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portend | pɔːˈtend

Answer 1

foretell; presage (vt) báo hiệu; báo điềm, báo trước; báo trước, cảnh cáo The king did not know what these omens might portend and asked his soothsayers to interpret them. [+] adumbrate, augur, bode, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foreshow, omen, predict, prognosticate, prophesy

Answer 2

lustful dâm dật, dâm đãng, khiêu dâm The lascivious books were banned by the clergy. [+] incontinent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious

Answer 3

pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand thích hợp, phù hợp The lawyer objected that the testimony being offered was not germane to the case at hand. [+] apposite, apropos, relevant;

Answer 4

suitable; to the point đúng chỗ, thích đáng, đi thẳng vào vấn đề chính The lawyer wanted to know all the pertinent details. [+] applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, relevant

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wanton; lewd; dissolute phóng túng, bừa bãi, dâm loạn The licentious monarch helped bring about his country's downfall. [+] incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidinous, lustful

Answer 6

babble (n) chuyện tầm phào; chuyện vớ vẩn trẻ con; (vi) nói bi bô; nói chuyện tầm phào (về người lớn) The little girl prattled endlessly about her dolls.

Answer 7

lending money at illegal rates of interest sự cho vay nặng lãi The loan shark was found guilty of usury.

Answer 8

salient angle; forward wedge driven into the enemy's battle front; outstanding, prominent, easily noticed; pointing outwards lồi ra ,nhô ra ,nổi bật The long Allied struggle to push back the salient that the Nazis had created in Belgium in 1944 is popularly known as "The Battle of the Bulge."; One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page. [+] conspicuous, noticeable, outstanding, remarkable

Answer 9

boisterous laughter tiếng cười hô hố, tiếng cười ha hả The loud guffaw that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committee had not yet settled down to serious business.

Answer 10

mournful sầu thảm, bi thảm The lugubrious howling of the dogs added to our sadness. [+] doleful, dolorous, lamentable, plaintive, woeful

Answer 11

wild; sensational The lurid stories he told shocked his listeners. [+] eerie, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre

Answer 12

disused condition không đợc sử dụng The machinery in the idle factory was in a state of desuetude. [+] cease, cessation, closure, disusage

Answer 13

skillful khéo, khéo tay, có kỹ xảo; khéo léo; thuận dùng tay phải The magician was so dexterous that we could not follow him as he performed his tricks. [+] adept, adroit, deft, expert

Answer 14

dictated by hatred or spite Hiểm độc, có ác tâm; có hiềm thù, cố tình làm hại The malicious neighbor spread the gossip. [+] malevolent, malignant

Answer 15

white with age hoa râm, bạc The man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70.; The man was hoary and wrinked when he was 70. [+] gray

Answer 16

talkativeness tính nói nhiều, ba hoa The man who married a dumb wife asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's garrulity after her cure. [+] loquacity, prolixity, verbosity;

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causing horror or terror, ghastly ghê tởm, kinh khủng, rùng rợn The mangled bodies of the victims told their own grisly story of what had happened.; She shuddered at the frisly sight. [+] gruesome, lurid, macabre, terrible

Answer 18

overstock; fill to excess nhồi nhét, thừa mứa The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the many articles they had produced. [+] gorge, jade, sate, satiate, surfeit

Answer 19

discharge; give forth rỉ, ứa ra The maple syrup is obtained from the sap that exudes from the trees in early spring. [+] emanate, emit

Answer 20

inharmonious Không hợp với, kỵ nhau, xung khắc The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were incompatible. [+] conflicting, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, incongruous, incongruent, inconsonant

Answer 21

rustic; pastoral đồng quê, điền viên The meadow was the scene of bucolic gaiety. [+] rural, pastoral, rustic

Answer 22

bitterness of speech and temper 1. Vị chát, vị chua. 2. Tính chất chua chát The meeting of the United Nations Assembly was marked with such acerbity that little hope of reaching any useful settlement of the problem could be held. [+] acrimony, asperity, mordancy

Answer 23

change of form or character, eg. by natural growth or development Sự thay đổi hình dáng hoặc bản chất The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life.; The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life. Transformation

Answer 24

pertaining to the church giáo sĩ (thuộc) giáo hội; thích hợp với giáo hội The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit. [+] clerical, sacerdotal

Answer 25

obstruct làm vướng víu The minority party agreed not to hamper the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace. [+] hinder, impede

Answer 26

hater of mankind; person who avoids society; one who hates mankind The misanthrope chose to live alone.; We thought the hermit was a misanthrope because he shunned our society. [+] philanthropist

Answer 27

boredom sự buồn chán, sự chán nản The monotonous routine of hospital life induced a feeling of ennui which made him moody and irritable. [+] boredom, doldrums, languor, listlessness, tedium, weariness

Answer 28

shining; bright The moon's lucent rays silvered the river.

