VOCAB ss93

occupation

(n)job

ex:his current occupation is a doctor

rudimentary

(adj)basic, elementary

ex: i don’t know why he feels so proud after finishing that rudimentary math equation.

deteriorate

(v)become worse 

ex:he tried to fix the website but he actually deteriorated it

compensate

(v)đền bù, chi trả

ex: he was compensated for his hard work

exploit

(v)made full use of sth

ex: in the past, white owners always tried to exploit black slaves

prohibitive

(adj)bị hạn chế

ex: the prohibitive budget made the program unable to finish.

obstruct

(v)block, prevent
ex: a car broke down and obstructed the highway 

immensely

(adv)extreme
ex: i was immensely proud of my team because we are the winner

uncanny

(adj)mysterious

ex:he has an uncanny look which attracts everyone in the room

ritual

(n)nghi thức
ex: it is ritual to put the shoes outside before coming into the house in asain countries

get rid of

remove

ex: You need to get rid of that garbage bag if you want your house to be clean

poison

(n) a substance which can kill a person or an animal. 
ex: the food would be tested carefully before serving to the king to prevent it from being poisoned.

harmless.

(adj) not dangerous
ex: that dog looks scary but he is harmless bacause he doesn’t bite.

breed

(n) A kind of animal
ex: that dog breed is called Pitbull.

extend

(v) make sth bigger
ex: the area of the school was extended so that there is a space for a basketball court.

Flock

(n) a group of birds
ex: when winter comes, flocks of birds start to migrate to warmer places.

Massive

(adj) big
ex: A massive flag has been raised on the stands when Vietnam’s national football team scored a goal.

stratagem

(n) tactic
ex: A great stratagem has been made by the coach to help us win the game.

migration

(v) animals move from a place to another to live in.
ex: A great migration occurs in autumn each year as birds leave their home to go for warmer places to live in.

nesting season

(n) mùa làm tổ
ex: nesting season is a busy time for birds as they have to reproduce and buld nests.

spectacular

(adj) special
ex: it was such a spectacular art that it impressed everybody at the hall.

predator

(n) animals hunt other animals to survive
ex: lions, tigers and leos are the predtors of the jungle, they hunt other animals in order to survive.

find it harder to

ex: I find it harder to communicate influencely when using a foreign language.

as a result of

ex: People in that country are starving as a result of awful decisionsmade by the government.

concrete-walled

(adj) cities full of buildings
ex: older people often prefer to live in peaceful villages rather than living in concrete-walled cities.

take for granted

coi là điều hiển nhiên
ex: I give him a favour by helping him with hthe homework but he seems to take it for granted.

unable to

ex: he has terrable sights which means that he is unable to driveat night without glasses.

functional

(adj) useful, works well
ex: it was such functional vaccines thats worked almost immediately after being injected.

speculate

(v) guess
ex: there was nobody when the accident occured so the police speculated what happend.

degenerated

(v) become worse
ex: standards of football in malaysia have degenerated because of the lack of funds.

captive

(v) imprisoned
ex: Being captive is for sure one of the worst experience that anyone could have sice you are locked in a room, isolated from the outside world.

particularly

(adv) speacialy
ex: I love cakes, particularly cheese cakes.

object

(v) reject or prevent
ex: the judge objects all of my lawyer’s points which means that i will still be locked in for another 10 years.

apparently

(adv) clearly
ex:Jack Tran is apparently the student who speaks English the best in my class as his dad is Australian.

restrict

(v) ban
ex: he was restricted by the owner of the buffet restaurant because he eats too much.

forage

(n) food for chcikens, ducks,…
ex: The farmer feed forage to the animals until they are ready to be sold.

solid

(adj) hard
ex: ice is in solid form, but it would become liquid when it melts.

alternative

(adj) different options
ex: the coach has alternative tactics for the final game so that he could switch tactics at different times in the game.

occupy

(v) rule a country or a place
ex: the Chinese once accupied Vietnam for a thousand years, we were under the Chinese control.

nocturnal

(n) animals that live at night
ex: owls are nocturnal species, they hunt at night.

dominate

(v)  rule or occupy
ex: Kubilay the emperor of Mongolia nearly dominated the world back then.

manage to

prepare to
ex: how do you manage to score good marks in the exam when you are not studying at all?

extinction

(n) dissapearance of a species on earth
ex: there are many theories relating to the extinction of dinasours

obstructed

(v)block or prevent
Finance is the only issue which prevent our company from investing in that project.

detect

(v)identify the existance or presence of sth
ex: Vietnamese military has a great radar system, it can detect rockets or planes from far away.

being aware of

realize sth is happening
ex: it is crutial to be aware of high-tech criminals.

rely heavily on

depend heavily on
ex: He is the breadwinner of the family, his family rely heavily on him.

navigation

(n)the act of directing an object from a place to another
ex: I think there is a bug with the navigation system, it leads me to a dead end.

admiration

(n)look up to
ex: I have always been tryng to be like him. my admiration for him is great.

responsible for

có trách nhiệm vơi
ex: I am responsible for my fault.