| Solipsism |
n. |
Chủ nghĩa tự thân |
His solipsism made it hard for him to relate to others. |
| Somnolent |
adj. |
Buồn ngủ |
The lecture was so somnolent that many students nodded off. |
| Soporific |
adj. |
Gây buồn ngủ |
The professor’s monotone voice was soporific. |
| Spurious |
adj. |
Giả mạo |
The report was based on spurious data. |
| Stentorian |
adj. |
Rất to, vang |
The principal’s stentorian voice commanded attention. |
| Stoic |
adj./n. |
Điềm tĩnh |
She remained stoic despite the bad news. |
| Strident |
adj. |
Ầm ĩ, chói |
His strident tone irritated the audience. |
| Stringent |
adj. |
Nghiêm ngặt |
The rules were stringent but fair. |
| Stymie |
v. |
Cản trở |
The project was stymied by lack of funding. |
| Sublime |
adj. |
Tuyệt vời |
The view from the mountaintop was sublime. |
| Substantiate |
v. |
Chứng minh |
He substantiated his claims with evidence. |
| Subversive |
adj. |
Lật đổ |
The article was considered subversive by the authorities. |
| Succinct |
adj. |
Ngắn gọn |
Her explanation was succinct. |
| Supercilious |
adj. |
Kiêu ngạo |
He gave a supercilious smile. |
| Superfluous |
adj. |
Thừa thãi |
The essay contained superfluous details. |
| Supplant |
v. |
Thay thế |
The new technology supplanted the old system. |
| Surreptitious |
adj. |
Lén lút |
They held a surreptitious meeting. |
| Sycophant |
n. |
Kẻ nịnh hót |
He was surrounded by sycophants. |
| Tacit |
adj. |
Ngầm hiểu |
There was tacit agreement between them. |
| Taciturn |
adj. |
Ít nói |
The taciturn man rarely spoke. |
| Tangential |
adj. |
Lệch hướng |
His comment was tangential to the topic. |
| Tenuous |
adj. |
Yếu, mong manh |
The evidence was tenuous. |
| Timorous |
adj. |
Nhút nhát |
The timorous child hid behind his mother. |
| Tirade |
n. |
Bài diễn thuyết dài |
She launched into a tirade about the policy. |
| Torpid |
adj. |
Uể oải |
After the meal, he felt torpid. |
| Tractable |
adj. |
Dễ bảo |
The horse was tractable. |
| Transient |
adj. |
Ngắn ngủi |
The transient beauty of the sunset amazed everyone. |
| Trepidation |
n. |
Sự lo sợ |
She approached the stage with trepidation. |
| Trite |
adj. |
Cũ rích |
His speech was trite and unoriginal. |
| Truculent |
adj. |
Hung hăng |
The critic was truculent in his review. |
| Tumultuous |
adj. |
Ồn ào, hỗn loạn |
The crowd gave a tumultuous welcome. |
| Ubiquitous |
adj. |
Phổ biến, ở khắp nơi |
Cell phones are ubiquitous these days. |
| Umbrage |
n. |
Sự giận |
She took umbrage at his remarks. |
| Unctuous |
adj. |
Nịnh hót |
The politician’s unctuous manner annoyed voters. |
| Unequivocal |
adj. |
Rõ ràng |
The answer was unequivocal. |
| Unilateral |
adj. |
Đơn phương |
The decision was unilateral. |
| Upbraid |
v. |
Khiển trách |
The teacher upbraided the students for cheating. |
| Urbane |
adj. |
Lịch sự, tinh tế |
He is an urbane gentleman. |
| Vacillate |
v. |
Dao động |
She vacillated between two choices. |
| Venerate |
v. |
Tôn kính |
He is venerated as a national hero. |
| Verbose |
adj. |
Dài dòng |
The essay was verbose. |
| Vestige |
n. |
Dấu tích |
The ruins are vestiges of a lost civilization. |
| Vex |
v. |
Làm bực mình |
The delay vexed the travelers. |
| Vicissitude |
n. |
Thăng trầm |
He endured the vicissitudes of life. |
| Vindicate |
v. |
Minh oan |
The evidence vindicated her. |
| Virtuoso |
n. |
Nghệ sĩ tài ba |
He is a virtuoso on the piano. |
| Virulent |
adj. |
Độc hại |
The virus was virulent. |
| Vitiate |
v. |
Làm suy yếu |
Corruption vitiates society. |
| Vitriolic |
adj. |
Cay độc |
The critic wrote a vitriolic review. |
| Volatile |
adj. |
Dễ bay hơi, thất thường |
The stock market is volatile. |
| Voluble |
adj. |
Nói nhiều, lưu loát |
She was voluble and engaging. |
| Voracious |
adj. |
Háu ăn, tham lam |
He has a voracious appetite for books. |
| Wane |
v. |
Suy giảm |
Interest in the topic waned. |
| Winsome |
adj. |
Dễ thương |
She has a winsome smile. |
| Wistful |
adj. |
Nhớ nhung |
He gave a wistful glance at old photos. |
| Zealous |
adj. |
Nhiệt tình |
She is zealous in her work. |
| Zenith |
n. |
Đỉnh cao |
He reached the zenith of his career. |
