الاثنين، 8 نوفمبر 2010

Abstruse


غامض
abstruse (adj) : deep, hard to understand, or complicated

"EX: His cinema is neither abstruse or abstract like art films nor is it escapist and unrealistic like hardcore commercial cinema," Khanna said here today  

امتنع كف عن
abstain (v) : to hold back from something, avoid, or quit
Synonyms: abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold
 Antynom: indulge, use

Absorb


تشغل اهتمام كامل , أو قدرة امتصاص
absorb (v) : to get someone's full interest; it also means to suck up or to take in
Synonyms: captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet
 Antynom: distract

Abridge


اختصر, حرم
abridge (v) : to cut short, reduce in size or to shrink, shorten
Synonyms: abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncate
Antynoms: add, enlarge, expand, extend, increase, lengthen
"EX: Even the necessary and legitimate struggle around the world against terrorism is used as a pretext to abridge or abrogate fundamental human rights, thereby ceding moral ground to the terrorists and helping them find new recruits," Annan said.

abrasive


مادة كاشطة  وقح
abrasive (adj) : something that is rough like sandpaper, or something causing friction or tension
Synonyms: annoying, biting, caustic, cutting, galling, hard to take, hateful, hurtful, nasty, rough, rubbing the wrong way, sharp, spiky, unpleasant
Antynoms: likeable, pleasant, pleasing
 EX: They wanted me to be someone I wasn't, on and off the court. That's not who I am. I've never been abrasive or brash," Sampras said. "I just kept it pretty simple, pretty quiet ...... I wasn't going to sell out how I was raised, for more...

abound


تكثر
abound (v) : to exist in great size or large numbers
Synonyms: be alive with, be all over the place, be knee deep in, be no end to, be plentiful, be thick with, be up to one's ears in, crawl with, crowd, flourish, flow, have a full plate, infest, overflow, proliferate, swarm, swell, teem, thrive

Antynoms: deficient, fail, lack, need, short, want
EX: Difficulties remain, no doubt, trouble spots abound for sure, and many seek to discredit this process, but we have reached the threshold and there is no turning back from the irreversible transformation," Sirleaf said 

Abominabl


كريه

abominable (adj) : very unlikable, easy to hate, or disgusting
EX: This came as the Pope today denounced the murder of the three security force members as "abominable acts of terrorism".