| Palliate |
v. |
Làm giảm bớt |
Medicine can palliate the symptoms. |
| Panacea |
n. |
Thuốc chữa bách bệnh |
Education is not a panacea for poverty. |
| Paragon |
n. |
Hình mẫu |
He is a paragon of virtue. |
| Pariah |
n. |
Người bị ruồng bỏ |
The traitor became a social pariah. |
| Parsimonious |
adj. |
Keo kiệt |
He is parsimonious with money. |
| Paucity |
n. |
Sự thiếu |
There is a paucity of evidence. |
| Pejorative |
adj. |
Miệt thị |
He used pejorative terms. |
| Penchant |
n. |
Sở thích |
She has a penchant for art. |
| Penurious |
adj. |
Nghèo túng |
He lived a penurious life. |
| Perfidious |
adj. |
Bất trung |
He was betrayed by a perfidious friend. |
| Perfunctory |
adj. |
Hời hợt |
He gave a perfunctory nod. |
| Pernicious |
adj. |
Độc hại |
Smoking is pernicious. |
| Perspicacious |
adj. |
Sáng suốt |
The detective was perspicacious. |
| Pertinent |
adj. |
Thích hợp |
Her remarks were pertinent. |
| Petulant |
adj. |
Hờn dỗi |
The child was petulant. |
| Phlegmatic |
adj. |
Bình thản |
He remained phlegmatic under stress. |
| Pithy |
adj. |
Ngắn gọn, súc tích |
His speech was pithy. |
| Placate |
v. |
Làm dịu |
He tried to placate his angered boss. |
| Plaintive |
adj. |
Buồn rầu |
She gave a plaintive look. |
| Platitude |
n. |
Lời sáo rỗng |
The speech was full of platitudes. |
| Plethora |
n. |
Quá nhiều |
There is a plethora of options. |
| Poignant |
adj. |
Chua xót, cảm động |
The movie 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 |
That idea is preposterous. |
| Prescient |
adj. |
Tiên đoán |
The economist was prescient. |
| Proclivity |
n. |
Khuynh hướng tự nhiên |
He has a proclivity for risk-taking. |
| Prodigal |
adj. |
Phung phí |
The prodigal son wasted his fortune. |
| Prodigious |
adj. |
Phi thường |
She has a 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. |
Hạn hẹp, quê mùa |
His views are provincial. |
| Prudent |
adj. |
Thận trọng |
Make prudent decisions. |
| Pugnacious |
adj. |
Thích đánh nhau |
The boxer was pugnacious. |
| Quagmire |
n. |
Tình huống khó khăn |
The project became a quagmire. |
| Querulous |
adj. |
Hay cằn nhằn |
The customer was querulous. |
| Quixotic |
adj. |
Viển vông |
His plan was quixotic. |
| Rancor |
n. |
Oán hận |
He spoke without rancor. |
| Recalcitrant |
adj. |
Cứng đầu |
The recalcitrant student refused orders. |
| Reclusive |
adj. |
Ẩn dật |
He became reclusive. |
| Redundant |
adj. |
Thừa thãi |
Avoid redundant words. |
| Refute |
v. |
Bác bỏ |
She refuted the accusation. |
| Relegate |
v. |
Giáng chức |
He was relegated to a minor role. |
| Remiss |
adj. |
Cẩu thả |
He was remiss in his duties. |
| Renege |
v. |
Nuốt lời |
They reneged on the agreement. |
| Replete |
adj. |
Đầy đủ |
The book is replete with examples. |
| Reprehensible |
adj. |
Đáng trách |
His behavior was reprehensible. |
| Repress |
v. |
Kìm nén |
She repressed her anger. |
| Repudiate |
v. |
Từ chối |
He repudiated the claim. |
