Vocabulary file C1

Relish(v)

To like or enjoy sth

Loathe(v)

To hate someone or sth

Illustrious(adj)

Eminent,famous

In the event of something

If something happens

Skirmish(n)

A fight between small parts of armies

Defy(v)

+Defiant(adj)

+Defiance(n)

To refuse to obey

Slack(adj)

Relaxed

+Pick up the slack(idiom):to improve a situation by doing sth that someone else has not done or not complete.

Cordial(adj)

+Cordiality(n)

Friendly but formal and polite

Indecent(adj)

+Indecency(n)

Morally offensive,especially in a sexual way

Obscure(adj)

+Obscuerity(n)

Not clear and difficult to understand

Pious(adj)

+Piety(n)

Strongly believing in religion

Morouse(adj)

Cảm thấy không vui,unwilling to speak

—>moody,gloomy,downcast,glum,sullen.

Complacent(adj)

Feeling so satisfied with your own abilities or situation that you feel you do not need to try harder

Competent(adj)

Able to do something well

E.g:I wouldn’t say he was brilliant but he is competent at his job.

Blurb(v)

Lời giới thiệu/quảng cáo

E.g:People who are shopping online now read not only the sales blurb but also reviews from previous purchasers.

Blare(v)

To make an unpleasantly loud noise

Scheme(n)

An organized plan for doing sth illegal or dishonest

E.g:He has a hare-brainded scheme for getting rich before he’s 20.

Mass(adj)

Quy mô lớn,trên diện rộng,đông đảo

Repress(v)

Kìm hãm,kìm chế

Plump(adj)

Fleshy,overweight(đầy đặn)

Corpulent(adj)

+Corpulence(n)

Excessively fat(có nhiều mỡ thừa)

Stout(adj)

+Stoutness(n)

Rather fat and heavy at the same time(nhiều mỡ và nặng)

Hefty(adj)

—>Hefty increases/losses/rises

Big and strong

Extremely large

Husky(adj)

Strong and powerfully built

Burly(adj)

Large in body,bulky and stout

Virile(adj)

+Virility(n)

Exhibiting physical strength and sexual power(attractive)

Sturdy(adj)

Possessing excellent health and strength

Robust(adj)

Strong,healthy with stamina

Strong and unlikely to break or fail

Lanky(adj)

Very thin,tall and ungraceful

Spindly(adj)

Long,thin,looking weak

Feeble(adj)

Weak and without energy,strength

Delicate(adj)

Easily injured or made ill

Frail(adj)

+Frailty(n)

Weak or unhealthy,or in poor health

Gaunt(adj)

Very thin,because of sickness or hunger

Decrepit(adj)

+Decrepitude(n)

Weak and in bad condition from old age

Go senile

(connected with old age) showing the weakness of the body and especially of the mind