| Cajole |
v. |
Nịnh nọt |
He cajoled her into going. |
| Callous |
adj. |
Lạnh lùng |
His callous remarks offended many. |
| Candor |
n. |
Thẳng thắn |
She spoke with candor. |
| Capricious |
adj. |
Thất thường |
The weather is capricious. |
| Castigate |
v. |
Khiển trách |
He was castigated for his behavior. |
| Catalyst |
n. |
Chất xúc tác |
The speech acted as a catalyst for change. |
| Caustic |
adj. |
Chua cay |
His caustic wit hurt feelings. |
| Censure |
v./n. |
Chỉ trích |
The senator was censured. |
| Chicanery |
n. |
Mưu mô |
The scheme involved chicanery. |
| Coerce |
v. |
Ép buộc |
He coerced them into agreement. |
| Cogent |
adj. |
Thuyết phục |
The argument was cogent. |
| Commensurate |
adj. |
Tương xứng |
Pay is commensurate with work. |
| Complacent |
adj. |
Tự mãn |
He grew complacent over time. |
| Conciliatory |
adj. |
Hòa giải |
She offered a conciliatory gesture. |
| Concur |
v. |
Đồng ý |
I concur with your opinion. |
| Condone |
v. |
Tha thứ |
The teacher did not condone cheating. |
| Conflagration |
n. |
Cháy lớn |
The conflagration destroyed the town. |
| Convoluted |
adj. |
Phức tạp |
The explanation was convoluted. |
| Copious |
adj. |
Nhiều |
He took copious notes. |
| Corpulent |
adj. |
Béo phì |
The corpulent man struggled to walk. |
| Corroborate |
v. |
Xác nhận |
Witnesses corroborated the story. |
| Cosmopolitan |
adj. |
Toàn cầu |
New York is cosmopolitan. |
| Coterie |
n. |
Nhóm |
She joined an artistic coterie. |
| Credulous |
adj. |
Cả tin |
The credulous child believed everything. |
| Cryptic |
adj. |
Bí ẩn |
His message was cryptic. |
| Culpable |
adj. |
Có tội |
He was culpable for the accident. |
| Cupidity |
n. |
Tham lam |
His cupidity knew no bounds. |
| Daunt |
v. |
Làm nản chí |
The challenge did not daunt him. |
| Debacle |
n. |
Thất bại |
The plan ended in debacle. |
| Debilitate |
v. |
Làm yếu |
Illness debilitates the body. |
| Decadent |
adj. |
Suy tàn |
The empire was decadent. |
| Decorous |
adj. |
Lịch sự |
He behaved decorously. |
| Deference |
n. |
Sự kính trọng |
He showed deference to his elders. |
| Defunct |
adj. |
Không còn tồn tại |
The company is defunct. |
| Deleterious |
adj. |
Có hại |
Smoking is deleterious to health. |
| Demure |
adj. |
Kín đáo |
She was demure at the party. |
| Denounce |
v. |
Lên án |
The act was denounced publicly. |
| Deprecate |
v. |
Chê bai |
He deprecated the idea. |
| Deride |
v. |
Chế nhạo |
They derided his attempt. |
| Derivative |
adj. |
Bắt chước |
The work was derivative. |
| Despot |
n. |
Bạo chúa |
The despot ruled harshly. |
| Destitute |
adj. |
Nghèo túng |
The family was destitute. |
| Desultory |
adj. |
Lung tung |
He gave a desultory response. |
| Deterrent |
n. |
Rào cản |
Fear acts as a deterrent. |
| Diaphanous |
adj. |
Mỏng manh |
The curtains were diaphanous. |
| Didactic |
adj. |
Giảng dạy |
The book was didactic. |
| Diffident |
adj. |
Rụt rè |
She was diffident in class. |
| Dilatory |
adj. |
Chậm trễ |
The response was dilatory. |
| Dilettante |
n. |
Người nghiệp dư |
He is a dilettante in art. |
| Dirge |
n. |
Bài ca tang |
A dirge was sung at the funeral. |
| Discerning |
adj. |
Sáng suốt |
He has discerning taste. |
| 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 |
They had disparate views. |
| Disseminate |
v. |
Phổ biến |
The organization disseminates information. |
| Dissident |
n./adj. |
Phản đối |
Dissidents opposed the government. |
| Distraught |
adj. |
Rối loạn |
She was distraught by the news. |
| Divulge |
v. |
Tiết lộ |
He refused to divulge secrets. |
| Dogmatic |
adj. |
Cứng nhắc |
His dogmatic views caused conflict. |
| Dubious |
adj. |
Nghi ngờ |
She was dubious about the plan. |
