Core dSAT Vocabulary_Set 8

Elicit

to get information or a reaction from somebody, often with difficulty (khơi gợi)

Elliptical

with a word or words left out of a sentence deliberately (cố tình)

connected with or in the form of an ellipse

Ephemeral

lasting or used for only a short period of time (0 lâu)

Erroneous

not correct; based on wrong information (sai)

Exotic

from or in another country, especially a tropical one; seeming exciting and unusual because it seems to be connected with foreign countries (lạ)

Finesse

great skill in dealing with people or situations, especially in a light and careful way

great skill and style in doing something

(sự khéo léo, tinh tế, tài xử lý mềm mại)

Flippant

showing that you do not take something as seriously as other people think you should

Formulate

to create or prepare something carefully, giving particular attention to the details

to express your ideas in carefully chosen words

(cthuc + carefully)

Gratuitous

done without any good reason or purpose and often having harmful effects

given or done free of charge.

(cho không; vô cớ, không cần thiết, không hợp lý)

Admonition

a warning to somebody about their behaviors (khuyên răn)

Amorphous

having no definite shape, form or structure -- shapeless (vô định hình)

Anachronistic

used to describe a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present (0 hợp thời)

used to describe some thing that is placed, for example in abook or play, in the wrong period of history

Auspicious

showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the future -- promising (điềm lành)

Automate

to use machines and computers instead of people to do a job or task (tự động hoá)

Bellicose

having or showing a desire to argue or fight -- aggressive (hiếu chiến)

Browse

the act of looking at a lot of things in a shop rather than looking for one particular thing

the act oflooking througha book, newspaper, website, etc.,without reading everything

Cacophonous

(ADJ) consisting of a mixture of loud, unpleasant sounds

Concede

to admit that something is true, logical, etc., after first denying it or resisting it -- admit (nhượng bộ)

Conjecture

To guess

Constitute

to be considered to be something

to be the parts that together form something – make up

[be constituted (by somebody/something)] to form agroup legally or officially -- establish

(thành lập, cấu thành)

Contamination

the process or fact of making a substance or place dirty or no longer pure by adding a substance that is dangerous or carries disease

the act of influencing people's ideas or attitudes in a badway

Convoluted

extremely complicated and difficult to follow

Curative

able to cure illness -- healing

Deceptive

(ADJ) ​likely to make you believe something that is not true -- misleading (gây hiểu lầm)

Defiance

the act of openly refusing to obey somebody/something

(sự thách thức, sự chống đối, sự bất tuân)

Degrade

to show or treat somebody in a way that makes them seem not worth any respect or not worth taking seriously (

to make something become worse, especially in quality (suy thoái)

to change or make something change to a simpler chemical form

Depict

to show an image of somebody/something in a picture

Deprecate

to feel and express strong disapproval of something

Derivative

a word or thing that has been developed or produced from another word or thing

Deter

[deter (somebody) (from something/from doing something)] to make somebody decide not to do something or continue doing something, especially by making them understand the difficulties and unpleasant results of their actions

(ngăn chặn)

Dictator

a political leader who has complete power over a country

a person who behaves as if they have complete power over other people, and tells them what to do

(nhà độc tài)

Diplomacy

the activity of managing relations between different countries; the skill in doing this (ngoại giao)

skill in dealing with people in difficult situations without upsetting or offending them -- tact (khéo léo)

Dire

[+ Noun] very serious

Very bad (thảm khốc)

Disaffected

no longer satisfied with your situation, organization, belief, etc. and therefore no longer supporting it (bất mãn)

Discernible

that can be recognized or understood – perceptible

that can be seen or heard, but not very clearly (có thể nhận ra)

Distract

to take somebody’s attention away from what they are trying to do -- divert

Divergent

developing or moving in different directions; becoming less similar

(of opinions, views, etc.) different; no longer similar

Duplicate

to make an exact copy of something

to do something again, especially when it is unnecessary

Embellish

to make something more beautiful by adding decoration to it – decorate

to make a story more interesting by adding details that are not always true -- embroider