یادگیری 504 لغت ضروری انگلیسی هر روز 20 لغت / روز شش
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هر روز 20 لغت از کتاب 504 Absolutely Essential Words تمرین کنید و در کمتر از یک ماه همه لغات مهم و ضروری زبان انگلیسی را یاد بگیرید. لغات امروز:
Dispute
the act of coming into conflict
If kids can't settle their own argument, they may need someone to mediate their dispute, or conflict. You can often tell this is the case if you hear the loud cry, "Mom!"
Challenge
a call to engage in a contest or fight
A challenge is something that puts you to the test — like running your first marathon or reading War and Peace.
Quantity
how much there is or how many there are of something
Quantity tells you “how much.” If you're concerned with quantity not quality, it's more important how many you have than how good they are.
Retain
secure and keep for possible future use or application
Retain means to hold on to or keep. People who can retain a lot of information are often mistaken for geniuses, but really they just have very good memories.
Annual
occurring every year
When something is annual, it happens once a year. An annual holiday party should be a time for fun, but it also can be a sad yearly reminder of the passage of time.
Keen
intense or sharp
If you have a keen interest in something, you are really, really into it. Keen is an adjective that describes something that is intense, sharp, or focused.
Despite
contemptuous disregard
Despite is used as a preposition when something happens even though it might have been prevented by something else. You might go see a movie despite hearing a negative review of it.
Confirm
strengthen
When you need to make sure before you leave that you have a reservation, you often call ahead to confirm, that is, to make sure that your tickets or space are set aside for you.
Precede
be earlier in time
To precede is to come before. A short speech will precede the dinner. As you walk down the garden path, the bed of roses precedes the holly bush. When marching into the room, the younger kids precede the older ones.
Survive
continue in existence after
To survive something is to live through it or endure it. You can survive a car accident, or you can survive your little brother's four-hour violin recital.
Alter
cause to change; make different
After eating too many gingerbread cookies, she no longer fit into her uniform, so she had a seamstress alter it. It looked pretty much the same.
Volunteer
a person who performs work done by choice
To volunteer means to freely offer up your time and service to help. So a volunteer might offer to water a neighbor's plants while he's on vacation or sign up to serve dinner at a local homeless shelter.
Detect
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
The verb detect means to discover or observe the existence of something. If you walk into your house and detect the odor of burnt food, you can deduce from the evidence that you will be going out to dinner tonight!
Merit
the quality of being deserving
Merit means "worthiness or excellence." If you receive a certificate of merit in school, you are being recognized for doing a good job. As a verb, merit means "deserve." Your certificate might merit a prominent place on your bulletin board!
Document
a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
A document is a piece of paper that contains official information. Don't you wish you had a document saying that the bank owed you $5 million?
Promote
assign to a higher position
If you work for a marketing firm, your job is to promote new products — to publicize them and to try to get the public to buy them.
Calculate
make a mathematical computation
To calculate is to compute, by figuring out a mathematical equation or a situation. You can calculate your monthly student loan payments, or calculate the risk of not paying them on time.
Comprehend
get the meaning of something
To comprehend something is to understand it, like when you have to read a difficult passage more than once in order to comprehend it.
Confine
place limits on
Confine is all about setting limits. If you are confined to the house, it means you can't leave it. If you're really sick, you might be confined to your bed.
Hasty
excessively quick
Hasty means speedy and brash. If you try to make a hasty exit after breaking up with someone, you’ll seem like a jerk.
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