Thẻ ghi nhớ: Core dSAT Vocabulary_Set 9 | Quizlet

embolden

(v.) khuyến khích; khích lệ - to make somebody feel braver or more confident

(v.) tô đậm - to make a piece of text appear in bold print

empathy

(n.) sự đồng cảm - ​the ability to understand another person's feelings, experience, etc.

encompass

(v.) bao gồm - to include a large number or range of things

(v.) vây quanh, bao quanh - to surround or cover something completely

endorse

(v.,) tán thành - to say publicly that you support a person, statement or course of action

(v.) xác thực chất lượng được quảng cáo - to say in an advertisement that you use and like a particular product so that other people will want to buy it

exacerbate

(v.) làm trầm trọng - aggravate; to make something worse, especially a disease or problem;

flourish

(v.,) phát triển, hưng thịnh - to develop quickly and become successful or common

(v.) phát triển khỏe mạnh (cây cối/con người) - to grow well; to be healthy and happy

(v.) to wave something around in a way that makes people look at it

forerunner

(n.) tiền bối; tổ tiên; người mở đầu, người đi trước - a person or thing that came before and influenced somebody/something else that is similar; a sign of what is going to happen

frugal

(adj.) tiết kiệm; thanh đạm - using only as much money or food as is necessary

galvanize

(v.,) kích động; làm phấn khởi - to make somebody take action by shocking them or by making them excited

(v.) mạ kẽm - to cover metal with zinc in order to protect it from rust

garner

(v.,) sưu tầm, thu thập (thông tin, ủng hộ,..) - to obtain or collect something such as information, support, etc.

hamper

(v.) cản trở - to prevent somebody from easily doing or achieving something

hostile

(adj.) không thân thiện, thù địch, chống đối - aggressive or unfriendly and ready to argue or fight

idiosyncratic

(adj.) do khí chất; thuộc phong cách riêng - having strange or unusual habits, ways of behaving, or features:

immune

(adj.,) miễn (dịch, nghĩa vụ,etc.)

(adj.) miễn nhiễm - not affected by something, especially something that you might expect to be harmful

incisive

(adj.) sâu sắc; sắc bén - showing clear thought and good understanding of what is important, and the ability to express this

interpret

(v.) giải thích - to explain the meaning of something

(v.) - to decide that something has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way

intrigue

to make somebody very interested and want to know more about something

intrigue (with somebody) (against somebody)(formal)to secretly plan with other people to harm somebody

irascible

adj., nóng nảy, cáu kỉnh - becoming angry very easily

knack

a special skill or ability that you have naturally or can learn

It's easy, once you've got the knack.

knack of/for (doing) something He's got a real knack for making money.

lobby

lobby (somebody) (for/against something) to try to influence a politician or the government and, for example, persuade them to support or oppose a change in the law

Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.

Women's groups are lobbying to get more public money for children

manipulative

(1) adj., hấp dẫn, có tính thao túng

(2) adj., connected with the ability to handle objects with skill

maverick

(of a person) independent, with unusual opinions

a maverick film director

a politician with a maverick streak

mendacious

adj., xuyên tạc - ​not telling the truth

misapplication

n., sự dùng sai, áp dụng sai - ​the use of something for the wrong purpose or in the wrong way

obscure

difficult to understand

I found her lecture very obscure.

For some obscure reason, he failed to turn up.

offhand

not showing much interest in somebody/something in a way that is rude or upsets somebody

an offhand manner

opulence

n., sự giàu có, phong phú - ​a display of great wealth

pacifist

n., người yêu chuộng hòa bình - a person who believes that war and violence are always wrong and refuses to fight in a war

plethora

n., trạng thái dư thừa, thừa thãi: excess; ​an amount that is greater than is needed or can be used

prodigy

n., thần đồng - ​a young person whose intelligence or skill is unusually good for their age