Answer 29

make untrue or partly untrue statements, try to evade telling the whole truth; lie nói lập lờ; nói quanh co (để lừa dối hoặc để lảng tránh sự thật) The more he tried to protect himself by prevaricating , the more he became entrapped in his own web of deception and dishonesty.; Some people believe that to prevaricate in a good cause is justifiable and regard the statement as a "white lie." [+] equivocate

Answer 30

injurious; harmful; fatal; very destructive độc, nguy hại The more we studied the drug problem, the more we became aware of its pernicious influence on the American people today.; He argued that these books had a pernicious effect on young and susceptible minds. [+] baneful, miasmatic, noxious, pestilential, poisonous, toxic, virulent

Answer 31

crevice vết nứt; chỗ gãy The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny fissures in the rock. [+] breach, cleft, crack, rift

Answer 32

having no definite shape or form; shapeless Vô định hình, không có hình dạng nhất định, không kết tinh (dùng cho hoá chất) The musical composition, with no melodic pattern and no well-defined structure of development, seemed amorphous to my ear.; She was frightened by the amorphous mass which had floated in from the sea. [+] formless

Answer 33

be disturbed; boil Nổi lên ,sủi bọt ,kích động The nation was seething with discontent as the noblemen continued their arrogant ways. [+] ferment, stir

Answer 34

object supposed to possess magical powers; an object of special devot vật thờ; điều mê tín The native wore a fetish around his neck to ward off evil spirits.

Answer 35

help the progress of; speed up business, etc. xúc tiến, tiến hành, giải quyết The new computerized referral system will greatly expedite the processing of complaints by customers.

Answer 36

temporary invasion Sự xâm nhập, tấn công bất ngờ The nightly incursions and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force. [+] foray, raid;

Answer 37

hopeful; optimistic; having a red complexion; cheerful; hopeful Lạc quan, hồng hào The nurse changed his sanguine bandage.; Let us not be too sanguine about the outcome; something could go wrong. [+] optimistic

Answer 38

calm; not easily disturbed phớt tỉnh, lạnh lùng, thản nhiên The nurse was a cheerful but phlegmatic person. [+] imperturbable, inexcitable;

Answer 39

calm courage in the face of pain, danger, or difficulty; bravery; courage sự chịu đựng, ngoan cường; sự dũng cảm The nurses displayed unwavering fortitude during the epidemic.; He was awarded the medal for his fortitude in the battle. [+] dauntlessness, intrepidity

Answer 40

falling of as of leaves ổiụng lá The oak is a deciduous tree,

Answer 41

sharpen; stimulate (sự) mài sắc; kích thích, khuấy động The odors from the kitchen are whetting my appetite; I will be ravenous by the time the meal is served.

Answer 42

with suspicion; with a sideway or indirect look nghiêng, ngờ vực The old woman looked askance at their short shirts.; Looking askance at her questioner, she displayed her scorn. [+] awry, askew, crookedly

Answer 43

make pain or suffering less or easier to bear; relieve Làm giảm nhẹ, làm bớt, làm dịu, làm khuây The only truly effective way to alleviate the poverty of underdeveloped third-world nations is to help increase their capacity to produce wealth.; This should alleviate the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs. [+] allay, appease, assuage, calm, pacify, soothe;

Answer 44

dark; not transparent tối tăm, không thông suốt, trì độn The opaque window kept the sunlight out of the room. [+] nontransparent, obscure, vague

Answer 45

list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to prese Vốn tiết mục (tất cả các bản nhạc, vở kịch 1 nghệ sĩ có thể trình diễn) The opera company decided to include "Madame Butterfly" in its repertoire for the following season.

Answer 46

pompous; using inflated language khoa trương The orator's bombastic manner left the audience unimpressed. [+] grandiloquent, magniloquent;

Answer 47

destroy completely San bằng, xoá trụi The owners intended to raze the hotel and erect an office building on the site.

