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For Advanced Students of ESL: Glossary of Difficult Words; in Alphabetical Order
Lütfen testlerdeki cevap kutucuklarını, soruyu enikonu irdeleyip önce kendiniz cevaplamadıkça açmayınız |
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Grup # 001 abandondon -- abject |
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abandon /ı-BÆN-dın/ |
relinquish, leave, desert, quit, forsake |
bırakmak, bırakıp gitmek, terketmek, yüzüstü bırakmak, feragat etmek |
abandon one's rights, abandon one's wife, to abandon ship (tehlike anında gemiyi terketmek), abandon a project, abandon all hope, abandoned their native language |
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abash /ı-BÆŞ/ |
embarrass, discomfit, disconcert, make ashamed; destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of; confuse, confound |
utandırmak (suçluluk veya aşağı olma hissi uyandırarak veya hatasına işaret ederek); özgüvenini yitirmiş ve/ya kafası karışmış duruma düşürmek |
What abashment! What a blow to my pride! She seemed somewhat abashed; probably she had mistaken me for someone else. The boy stood abashed before the teacher's questioning eyes. |
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abate /ı-BEYT/ |
reduce, let up, decrease, diminish, lessen |
şiddetini azaltmak, dindirmek, düşürmek, indirmek, şiddeti azalmak, dinmek, hafiflemek |
to abate the pain; abate the the misery of the unemployed; the storm abated. there was no abatement in/of/for |
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abbreviate /ıb-RE-vi-EYT/ |
shorten, curtail, brief, truncate, abridge |
kısaltmak, kısaltma yapmak [boyca kısaltmak, makasla keserek kısaltmak gibi kavramlar için kullanılmaz] |
"Acad." for Academy, "Aug." for August, "Ave." for Avenue, and etc. are examples of common abbreviations. |
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abdicate /ÆB-di-KEYT/ |
surrender or relinquish sovereign power; withdraw indefinitely from a high office, abandon |
feragat etmek, terketmek |
to abdicate the throne |
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abduct /ıb-DAKT/ |
kidnap [carry away or force to come along (usually a human being) often by violence and not-so-infrequently to extract ransom (=fidye)] |
kaçırmak, adam kaldırmak, ayartarak veya zorla kaçırmak |
abducted by aliens from outer space. (Tıp dilinde ise "abduction" yine Latince kök anlamına dayalı farklı bir anlam taşır -- Sözlüğe bknz.) |
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aberration /ıbı-REY-şın/ |
deviation, distortion, abnormality, anomaly, moral deviation |
sapma, doğru yoldan ayrılma, normal veya ahlaklı olandan sapma |
aberancy, aberrant... mental aberration, optical aberration. |
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abhor /ıb-HO:/ |
hate, detest, loathe, scorn |
tiksinmek, iğrenmek, nefret etmek |
to have an abhorrence of spiders. Everyone abhors a traitor. A proposal that would be abhorred by any sensitive citizen. |
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abide by /ı-BAYD-BAİ/ |
adhere to, not to break (the rules) |
kurala uygun davranmak riayet etmek |
abide by the rules. [Bu sözcüğün -- "by" ilgeci olmaksızın "ikamet etmek" anlamı da vardır; aklınızın bir köşesinde dursun] |
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abject /ÆB-CEKT/ |
1. contemptible, base, ignoble, worthless, mean; 2. down in spirit or hope, showing hopelessness or resignation; 3. in a humble and often ingratiating (= yaltaklanan) spirit |
1. aşağılık, sefil, şerefsiz; 2. ruhen çökkün ve umutsuzluğa batmış, acınacak halde; 3. yalvaran ve yaltaklanan tarzda |
an abject liar, abject surrender, live in abject poverty, abject flattery, an abject apology |
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EXERCISE (01) Use Each word Only Once
abandoned - abashed - abated abbreviated - abdicate
01 - The terms "gigabyte" and "kilobyte" are often to GB and KB, respectively. [respectively = sırasıyla] 02 - In 1909, an attempt at counter-revolution by the supporters of Abdul Hamid was swiftly crushed, and the Sultan was forced to and go into exile in Salonica. 03 - The storm somewhat in the afternoon. 04 - He his wife and children, and fled the country to escape his creditors. [fled the country = ülkeden kaçtı. (to flee)] 05 - A person stands when struck with sudden sense of guilt, shame or a humbling sense of inferiority. A person reduced to that state looks rather sheepish. [sheepish = mahçup, aptallaşmış, alı al moru mor] |
EXERCISE (02) Use Each word Only Once
abducted - aberration - abhors abide by - abject
01 - The boy absolutely having to do any homework or participating in any group project. 02 - As a citizen of this country, you must its rules and regulations, or else face the consequences. 03 - Many people have reported memories of having been repeatedly by aliens over the years. 04 - The family lived in poverty on the outskirts of the city, and often suffered from hunger and cold. 05 - Until recently, several methods had been proposed for the correction of spherical and/or chromatic in microscopic objectives, but none had been demonstrated to work in practice. |
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EXERCISE (03) Use Each word Only Once
abbreviation - abject - abhorrence abide by - abdication
01 - As a linguist of the descriptive school, I freely admit that many of the so-called grammatical rules seem to me to be rather arbitrary; as, in casual conversation, people never seem to them. 02 - Extreme shock and deep regret over the emperor's was quite widespread throughout the country. 03 - Poor girl! (She has an almost phobic of all kinds of insects.) An inconsiderate friend of hers sent her a beautifully decorated box for her birthday, from which, as she opened it, jumped out six big black spiders! 04 - What an humiliation for a Prime Minister to be bound by what Mr. Bush in Washington or Mr. Ollie Rehn in Brussels might think or say. 05 - Do you know what the is for the phrase "Nothing by mouth"? It means "Hastaya ağızdan hiçbirşey verilmeyecek," in Turkish. [The answer is NPO.] |
EXERCISE (04) Use Each word Only Once
abduction - aberrations - abate abashment - abandon
01 - Certain psychopharmacologic drugs are known to inhibit the development of behavioral in such cases. 02 - Despite all the verbal battering she got, there was no change in her attitude; there wasn't the slightest sign of or remorse on her face. [verbal battering = sözel hırpalama... remorse = pişmanlık, nedamet] 03 - After weeks of negotiations, North Korea has agreed to its nuclear weapons programs. 04 - Fighting broke out between Israeli forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah guerillas in the summer of 2006, following the of two Israeli soldiers by the Shiite group. It took a U.N. Security Council resolution to end the armed conflict. 05 - Cold water or an ice pack can be used to the pain from a chemical burn. |
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