Cam 14 reading test 2 vocabulary

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landholding

the land that is own by someone

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residence

House, home, dwelling ( a large or official one)

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mansion

hall, tower, castle

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stream

watercourse, small river, torrent

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acres

a measure of land

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edge

rim, border, boundary

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apprenticeship

traineeship, internship, training

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The prospect of

possibility, vision, potential

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take it up

to start a new job or have a new responsibility

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personal friend

someone who you know well, especially a famous or important person

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excursion

trip, tour, expedition, journey.

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artistic

creative, imaginative, inventive, arty

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pursuit

pastime, interest, leisure activity

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circulation

Distribution, readership, sales

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depict

Show, illustrate, describe, represent

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enable

Allow, permit, support, assist, aid, facilitate

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time-consuming

laborious, slow, timewasting, #timesaving

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cater

To provide food, services, or entertainment

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souvenir

keepsake, memento, reminder, gift.

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mounting

increasing
Encasing, exhibiting, installing, framing

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wilderness

Wasteland, desert

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shore

bank, the waterfront, riverside.

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glass negative

Tấm thuỷ tinh âm bản

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excessive

extreme, too much, unnecessary

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gadget

tool, gizmo, machine, device, appliance

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squander on

Waste, consume, spend

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mechanically

automatically, instinctively, unconsciously, without thinking #consciously

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sweeping

far-reaching; extensive; wide-ranging

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reinvent

reform, to make changes in order to improve it or make it more modern

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reliance

dependence, support, # independence

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solely

exclusively, only, lone, merely, just

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accommodate

Supply, provide, assist

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Ventilation

movement of air in and out of the lungs

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habitable

livable, comfortable, inhabitable, fit to, #uninhabitable

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spectacular

remarkable, outstanding, stunning, impressive, #unimpressive

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sophisticated

complex or intricate

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Pathogen

a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

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airstream

a current of air luồng không khí

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Tuberculosis

An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues of the body, especially the lungs

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ward

a large room in a hospital which is used for treating people with similar illnesses or conditions

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air change

a measure of how many times the air within a defined space (normally a room or house) is replaced

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communal

shared, public, #private

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appropriate

Fitting, suitable, applicable

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Dementia

Alzheimer disease, multiple infarcts (vascular dementia)

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fraction

a small part or item forming a piece of a whole

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Lamet

to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner

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ingenuity

creativity, cleverness, inventiveness

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panicked

nervous, worried, frightened,

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clamour

demanding, call out, insisting, #whispering

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lethal

deadly, fatal, mortal, poisonous, toxic

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miasma

mist, fog, haze

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epidemic

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

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Cholera

A serious and often deadly disease commonly spread by contaminated water; a major problem in nineteenth-century European cities before sewerage systems were installed.

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foul

unpleasant; rotting, disgusting #. Clean

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driver

cause, reason, source

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prosperous

Successful and wealthy

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disprove

invalidate, negate, refute, show to be false, #prove

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advocate

Support, back, suggest, promote

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In somebody's /something's wake

Behind or after someone or something

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give over

to stop doing or saying something that is annoying other people

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legacy

heritage, inherence, inheritance

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ventilate

To let fresh air into a room, building...

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liability

Accountability or legal responsibility, obligation charge

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seat

accommodate, contain, hold, take

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fraction

a portion, break of whole #whole

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Hybrid

combination, mixture, cross

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milder

warmer, pleasanter, clement

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compelling

convincing, persuasive, cogent, undeniable, forceful

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disorder

chaos , mess up, disarrange

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means

way, method, measure

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a paying public

those who buy or purchase something (seminars/ workshops)

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Rhetoric

Speech or writing is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere

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massively

hugely, enormously, immensely, vastly

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ironically

paradoxically, oddly, poignantly, fatefully, unluckily

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Demographics

data about the structures and characteristics of human populations

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beg the question

raise a question or point that has not been dealt with

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drive

Motivation, effort, ambition

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shot

try, attempt, chance

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to fall short off sth.

To be less than the amount of standard that is needed or that you want

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steer clear of=avoid

Keep away from

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prestige

High standing; respect earned by accomplishments thanh thế, uy thế = status

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to the delight of

Appeal to

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self-proclaimed

said or announced about yourself, tự xưng

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devoid of= without (prep)

without

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