Answer 48

almost unconscious condition caused by shock, drugs, alcohol, etc.; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness Sự ngẩn ngơ, t+F1046rạng thái kinh ngạc The pain-killer kept him in a dreamlike stupor .; In his stupor, the addict was unaware of the events taking place around him. [+] coma, lethargy, torpor

Answer 49

settle comfortably để gọn lỏn, ngồi gọn lỏn, ngồi thu lu The parents thought that their children were ensconced safely in the private school and decided to leave for Europe.

Answer 50

conference cuộc hòa đàm, thương lượng The peace parley has not produced the anticipated truce. [+] conversation, discussion, palaver

Answer 51

dreamily thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness sâu sắc, trầm ngâm The pensive youth gazed at the painting for a long time and then sighed. [+] cogitative, meditative , musing, pondering, reflecting.

Answer 52

thunder; explode xoè lửa, nổ, nổi giận đùng đùng; tuôn ra, phun ra The people against whom she fulminated were innocent of any wrongdoing. [+] detonate

Answer 53

profane; impious báng bổ, nguyền rủa The people in the room were shocked by his blasphemous language. [+] irreverent, sacrilegious

Answer 54

tyranny bạo ngợc , chuyên quyền The people rebelled against the despotism of the king. [+] autocracy, dictatorship, totalitarianism, tyranny

Answer 55

unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse độc thân The perennial bachelor vowed to remain celibate.

Answer 56

any gain above stipulated salary bổng lộc, tiền thù lao thêm, thừa hưởng The perquisites attached to this job make it even more attractive than the salary indicates. [+] bonus

Answer 57

very unrefined; grossly insensible thô bỉ , đần độn dốt dặc The philosophers deplored the crass commercialism. [+] coarse, gross, raw, uncouth, unrefined;

Answer 58

superfluous; superfluous; excessively wordy; repetitious Thừa, rườm rà; red

Answer 59

concluding section of a musical or literary composition (âm nhạc) đoạn cuối The piece concluded with a distinctive coda that strikingly brought together various motifs.

Answer 60

variegated; multicolored đa màu The Pied Piper of Hamelin got his name from the multicolored clothing he wore. [+] bridle, piebald;

Answer 61

devout (a) ngoan đạo, sùng đạo; đạo đức giả; (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) hiếu thảo, lễ độ The pious parents gave their children a religious upbringing. [+] religious

Answer 62

pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating (a) hơi cay, có vị cay cay dễ chịu; (nghĩa bóng) kích thích, kích động nhẹ; khêu gợi ngầm; có duyên thầm The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal. [+] poignant, pungent

Answer 63

trite remark; commonplace statement (n) tính vô vị, tính tầm thường, tính nhàm chán; lời nói vô vị, tẻ nhạt The platitudes in his speech were applauded by the vast majority in his audience; only a few people perceived how trite his remarks were. [+] banality, cliche, prosaism;

Answer 64

outcome; final development of the plot of a play kết quả,kết thúc 1 vở kịch The play was childishly written; the denouement was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the middle of the first act.

Answer 65

place of judgment; court of justice toà án The prisoner appeared before the tribunal for sentencing.; The decision of the tribunal was final and the prisoner was sentenced to death. [+] court, lawcourt

Answer 66

deny belief, approval or knowledge; refuse chối, không nhận, từ bỏ The prisoner attempted to disavow his confession on the grounds that he had not been informed of his legal rights by the district attorney.

Answer 67

shackle trói buộc; kiềm chế; cùm, xích The prisoner was fettered to the wall. [+] manacle

Answer 68

an inscription on a gravestone; inscription in memory of a dead person văn bia, văn mộ chí The professor wrote his own epitaph before he died.; In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tombstone.

Answer 69

disintegration; looseness in morals sự rã ra, sự tan rã, phân huỷ; hoà tan; tan ra (băng, tuyết...); sự giải tán (nghị viện, quốc hội); giải thể (một công ty...); huỷ bỏ (một giao kèo, cuộc hôn nhân...) sự tan biến, sự biến mất sự chết The profligacy and dissolution of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians. [+] rupture

Answer 70

a pleasant sound; sweet sound tiếng êm tai, tính thuận tai The psalm is enjoyed for its euphony as much as its content.; Noted for its euphony even when it is spoken, the Italian language is particularly pleasing to the ear when sung.

