the concerns of the framers of the U.S. Constitution was that one branch of government would try to aggrandize itself at the expense of the others |
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aggregate |
adj. amounting to a whole; total toplam, agrega (inşaatta) |
The aggregate wealth of a country includes private as well as public resources and possessions |
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alacrity |
n. cheerful willingnees; eagerness; speed bir şeyi isteyerek ve hızlı bir şekilde yapma, hızlı ve çevikçe yapma |
The football coach was pleased to see the team get to work on the task of improving its tackling skills with alacrity |
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alchemy |
n. medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation alşimi, simya ilmi |
Alchemy was theforerunner of the modern science of chemistry |
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allay |
v. to lessen; ease; soothe birinin daha az endişelenmesini veya korkmasını sağlamak, korkularını, endişelerini, sorunlarını azaltmak |
I tried to allay his fears about the interview.
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alleviate |
v. to relieve; improve partially hafifletmek, etkisini azaltmak alleviation iyileştirme |
She's been given some tablets to alleviate the pain.
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alloy |
n. a combination; a mixture of two or more metals alaşım |
Scientists formulate alloys to create properties that are not possessed by natural metals or other substances
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allure |
n. the power to entice by charm cazibe, çekicilik, büyü attractive or exciting cezbedici, çekici, heyecan veren |
the allure of the city
an alluring image |
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amalgamate |
v. to combine into a unified whole iki kurumun bir araya gelerek birlik oluşturması, tek bir çatı altında toplanmak, birlik olmak amalgamation birleşim |
a decision to amalgamate with another school |
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ambiguous |
adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning çok anlamlı, zor anlaşılan, karmaşık
ambiguously belirsiz bir şekilde |
an ambiguous statement
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ambivalence |
n. the state of having conflicting emotional attitudes. çelişkili,karmaşık duygular içinde olan, kararsız, ne yapacağını bilmez halde olan ambivalence kararsızlık |
He was ambivalent about moving to London.
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ambrosia |
n. something delicious; the food of the gods leziz, çok lezzetli yemek |
Thecombination offlavors in the Moroccan baked aggplant was pure ambrosia The adjective is ambrosial |
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ameliorate |
v. to improve iyileştirmek, iyi duruma getirmek |
Knowing they could not stop the spread of a contagion in a few days, health authorities worked to inhibit its spread and to amelionrate its effects by issuing warnings to the public and initiating immunization programs |
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amenable |
adj. agreeable; cooperative; suited iyi huylu, yumuşak başlı, uysal |
She may be more amenable to the idea now.
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amenity |
n. something that increases comfort yaşamı kolaylaştıran şeylerin tümü |
[usually plural] The campsite's amenities include a pool and threerestaurants.
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amulet |
n. ornament worn as a charm against evil spirits muska, hamail, nazar boncuğu |
The early Christian Church forbade the use of amulets, which had becomcommonin the Roman Empire at the time the Christian Church began to develop |
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anachronism |
n. something out of the proper time kronolojik hata, tarihi hata |
Some experts regard the retirement age of 65 as an anachronism at a time when people in the developed world have much longer life expectancies than previously |
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analgesic |
n. medication that reduces or eliminates pain ağrı kesici ilaç, analzejik ilaç |
Asark of the drugacetylsalicylic acid) is a powerful analgesic that was introduced in 1899 and is still one of the most effective medicines available to alleviate pain, fever, and inflammation |
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analogous |
adj. comparable bazı hususlarda benzeşen, benzeyen |
It's often said that life is analogous to a journey.
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anarchy |
n. absence of government; state of disorder anarşi, kaos
anarchic anarşik |
The adjective anarchic means lacking order or control |
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anodyne |
n. something that calms or soothes pain ağrı kesici, sakinleştirici ilaç |
Some people use alcohol as an anodyne to numb their emotional pain |
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anomalous |
adj. irregular; deviating from the norm aykırı, uygunsuz, çelişkili |
The noun is anomaly |
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antecedent |
n. something that comes before yerine zamir gelen isim, öncül, önce gelen |
Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
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antediluvian |
adj. prehistoric eski kafalı kimse, tufandan önceki devre ait |
My mother has some hopelessly antediluvian ideas about the roleof women.
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antipathy |
n. dislike; hostility sevmeme, hoşlanmama, hoşnut olmama, antipati |
He is a private man with a deep antipathy to/towards the press.
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apathy |
n. indifference duyarsızlık, ilgisizlik |
Apathy was high in the election because there was no major controversy or issue to arouse voter interest |
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apex |
n. the highest point doruk, zirve, en tepe nokta |
the apex of a pyramid
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apogee |
n. the point in an orbit most istant from the body being orbited; the highest point en uzak aşama, zirve, yeröte |
The Ottoman Empire reached its apogee in the seventeenth century, when it controlled a territory running from Budapest to North Africa |
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apothegm |
n. a terse, witty saying (pronounced AP-uh-them and also spelled apophthegm) vecize, özdeyiş, özlü söz |
One of the best-known political apothegms was written by the British historian Lord Acton; "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" |
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appease |
v. to calm; pacify; placate birinin istediği gibi davranmak, huyuna suyuna gitmek, söyleneni yapmak
appeasement sakinleştirme |
Many historians have criticized British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for trying to appease Adolf Hitler in the 1930s |