4. Chọn tuyển thành phố 2025-2026 mock test

Apace

nhanh chóng, kịp thời

Urbanely

lịch sự, phong nhã

Even-handed

treating everyone equally and fairly 

Forthright

(too) honest or direct in behaviour or speech

Expropriate

tước đi, lấy cắp, to take away money or property especially for public use without payment to the owner, or for personal use illegally

Ex: He was discovered to have ….. the company funds

Repudiate

to refuse to accept; to refuse to acknowledge and pay; to divorce or separate formally from (a woman to whom one is betrothed or married)

E.g; …. a contract; …. a will

Broach

to begin a discussion of sth difficult (to …. a subject)
E.g; At some point we've got to discuss money but I don't know how to …. the subject with him.

Obfuscating

to make sth less clear and more difficult to understand, especially intentionally
E.g; Companies deliberately …. figures in complicated annual reports.

Excoriate

to write or say that a play, book, political action, etc. is very bad
E.g; His latest novel received …. reviews.
E.g; The president …. the Western press for their biased views.

Tempestuous

to be full of strong emotions; violently emotional; relating to tempest (stormy)
E.g; They decided to cut ties after a …. marriage.

Audacious

showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks; showing an impudent lack of respect

Frivolous

not having any serious purpose or value; (of a person) carefree and superficial

(Don’t) count one’s chickens (before they are hatched)

If you say that, you mean that they are assuming that they will be successful or get something, when this is not certain
E.g; They were already spending in anticipation of their inheritance, …..

Impetuous

kiểu making fast decisions, hấp tấp, vội vã
E.g; She was warned not to count her chickens before they hatched, but her …. nature led her to make premature plans.

Turn sth on its head

to cause sth to be the opposite of what it was before
E.g; These new findings …. the previously accepted theories …..

A lost cause

someone or sth that has no chance of succeeding; sth that cannot be achieved
E.g; It has rained all week, so painting the house is …..

Stringent restrictions (collo)

having very severe effects (of restrictions)
E.g; The new law imposes ….. on freedom of speech.

Stringent

extremely severe and limited; marked by money scarcity and credit strictness
E.g; a …. budget 

Lenient

not as severe or strong in punishment or judgement as expected
E.g; Some felt that five years in prison was …, considering the suffering he had caused.

Draconian

(esp of a rule, law or regulation) too extreme
E.g; Many people think that the new regulations imposed on people are too …. 

Ambivalent

having opposite feelings at the same time, uncertain about how you’re feeling
E.g; My wife loves opera, but I have … feelings about it.

Tentative

not certain or confident
E.g; We have …. plans to go to Hawaii next February. 

Lackluster

lacking energy and effort
E.g; The U.S number one tennis player gave a disappointing … performance. 

Emphatic victory (collo)

chiến thắng áp đảo
E.g; The team’s …. in the championship surprised everyone.

Conundrum

a problem that’s difficult to solve; a question that is often a trick, requiring humorous use of words or has 2 solutions
E.g; Arranging childcare over the school holidays can be a real … for working parents.

Debacle

an event or situation that is a complete failure
E.g; The candidate’s behavior during the debate turned what could have been a victory into a political ….

Cataclysm

an event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change
E.g; environmental/natural ….

Come as a revelation (to)

to be a pleasant often enlightening surprise
E.g; Her talents in playing the piano ….

Feather one’s own nest

to make yourself rich, especially in ways that are dishonest
E.g; It was later revealed that the politician used the public funding to ….

Make a song and dance about

to make sth more important than it actually is so that everyone notices it

E.g; I only asked him to wash the dishes but he ….

have a finger in a/the/every pie

to have an interest or share in something

E.g; a sharp talent agent who …. in show business

Digression (from)

to move away from the topic that was being talked about
E.g; Talking about money now would be a …. from the main purpose of this meeting.

Deviation

a difference from what is usual or expected
E.g; The letter cited 'significant …. from current good manufacturing practice'.

Ministering to

= take care of
E.g; Mrs. White spent most of the morning … her sick daughter.

Fend off

to defend oneself from someone or sth 

E.g; They succeeded in … the attack/attackers.
E.g; They have had to … allegations of voter fraud.

Whip up

to make sth very quickly (e.g; …. some food for dinner); to excite someone or cause someone to feel strong emotions
E.g; His speech ….. the crowd.

Avail oneself of

tận dụng cơ hội
E.g; To minimize how this price is perceived, the self-defeating organization can … any of the techniques described here.

Super-ambitious

having a stronger than normal wish to be successful, powerful, or rich

Top-heavy

having more weight in the higher part than in the lower part and so tending to fall easily; an organization that has too many managers in relation to the number of ordinary workers
E.g; Looking back, I think we had a …. staff structure.

Long-range

made for a long period of time that will last into the future

Amiable

friendly, sociable; generally agreeable

E.g; …. neighbors

Emaciated

= malnutritioned
E.g; The young African boy was …. He was nothing but skin and bones.

Eulogy

a high praise; : a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased

Anathema

something that is strongly disliked or disapproved of; something that is considered completely wrong and offensive

E.g; The idea of higher taxes is …. to most conservatives.

Offcuts

something that is cut off (such as a waste piece of lumber or meat)

Repertoire

all the things that someone can do, all the methods that someone can use, etc
E.g; I'm not a great cook - pasta and pesto is the extent of my ….
E.g; As young people move from childhood into adolescence, their coping …. increase.

Quintessentially

being the most typical example or most important part of something
E.g; This is the …. Los Angeles restaurant, casual but never frumpy, lively but not overheated

E.g; the ….. of calm

Fracking

a method of getting oil or gas from the rock below the surface of the ground by making large cracks in it. …. is short for "hydraulic fracturing"

Linchpin of sth

the most important part of sth
E.g; Woodford is the …. the British athletics team.