Answer 71

tending to damage or take away from one's credit, etc.; insulting; expressing a low opinion sự xúc phạm, phậm luật The public will not readily accept an intensive investigation designed to turn up derogatory information about so popular a figure.; I resent your derogatory remarks. [+] depreciative, depreciatory, detracting, disparaging, pejorative

Answer 72

stinging; caustic hăng; cay (ớt...); sắc sảo; nhói, buốt, nhức (đau...); sâu cay, chua cay, cay độc (về nhận xét) The pungency of the cigarette smoke made me cough. [+] piquant, poignancy, sour

Answer 73

sharpness; stinging quality vị hăng; vị cay (ớt...); tính sắc sảo, sự nhói, sự buốt, sự nhức nhối (đau...); tính chua cay (của lời nói) the pungency of the cigarette smoke mademe cough. [+] piquancy, poignancy, sourness;

Answer 74

party; clique; dissension bè phái; bè cánh The quarrels and bickering of the two factions within the club disturbed the majority of the members.

Answer 75

rearing up on hind legs; unrestrained Chồm đứng lên, hung hăng, không kiềm chế được, quá khích The rampant weeds in the garden killed all the flowers which had been planted in the spring. [+] pandemic, prevailing, prevalent, widespread

Answer 76

a. suitable, v.'acquire; take possession of for one`s own use a. phù hợp, v. chiếm đoạt làm của riêng The ranch owners appropriated the lands that had originally been set aside for the lndians` use. [+] arrogate, commandeer, confiscate, seize;

Answer 77

kingdom; sphere Vương quốc, địa hạt, lĩnh vực The realm of possibilities for the new invention was endless. [+] empire; compass, extent, purview, scope

Answer 78

suitable for drinking (a) dùng để uống được, có thể uống được The recent drought in the Middle Atlantic States has emphasized the need for extensive research in ways of making sea water potable. [+] drinkable

Answer 79

withdrawl; retreat Rút lui khỏi vị trí trước đây The recession of the troops from the combat area was completed in an orderly manner. [+] retreat, setback; cf. cession

Answer 80

of poor quality; made to seem better than it is; sham; not genuine; inferior hàng tái sinh ,hàng xấu hàng thứ phẩm The record player looked impressive, but its construction was so shoddy that within a few months it seemed to be falling apart.; You will never get the public to buy such shoddy material. [+] shabby

Answer 81

kind, gentle; mild; not dangerous; kindly; favorable; not malignant lành, tốt, nhân từ The red evening sky was a benign omen.; The old man was well liked because of his benign attitude toward friend and stranger alike. [+] clement, humane, merciful

Answer 82

terse; expressed briefly and clearly; brief; terse; compact ngắn gọn, cô đọng, súc tích The reporter gave the rewrite man a succinct account of what had happened, and the city editor had it expanded into a feature story.; His remarks are always succinct and pointed. [+] concise, laconic, pithy

Answer 83

subsidiary company; serving as a help or support but not of first importance; subordinate; secondary phụ trợ, phụ thuộc, do một công ty khác kiểm soát; công ty con The responsibility to the general public on the part of these corporations and their subsidiaries is not lessened by the fact that they pay heavy taxes.; This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your arg [+] accessory, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary

Answer 84

rising again after defeat, etc. Trối dậy, hồi sinh. The resurgent nation surprised everyone by its quick recovery after total defeat. [+] resurrectional

Answer 85

go beyond what is right or natural or desirable xâm lấn, xâm phạm The rights guranteed us by the Constitution do not permit you to encroach on the rights of others.

Answer 86

slow; sluggish người chậm chạp, người đi chậm đằng sau The sailor had been taught not to be laggard in carrying out orders. [+] dawdling, delaying, dilatory, loitering, procrastinating

Answer 87

giving to joking đùa bỡn, vui đùa, hài hước, khôi hài The salesman was so jocose that many of his customers suggested that he become a "stand-up" comic. [+] droll, facetious, humorous, jocular, ludicrous, witty

Answer 88

disdainful; sarcastic; cynical mỉa mai, chua chát The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude. [+] mocking, derisive, scornful, sneering

Answer 89

soil; defile bôi nhọ , nói xấu, gièm pha The scandalous remarks in the newspaper besmirch the reputations of every member of the society. [+] stain, sully, taint, tarnish

Answer 90

beat (n) quả táo chuôi kiếm (núm tròn ở chuôi kiếm); quả táo yên ngựa ; (vt) đấm thùm thụp, đánh túi bụi (như) pummel The severity with which he was pommeled was indicated by the bruises he displayed on his head and face.

