OPINION AND ARGUMENT

Words

Types

Synonym

Antonym

Meaning

Anecdotally

ADV

According to a personal account of an event that is possibly not true or accurate

Derision

N

Scorn

Contempt: khinh miệt

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Dissociation

(from sth)

N

Association: an idea or a memory that is suggested by sb/sth; a mental connection between ideas

The act of showing you do not agree or support with sth

Ex: Dissociation from Cabinet decisions by individual ministers is unacceptable.

Defy

V

Thách thức, phủ nhận

Reckon

V

Think

Nghĩ

Embrace

V

Accept

Chấp nhận

Nominate

V

đề cử

to formally suggest that somebody/something should be chosen for an important role, prize, position

Overturn

V

To show that a belief or an idea is not

Perceive

(sb/sth/yourself (as sth))

(sb/sth to be/have sth)

(sb/that)

V

To understand or think of sb/sth in a particular way

Ex: This discovery was perceived as a major breakthrogh

Ex: They were widely perceived to have been unlucky

To notice or become aware of sth

Ex: The patient was perceived to have difficulty in breathing

Reassert

(that)

(sth)

V

To state again, clearly and definitely, that sth is true

Tarnish

V

Taint: To damage the quality of sth or the opinion people have of sth/sb

To damage the good opinion people have about sb/sth

Take it for granted (that...)

 Phrs

Coi đó là điều hiển nhiên

to believe something is true without first making sure that it is