Test 46

monopoly (n./məˈnɒp.əl.i/)

sự độc quyền

Eg: They had long been a Brazilian ___________.

smuggle (v./ˈsmʌɡ.əl/)

buôn lậu, mang lén

Eg: Thousands of seeds of the tree were _______d out by an entrepreneurial Brit, Henry Wickham.

tycoon (n./taɪˈkuːn/)

ông trùm tư bản

Eg: The automobile______, Henry Ford, had a vision.

transplant (v./træns'pla:nt/)

Cấy ruộng, trồng cây

Eg: Farmers are doing the________ing in the field.

grandiose (a./ˈɡræn.di.əʊs/)

vĩ đại, hùng vĩ, phô trương

Eg: It would be called Fordlandia-ambitious, ________, and doomed from the beginning.

tributary (n./ˈtrɪb.jə.tər.i/)

sông nhánh, phụ lưu

Eg: The Tapajos river is a______ of the wide and mighty Amazon.

concession (n./kənˈseʃ.ən/)

sự nhượng bộ, sự giảm giá

Eg: Ford blindly acquired a 10,000-square kilometre _______.

prefabricated (a./ˌpriːˈfæb.rɪ.keɪ.tɪd/)

được làm sẵn, được đúc sẵn

Eg: a _____________ house

horticulturist (n./ˌhɔː.tɪˈkʌl.tʃər.ɪst/)

người làm vườn

Eg: Ford never thought to consult trained___________s.

prodigious (a./prəˈdɪdʒ.əs/)

phi thường, to lớn

Eg: Wild rubber trees are actually few and far between - a defence against the ________ insect life.

patronising (a./ˈpæt.rə.naɪz/)

ra vẻ bề trên (a)

Eg: Local workers were expected to follow Ford's _______ vision of a healthy lifestyle.

disgruntled (a./dɪsˈɡrʌn.təld/)

bất mãn, gây bất mãn

Eg: After a year denied their local customs, the ________d workers had had enough.

hapless (a./ˈhæp.ləs/)

rủi ro, không may

Eg: Many children are _______victims of this war.

quell (v./kwel/)

đàn áp, dập tắt

Eg: It was all finally ______ed with the arrival of the Brazilian army.

another/ the final nail in the coffin

giọt nước tràn ly, điều làm cho người ta thất bại

Eg: The __________________was the development of synthetic rubber.

relinquish (v./rɪˈlɪŋ.kwɪʃ/)

từ bỏ, giao, dâng, nộp

Eg: By that time he was old and ill and had________ed control of his company to his grandson.

pittance (n./ˈpɪt.əns/)

tiền thù lao rẻ mạt

Eg: The holdings were sold back to the Brazilian government for a _________.

unequivocally (adv./ˌʌn.ɪˈkwɪv.ə.kəl.i/)

một cách rõ ràng, không mập mờ

Eg: What does exist __________ identifies him as the author of the plays.

memoir (n./ˈmem.wɑːr/)

hồi ký, ký sự

Eg: He is mentioned by contemporary commentators and a fellow playwright, both publicly and in private _______s.

posthumous (a./ˈpɒs.tʃə.məs/)

xảy ra sau khi một người nào đó mất

Eg: There it would have remained, had Shakespeare's ___________reputation not reached such lofty heights.

bumpkin (n./ˈbʌmp.kɪn/)

người nhà quê, người vụng về

bawdy (a./ˈbɔː.di/)

tục tĩu, dâm tục

Eg:________ humour/songs

miscellaneous (a./ˌmɪs.əlˈeɪ.ni.əs/)

pha tạp, hỗn hợp

Eg: He makes no mention of the ___________plays, poetry, and writings.

stature (n./ˈstætʃ.ər/)

tầm vóc

Eg: an artist of great ______

eulogy (n./ˈjuː.lə.dʒi/)

bản tán dương, bản ca tụng, điếu văn

Eg: Upon his death, there were no ________es.

mourning (a./ˈmɔː.nɪŋ/)

thương tiếc, để tang

Eg: Upon his death, there were no ________notices.

testimony (n./ˈtes.tɪ.mən.i/)

lời khai, bằng chứng

Eg: Some doubts have been expressed about his ___________.