Answer 91

heavy substance used to add stability or weight dằn, sự chăc chắn The ship was listing badly to one side; it was necessary to shift the ballast in the hold to get her back on an even keel.

Answer 92

shallow place Nơi n+F1032ông cạn, không sâu The ship was stranded on a shoal and had to be pulled off by tugs. [+] shallow

Answer 93

resisting authority; obstinate and disobedient; disobedient; resisting authority bướng bỉnh ngang ngạnh The situation was rapidly becoming intolerable because the new supervisor found the employees to be not merely uncooperative but positively contumacious .; The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police. [+] factious, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious

Answer 94

winding; bending in and out; not morally honest Ngoằn nghèo, quanh co uốn khúc The snake moved in a sinuous manner. [+] convoluted, meandering, tortuous

Answer 95

filthy; base; vile bẩn thỉu ,nhớp nhúa, dơ dáy The social worker was angered by the sordid housing provided for the homeless. [+] squalid; despicable, servile

Answer 96

talking to oneself Sự độc thoại ,Đoạn độc thoại The soliloquy is a device by the dramatist to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and emotions. [+] monologue

Answer 97

raider; intruder Kẻ cướp The sounding of the alarm frightened the marauders. cf. maraud; depredator, despoiler, freebooter, pillager, plunderer, raider, ravager

Answer 98

hinder; block Ngăn cản, ngăn trở The special prosecutor determined that the Attorney General, though inept, had not intentionally set out to impede the progress of the investigation. [+] hamper, obstruct;

Answer 99

get farther apart from a point or from each other as they progress; turn off; deviate; vary; go in different directions from the same point phân kỳ; rẽ ra; khác nhau (về ý kiến, quan điểm...); bất đồng ý kiến (nghĩa bóng) xa rời The spoken of the wheel diverge from the hub.; The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub. [+] deviate, digress, swerve;

Answer 100

motionless; stale; dull ứ đọng (nước), trì trệ The stagnant water was a breeding ground for disease. [+] v. stagnate

Answer 101

wild and noisy disorder; wild tumult huyên náo, địa ngục, quỉ dữ The station was pandemonium at rush hour.; When feared the AIDS epidemic would soon reach pandemic proportions. [+] clamor, hubbub, uproar

Answer 102

person of prominence or influence yếu nhân; người quyền quý, người kiệt xuất, người hết sức giàu có; trùm (tư bản); vua (tư bản) The steel magnate decided to devote more time to city politics. [+] tycoon

Answer 103

face; appearance (đùa cợt) bộ mặt, nét mặt, mặt của một người The stern visage of the judge indicated that she had decided to impose a severe penalty. [+] countenance

Answer 104

flickle; incalculable hay thay đổi, đồng bóng The storm was capricious and changed course constantly. [+] fickle, mercurial, unstable, erratic

Answer 105

relieve of a burden, obligation, etc.; free from a charge or the imputation of guilt, exculpate; acquit; exculpate miễn cho (ai), giải tội The story of his unhappy childhood aroused our sympathy but did not exonerate him from the charge of criminal assault on aged ladies.; I am sure this letter naming the actual culprit will exonerate you. [+] absolve, acquit, vindicate

Answer 106

drowsy; dull hôn mê The stuffy room made her lethargic. [+] comatose, torpid, dormant

Answer 107

nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy tính phảng phất, tính huyền ảo, sự tinh vi, sự tinh tế; sự khôn khéo, sự khôn ngoan, sự tinh nhanh The subtlety of his remarks was unnoticed by most of his audience. [+] finess, nicety; duplicity

Answer 108

very bright; splendid; brilliant; lustrous Chói lọi, rực rỡ, lộng lẫy; re(=intensive) +splend(=shine) The talents which had seemed so resplendent in their youth now struk us as unimpressive and even pathetic.; The toreador wore a resplendent costume. [+] splendid

Answer 109

change the shape, nature or substance of; change; convert to something different chuyển hoá, đổi dạng, biến đổi bản chất; chuyển thành vật khác The task of education, said the speaker, is to transmute the primitive selfishness of the child into socially useful modes of behavior.; He was unable to transmute his dreams into actualities. [+] convert, transform

Answer 110

often changing; not constant; changeable; faithless hay thay đổi; không kiên định The taste of the public is so fickle that a TV performer who is a big hit one season may be out of a job the next.; He discovered she was fickle and went out with many men. [+] capricious, inconstant, mercurial, unstable

