The End of Reading Is Here: Passage 1

inevitable

(a) certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented: điều chắc chắn xảy ra / không thể tránh khỏi

literacy

(n) the ability to read and write:

anomaly

(n) a person or thing that is different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory: sự dị thường

comprehensive

(a) complete and including everything that is necessary: toàn diện

envision

(v) to imagine or expect something to happen, appear, etc. in a particular way: hình dung

successor

(n) người kế nhiệm

mandate + to do sth

(n,v) ủy quyền, give permission

ransack

(v) to search a place or container in a violent and careless way: lục lọi

eager + to V

(a) wanting very much to do or have something, especially something interesting or enjoyable: háo hức làm gì đó

parse

(v) phân tích

incinerate + N

(v) to burn something completely:

diminish

(v) to reduce or be reduced in size or importance:

sack for ….

(v) to remove someone from a job, usually because they have done something wrong or badly, or sometimes as a way of saving the cost of employing them: sa thải vì

manuscript

(n) [countable] the original copy of a book or article before it is printed: bản thảo

mundane

(a) very ordinary and therefore not interesting: tầm thường

negligence

(n) the fact of not giving enough care or attention to someone or something: sự cẩu thả

deteriorate

(v) to become worse:

illegible

(a) (of writing or print) impossible or almost impossible to read because of being very untidy or not clear: