| Dilettante |
n. |
Người nghiệp dư |
He is a dilettante in painting. |
| Discerning |
adj. |
Sáng suốt |
She is discerning about art. |
| Discomfit |
v. |
Làm bối rối |
He was discomfited by the question. |
| Disdain |
n./v. |
Khinh miệt |
She looked at him with disdain. |
| Disparate |
adj. |
Khác biệt |
The two ideas are disparate. |
| Disseminate |
v. |
Phổ biến |
They disseminate information widely. |
| Dissident |
n. |
Người phản đối |
Dissidents were jailed. |
| Divergent |
adj. |
Khác nhau |
They have divergent views. |
| Divulge |
v. |
Tiết lộ |
She refused to divulge secrets. |
| Dogmatic |
adj. |
Cứng nhắc |
He is dogmatic in his beliefs. |
| Dormant |
adj. |
Ngủ yên, tiềm tàng |
The volcano is dormant. |
| Duplicity |
n. |
Hai mặt |
He was accused of duplicity. |
| Ebullient |
adj. |
Nhiệt tình |
She was ebullient after the win. |
| Eclectic |
adj. |
Chọn lọc |
His style is eclectic. |
| Efficacious |
adj. |
Hiệu quả |
The medicine is efficacious. |
| Effrontery |
n. |
Trơ tráo |
He had the effrontery to insult her. |
| Egregious |
adj. |
Rõ rệt, tệ hại |
That was an egregious mistake. |
| Elegiac |
adj. |
U sầu |
The poem was elegiac. |
| Elucidate |
v. |
Giải thích |
She elucidated the theory. |
| Emulate |
v. |
Noi gương |
He tried to emulate his hero. |
| Enervate |
v. |
Làm suy yếu |
The heat enervated the workers. |
| Engender |
v. |
Sinh ra |
Policies can engender loyalty. |
| Ennui |
n. |
Chán nản |
He suffered from ennui. |
| Ephemeral |
adj. |
Ngắn ngủi |
Fame is ephemeral. |
| Equanimity |
n. |
Bình thản |
She accepted the news with equanimity. |
| Esoteric |
adj. |
Bí truyền |
The lecture was esoteric. |
| Espouse |
v. |
Ủng hộ |
He espoused new ideas. |
| Eulogy |
n. |
Bài ca ngợi |
He delivered a eulogy at the funeral. |
| Exacerbate |
v. |
Làm trầm trọng |
The delay exacerbated the problem. |
| Exculpate |
v. |
Minh oan |
Evidence exculpates him. |
| Exigent |
adj. |
Khẩn cấp |
The situation is exigent. |
| Exonerate |
v. |
Xóa tội |
He was exonerated of all charges. |
| Expeditious |
adj. |
Nhanh chóng |
They took expeditious action. |
| Explicit |
adj. |
Rõ ràng |
The instructions were explicit. |
| Expunge |
v. |
Xóa bỏ |
He expunged his errors. |
| Extol |
v. |
Ca ngợi |
The teacher extolled her efforts. |
| Facetious |
adj. |
Hài hước, khôi hài |
He made a facetious remark. |
| Fatuous |
adj. |
Ngu ngốc |
The suggestion was fatuous. |
| Fervent |
adj. |
Nhiệt tình |
He is a fervent supporter. |
| Fetter |
v./n. |
Trói buộc |
They were fettered by rules. |
| Flippant |
adj. |
Thiếu nghiêm túc |
His flippant answer annoyed her. |
| Fortuitous |
adj. |
Tình cờ may mắn |
The encounter was fortuitous. |
| Fractious |
adj. |
Hay cáu gắt |
The fractious child cried. |
| Garrulous |
adj. |
Nói nhiều |
He is garrulous about trivial matters. |
| Germane |
adj. |
Liên quan |
Your comment is germane to the topic. |
| Glib |
adj. |
Lém lỉnh, lưu loát |
His glib talk lacked substance. |
| Grandiose |
adj. |
Hùng vĩ, khoa trương |
The plan was grandiose. |
| Gregarious |
adj. |
Thích giao tiếp |
She is gregarious and outgoing. |
| Guile |
n. |
Xảo quyệt |
He used guile to win. |
| Hackneyed |
adj. |
Cũ rích |
The story was hackneyed. |
| Haphazard |
adj. |
Ngẫu nhiên |
The work was done haphazardly. |
| Harangue |
n./v. |
Bài diễn thuyết dài |
He delivered a long harangue. |
| Haughty |
adj. |
Kiêu căng |
She looked haughty. |
| Hedonist |
n. |
Người theo chủ nghĩa khoái lạc |
He lived as a hedonist. |
| Heretical |
adj. |
Dị giáo |
His beliefs were heretical. |
| Iconoclastic |
adj. |
Phá cách |
He had an iconoclastic style. |
| Idyllic |
adj. |
Thanh bình |
They enjoyed an idyllic life. |
| Immutable |
adj. |
Không thay đổi |
Laws of nature are immutable. |
| Impassive |
adj. |
Điềm tĩnh |
He remained impassive. |
| Impervious |
adj. |
Không thấm |
The coat is impervious to rain. |
| Implacable |
adj. |
Không thể làm dịu |
He was an implacable enemy. |
| Implicit |
adj. |
Ngầm hiểu |
Trust is implicit. |
| Impute |
v. |
Đổ lỗi |
He imputed the crime to them. |
| Inane |
adj. |
Vô nghĩa |
The comment was inane. |
| Inchoate |
adj. |
Chưa hoàn thiện |
The plan is inchoate. |
| Incisive |
adj. |
Sắc bén |
Her analysis was incisive. |
| Incontrovertible |
adj. |
Không thể chối cãi |
The evidence is incontrovertible. |
| Indefatigable |
adj. |
Không mệt mỏi |
He is indefatigable in work. |
| Indolent |
adj. |
Lười biếng |
He led an indolent life. |
| Ineffable |
adj. |
Không thể tả |
The beauty was ineffable. |
| Inept |
adj. |
Vụng về |
He is inept at cooking. |
| Inexorable |
adj. |
Không ngừng |
The inexorable march of time. |
| Ingenuous |
adj. |
Ngây thơ |
She is ingenuous and trusting. |
| Inimical |
adj. |
Thù địch |
Policies inimical to freedom. |
| Innocuous |
adj. |
Vô hại |
The comment was innocuous. |
| Insidious |
adj. |
Nguy hiểm ngấm ngầm |
The disease is insidious. |
| Insipid |
adj. |
Nhạt nhẽo |
The soup was insipid. |
| Insolent |
adj. |
Xấc xược |
The student was insolent. |
| Instigate |
v. |
Xúi giục |
He instigated a fight. |
| Intrepid |
adj. |
Gan dạ |
The intrepid explorer ventured alone. |
| Inundate |
v. |
Ngập lụt |
The town was inundated with water. |
| Irascible |
adj. |
Nóng tính |
He is irascible and easily angered. |
| Irrefutable |
adj. |
Không thể chối cãi |
The proof is irrefutable. |
| Itinerant |
adj. |
Đi đây đi đó |
He led an itinerant life. |
| Jocular |
adj. |
Vui vẻ |
He has a jocular personality. |
| Juxtapose |
v. |
Đặt cạnh nhau |
Juxtapose two paintings to compare. |
| Laconic |
adj. |
Ngắn gọn |
His laconic reply annoyed her. |
| Lament |
v. |
Than van |
She lamented the loss. |
| Languid |
adj. |
Uể oải |
The hot day made him languid. |
| Lassitude |
n. |
Mệt mỏi |
He felt lassitude after work. |
| Latent |
adj. |
Tiềm tàng |
The virus remained latent. |
| Laudable |
adj. |
Đáng khen ngợi |
Her effort is laudable. |
| Lethargic |
adj. |
Uể oải |
He felt lethargic after the meal. |
| Loquacious |
adj. |
Nói nhiều |
The loquacious man bored everyone. |
| Lucid |
adj. |
Rõ ràng |
Her explanation was lucid. |
| Lugubrious |
adj. |
U sầu |
He had a lugubrious expression. |
| Magnanimous |
adj. |
Rộng lượng |
She was magnanimous toward her rivals. |
| Malevolent |
adj. |
Ác tâm |
The villain was malevolent. |
| Malleable |
adj. |
Dễ uốn |
Gold is malleable. |
| Marred |
adj. |
Bị hỏng |
His reputation was marred. |
| Maudlin |
adj. |
Sướt mướt |
The movie was maudlin. |
| Meander |
v. |
Uốn khúc |
The river meanders through the valley. |
| Mendacious |
adj. |
Nói dối |
He gave a mendacious statement. |
| Mercurial |
adj. |
Thay đổi thất thường |
Her mercurial moods were difficult. |
| Mitigate |
v. |
Làm giảm bớt |
Steps were taken to mitigate risk. |
| Mollify |
v. |
Làm dịu |
He tried to mollify the angry crowd. |
| Mundane |
adj. |
Thường nhật |
His life was mundane. |
| Myriad |
n./adj. |
Vô số |
A myriad of stars filled the sky. |
| Nefarious |
adj. |
Độc ác |
The plot was nefarious. |
| Neophyte |
n. |
Người mới |
He is a neophyte in politics. |
| Nonchalant |
adj. |
Thờ ơ |
He appeared nonchalant about the news. |
| Nostalgia |
n. |
Hoài niệm |
She felt nostalgia for her hometown. |
| Notoriety |
n. |
Tai tiếng |
He gained notoriety for his crimes. |
| Novice |
n. |
Người mới |
The novice made mistakes. |
| Noxious |
adj. |
Có hại |
Noxious fumes filled the room. |
| Obdurate |
adj. |
Cứng đầu |
He was obdurate in his refusal. |
| Obfuscate |
v. |
Làm rối |
The explanation obfuscated the facts. |
| Obsequious |
adj. |
Khúm núm |
The assistant was obsequious. |
| Obstreperous |
adj. |
Ồn ào |
The obstreperous children ran wild. |
| Odious |
adj. |
Ghê tởm |
The crime was odious. |
| Officious |
adj. |
Xía vào |
The official was officious. |
| Onerous |
adj. |
Nặng nề |
The task was onerous. |
| Opprobrium |
n. |
Sỉ nhục |
He faced public opprobrium. |
| Ostentatious |
adj. |
Phô trương |
Her jewelry was ostentatious. |
| Pallid |
adj. |
Nhợt nhạt |
His face was pallid. |
| Panegyric |
n. |
Bài ca ngợi |
The book was a panegyric of the leader. |
| Parochial |
adj. |
Hạn hẹp |
His views were parochial. |
| Parsimonious |
adj. |
Keo kiệt |
He is parsimonious with money. |
| Paucity |
n. |
Sự thiếu |
There is a paucity of evidence. |
| Pedantic |
adj. |
Câu nệ |
His pedantic teaching style bored students. |
| Penchant |
n. |
Khuynh hướng |
He has a penchant for fine wine. |
| Penurious |
adj. |
Nghèo túng |
He led a penurious life. |
| Perfunctory |
adj. |
Hời hợt |
She gave a perfunctory nod. |
| Pernicious |
adj. |
Độc hại |
Smoking is pernicious. |
| Perspicacious |
adj. |
Sáng suốt |
The perspicacious detective solved the case. |
| Pertinent |
adj. |
Thích hợp |
His comments were pertinent. |
| Petulant |
adj. |
Hờn dỗi |
The child became petulant when denied. |
| Phlegmatic |
adj. |
Bình thản |
He remained phlegmatic under stress. |
| Pithy |
adj. |
Ngắn gọn |
Her remarks were pithy. |
| Placate |
v. |
Làm dịu |
He tried to placate the angry boss. |
| Plaintive |
adj. |
Buồn rầu |
She gave a plaintive look. |
| Platitude |
n. |
Sáo rỗng |
The speech was full of platitudes. |
| Plethora |
n. |
Quá nhiều |
There is a plethora of choices. |
| Poignant |
adj. |
Cảm động |
The film was poignant. |
| Pragmatic |
adj. |
Thực tế |
Take a pragmatic approach. |
| Precarious |
adj. |
Bấp bênh |
The ladder was precarious. |
| Precedent |
n. |
Tiền lệ |
There is no precedent for this case. |
| Precocious |
adj. |
Sớm phát triển |
She is a precocious child. |
| Predilection |
n. |
Khuynh hướng |
He has a predilection for jazz. |
| Preeminent |
adj. |
Xuất sắc |
He is preeminent in his field. |
| Preposterous |
adj. |
Ngớ ngẩn |
The idea was preposterous. |
| Prescient |
adj. |
Tiên đoán |
The economist was prescient. |
| Proclivity |
n. |
Khuynh hướng tự nhiên |
He has a proclivity for risk. |
| Prodigal |
adj. |
Phung phí |
The prodigal son wasted his wealth. |
| Prodigious |
adj. |
Phi thường |
She has prodigious talent. |
| Profligate |
adj. |
Hoang phí |
The government was profligate with funds. |
| Profound |
adj. |
Sâu sắc |
The book offers profound insights. |
| Prosaic |
adj. |
Tầm thường |
The essay was prosaic. |
| Provincial |
adj. |
Quê mùa |
His views are provincial. |
| Prudent |
adj. |
Thận trọng |
Make prudent decisions. |
| Pugnacious |
adj. |
Hung hăng |
The pugilist was pugnacious. |
| Quagmire |
n. |
Tình huống khó khăn |
The project became a quagmire. |
| Querulous |
adj. |
Cằn nhằn |
The customer was querulous. |
| Quixotic |
adj. |
Viển vông |
His plan was quixotic. |
| Rancor |
n. |
Hận thù |
He spoke without rancor. |
| Rapacious |
adj. |
Tham lam |
Rapacious landlords exploited tenants. |
| Recalcitrant |
adj. |
ương ngạnh |
The recalcitrant student refused orders. |
| Redundant |
adj. |
Thừa thãi |
The sentence was redundant. |
| Refute |
v. |
Bác bỏ |
He refuted the allegations. |
| Relegate |
v. |
Giáng cấp |
The team was relegated to second division. |
| Remonstrate |
v. |
Phản đối |
They remonstrated against the decision. |
| Renege |
v. |
Bội ước |
He reneged on his promise. |
| Replete |
adj. |
Đầy đủ |
The book is replete with examples. |
| Reprehensible |
adj. |
Đáng khiển trách |
His conduct was reprehensible. |
| Reprove |
v. |
Khiển trách |
The teacher reproved the student. |
| Repudiate |
v. |
Từ chối |
He repudiated the claim. |
| Rescind |
v. |
Hủy bỏ |
They rescinded the contract. |
| Resolute |
adj. |
Kiên quyết |
She remained resolute. |
| Respite |
n. |
Giải lao |
The break provided respite. |
| Reticent |
adj. |
Ít nói |
He was reticent about his plans. |
| Ribald |
adj. |
Thô tục |
The comedian was ribald. |
| Sagacious |
adj. |
Khôn ngoan |
He is sagacious in judgment. |
| Salient |
adj. |
Nổi bật |
The report highlighted salient points. |
| Sanguine |
adj. |
Lạc quan |
She is sanguine about the future. |
| Sardonic |
adj. |
Châm biếm |
His sardonic smile annoyed her. |
| Scintillating |
adj. |
Lấp lánh |
The debate was scintillating. |
| Scrupulous |
adj. |
Tận tâm |
She is scrupulous in her work. |
| Servile |
adj. |
Khúm núm |
The servant was servile. |
| Sinuous |
adj. |
Uốn lượn |
The river followed a sinuous path. |
| Skeptical |
adj. |
Hoài nghi |
He is skeptical of rumors. |
| Solicitous |
adj. |
Quan tâm |
She was solicitous for the sick child. |
| Somnolent |
adj. |
Buồn ngủ |
The lecture made students somnolent. |
| Spurious |
adj. |
Giả mạo |
The evidence was spurious. |
| Sporadic |
adj. |
Rải rác |
The attacks were sporadic. |
| Squalid |
adj. |
Bẩn thỉu |
The slums were squalid. |
| Staid |
adj. |
