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  1. gathering
    a group of persons together in one place
    But fear not; friends are gathering round you.
    جمع - حشد
  2. possession
    anything owned
    We’ve got to continue working on that and dominating possession.
    حيازة - امتلاك
  3. ravenous
    extremely hungry
    “A lot of kids skip breakfast and arrive at lunch ravenous.”
    شديد الجوع - مفترس
  4. suffer
    feel pain or be in pain
    It was by no means pleasant to think of one's own flesh and blood suffering poverty.
    يعاني
  5. diminish
    decrease in size, extent, or range
    يتقلص - يقلل
  6. adapt
    make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
    The changing economics are forcing green energy companies to adapt.
    يتكيف
  7. decrease
    a change downward
    Some decrease in temperature has occasionally been recorded, but more often none has been observed.
    تناقص - يقلل
  8. alluring
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
    فاتن - جذاب
  9. tempting
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
    مغري
  10. depressing
    causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
    كئيب - يائس
  11. familiar
    well known or easily recognized
    I see men as trees walking, but they are not of any familiar form or speech.
    مألوف
  12. suppress
    put down by force or authority
    "He will never give it up to be suppressed, Sire," replied the Marquis.
    يقمع - يكبح
  13. sole
    the underside of the foot
    Money now measures all things: it is the sole ultimate reality.
    وحيد - منفرد
  14. demolition
    the act of destroying completely
    His company came to be described as the largest demolition business in the nation.
    هدم - تدمير
  15. newcomer
    a recent arrival
    الوافد - قادم جديد
  16. subconscious
    just below the level of awareness
    "I feel quite fresh in mind now, like a subconscious weight has been lifted off my shoulders," he said.
    دون وعي
  17. intimate
    marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
    But now there is an opportunity to return to intimate socializing.”
    حميم - مقرب
  18. considerable
    large in number, amount, extent, or degree
    It was only after considerable explanation that Jolly found out what Mayer wanted to say.
    عدد كبير - ضخم
  19. significant
    important in effect or meaning
    There will surely be a significant impact if it has gone for good.
    هام - ماخوذ بعين الاعتبار
  20. relieved
    made easier to bear
    “We were wondering and hoping, and he relieved all doubt,” Valentine said of Beckett.
    يعفى
  21. equivalent
    being essentially comparable to something
    The planned sales are equivalent to 30 percent of the company’s total asset value.
    معادل - مكافئ
  22. fatal
    bringing death
    Some fatal accident, I am afraid, has befallen my mother!
    قاتل - مميت
  23. reputation
    the general estimation that the public has for a person
    At the same time, reputation is getting ever harder to manage.
    سمعه
  24. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
    What last-minute machinations made him change his mind?
    مكيده - دسيسه - مؤامره
  25. edict
    a legally binding command or decision
    My big mistake was not to follow Bill Clinton's edict.
    مرسوم - امر عال
  26. pretend
    make believe with the intent to deceive
    I gave no answer, and pretended to feel sad at heart.
    يتظاهر - يدعي
  27. postulation
    a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
    This is a postulation by no means clear.
    ترشيحات
  28. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
    In other words, they accused him of complicity.
    تواطؤ - اشتراك في جريمة
  29. guideline
    a detailed plan for determining a course of action
    The city has been promising new guidelines since last year.
    مبدأ توجيهي
  30. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
    They went through privation and trial hand in hand.
    منع - حرمان
  31. regulation
    the act of controlling or directing according to rule
    Other developed countries have more government regulation that prevents these wild disparities.
    تنظيم - قانون
  32. unmindful
    (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
    Afterwards, when I moved, they both came and looked at me, but went about their business quite unmindful of me.
    غافل - غير منتبه الى
  33. luxuriant
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
    The whole island is mantled in luxuriant tropical verdure.
    مترف - وافر النماء
  34. confidence
    belief in yourself and your abilities
    Go, carry out my orders, and have confidence!'
    ثقة
  35. impress
    have a powerful and usually positive effect on
    They were impressed by his promises and asked about his track record.
    تأثير - بصمة - وقع
  36. despair
    the feeling that nothing will turn out well
    But as he turned up his face to me, I read despair in his eyes.
    يأس - قنوط
  37. circumstances
    one's overall condition in life
    In these circumstances, elimination means extraordinary levels of control.
    ظروف - ملابسات
  38. filch
    make off with belongings of others
    I wonder if she would like to filch this one from me also?
    يسرق - سرق
  39. retentive
    good at remembering
    The child was very sharp, and her memory was extremely retentive.
    متذكر - له ذاكرة قوية
  40. indiscretion
    a petty misdeed
    There are more than a few other politicians who’ve engaged in sexual indiscretions.
    طيش - طيش الشباب
  41. spontaneity
    the quality of coming from feelings without constraint
    It is all about spontaneity, and it has to be personal, your own thing.
    عفوية - تلقائية
  42. recreant
    having deserted a cause or principle
    Neither for love nor lands will I recreant or swear falsely.
    جبان - خائن
  43. prescience
    the power to foresee the future
    Between prescience and imagination the borderline is ill defined.
    بصيرة - علم الغيب
  44. limpid
    clear and bright
    "He has very fine eyes; they are wonderfully limpid and soft."
    واضح - شفاف - براق
  45. foresight
    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
    There is need to have foresight in all things.
    بصيرة - حكمة - نظر في العواقب
  46. descry
    catch sight of
    Far away on the plain we could descry two black moving spots.
    يلمح - تبين عن بعد
  47. manumit
    free from slavery or servitude
    He also manumitted the only slave he owned who would not leave him during the war and fought bravely for the liberty of our country.
    اعتق
  48. rational
    of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
    Remember, individuals are generally pretty bad at making rational investment decisions on their own, too.
    عقلاني
  49. conditional
    imposing or depending on or containing an assumption
    “Conditional on that, then the U.S. gets by.”
    مشروط - شرطي
  50. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
    My favorite one is: “Empathy equals control,” by Robert Kligerman.
    التقمص العاطفي - تعاطف
Created on 八月 19, 2011 (updated 七月 18, 2012)

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