Answer 111

dormant; dull; lethargic thiếu linh hoạt, uể oải, mê mệt; trì trệ The torpid bear had just come out of his cave after his long hibernation. [+] n. torpor (= coma, languor, lassitude, stolidity, stupor, torpidity)

Answer 112

causing no harm; harmless Không độc hại, vô thưởng vô phạt The tough leadership we need in these troubled times will not come from uncertain and innocuous personalities.; Let him drink it; it is innocuous and will have no ill effect. [+] innoxious

Answer 113

travel; migrate di cư; đi di cư The tribe made their trek further north that summer in search of game. [+] peregrinate

Answer 114

hackneyed; commonplace lặp đi lặp lại, cũ rích, mòn, sáo, nhàm The trite and predictable situations in many television programs alienate many viewers. [+] banal, stereotyped

Answer 115

not in agreement; not harmonious; harsh; inharmonious; conflicting bất hoà, trái ngược nhau, không hoà hợp; chói tai, nghịch tai; không hợp âm The two leaders are trying to form an alliance, but their respective programs are so discordant that it will be hard for them to work together.; She tried to unite the discordant factions. [+] conflicting, disconsonant, crepant, dissonant, incompatible, incongruent, incongruous, inconisistent, inconsonant

Answer 116

mutual; exchangeable; interacting Lẫn nhau, tương hỗ, qua lại The two nations signed a reciprocal trade agreement.

Answer 117

combine; unite in one body Trộn, pha trộn, hợp nhất The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body. [+] compound, consolidate;

Answer 118

separate; unconnected riêng biệt, riêng rẽ, rời rạc The universe is composed of discrete bodies. [+] distinct, diverse;

Answer 119

not easily controlled; disorderly; disobedient; lawless ngỗ ngược, ngang bướng; bất kham, ko vâng lời; phóng túng The unruly child was expelled from school.; The only way to curb this unruly mob is to use tear gas. [+] fractious, indocile, intractable, recalcitrant, untoward

Answer 120

empty; inane rỗng, trống rỗng; ngớ ngẩn, ngây ngô; rỗi, vô công rồi nghề The vacuous remarks of the politician annoyed the audience, who had hoped to hear more than empty platitudes. [+] vacant, void

Answer 121

capable of being bribed dễ mua chuộc, dễ hối lộ; vụ lợi; bị ảnh hưởng bởi ăn hối lộ The venal policeman accepted the bribe offered him by the speeding motorist whom he had stopped. [+] bribable, corruptible;

Answer 122

period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumn điểm phân, điẻm thu -xuân phân The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.

Answer 123

change, especially in somebody's fortunes; change of fortune sự thăng trầm (số nhiều); sự thay đổi theo chu kỳ, sự tuần hoàn The vicissitude of life may suddenly make a millionaire poor.; I am accustomed to life's vicissitudes, having experienced poverty and wealth, sickness and health, and failure and success.

Answer 124

deprive of strength, force, vigor, etc.; weaken physically, mentally, or morally ;; weakened làm kiệt sức , làm mòn mỏi The vigor of his opponent's attack enervated the young politician.; She was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window left her enervated. [+] debilitate, devitalize, disable;

Answer 125

extremely poisonous độc hại, kịch độc; độc ác, hiểm độc The virus is highly virulent and has made many of us ill for days.

Answer 126

difficult to please; squeamish khó tính, khó chiều; kén cá chọn canh The waitresses disliked serving him dinner because of his very fastidious taste. [+] dainty, finicky, fussy

Answer 127

damp ẩm ớt The walls of the dungeon were dank and slimy. [+] damp, moist

Answer 128

imprison Bỏ tù, bị giam, o bế The warden will incarcerate the felon after conviction. [+] confine, constrain, immure

Answer 129

muddy; having the sediment disturbed đục,mờ, lẫn lộn, hỗn độn, lộn xộn, mất trật tự The water was turbid after the children had waded through it.

Answer 130

practicing self-denial; austere khổ hạnh The wealthy young man could not understand the ascetic life led by the monks. [+] abstemious, abstinent, astringent, austere, stern

Answer 131

feel and express disapproval of; disapprove regretfully không ủng hộ , không tán thành The whole history of social reform demonstrates how much easier it is to deprecate evils than to take effective action against them.; I must deprecate your attitude and hope that you will change your mind. [+] disapprove, discountenance

Answer 132

belief on slight evidence dễ tin, cả tin The witch doctor took advantage of the credulity of the superstitious natives. [+] gullibility

Answer 133

dress with vulgar finery tô son điểm phấn loè loẹt The witch doctors were bedizened in all their gaudiest costumes.

