Unit 2 - Thinking and learning

assess

to evaluate or judge something carefully (đánh giá) | to estimate value or importance (ước lượng)

assume

to think something is true without proof (cho rằng) | to take responsibility or role (đảm nhận)

baffle

to confuse someone completely (làm bối rối)

biased

showing unfair preference or prejudice (thiên vị)

concentrate

to focus all attention on something (tập trung)

consider

to think carefully about something (cân nhắc) | to regard in a certain way (coi là)

contemplate

to think deeply for a long time (chiêm nghiệm)

cynical

believing people are motivated by self-interest (hoài nghi, yếm thế)

deduce

to reach a conclusion by reasoning (suy ra)

deliberate

to think carefully before deciding (cân nhắc kỹ)

dilemma

a situation with two difficult choices (tình huống tiến thoái lưỡng nan)

discriminate

to treat differently or unfairly (phân biệt đối xử) | to recognize differences (phân biệt)

dubious

not certain or doubtful (đáng ngờ)

estimate

to roughly calculate value or number (ước tính) | an approximate calculation (sự ước tính)

faith

strong belief or trust (niềm tin)

gather

to collect or bring together (thu thập) | to conclude from information (suy ra)

genius

exceptional intellectual ability (thiên tài)

grasp

to understand something fully (hiểu rõ/nắm bắt)

guesswork

forming opinions without enough information (phỏng đoán)

hunch

a feeling based on intuition (linh cảm)

ideology

a system of ideas or beliefs (hệ tư tưởng)

ingenious

clever and inventive (khéo léo, sáng tạo)

inspiration

a sudden creative idea (cảm hứng)

intuition

ability to understand without reasoning (trực giác)

justify

to give reasons for something (biện minh, chứng minh là đúng)

naive

lacking experience or judgment (ngây thơ)

notion

an idea or belief (khái niệm, ý niệm)

optimistic

expecting good outcomes (lạc quan)

paradox

a statement that seems contradictory but true (nghịch lý)

pessimistic

expecting bad outcomes (bi quan)

plausible

seeming reasonable or believable (có vẻ hợp lý)

ponder

to think deeply about something (suy ngẫm)

prejudiced

having unfair opinions about others (định kiến)

presume

to assume something is true (cho là) | to suppose based on probability (suy đoán) | to do something although you know that you do not have a right to do it (mạo muội, dám)

query

a question, often expressing doubt about something or looking for an answer from an authority (truy vấn, ngữ cảnh văn bản trang trọng kĩ thuật)

reckon

to think or believe (cho rằng) | to calculate (tính toán)

reflect

to think carefully (suy ngẫm) | to show or express (phản ánh)

sceptical/skeptical

doubting something (hoài nghi)

speculate

to form theories without firm evidence (suy đoán)

suppose

to assume something is true (cho rằng)