perplexing (a./pəˈplek.sɪŋ/)

rắc rối, khó hiểu

Eg: All this seems very ________ for a playwright.

conspiracy (n./kənˈspɪr·ə·si/)

âm mưu

Eg: Some people think that there was a

___________ to kill American president John Kennedy.

aristocratic (a./ˌær.ɪ.stəˈkræt.ɪk/)

thuộc quý tộc

Eg: He is someone who would inevitably have had knowledge of__________manners.

nobleman (n./ˈnəʊ.bəl.mən/)

người quý tộc

liable (a./ˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/)

chịu trách nhiệm, có khả năng xảy ra

Eg: The law holds parents _____ if a child does not attend school.

subversion (n./səbˈvɜː.ʃən/)

Sự lật đổ

Eg: He was found guilty of ________ and imprisoned.

contender (n./kənˈten.dər/)

đối thủ, địch thủ

Eg: There are four leading ________s.

credential (n./krɪˈden.ʃəl/)

chứng chỉ, bằng cấp

Eg: Sir Francis Bacon was the first nominated, and certainly had the best intellectual _________s.

patronize (v./ˈpæt.rə.naɪz/)

ra vẻ bề trên

Eg: Edward de Vere, an aristocratic earl who _______d and sponsored actors and the arts, has become the leading contender.

fabricate (v./ˈfæb.rɪ.keɪt/)

bịa đặt, thêu dệt

Eg: His demise was _________d to allow him to continue writing under Shakespeare's name.

attest to

chứng nhận, chứng thực

Eg: Contemporary accounts_________the fact that he wrote plays for the common people.

conjecture (n./kənˈdʒek.tʃər/)

sự phỏng đoán

Eg: There's been a lot of ________in the media recently about the marriage.

flimsy (a./ˈflɪm.zi/)

mỏng manh, yếu ớt, nhu nhược, hời hợt

Eg: The case is so ______ that reputable scholars barely discuss it.

pseudo-science (n./ˈsjuː.dəʊ.saɪ.əns/)

Giả khoa học hay ngụy khoa học

Eg: Science loses ground to ____________ because the latter seems to offer more comfort.

consoling (a./kənˈsəʊ.lɪŋ/)

an ủi

Eg: Hard science, proven facts, and indisputable logic are often not sufficiently ______.

assault (n./əˈsɒlt/)

cuộc tấn công, hành công

Eg: Vaccination, with such a long and distinguished track record, is now under ________.

brutish (a./ˈbruː.tɪʃ/)

hung ác, tàn bạo

Eg: The days of high infant mortality, short life spans, and nasty ______ lives are indeed long gone.

distraught (a./dɪˈstrɔːt/)

quẫn trí, điên cuồng

Eg: Observable symptoms of the problem will likely appear after a vaccination shot, leading _______parents to link one event to the other.

unsubstantiated (a./ˌʌn.səbˈstæn.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/)

không có cơ sở, không có căn cứ

Eg: Companies can be punished for making ____________ claims about their products.

fraudulent (a./ˈfrɔː.dʒə.lənt/)

gian lận, lừa lọc

Eg: A worrying trend for insurers has been a rise in ________claims.

anecdotal (a./ˌæn.ɪkˈdəʊ.təl/)

thuộc giai thoại, chuyện vặt/ thông tin ko được kiểm chứng rõ ràng

Eg: _______ evidence

tirade (n./taɪˈreɪd/)

tràng đả kích, tràng chửi rủa

Eg: She launched into an angry/furious______ about how she had been unfairly treated.

propaganda (n./ˌprɒp.əˈɡæn.də/)

sự tuyên truyền

Eg: When faced with this wave of__________, it would be hard for many parents not to be influenced.

edifice (n./ˈed.ɪ.fɪs/)

công trình xây dựng lớn, hệ thống được xây dựng lâu đời

Eg: These people attack what they see as the impersonal, intrusive, and uncaring ______of modern medical science.

posture (n./ˈpɒs.tʃər/)

phương hướng giải quyết vấn đề (chính phủ,..)

Eg: The tone of the feminist speakers suggested they were adopting a somewhat defensive_____.