vocab date 28/8/2025

STICK AROUND

to stay in a place, usually waiting for something or someone quanh quẩn, nán lại

CLIMAX

the most exciting or important moment in a story, event, or situation cao trào, đỉnh điểm

ARTEFACT

an object made by humans, typically of historical or cultural interest hiện vật

CONVENTION

rule, standard, principle quy ước, tục lệ, hội nghị

MANIFOLD

various, many and different nhiều dạng, muôn hình

TAKE PRIDE OF PLACE

if something has or takes pride of place, it is put in the best place for people to see because it is the thing you are most proud of chiếm vị trí quan trọng

EMBARK ON

to start something, especially something new, difficult, or exciting bắt tay vào, khởi công

ASCENT

the process of becoming more important or powerful than before sự đi lên, sự thăng tiến

UNPARALLELED

emphasize smt is bigger,better or worse than any other vô song, không gì sánh được

FOREMOST

most important or best; leading hàng đầu, quan trọng nhất

INGENIOUS

very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas khéo léo, tài tình

DISCLOSE

reveal, make known # hide tiết lộ, công bố

PENETRATE

understand, grasp, perceive thâm nhập, xuyên qua

STIRRING OF OUR SOUL

the arousing of deep emotion sự rung động trong tâm hồn

DISTILL

to get the main ideas or facts from a much larger amount of information chưng cất

ESSENCE

the basic or most important idea or quality of something bản chất, tinh chất

MAGNITUDE

the large size or importance of something tầm vóc, độ lớn

FLAW

fault, error vết nứt, khuyết điểm

HYMN

a song of praise thánh ca

HOMAGE

respect, honor sự tôn kính

INCONGRUITY

strangeness, inappropriateness sự không tương thích, điều phi lý

CONFIGURATION

the shape or arrangement of the parts of something (fig=form, shape .i.e figure, configure) cấu hình, hình dạng

AMOUNT TO STH

be the same as lên đến, cấu thành

FORAGER

hunters kẻ kiếm ăn, người hái lượm

EXERTION

a lot of mental and physical effort sự gắng sức

ESTRANGEMENT

separation, division used to describe one of several parts of which something is made sự xa cách, ghẻ lạnh

OUTLANDISH

strange, unusual, weird kỳ quặc, lạ lùng

SHOWY STUNT

something that is done to attract people's attention, especially in advertising or politics. màn biểu diễn phô trương

PULL OFF

succeed, do well thành công, làm được (điều khó)

MONSTROSITY

something that is very ugly and usually large vật quái dị, xấu xí

SQUASH

squeeze = to push something into a small space bóp nát, đè bẹp

THRIFTY

careful about spending money and not wasting things tiết kiệm, tằn tiện

COMPACT

"the fact that everything fits neatly into a little space" gọn, nén chặt

SLEEK

smooth bóng mượt, trơn láng

NIFTY

ingenious, clever, effective tiện lợi, khéo léo

CONTRAPTION

"a piece of equipment or machinery" dụng cụ kỳ quặc

ABSURDITY

illogicality, ridiculousness, foolishness # logic, reasonableness sự vô lý, phi lý

CONVEY

express truyền đạt, chuyển tải