advanced_vocab250 Flashcards
facilitate
facilitate
/fəˈsɪləteɪt/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To make easy or easier.
- To help bring about.
- To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).
Synonyms: ease.
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extract
extract
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Something that is extracted or drawn out.
- A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
- A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
- Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
- A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
- A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
- Ancestry; descent.
- A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
Synonyms: extraction, origin, extractive principle, extraction.
2. Verb
- To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.
- To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare abstract (transitive verb).
- To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
- To select parts of a whole
- To determine (a root of a number).
Synonyms: outdraw, sunder out.
Chiết xuất
diversity
diversity
/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
- A variety; diverse types or examples.
- Equal-opportunity inclusion
Synonyms: selection.
đa dạng
chronic
chronic
/ˈkɹɒnɪk/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Marijuana, typically of high quality.
- A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
- A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
2. Adjective
- Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
- Prolonged or slow to heal.
- Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- Inveterate or habitual.
- Very bad, awful.
- Extremely serious.
- Good, great; “wicked”.
Synonyms: gnarly, splendid, diuturnal, prolonged, abysmal, terrible.
Antonyms: acute, transient.
mãn tính
collaborative
collaborative
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal
2. Adjective
- Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.
hợp tác
downturn
downturn
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A downward trend, or the beginnings of one; a decline.
Antonyms: upturn.
2. Verb
- To turn downwards
- To decline
Suy thoái
organisation
organisation
/ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The quality of being organized.
- The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.
- A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
- A group of people consciously cooperating.
- A major league club and all its farm teams.
tổ chức
overlap
overlap
/ˈoʊvɚˌlæp/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Something that overlaps or is overlapped
- A situation in the game where an attacking line has more players in it than the defensive line coming to meet it. The attacking side may exploit the overlap by using their superior numbers to break the opposition’s defensive line. If attackers outnumber defenders by more than one player this is often termed a two man overlap or three man overlap, etc. If the attacking side fails to break through usually due to poor execution, they are said to waste an overlap.
- The payment of a spouse’s or other dependant’s annuity benefits concurrently with the member’s benefits, on death of the member during the guarantee period.
2. Verb
- To extend over and partly cover something.
- To have an area, range, character or function in common.
- Of sets: to have some elements in common.
- To have some similar nucleotide sequences.
Synonyms: intersect.
chồng chéo
trigger
trigger
/ˈtɹɪɡɚ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody.
- An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.
- An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
- A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
2. Verb
- To fire a weapon.
- To initiate something.
- To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone).
- To activate; to become active.
Synonyms: activate, detonate, fire, activate, initiate, push someone’s buttons.
cò súng
revelation
revelation
/ɹɛvəˈleɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of revealing or disclosing.
- Something that is revealed.
- Something dramatically disclosed.
- A manifestation of divine truth.
- A great success.
sự mặc khải
degradation
degradation
/ˌdɛɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one’s standing or rank in office or society
- The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
- Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
- A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
- A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure.
- The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
- Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
- The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind.
Suy thoái
delicacy
delicacy
/ˈdɛlɪkəsi/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The quality of being delicate.
- Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy
- Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- Frailty of health or fitness.
- Refinement in taste or discrimination.
- Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
tinh vi
equitable
equitable
/ˈɛk.wɪ.tə.bəl/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Marked by or having equity.
- Fair, just, or impartial.
- Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.
công bằng
potent
potent
/ˈpoʊt(ə)nt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A heraldic fur formed by a regular tessellation of blue and white T shapes.
- A prince; a potentate.
- A staff or crutch.
Antonyms: counterpotent, impotent.
2. Adjective
- Possessing strength.
- Powerfully effective.
- Having a sharp or offensive taste.
- (of a male) Able to procreate.
- Very powerful or effective.
mạnh mẽ
converge
converge
/kən.ˈvɜːdʒ/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- Of two or more entities, to approach each other; to get closer and closer.
- Of a sequence, to have a limit.
- Of an iterative process, to reach a stable end point.
Antonyms: diverge.
hội tụ
microbe
microbe
/ˈmaɪkɹoʊb/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Any microorganism, but especially a harmful bacterium.
Vi khuẩn
radical
radical
/ˈɹædɪkəl/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- (historical: 19th-century Britain) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- (historical: early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- A person with radical opinions.
- A root (of a number or quantity).
- In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
- In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
- A free radical.
- (commutative algebra, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or \sqrt{I}, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xn ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
- (of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, “not good”.
- (of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
- The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
2. Adjective
- Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
- Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
- Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
- Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
- Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
- (of a sound) Produced using the root of the tongue.
- Involving free radicals.
- Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
- (1980s & 1990s) Excellent; awesome.
Synonyms: primitive, fundamental.