Answer 134

withered; shriveled khô xác, nhăn nheo; héo hon The wizened old man in the home for the aged was still active and energetic.

Answer 135

having more than one meaning; of uncertain meaning or intention; doubtful in meaning Khó hiểu, mơ hồ, nhập nhằng The word presently may mean "right now"or "at a future time".Therefor, to say "I will do that presently" must be considered an ambiguous statement.; His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take. [+] equivocal, unexplicit, vague

Answer 136

in a melted and therefore very hot state; made of metal that has been melted and cast nấu chảy (kim loại) The workers carefully ladled the molten iron into the bell-shaped mold.; The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius. [+] liguefied

Answer 137

stopping sự ngừng, sự chấm dứt The workers threatened a cessation of all activities if their demands were not met. [+] cease, termination;

Answer 138

easily trained or controlled; obedient; easily managed dễ bảo, dễ sai khiến, ngoan ngoãn The young man who seemed so quiet and docile turned out to be very well-informed and to have strong opinions of his own.; As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast. [+] amenable, tractable, pliant

Answer 139

formal discussion; conversation bài thuyết trình; bài diễn thuyết; bài luận văn; v: thuyết trình; diễn thuyết The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers.

Answer 140

diligent cần mẫn, chuyên cần, siêng năng, kiên trì The young woman was so sedulous that she received a commendation for her hard work. [+] assiduous, industrious;

Answer 141

soak Nhúng ướt, làm ướt sũng Their clothes were saturated by the rain. [+] drench, imbue

Answer 142

glowing ardor sự nhiệt tình, sự hăng hái Their kiss was full of the fervor of first love. [+] enthusiasm, passion, zeal;

Answer 143

nearness; kinship sự gần gũi (về không gian, thời gian; hàng xóm..); quan hệ huyết thống, quan hệ họ hàng gần Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere propinquity; they were more than relatives; they were true friends. [+] proximity

Answer 144

differing in some characteristics; various gồm nhiều loại khác nhau, linh tinh; thay đổi khác nhau There are diverse ways of approaching this problem. [+] disparate

Answer 145

division into two parts, groups. or classes, especially when there are sharply distinguished or opposed; branching into two parts sự tách thành hai hoặc giữa hai nhóm hoặc vật khác nhau và đối lập nhau, sự lưỡng phân; tuần trăng nửa vành There are very few world problems that can be understood in terms of a simple dichotomyomy of right and wrong.; The dichotomy of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards. [+] divergence

Answer 146

pay for services Lương ,thu nhập chính thức There is a nominal stipend for this position. [+] emolument

Answer 147

absence of government or control; disorder; confusion; absence of governing body; state of disorder Tình trạng vô chính phủ, tình trạng hỗn loạn There is a vast difference between democracy, under which everyone has duties as well as privileges, and anarchy under which no one has any fixed obligations.; The assassination of the leaders led to a period of anarchy. [+] chaos, disorder;

Answer 148

talkative,fond of talking nói nhiều, ba hoa There is an old folk tradition that women are more loquacious than men, but all the men I know do their full share of talking.; She is very loquacious and can speak on the telephone for hours. [+] garrulous, verbose;

Answer 149

liable to error có thể sai lầm There is an old saying that pencils are made with erasers because everyone is fallible .; I know I am fallible, but I feel confident that I am right this time. [+] errable, errant

Answer 150

hidden; secret; mysterious; supernatural; magical; mysterious; secret; supernatural sâu kín, huyền bí, che khuất, bị che lấp There is evidence which proves that many persons supposed to have occult powers have either been clever frauds or the victims of self-deception.; The occult rites of the organization were revealed only to members. [+] mystic, uncanny;

Answer 151

accidental; by chance tình cờ, ngẫu nhiên, bất ngờ There is no connection between these two events; their timing is entirely fortuitous. [+] casual, incidental

Answer 152

say that someone or something is of small value or importance; speak ill of; belittle làm mất uy tín, làm mất thể diện, làm mang tai mang tiếng, làm ô danh gièm pha, chê bai; coi rẻ, xem thường, miệt thị There must be a serious flaw in the character of a girl who makes it habit to disparage the abilities of her best friends.; Do not disparage anyone's contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums. [+] abuse, belittle, decry, depreciate, derogate, detract

