SAT VOCAB - VERBS

abate

lessen

giảm bớt

abhor (v) abhorrence (n)

ghê tởm

hate, detest

advocate

support

ủng hộ, đấu tranh

allocate

assign

phân phối nguồn lực

allude (v) allusion (n)

hint at, mention indirectly

ám chỉ

aspire

strive for

khát khao

assail

attack

tấn công, chỉ trích

assert

say with firm belief

khẳng định

assuage

relieve

belie

give a false impression

belittle

coi nhẹ, hạ thấp, coi thường

bequeath

hand down through a will

berate

scold harshly

bolster

support, strengthen

burgeon

grow, flourish

buttress

support, làm trụ cột

castigate

chỉ trích thậm tệ

censure

scold, phê bình

concur with

agree

corroborate with

strength or support with additional evidence

debunk (a myth)

prove sth wrong

decimate

destroy

delineate

giải thích rõ ràng

demistify

make sth incomprehensible clear

denounce

criticise, lower the value, publicly declare to be wrong

depose

cách chức

deride

make fun of, chế giễu

detach

seperate from

diffuse

spread out, diffuse of knowledge (truyền bá kiến thức)

diversion, diverge, digress(ion) from

sự chuyển hướng, lệch hướng

discern

perceive

discount

disregard, hạ thấp giá trị

disparage

downgrade, chê bai, coi thường

dispassionate

unemotional

dispel

to drive away, disprove, chứng minh là sai (dispel rumors)

divulge

make known, tiết lộ (divulge the news)

efficacy

effectiveness

elicit

bring about, gợi ra (elicit approval from the audience - thu hút được sự ủng hộ)

elucidate

clarify

elude

evade, lảng tránh

elusive

difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember

embroil(ed)

involve in an argument or conflict

encompass

include, surround, bao trùm

endorse

accept, support

anumerate

list

epitome, epitomize

representative example, biểu tưởng cho cái gì đó

evoke

bring about, stir up

exacerbate

make worse

exaggerate

make to look larger, better or worse than reality

excavate

dig up

exonerate

clear of charge, discharge

extol

praise

fathom

understand

forbode

act as a warning of, hint that something bad is coming

foreshadow

act as a warning of, hint of a future event

germinate

nảy mầm

hamper

hinder, restrict

highlight

emphasize

incriminate

accuse someone of a crime

indict(ment)

formally accuse someone of a crime, truy tố

induce

cause

inhibit

restrain

innocuous

not toxic, harmless

instigate

provoke

intimidate

cause fear

intricate

phức tạp, rắc rối

inundate

overwhelm by number

invoke

appeal to

irritate

annoy

jeopadize

threaten

mitigate, mitigator

moderate, làm xoa dịu

obnoxious

toxic (ngược với innocuous)

obscure

hide, make less clear

pacify, pacifist

soothe, calm

patronize

1. support financially

2. show superiority towards someone

persecute

harass, hành hạ

prosecute

truy tố, đưa ra toà

prohibit

prevent, restrict

pique

1. stimulate interest and curiosity

2. passive voice: feeling irritated

placate

calm someone down

preclude

prevent, make impossible

procure

obtain

proliferate

grow, increase

pronounce

formal declaration

ratify

approve, confirm (legally), phê chuẩn

raze

destroy, demolish

reap

harvest, gather

recant

formally reject (something they have declared)

renounce

reject

recess

suy giảm (economic recession)

rectify, rectitude

sửa sai, put right

relinquish

give up, từ bỏ (quyền thừa kế)

reprimand

chỉ trích, phạt, belittle

reproach

scold, mắng

repudiate

reject, không thừa nhận (legally)

rescind

retract, thu hồi đạo luật

repeal

thu hồi đạo luật

resent

strongly hate, dislike

rouse

provoke, excite

sanctity

holiness