Word Smart Flashcards
(130 cards)
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contrived (adj)
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artificial; labored
giả tạo, có tính toán
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chasm (n)
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a deep, gaping hole; a gorge
kẽ nứt sâu, lỗ hổng
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chicanery (n)
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trickery; deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political
sự kiện tụng, cãi nhau
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chimera (n)
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an illusion; a foolish fancy
điều hão huyền, ảo tưởng
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cliché(n)
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an overused saying or idea
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farcical (adj)
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absurd; ludicrous
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fatuous (adj)
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foolish; silly; idiotic
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fecund (adj)
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fertile; productive
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facile (adj)
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fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy
dễ dàng quá (cần challenging hơn)
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expatriate (v)
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đày biệt xứ
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expedite (v)
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to speed up or ease the progress of
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extrapolate (v)
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to project or deduce from something known; to infer
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dissipate (v)
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xua tan
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attrition (n)
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gradual wearing away; weakening or loss
a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
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desiccate (v)
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to dry out
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countenance (n)
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face; facial expression, especially an encouraging one
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covenant (n)
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hiệp ước, hiệp định
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circumvent (v)
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to frustrate as though by surrounding
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concurrent (adj)
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happening at the same time; parallel
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condescend (v)
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hạ mình, hạ cố
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conducive(adj)
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promoting
có lợi/ dẫn đến
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confluence (n)
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ngã ba sông, điểm gặp nhau
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cogent (adj)
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powerfully convincing
cogent reasons are extremely pervasive ones
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cognitive (adj)
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lquan tới nhận thức
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cognizant (adj)
aware: conscious
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collusion (n)
câu kết, thông đồng
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commensurate (adj)
equal; proportionate
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compendium (n)
a summary; an abridgement
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hegemony (n)
leadership
| quyền lãnh đạo, bá chủ
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hermetic (adj)
kín, mật
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homily (n)
a sermon
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contentious (adj)
argumentative; quarrelsome
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obfuscate (v)
to darken; to confuse; to make confusing
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impervious (adj)
not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
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incandescent (adj)
brilliant; giving off heat or light
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incantation (n)
thần chú, bùa phép
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incense (v)
to make very angry
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incipient (adj)
beginning; emerging
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incisive (adj)
sắc sảo
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palliate (v)
to alleviate or relieve sth without getting rid of the problem; to assuage; to mitigate
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palpable (adj)
capable of being touched; obvious; tangible
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increment (n)
an increase; one in a series of increases
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indigenous (adj)
bản xứ
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indignant (adj)
căm phẫn, phẫn nộ
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ineffable (adj)
incapable of being expressed or described
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patent (adj)
obvious
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paternal (adj)
fatherly; fatherlike
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pathology (n)
the science of diseases
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patriarch (n)
the male head of a family or tribe
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patrician (n)
a person of noble birth; an aristocrat
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patronize (v)
to treat as an inferior; to condescend to
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peccadillo (n)
a minor offense
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inert (adj)
inane (adj)
innate (adj)
inept (adj)
1. inactive; sluggish
2. silly
3. bẩm sinh
4. clumsy
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ingenious (adj)
| ingenuous (adj)
1. khéo léo, tài tình
| 2. ngây thơ, chân thật
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pensive (adj)
thoughtful and sad
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peremptory (adj)
final; categorical; dictatorial
| quả quyết, tất yếu
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perennial (adj)
continual; happening again and again or year after year
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injunction (n)
a command or order, especially a court order
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inordinate (adj)
excessive; unreasionable
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peripatetic (adj)
wandering; traveling continually; itinerant
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perjury (n)
lying under oath
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pertinent (adj)
relevant; dealing with the matter at hand
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philistine (n)
a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters
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plaintive (adj)
expressing sadness or sorrow
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plebeian (adj)
common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois
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polemic (n)
a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue
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postulate (n)
sth accepted as true without proof; an axiom
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introspective (adj)
tending to think about oneself; examining one's feeling
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inundate (v)
to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm
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invective (n)
insulting or abusive speech
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inveterate (adj)
habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted
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precipitate (v)
to cause to happen abruptly
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precipitous (adj)
steep
| vách đứng, dốc đứng
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preeminent (adj)
better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme
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preempt (v)
to seize something by prior right
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prepossess (v)
to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand
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pristine (adj)
original; unspoiled; pure
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profane (adj)
not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous
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labyrinth (n)
a maze; something like a maze
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lampoon (v)
to satirize; to mock; to parody
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languish (v)
to become weak; listless; or depressed
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largess (n)
generous giving of gifts(or the gifts themselves); generosity; philanthropy
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latent (adj)
present but not visible or apparent; potential
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profess (v)
to declare; to declare falsely or pretend
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proficient (adj)
thoroughly competent; skillful; very good (at sth)
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profligate (adj)
extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral
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proletariat (n)
the industrial working class
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proliferate (v)
to spread or grow rapidly
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promulgate (v)
to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare sth
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propensity (n)
a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection
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propitious (adj)
marked by favorable signs or conditions
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proponent (n)
an advocate; a supporter of a position
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litigate (v)
to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings
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lucid (adj)
clear; easy to understand
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proprietary (adj)
characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property
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proscribe (v)
to outlaw; to prohibit
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proselytize (v)
to covert (someone) from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit coverts to a religion or doctrine
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protract (v)
to prolong
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provident (adj)
preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal
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provisional (adj)
conditional; temporary; tentative
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machination (n)
scheming activity for an evil purpose
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malaise (n)
a feeling of depression, uneasiness, or queasiness
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malinger (n)
to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work
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manifest (adj)
visible; evident
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manifesto (n)
a public declaration of beliefs or principles, usually political ones
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marshal (v)
| martial (adj)
1. to arrange in order; to gather together for the purpose of doing sth
2. warlike
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purported (adj)
rumored; claimed
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putative (adj)
commonly accepted; supposed; reputed
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qualitative (adj)
having to do with the quality of sth
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mediate (v)
to help settle differences
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mendicant (n)
a beggar
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rancor (n)
bitter, long-lasting ill will or resentment
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rapacious (adj)
greedy; plundering; avaricious
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recalcitrant (adj)
stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient
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reciprocal (adj)
mutual; shared; interchangable
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mercenary (n)
a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for money
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mercurial (adj)
emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing in mood
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metamorphosis (n)
a magical change in form; a striking or sudden change
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microcosm (n)
the world in miniature
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milieu (n)
environment; surroundings
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minuscule (adj)
very tiny
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misanthropic (adj)
hating mankind
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reiterate (v)
to say again; to repeat
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moribund (adj)
dying
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mortify (v)
to humiliate
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reparation (n)
paying back; making amends; compensation
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repercussion (n)
a consequence; an indirect effect
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replenish (v)
to fill again; to resupply; to restore
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replete (adj)
completely filled; abounding
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reprisal (n)
a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking "an eye for an eye"
