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3000 Common SAT Vocabulary | Introduction |
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bleak |
a. [التجديف] cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable The frigid, inhospitable Aleutian Islands are bleak military outposts. |
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bloated |
a. [المتضخمة] swollen or puffed as with water or air Her bloated stomach came from drinking so much water. |
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bluff |
n. [خدعة] the pretense of strength; mislead or deceive If only, I thought, he had called our bluff from the start and told us firmly that he knew the figures but wouldn't say. |
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blunt |
a. [حادة] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive Public employee unions are demanding in blunt terms that Democrats make the tax code more progressive. |
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blurt |
v. [أفشى من غير تفكير] utter suddenly and impulsively Before she can stop you, you should blurt out the news. |
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bode |
v. [يبشر] foreshadow; indicate by signs; be an omen of; predict The gloomy skies and the odors from the mineral springs seemed to bode evil to those who settled in the area. |
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bogus |
a. [همية] counterfeit or fake; not authentic; not genuine The police quickly found the distributors of the bogus twenty-dollar bills. |
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bolt |
v. [الترباس] dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly Jack was set to bolt out the front door. |
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booming |
a. [ازدهار] deep and resonant; flourishing; thriving 'Who needs a microphone?' cried the mayor in his booming voice. |
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boundless |
a. [بلا حدود] being without boundaries or limits; infinite; vast Mike's energy was boundless: the greater the challenge, the more vigorously he tackled the job. |
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bourgeois |
a. [البرجوازية] middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional Technically, anyone who belongs to the middle class is bourgeois, but most people resent it if you call them that. |
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boycott |
v. [مقاطعة] refrain from buying or using Cesar Chavez called for consumers to boycott grapes to put pressure on grape growers to stop using pesticides that harmed the farm workers' health. |
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bravado |
n. [تبجح] defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery The bravado of the young criminal disappeared when the victims of his brutal attack confronted him. |
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brazen |
a. [وقح] having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless His entire premiership has become an exercise in brazen dishonesty. |
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breach |
n. [خرق] breaking of contract or duty; breaking of waves or surf; fissure or gap Jill sued Jack for breach of promise, claiming he had broken his promise to marry her. |
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brittle |
a. [رجل يعذب هش] easily broken; having little elasticity My employer's self-control was as brittle as an egg-shell. |
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brochure |
n. [كتيب] pamphlet; small book usually having a paper cover The Department of Agriculture issued this brochure on farming. |
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brooch |
n. [بروش] ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women The brooch was a gift from Burton, and she wore it when she wed him. |