| Abrogate |
v. |
Hủy bỏ |
The government abrogated the outdated law. |
| Acerbic |
adj. |
Chua cay, gay gắt |
His acerbic comments offended many. |
| Adumbrate |
v. |
Phác thảo |
The introduction adumbrates the main points. |
| Alacrity |
n. |
Sự hăng hái |
She accepted the invitation with alacrity. |
| Ameliorate |
v. |
Cải thiện |
Steps were taken to ameliorate the situation. |
| Anachronism |
n. |
Vật lỗi thời |
The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare. |
| Antediluvian |
adj. |
Cổ xưa |
His antediluvian views shocked everyone. |
| Approbation |
n. |
Sự tán thành |
The proposal met with approbation. |
| Asperity |
n. |
Sự gay gắt |
He spoke with asperity. |
| Assiduous |
adj. |
Chăm chỉ |
She was assiduous in her studies. |
| Beguile |
v. |
Lừa gạt, làm mê hoặc |
He beguiled the audience with charm. |
| Bellicose |
adj. |
Hiếu chiến |
The nation adopted a bellicose stance. |
| Blandishment |
n. |
Lời nịnh hót |
He resisted the blandishments of the lobbyists. |
| Bombastic |
adj. |
Khoa trương |
His bombastic speech impressed no one. |
| Bucolic |
adj. |
Thôn quê |
They enjoyed a bucolic retreat in the countryside. |
| Cacophony |
n. |
Âm thanh hỗn tạp |
The city streets were full of cacophony. |
| Cajole |
v. |
Nịnh hót, dụ dỗ |
She cajoled him into agreeing. |
| Calumny |
n. |
Lời vu khống |
The politician suffered from calumny. |
| Capitulate |
v. |
Đầu hàng |
The army finally capitulated. |
| Capricious |
adj. |
Thất thường |
He is capricious in his decisions. |
| Castigate |
v. |
Khiển trách |
The teacher castigated the students. |
| Censure |
v./n. |
Lên án |
The senator was censured for misconduct. |
| Chicanery |
n. |
Thủ đoạn |
The deal involved chicanery. |
| Circumspect |
adj. |
Thận trọng |
He is circumspect in making promises. |
| Coerce |
v. |
Cưỡng bức |
They coerced him into signing. |
| Cogent |
adj. |
Thuyết phục |
She presented a cogent argument. |
| Commensurate |
adj. |
Tương xứng |
Salary is commensurate with experience. |
| Concomitant |
adj. |
Đồng thời |
Stress and illness are concomitant. |
| Conflagration |
n. |
Cháy lớn |
The city was destroyed by conflagration. |
| Connoisseur |
n. |
Người sành |
He is a connoisseur of fine wine. |
| Conspicuous |
adj. |
Dễ thấy |
Her bright dress was conspicuous. |
| Contentious |
adj. |
Gây tranh cãi |
The issue was highly contentious. |
| Contrite |
adj. |
Hối lỗi |
He was contrite after the accident. |
| Copious |
adj. |
Phong phú |
She took copious notes. |
| Corpulent |
adj. |
Béo |
The corpulent man struggled to walk. |
| Credulous |
adj. |
Cả tin |
Children are credulous by nature. |
| Cryptic |
adj. |
Bí ẩn |
The message was cryptic. |
| Cursory |
adj. |
Hời hợt |
He gave a cursory glance at the report. |
| Dauntless |
adj. |
Gan dạ |
The dauntless hero faced danger. |
| Debacle |
n. |
Thảm họa |
The expedition ended in debacle. |
| Decorum |
n. |
Phong tục, nghi thức |
He maintained decorum at the meeting. |
| Deference |
n. |
Sự kính trọng |
She showed deference to the elder. |
| Demagogue |
n. |
Lãnh tụ mị dân |
The politician was a demagogue. |
| Denigrate |
v. |
Bôi nhọ |