Antonyms: derivative, derived, ignorable, trivial.
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accessible
accessible
/əkˈsɛs.ə.bəl/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Easy of access or approach.
- (specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
- (of a person) Easy to get along with.
- (followed by to) Open to the influence of.
- Obtainable; to be got at.
- Easily understood or appreciated.
- Capable of being used or seen.
Synonyms: approachable, easy-going, friendly, welcoming.
Antonyms: inaccessible.
có thể truy cập
undermine
undermine
/ʌndəˈmaɪn/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
- To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
- To erode the base or foundation of something, e.g. by the action of water.
Antonyms: undergird.
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replacement
replacement
/ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- The act of replacing something.
- The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.
Thay thế
boon
boon
/buːn/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A prayer; petition.
- That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.
- A good thing; a blessing or benefit; a thing to be thankful for.
- An unpaid service due by a tenant to his lord.
Synonyms: benefit, blessing, favor, gift.
Antonyms: bane.
Boon
staple
staple
/ˈsteɪ.pəl/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A town containing merchants who have exclusive right, under royal authority, to purchase or produce certain goods for export; also, the body of such merchants seen as a group.
- (by extension) Place of supply; source.
- The principal commodity produced in a town or region.
- A basic or essential supply.
- A recurring topic or character.
- Short fiber, as of cotton, sheep’s wool, or the like, which can be spun into yarn or thread.
- Unmanufactured material; raw material.
2. Verb
- To sort according to its staple.
3. Adjective
- Relating to, or being market of staple for, commodities.
- Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled.
- Fit to be sold; marketable.
- Regularly produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic; principal; chief.
chủ lực
rigorous
rigorous
/ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Showing, causing, or favoring rigour; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
- Severe; intense.
Synonyms: harsh, strict, painstaking, scrupulous.
Antonyms: arbitrary, capricious, whimsical.
nghiêm ngặt
herald
herald
/ˈhɛɹəld/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
- A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
- An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.
- A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.
Synonyms: harbinger, messenger, pursuivant.
2. Verb
- To proclaim or announce an event.
- (usually passive) To greet something with excitement; to hail.
Synonyms: disclose, make known.
Herald
trivialise
trivialise
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To make something appear trivial
Synonyms: downplay, understate.
Antonyms: exaggerate.
tầm thường hóa
polyester
polyester
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Any polymer whose monomers are linked together by ester bonds
- A material or fabric made from polyester polymer
2. Adjective
- Of, or consisting of polyesters
polyester
earner
earner
Meaning:
1. Noun
- One who earns money.
- A profitable product or scheme.
người kiếm tiền
kerb
kerb
/kɝb/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.
- A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
2. Verb
- To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
kiềm chế
aground
aground
/əˈɡɹaʊnd/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- (of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
- (by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out
2. Adverb
- (of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
mắc cạn
stalk
stalk
/stɔk/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
- The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
- Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
- An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
- One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
- A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
- The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
- The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
- An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
rình rập
sustainability
sustainability
/səsˌteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The ability to sustain something.
- A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations.
Antonyms: unsustainability.
bền vững
archipelago
archipelago
/ˌɑɹkɪˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- (collective) A group of islands.
- (by extension) Something scattered around like an archipelago.
Quần đảo
nonetheless
nonetheless
/ˌnʌnðəˈlɛs/
Meaning:
1. Adverb
- Nevertheless.
Synonyms: still, though, yet.
Tuy nhiên
leapfrog
leapfrog
/-fɹɔɡ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
- (usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
2. Verb
- To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- To overtake.
- To progress.
- Of a case: to appeal or allow to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.
LEAPFROG
contributory
contributory
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution
- Tending to contribute to a result
Đóng góp
consistent
consistent
/kənˈsɪstənt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- (in the plural) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
- A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.
2. Adjective
- Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
- Compatible, accordant.
- Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.
Antonyms: contradictory, incompatible, inconsistent.
nhất quán
evolutionary
evolutionary
/ˌevəˈluːʃəneɹi/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
- Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
tiến hóa
lure
lure
/lɔɹ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure
- An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish
- A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk
- A velvet smoothing brush
2. Verb
- To attract by temptation etc.; to entice
- To recall a hawk with a lure
thu hút
exploitative
exploitative
/ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something
- (more generally) Of or relating to exploitation.
- (of competition) Wherein one organism reduces a resource to the point of affecting other organisms.
Synonyms: exploitive.
khai thác
logical
logical
/ˈlɑdʒɪkəɫ/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- In agreement with the principles of logic.
- Reasonable.
- Of or pertaining to logic.
- Non-physical or conceptual yet underpinned by something physical or actual.
Antonyms: illogical.
hợp lý
unsympathetic
unsympathetic
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Not sympathetic
không thông cảm
smirk
smirk
/smɝk/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied or scornful
- A forced or affected smile; a simper
2. Verb
- To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.
Synonyms: shit-eating grin, simper.
3. Adjective
- Smart; spruce; affected; simpering
cười
heritage
heritage
/ˈhɛɹɪtɪd͡ʒ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
- A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
- A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
- Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
di sản
originate
originate
/əˈɹɪdʒɪneɪt/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
- To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).
Synonyms: begin, initiate, spring to life, take shape.
Antonyms: destinate, end, terminate.
bắt đầu
boost
boost
/buːst/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
- Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
- (automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
2. Verb
- To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
- (by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
- To steal.
- To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won’t start.
- To give a booster shot to.
- To amplify; to signal boost.
tăng
comparable
comparable
/kəmˈpæɹəbl̩/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Something suitable for comparison.
2. Adjective
- (often with to) Able to be compared (to).
- (often with to) Similar (to); like.
- Constituting a pair in a particular partial order.
- (grammar) Said of an adjective that has a comparative and superlative form.
có thể so sánh
supplant
supplant
/səˈplænt/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
- To uproot, to remove violently.
Synonyms: uproot, wrench, dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over.
thay thế
demonstration
demonstration
/dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
- An event at which something will be demonstrated.
- Expression of one’s feelings by outward signs.
- A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.
- A show of military force.
- A mathematical proof.
trình diễn
surge
surge
/sɝdʒ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle’s forward/backward oscillation
- A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
- The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
- A spring; a fountain.
- The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
Synonyms: inrush.
2. Verb
- To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
- To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
- To slack off a line.
tăng vọt
waxy
waxy
/ˈwæksi/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
sáp
culmination
culmination
/ˌkʌlməˈneɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
đỉnh cao
upwelling
upwelling
Meaning:
1. Verb
- (of a fluid) To rise from a lower source; to well up.
2. Noun
- An upward movement from a lower source.
- The oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface
Antonyms: downwelling.
Upwelling
suitability
suitability
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The quality of being suitable.
sự phù hợp
emulate
emulate
/ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To attempt to equal or be the same as.
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
- Of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
2. Adjective
- Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
thi đua
prolific
prolific
/ˌpɹoʊˈlɪf.ɪk/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- Similarly producing results or performing deeds in abundance
- Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
Synonyms: fecund, fertile.
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decomposition
decomposition
/diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.
- The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis.
- The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts.
phân rã
eardrum
eardrum
/ˈiɚˌdɹʌm/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.
Synonyms: membrana tympanica, tympanic membrane.
màng nhĩ
traverse
traverse
/tɹəˈvɝs/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
- A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as “control” i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.
- A screen or partition.
- Something that thwarts or obstructs.
- A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
- A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc (“without this”, i.e. without what follows).
- The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
- A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
- In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
- A traverse board.
2. Verb
- To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
- To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
- To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
- (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
- , To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
- To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- To act against; to thwart or obstruct.
- To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
- To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- To deny formally.
- To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.
3. Adjective
- Lying across; being in a direction across something else.
4. Adverb
- Athwart; across; crosswise
đi qua
emboss
emboss
/ɪmˈbɒs/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol.
- To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, etc.
T nổi
advent
advent
/ˈæd.vənt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
Synonyms: approach, arrival, oncome, onset.
Mùa Vọng
constitute
constitute
/ˈkɑnstɪt(j)uːt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An established law.
2. Verb
- To set up; to establish; to enact.
- To make up; to compose; to form.
- To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
Synonyms: compose, form, make up, enact, establish.
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patronage
patronage
/ˈpeɪtɹənɪd͡ʒ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- The right of nomination to political office.
- The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
2. Verb
- To support by being a patron of.
- To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize
Synonyms: keep going, support.
sự bảo trợ
reconstruct
reconstruct
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To construct again; to restore.
- To attempt to understand an event by recreating or talking through the circumstances.
Tái thiết
skeleton
skeleton
/ˈskɛlətən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
- An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
- A very thin person.
- The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.
- A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
- A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.
- The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
- A very thin form of light-faced type.
- (attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.
Synonyms: ottomy, skellington, backbone.
Antonyms: stub.
2. Verb
- To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize
- To minimize
Bộ xương
donor
donor
/ˈdoʊnɚ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- One who makes a donation.
- A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
Synonyms: donater, donator.
Nhà tài trợ
notion
notion
/ˈnoʊʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
- A sentiment; an opinion.
- Sense; mind.
- An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
- Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, either for attachment to garments or as a tool, such as a button, zipper, or thimble.
- Inclination; intention; disposition.
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assessment
assessment
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
- An appraisal or evaluation.
