فوق لیسانس مترجمی زبان انگلیسی

ad- (also ac-, af-, ag-, al- , ap-, as-, at-) :  to, toward, or near

adjacent: neighboring, close-at-hand, close-by, contiguous, near-at-hand, nearby

adapt: accommodate, adjust, conform, fit, quadrate, reconcile, square, suit, tailor,     

                                             tailor-make

addict: habituate, adjust, confirm (in), devote (to), take (to)

adequate: sufficient, comfortable, competent, decent, enough, satisfactory, sufficing

adherent: follower, cohort, disciple, henchman, partisan, satellite, sectary, sectator,

                supporter

adjoin: abut, border, butt (on or against), communicate, join, line, march, neighbor, touch,

                verge

adjourn: defer, delay, hold off, hold over, hold up, postpone, put off, shelve, stay, suspend

advent: arrival, coming

adversary: opponent, antagonist, anti, con, match, opposer, oppugnant

adverse: antagonistic, anti, antipathetic, opposed, opposing, oppugnant

acculturation: cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or   

               borrowing traits from another culture

affluent: rich, moneyed, opulent, wealthy

aggradation: a modification of the earth's surface in the direction of uniformity of grade by    

               deposition

alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring     

                                             words or syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) — called also head              

                                             rhyme, initial rhyme

apportion: allot, admeasure, allocate, allow, assign, give, lot, mete (out)

attune: harmonize, accommodate, conform, coordinate, integrate, proportion, reconcile,

                                             reconciliate, tune

EXERCISE : In the space provided, write the letter of the word not related in meaning to the other words in each line.

1.......

a. uncover                 b. unearth             c. overshadow                d. divulge

2…….

a. smell of                 b. taper off            c. reek of                         d. smack of   

3…….

a. exalted                   b. pliant                c. manageable                d. influenceable

4…….

a. apportion               b. throng               c. crowd                          d. swarm around    

5…….

a. fork out                  b. surrender          c. tower over                   d. turn over

6…….

a. besmirch                b. stain                 c. defile                            d. muster up

7…….

a. penetrable             b. honey               c. drown                           d. porous

8…….

a. prosecute              b. solicit                c. summon                       d. confound

9…….

a. defraud                  b. abate                c. dupe                            d. bamboozle 

10…….

a. sublime                  b. inundate           c. engulf                          d. deluge       

write the number of the prefix, suffix or stem in column 2 before each word or phrase  in column 1

1                                                                                                              2                                                             

…….a. thing or place relating to                                                      1.-cade

…….b. mankind                                                                                  2.agro

…….c. beginning, end , tip                                                               3.amph-

…….d. of the heart                                                                              4.-arium

…….e. deep sea                                                                                 5.-athon

…….f. farming                                                                                      6.-centric

…….g. having a center or centers                                                    7.cardi-

…….h. procession                                                                              8.bathy-

…….i. of both sides                                                                            9.anthro

…….j. activity lasting a long time                                                      10.acro-

Hand over: deliver, fork out, fork up, present, release, surrender, transfer, turn over, yield

ex: The country has let inspectors back in but not yet handed over the illicit chemical weapons it is thought to possess.   

Inundate: bury, deluge, drown, engulf, flood, swamp, submerge

ex : Major rivers in  Pakistan burst  their banks,  inundating  farmland,  while

mudslides destroyed huts in North-West Frontier Province.

Porous: absorbent, honey, combed, penetrable, sponge-like

ex: The new plan made high ranking officials realize how porous the country's

immense frontiers are.

Conclave: assembly, conference, congress, secret or private meeting

ex: On  July  6 and 7, a  conclave of  the European Union  and seven  other nations will ponder president's   request for  $ 2 billion  in so-called  social aid for country'speace plan..............................

Bamboozle: baffle, cheat, con, confound, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fool, trick

ex: They are trying to bamboozle American consumers to use their products.

Wane: abate, contract, decline, decrease, dim, ebb, fade, lessen, shrink, taper off

ex: The power of electronic companies waned during this period.

Fill the blank with appropriate word.

aster      contemporary      refugees      ecclesial      escapee

deciduous      dictator      expellees      demented      ethnic

1. The prison security team started the search for the ……...

2. ……… is a garden plant with pink, purple or white flowers.

3. The neighboring country refused to let ……….  to pass the border.

4.   Oaks, beeches, birches, chestnuts, aspens, elms, maples, and basswoods (or lindens) are the dominant trees in mid-latitude ………… forests.

5. Many ………… scientists disregarded his thought.

6.  After World War II Germany received more than 12 million refugees and ………… from former German territory .

7. Each ………... community has preserved its respective language.

8. The priest could feel the burden of ……….. responsibility on his shoulder.

9. The ………… man's behavior frightened all the people in the aeroplane.

10. He was not democratic. he was a …………

odd one out

A.

1. worsen                                         2. deteriorate

3. deviate                                         4. descend                                                                                

B.

1.wreck                                            2.decline

3. demolish                                      4. ruin

C.

1.tyrant                                            2. dictator

3. despot                                         4.outlaw

D

1. ban                                              2. prohibit

3. verdict                                         4. interdict

E.

1. interpose                                     2. temporary

3. interim                                         4. pro tempore

choose syn.

1. a person who works for a company in return for money

a. expellee                                      b. absentee

c. employee                                    d. patentee

2. to say, declare or indicate in advance

a. verdict                                        b. predict

c. interdict                                      d. prohibit

3. one to whom money is paid

a. payee                                         b. grantee

c. oppressor                                   d. tyrant

4. to change from a course of action or from what is normal or usual

a. depreciate                                  b. inhibit

c. deviate                                       d. enjoin

5. to reduce sb to a lower rank

a. dismiss                                       b. disapprove

c. demote                                       d. languish