Answer 153

self-satisfied tự mãn There was a complacent look on his face as he examined his paintings. [+] self-contented

Answer 154

threatening điềm xấu These clouds are ominous; they portend a severe storm. [+] (n.) omen

Answer 155

flay; abrade làm tuột/trầy da; bóc,lột (da) These shoes are so ill-fitting that they will excoriate the feet and create blisters. [+] chafe

Answer 156

make shiny by rubbing; polish (sự) đánh bóng They burnished the metal until it reflected the lamplight. [+] furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, polish

Answer 157

scarcity khan thiếu They closed the restaurant because the paucity of customers made it uneconomical to operate. [+] insufficiency, poverty

Answer 158

treat a holy thing without respect; profane; violate the sanctity of mạo phạm, báng bổ They desecrated the memory of Lincoln by involving his name in defense of such a racist policy.; The soldiers desecrated the temple. [+] defile, pollute

Answer 159

lash; whip; severe punishment Ngời trừng phạt ,Ngời phê bình nghiêm khắc They feared the plague and regarded it as a deadly scourge. [+] plague

Answer 160

position giving an advantage lợi, lời, lãi; lợi thế, ưu thế; phần thắng They fired upon the enemy from behind trees, walls and any other point of vantage they could find.

Answer 161

breaking of contract or duty; fissure; gap vi phạm, chọc thủng They found a breach in the enemy's fortifications and penetrated their lines. [+] contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation; break, hiatus, interim, interruption, interval, fracture, rift, rupture, schism;

Answer 162

lustful dâm dục, dâm dật They found his lewd stories objectionable. [+] incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, libidnous, licentious

Answer 163

highly ornate hoa mỹ They found the baroque architecture amusing. [+] embellished, flamboyant, rococo, ornamented

Answer 164

ridicule bới móc, chế nhạo, trò cời They greeted his proposal with derision and refused to consider it seriously. [+] mockery

Answer 165

flickering; softly radiant lướt nhẹ, liếm nhẹ, nhuốm nhẹ, sáng óng ánh, sáng dịu They sat quietly before the lambent glow of the fireplace. [+] brilliant, effulgent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent

Answer 166

prevent a plan from being carried out, frustrate; outwit; baffle dùng mưu để vượt qua hoặc né tránh cái gì They tried to circumvent the official red tape.; In order to circumvent the enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting our major campaign. [+] baffle, balk, foil, frustrate, thwart

Answer 167

rotten; muddled; crazy 1. Lẫn, rối trí, quẫn trí. 2. Thối, hỏng, ung, không còn tơi This addle-headed plan is so preposterous that it does not deserve any consideration. [+] decayed, putrid; bewildered, distracted, flustered; insane, lunatic, maniac

Answer 168

futile; worthless Vụn vặt, vô giá trị, vô dụng; Vô hiệu, không có hiệu lực This agreement is nugatory for no court will enforce it. [+] paltry, ineffectual, useless;

Answer 169

characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled ban sơ, tinh khôi, không bị hư hỏng, còn mới nguyên; tươi, sạch sẽ như mới; (thuộc ngữ) nguyên thủy, cổ xưai This area has been preserved in all its pristine wildness. [+] primordial; virginal;

Answer 170

wordy đa ngôn, lắm lời, dùng nhiều từ ko cần thiết This article is too verbose; we must edit it. [+] garrulous, loquacious, prolix, talkative

Answer 171

a combination of parts to form a whole; combining parts into a whole sự tổng hợp This bill is a synthesis of the work of several senators.; Now that we have succeeded in isolating this drug, our next problem is to plan its synthesis in the laboratory.

Answer 172

thorough; inclusive bao quát, toàn diện This book provides a comprehensive review of verbal and math skills for the SAT. [+] inclusive, overall

Answer 173

savory; tasty; relishable Thơm ngon, F1012hảo hạng This chef has the knack of making most foods more sapid and appealing.

Answer 174

supplement to the body of a will khoản bổ sung vào tờ di chúc This codicil was drawn up five years after the writing of the original will. [+] appendix, supplement

Answer 175

breaking up; downfall thảm hoạ, ththất bại hoàn toàn This debacle in the government can only result in anarchy. [+] breakdown, collapse, crash;

Answer 176

prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area đặc hữu, địa phương This disease is endemic in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the population are at one time or another affected by it. [+] aboriginal, indigenous, native;

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