Core dSAT Vocabulary_Set 13

infallible

never wrong; never making mistakes​that never fails; always doing what it is supposed to do (ko thể sai)

insipid

having almost no taste

not interesting or exciting

(không mùi vị, nhạt nhẽo)

interchangeable

that can be exchanged, especially without affecting the way in which something works

(có thể hoán đổi cho nhau)

irksome

annoying

jaded

tired and bored, usually because you have had too much of something (chán ngắt)

languid

moving slowly in an attractive way, not needing energy or effort

(uể oải)

ludicrous

unreasonable; that you cannot take seriously (lố bịch)

meticulous

paying careful attention to every detail (cẩn thận, tỉ mỉ)

miser

a person who loves money and hates spending it (ng keo kiệt)

missive

a letter, especially a long or an official one

munificent

extremely generous

nemesis

the person or thing that causes somebody to lose their power, position, etc. and that cannot be avoided

a person or thing that has competed with somebody or been an enemy for a long time

(kẻ thù không đội trời chung)

obdurate

refusing to change your mind or your actions in any way (cứng đầu)

obstreperous

noisy and difficult to control (hiếu động, nghịch ngợm)

offset

to use one cost, payment or situation in order to cancel or reduce the effect of another (bù lại)

ornate

covered with a lot of decoration, especially when this involves very small or complicated designs (trang trí công phu)

pervasive

existing in all parts of a place or thing; spreading gradually to affect all parts of a place or thing (lan tràn)

pilgrim

a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons (người hành hương)

plague

any disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people (dịch hạch)

portent

a sign or warning of something that is going to happen in the future, especially when it is something unpleasant (điềm báo)

prolific

producing a great number or amount of something:

He was probably the most prolific songwriter of his generation.

Rabbits and other rodents are prolific (= have a lot of babies).

proponent

supporter, advocate

prosaic

ordinary and not showing any imagination

not interesting or romantic

provincial

connected with one of the large areas that some countries are divided into, with its own local government

connected with the parts of a country that do not include the capital city, especially when these are regarded as lacking culture or modern ideas unwilling to consider new or different ideas or things

(tỉnh lẻ)

redress

to correct something that is unfair or wrong (chuộc lỗi, bồi thường)

regressive

becoming or making something less advanced

having less effect on the rich than on the poor

(thoái lui)

renegade

a person who leaves one political, religious, etc. group to join another that has very different views

a person who opposes and lives outside a group or society that they used to belong to

(kẻ phản bội)

repudiate

to refuse to accept something

to say officially and/or publicly that something is not true

to refuse to be connected with somebody any longer

resilient

able to recover quickly after something unpleasant such as shock, injury, etc. (kiên cường)

returning to its original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed (đàn hồi)

revolutionary

connected with political revolution

involving a great or complete change

(mang tính cách mạng)