Nghiêm trang |
The banker was staid and serious. |
| Stalwart |
adj. |
Vững chắc |
He is a stalwart supporter. |
| Static |
adj. |
Tĩnh |
The situation remained static. |
| Stoic |
adj. |
Điềm tĩnh |
He was stoic under pressure. |
| Strident |
adj. |
Chói tai |
Her voice was strident. |
| Sublime |
adj. |
Cao cả |
The view was sublime. |
| Substantiate |
v. |
Chứng minh |
Evidence substantiates the claim. |
| Superfluous |
adj. |
Thừa |
Remove superfluous words. |
| Surreptitious |
adj. |
Lén lút |
They met surreptitiously. |
| Taciturn |
adj. |
Ít nói |
He is taciturn and reserved. |
| Tangential |
adj. |
Lệch |
His remarks were tangential. |
| Tenuous |
adj. |
Yếu ớt |
The connection was tenuous. |
| Timorous |
adj. |
Nhút nhát |
The timorous child hid behind his mother. |
| Tirade |
n. |
Lời chỉ trích dài |
He launched a tirade against the policy. |
| Torpid |
adj. |
Lười biếng |
He felt torpid after the meal. |
| Tractable |
adj. |
Dễ bảo |
The dog is tractable. |
| Transient |
adj. |
Ngắn ngủi |
The effect was transient. |
| Trepidation |
n. |
Lo lắng |
She approached with trepidation. |
| Truculent |
adj. |
Hung hăng |
The truculent boy started a fight. |
| Tumultuous |
adj. |
Ồn ào, hỗn loạn |
The crowd was tumultuous. |
| Ubiquitous |
adj. |
Phổ biến |
Smartphones are ubiquitous. |
| Umbrage |
n. |
Bực tức |
She took umbrage at his remarks. |
| Unctuous |
adj. |
Khéo nịnh |
He gave an unctuous speech. |
| Unfettered |
adj. |
Tự do |
He enjoyed unfettered access. |
| Usurp |
v. |
Chiếm đoạt |
He tried to usurp power. |
| Vacillate |
v. |
Dao động |
He vacillated between options. |
| Venerate |
v. |
Tôn kính |
They venerate their elders. |
| Veracity |
n. |
Tính thật |
I question the veracity of the claim. |
| Verbose |
adj. |
Dài dòng |
His writing is verbose. |
| Vestige |
n. |
Dấu vết |
A vestige of the past remained. |
| Viable |
adj. |
Khả thi |
The project is viable. |
| Vicarious |
adj. |
Thay thế |
She took vicarious pleasure in his success. |
| Vicissitude |
n. |
Thăng trầm |
They endured vicissitudes together. |
| Vindicate |
v. |
Minh oan |
The evidence vindicated him. |
| Virulent |
adj. |
Độc hại |
The virus is virulent. |
| Virtuoso |
n. |
Nghệ sĩ bậc thầy |
He is a piano virtuoso. |
| Viscous |
adj. |
Dẻo, nhớt |
The syrup was viscous. |
| Vitriolic |
adj. |
Cay độc |
Her criticism was vitriolic. |
| Vociferous |
adj. |
Ồn ào |
The crowd was vociferous. |
| Volatile |
adj. |
Thất thường |
The stock market is volatile. |
| Voluminous |
adj. |
Rất nhiều |
He wrote a voluminous book. |
| Wane |
v. |
Giảm dần |
Interest in the subject waned. |
| Wanton |
adj. |
Bừa bãi |
The vandalism was wanton. |
| Wary |
adj. |
Thận trọng |
Be wary of strangers. |
| Whimsical |
adj. |
Kỳ quái |
The whimsical design amused everyone. |
| Winsome |
adj. |
Dễ thương |
She has a winsome smile. |
| Wistful |
adj. |
Buồn bã |
He gave a wistful glance. |
| Wizened |
adj. |
Nhăn nheo |
The old man was wizened. |
| Xenophobia |
n. |
Sợ người nước ngoài |
Xenophobia harms society. |
| Yearn |
v. |
Khao khát |
She yearned for adventure. |
| Zealous |
adj. |
Nhiệt tình |
He is zealous in his work. |
