TRIAL AND ERROR

frivolous

insignificant

secure

stable

dominant

refer to a high rank

zealot

(people who are fanatical about a cause)

supplant

replace

polemicist

partisan

pragmatist

concerned with practical
solutions.

velocity

speed at which sth changes

jubilation

extreme joy

precocious

demonstrate talent at an early age

expedient

**in a way that is helpful or useful in a particular situation, but sometimes not morally acceptable**

lumber

move sth large lazily and slowly

stammer

stutter

wafting

drifting (smell)

dispute

argue against (for ppl)

ratify

phê chuẩn

mandate

chỉ thị

dormant

inactive, alive but not actively growing

a sense of personal security

take comfort in

folly

foolishness, lack of good sense

latent

dormant, functionless

repudiate

reject or refuse

recant

withdraw a previously held belief

surmise

form a notion of from scanty evidence, phỏng đoán

contrive

invent, plan, plot treachery

disparate

dissimilar (tension → coming from contrasting, different influences)

precarious

feeble uncertain

renounce

dispute, abandon

fervor for

heated passion

buttress

support a claim

corrective

counterbalance

fixation

obsession, compulsion

tenure

A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency, tại chức

enduring popularity

by no means a fashion curiosity from the archaic past

proliferated with problematic results

in a manner that disrupts the ecology of water systems.

inspired by both influences

premised on Asian art nonetheless allude to experimental European art

refinement of

improvement on

precursor of

something that happened or existed before another thing, especially if it either developed into it or had an influence on it