Vocab 4

Bellicose (a)

(hiếu chiến, thích gây hấn)

(adj. eager to fight; aggressively hostile)

(synonym: pugnacious, truculent, belligerent)

Browse (v)

xem lướt

(synonym: peruse, skim, survey)

Cacophonous (a)

(chói tai, nghịch tai)

(adj. harsh-sounding; jarring to the ear)

(synonym: discordant, dissonant, raucous)

Concede (v)

(thừa nhận; nhường quyền)

(v. to admit as true or valid; to yield)

(synonym: acquiesce, capitulate, yield)

Conjecture (V)

phỏng đoán, suy đoán

(synonym: surmise, supposition, speculation)

Constitute

(cấu thành, tạo nên)

(v. to make up or form; to establish) (synonym: comprise, embody, compose)

Contamination

(synonym: taint, pollution, defilement)

Convoluted

(rối rắm, phức tạp)

(adj. extremely complex and difficult to follow)

(synonym: tortuous, labyrinthine, intricate)

Curative

(có tác dụng chữa bệnh)

(adj./n. able to heal or remedy; a medicine) (synonym: therapeutic, restorative, medicinal)

Deceptive

(adj. misleading or dishonest) (synonym: duplicitous, beguiling, specious)

Defiance

(sự thách thức, bất tuân)

(n. open resistance or bold disobedience)

(synonym: insubordination, recalcitrance, opposition)

Degrade

(v. to lower in quality or dignity) (synonym: debase, demean, abase)

Deprecate

(chê bai, phản đối)

v. to express disapproval of)

(synonym: disparage, belittle, denigrate)

Derivative

(sao chép, không mới mẻ)

(adj. unoriginal; taken from something else)

(synonym: trite, hackneyed, imitative)

Deter

(ngăn cản, làm nản lòng)

(v. to discourage or prevent through fear or doubt)

(synonym: dissuade, inhibit, preclude)

Diplomacy

(ngoại giao; sự khéo léo)

(n. managing relations tactfully)

(synonym: tact, finesse, statesmanship)

Dire

(thảm khốc, nghiêm trọng)

(adj. extremely serious or urgent) (synonym: calamitous, grievous, dreadful)

Disaffected

(bất mãn, bất đồng)

(adj. dissatisfied and rebellious)

(synonym: alienated, estranged, discontented)

Discernible

(synonym: perceptible, detectable, observable)

Distract

(synonym: divert, sidetrack, confound)

Divergent

tách biệt

(synonym: disparate, deviant, varying)

Embellish

tô điểm, thêm thắt

(v. to decorate or enhance) (synonym: adorn, embroider, elaborate)

embolden

(làm mạnh dạn)

(v. to give courage or confidence)

(synonym: fortify, galvanize, hearten)

empathy

KHÁC apathy = lãnh đạm, thờ ơ
sympathy = lòng trắc ẩn

đồng cảm

(synonym: compassion, commiseration, affinity)

endorse

(synonym: sanction, advocate, ratify)

exacerbate

(v. to worsen or intensify) (synonym: aggravate, compound, inflame)

flourish

(synonym: burgeon, prosper, proliferate)

forerunner

(người/vật báo trước; tiền thân)

(synonym: precursor, harbinger, progenitor)

frugal

(tiết kiệm, tằn tiện)

(adj. economical in use of resources; not wasteful)

(synonym: parsimonious, provident, thrifty)

galvanize

(khuấy động, kích thích; mạ kẽm)

(v. to spur into sudden activity; to coat metal with zinc)

(synonym: spur, incite, animate)

garner

(thu được, gom góp)

(v. to gather or collect, especially information or approval)

(synonym: amass, accumulate, glean)

hamper

(cản trở, làm vướng)

(v. to obstruct or impede progress)

(synonym: impede, encumber, fetter)

hostile

(synonym: antagonistic, inimical, adversarial)

idiosyncratic

(đặc trưng, lập dị)

(adj. peculiar to an individual; highly distinctive)

(synonym: eccentric, anomalous, singular)

immune

(synonym: exempt, insusceptible, impervious)

incisive

(sắc bén, sâu sắc)

(adj. penetrating and clear in thought or expression)

(synonym: trenchant, acute, perspicacious)

interpret

(giải thích, phiên dịch)

(synonym: elucidate, construe, explicate)

intrigue

(gợi tò mò; âm mưu)

(v. to arouse curiosity; n. a secret scheme)

(synonym: enthrall, beguile, scheme)

irascible

(dễ cáu, nóng nảy)

(adj. quickly aroused to anger)

(synonym: choleric, petulant, cantankerous)

knack

(tài khéo, sở trường)

(n. a special skill or aptitude for doing something)

(synonym: aptitude, facility, penchant)

lobby

(vận động hành lang)

(v./n. to seek to influence lawmakers; the act of such persuasion)

(synonym: advocate, solicit, petition)

manipulative

(thao túng, lôi kéo)

(synonym: scheming, devious, Machiavellian)

maverick

(người độc lập, phá cách)

(n./adj. an independent-minded person; unorthodox) (synonym: nonconformist, iconoclast, dissenter)

mendacious

(dối trá, sai sự thật)

(adj. habitually untruthful; false) (synonym: duplicitous, prevaricating, deceitful)

misapplication

(synonym: misuse, misappropriation, abuse)

obscure

tối nghĩa, làm mờ

(synonym: abstruse, recondite, arcane)