IELTS

assess

judge sth

baffle

to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something:

cynical

believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere:

deduce

to reach an answer or a decision by thinking carefully about the known facts:

paradox

a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics:

dubious

thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted:

ingenious

(of a person) very intelligent and skilful, or (of a thing) skilfully made or planned and involving new ideas and methods:

plausible

seeming likely to be true

ponder

to think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time:

plagiarise

to use another person's ideas or work and pretend that it is your own:

read up (on/about)

get info about sth by reading a lot

mull over

think carefully about sth over a period of time

think through

consider sth in a thorough way

swot up

study hard

round the bend

crazy

split hairs

argue about details that are not important

take stock of

take some time to think about sth before deciding what to do next

entice

to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant:

galvanize

kích động

extrude

đẩy ra

recital

thuật lại

tarnish

làm mờ

onerous

nhọc nhằn

denote

biểu thị

eloquently

một cách hùng hồn

beneficent

từ tâm

benevolent

nhân đức

divergent

lệch ra

insatiable

lòng tham vô đáy

penurious

túng quẫn

assuage

make unpleasant feeling less strong

begrudgingly

1 cách ghen tị

clandestine

bí mật

persist

to continue to exist past the usual time, or to continue to do something in a determined way even when facing difficulties