Thẻ ghi nhớ: NEC - Vocab C2 (10)

lax

lacking care, attention, or control; not severe or strong enough (lỏng lẻo, không nghiêm ngặt)

adroit

khéo léo

maladroit

clumsy; unskillful

= tactless = inept = gauche

obfuscate

deliberately make something difficult to understand

weld

hàn

cleave

(to cause something) to separate or divide

=> ... sth in twain

puritanical

believing that it is important to work hard and control yourself, and that pleasure is wrong or unnecessary (khắt khe, nghiêm ngặt)

hedonistic

khoái lạc

specious

superficially plausible, but actually wrong

penurious

= destitute = impecunious = indigent = impoverished

supine

nằm ngửa

= docile = pliant = acquiescent = amenable = obedient = servile

unflappable

not likely to get worried, or angry even in difficult situations (điềm tĩnh, không nao núng)

intractable

hard to control or deal with (khó bảo, khó trị, nan giải)

=> ... child/problem

excise

to remove by cutting

excise tax

thuế tiêu thụ đặc biệt

diffident

shy, lacking self-confidence

erudite

uyên bác

svelte

slender; lithe (thon thả, uyển chuyển)

thrift

the careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste

thrift store

a shop that sells used things, typically in order to raise money for a charity

blithe

free-sprited, lighthearted, unconcerned