Critics denigrated his work. |
| Deride |
v. |
Chế nhạo |
They derided his efforts. |
| Despot |
n. |
Bạo chúa |
The country suffered under a despot. |
| Diaphanous |
adj. |
Mỏng, trong suốt |
The curtain was diaphanous. |
| Didactic |
adj. |
Giáo huấn |
The lecture was didactic. |
| Diffident |
adj. |
Rụt rè |
She is diffident about speaking in public. |
| Discerning |
adj. |
Sáng suốt |
He is discerning in selecting books. |
| Discomfit |
v. |
Làm bối rối |
The question discomfited the candidate. |
| Disparate |
adj. |
Khác biệt |
The ideas were disparate. |
| Disseminate |
v. |
Phổ biến |
The agency disseminates information. |
| Dissident |
n. |
Người bất đồng |
The dissident opposed the regime. |
| Dogmatic |
adj. |
Giáo điều |
He is dogmatic in his beliefs. |
| Duress |
n. |
Sự cưỡng bức |
He signed the confession under duress. |
| Ebullient |
adj. |
Nhiệt tình |
She was ebullient after winning. |
| Eclectic |
adj. |
Kết hợp nhiều nguồn |
The decor was eclectic. |
| Edifice |
n. |
Tòa nhà |
The edifice was imposing. |
| Efface |
v. |
Xóa bỏ |
Time effaced the memory. |
| Effervescent |
adj. |
Sôi nổi |
Her effervescent personality charmed everyone. |
| Egregious |
adj. |
Tệ hại |
The mistake was egregious. |
| Elegiac |
adj. |
Ai điếu |
The poem was elegiac. |
| Elucidate |
v. |
Làm sáng tỏ |
He elucidated the topic clearly. |
| Emulate |
v. |
Bắt chước |
Young athletes emulate their heroes. |
| Enervate |
v. |
Làm suy yếu |
The heat enervated the team. |
| Enigmatic |
adj. |
Bí ẩn |
The painting was enigmatic. |
| Ennui |
n. |
Buồn chán |
He suffered from ennui. |
| Entreat |
v. |
Van nài |
He entreated her to stay. |
| Ephemeral |
adj. |
Ngắn ngủi |
Fashion is ephemeral. |
| Equanimity |
n. |
Bình thản |
She faced the crisis with equanimity. |
| Equivocate |
v. |
Nói lập lờ |
He tends to equivocate under pressure. |
| Esoteric |
adj. |
Bí truyền |
The lecture was esoteric. |
| Ethereal |
adj. |
Thanh tao |
She has an ethereal beauty. |
| Eulogy |
n. |
Lời điếu |
He gave a moving eulogy at the funeral. |
| Exacerbate |
v. |
Làm trầm trọng |
The situation was exacerbated by delays. |
| Exculpate |
v. |
Minh oan |
The evidence exculpated him. |
| Exigent |
adj. |
Cấp bách |
The exigent circumstances required action. |
| Exonerate |
v. |
Giải tội |
He was exonerated from blame. |
| Expeditious |
adj. |
Nhanh chóng |
The team worked in an expeditious manner. |
| Extol |
v. |
Tán dương |
The teacher extolled the student’s efforts. |
| Facetious |
adj. |
Đùa cợt |
His facetious remarks were inappropriate. |
| Fallacious |
adj. |
Sai lầm |
The argument was fallacious. |
| Fastidious |
adj. |
Khó tính |
She is fastidious about cleanliness. |
| Fatuous |
adj. |
Ngu ngốc |
His fatuous comments embarrassed everyone. |
| Fecund |
adj. |
Phì nhiêu, sáng tạo |
The author was fecund in imagination. |
| Flippant |
adj. |
Khinh suất |
He was flippant about the rules. |
| Fortuitous |
adj. |
Tình cờ may mắn |
Their meeting was fortuitous. |
| Fractious |
adj. |
Hay cáu |
The fractious child refused to obey. |
| Frivolous |
adj. |
Nông cạn |
The lawsuit was frivolous. |
| Furtive |
adj. |
Lén lút |
He cast a furtive glance at the document. |
| Garrulous |
adj. |
Nói nhiều |
The garrulous man bored everyone. |
| Germane |
adj. |
Thích hợp |
His comments were germane to the topic. |
| Glib |
adj. |
Lém lỉnh, trôi chảy nhưng hời hợt |
The salesman was glib and persuasive. |
| Grandiloquent |
adj. |
Khoa trương |
The speech was grandiloquent. |
| Gregarious |
adj. |
Thích giao du |
She is gregarious and outgoing. |
| Guile |
n. |
Mưu mẹo |
He used guile to win the game. |
| Gullible |
adj. |
Dễ tin |
The gullible child believed everything. |
| Hackneyed |
adj. |
Lặp lại, nhàm |
The phrase was hackneyed. |
| Haphazard |
adj. |
Linh tinh, bừa bãi |
The plan was haphazard. |
| Harangue |
n./v. |
Diễn thuyết dài |
He delivered a long harangue. |
| Hedonist |
n. |
Người theo chủ nghĩa khoái lạc |
He lived as a hedonist. |
| Heretical |
adj. |
Dị giáo |
His ideas were heretical. |
| Hiatus |
n. |
Khoảng nghỉ |
There was a brief hiatus in the discussion. |
| Histrionic |
adj. |
Kịch tính, quá trớn |
Her histrionic reaction was unnecessary. |
| Iconoclast |
n. |
Kẻ chống đối truyền thống |
The artist was an iconoclast. |
| Idiosyncrasy |
n. |
Tính cách riêng |
His habit of whistling was an idiosyncrasy. |
| Ignominious |
adj. |
Nhục nhã |
The defeat was ignominious. |
| Impecunious |
adj. |
Nghèo |
The impecunious student borrowed books. |
| Impetuous |
adj. |
Nóng nảy |
He made an impetuous decision. |
| Implicit |
adj. |
Ngầm |
There was an implicit agreement. |
| Implacable |
adj. |
Không thể làm dịu |
She was implacable in her anger. |
| Impugn |
v. |
Công kích |
He impugned the accuracy of the report. |
| Inchoate |
adj. |
Mới hình thành |
The project was in an inchoate stage. |
| Incisive |
adj. |
Sâu sắc, sắc bén |
Her incisive comments clarified the issue. |
| Indefatigable |
adj. |
Không mệt mỏi |
He was an indefatigable worker. |
| Indigent |
adj. |
Nghèo túng |
The charity helps indigent families. |
| Ineffable |
adj. |
Không thể diễn tả |
The beauty of the scene was ineffable. |
| Inept |
adj. |
Vụng về |
He was inept at handling the crisis. |
| Inimical |
adj. |
Có hại |
Policies inimical to growth were changed. |
| Insipid |
adj. |
Nhạt nhẽo |
The soup was insipid. |
| Insolent |
adj. |
Xấc xược |
His insolent reply shocked everyone. |
| Intrepid |
adj. |
Gan dạ |
The intrepid explorer ventured forward. |
| Inundate |
v. |
Tràn ngập |
The office was inundated with requests. |
| Inure |
v. |
Làm quen |
Years of hardship inured him to difficulty. |
| Invective |
n. |
Lời lăng mạ |
The speech was full of invective. |
| Irascible |
adj. |
Nóng nảy |
He was irascible and impatient. |
| Irrevocable |
adj. |
Không thể thay đổi |
The decision was irrevocable. |
| Itinerant |
adj. |
Đi đây đi đó |
The itinerant workers traveled constantly. |
| Jocular |
adj. |
Vui vẻ, đùa |
He was in a jocular mood. |
| Juxtapose |
v. |
Đặt cạnh nhau |
The artist juxtaposed colors creatively. |
| Kinetic |
adj. |
Thuộc chuyển động |
The sculpture conveys kinetic energy. |
| Laconic |
adj. |
Ngắn gọn |
His laconic reply was telling. |
| Lament |
v./n. |
Than vãn |
She lamented the lost opportunity. |