đánh giá
scandal
scandal
/ˈskændəl/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
- Damage to one’s reputation.
- Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
- Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
- Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
- Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
2. Verb
- To treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander.
- To scandalize; to offend.
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notable
notable
/ˈnoʊdəbəl/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A person or thing of distinction.
2. Adjective
- Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
- Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous.
- That can be observed; perceptible.
- Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management.
- Useful; profitable.
Synonyms: apparent, evident, eminent, noteworthy.
Antonyms: non-notable, subtle, nameless, obscure.
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exemplify
exemplify
/ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To show or illustrate by example.
- To be an instance of or serve as an example.
- To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.
- To prove by such an attested copy or transcript.
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efficacy
efficacy
/ˈɛf.ɪ.kə.si/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
- Degree of ability to produce a desired effect.
Synonyms: efficacity.
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emission
emission
/ɪˈmɪʃn̩/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
- The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.
Synonyms: issuance.
khí thải
participation
participation
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of participating, of taking part in something.
- The state of being related to a larger whole.
- The process during which individuals, groups and organizations are consulted about or have the opportunity to become actively involved in a project or program of activity.
- An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.
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scurry
scurry
/ˈskɝɹi/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A dash.
2. Verb
- To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
Synonyms: hurry, zoom, scamper.
người đàn ông
affordability
affordability
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The extent to which something is affordable, as measured by its cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay.
khả năng chi trả
sustenance
sustenance
/ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Something that provides support or nourishment.
duy trì
assert
assert
/əˈsɝt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
2. Verb
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
- To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
- To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
Synonyms: affirm, asseverate, aver.
Antonyms: deassert, deny, remit.
khẳng định
hard-core
hard-core
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity; diehard.
- Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or “cool” due to intensity or danger.
- Resistant to change.
- Obscene or explicit.
- Depicting penetration and abnormal sexual activity.
- Faster or more intense than the regular style.
Synonyms: gung ho, steely-eyed, tough as nails.
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burgeon
burgeon
/ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A bud, sprout, shoot.
2. Verb
- To grow or expand.
- To swell to the point of bursting.
- Of plants, to bloom, bud.
Synonyms: blossom, bud, green, sprout, blossom, expand, grow, sprout.
Burgeon
quota
quota
/ˈkwoʊtə/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
- A prescribed number or percentage that may serve as, for example, a maximum, a minimum, or a goal.
- A restriction on the import of something to a specific quantity.
Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, quotum.
Hạn ngạch
commitment
commitment
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
- Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
- Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
- The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
- Perpetration as in a crime or mistake.
- State of being pledged or engaged.
- The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
Synonyms: allegiance, charge, committal, consignment, dedication, devoir, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, loyalty, must, need, oath, obligation, ought, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word.
sự cam kết
bacteria
bacteria
/bækˈtɪɹ.i.ə/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
- A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
2. Noun
- A single celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
Vi khuẩn
fossil
fossil
/ˈfɑːsəl/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
- Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
- A fossil word.
- Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
hóa thạch
preferable
preferable
/pɹəˈfɜːɹəb(ə)l/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Better than some other option; preferred.
thích hợp hơn
frustrate
frustrate
/ˈfɹʌstɹeɪt/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
- To hinder or thwart.
- To cause stress or annoyance.
2. Adjective
- Ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
thất vọng
initiate
initiate
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A new member of an organization.
- One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
2. Verb
- To begin; to start.
- To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
- To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
- To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
Antonyms: complete, conclude, end, finish.
3. Adjective
- Unpractised; untried; new.
- Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
bắt đầu
uneconomic
uneconomic
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Financially inefficient, costly, wasteful, or loss making
Synonyms: uneconomical.
không kinh tế
salvage
salvage
/ˈsælvɪdʒ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- The money from the sale of rescued goods.
- The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
2. Verb
- (of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
- (of discarded goods) to put to use.
- To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
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plague
plague
/pleɪɡ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
- A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
- Collective noun for common grackles
Synonyms: pest, pestilence.
2. Verb
- To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
Bệnh dịch hạch
dissemination
dissemination
/dɨˌsɛmɨˈneɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
phổ biến
proponent
proponent
/pɹəˈpoʊnənt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- One who supports something; an advocate
- One who makes a proposal or proposition.
- One who propounds a will for probate.
Synonyms: exponent.
Antonyms: detractor, opponent.
2. Adjective
- Making proposals; proposing.
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drouth
drouth
/dɹaʊθ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
- (by extension) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
Synonyms: losing streak.
Antonyms: winning streak.
drouth
synchronise
synchronise
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
- To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another.
- To cause (a set of files, data, or settings) on one computer or device to be (and try to remain) the same as on another.
- (of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
- To coordinate or combine.
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graze
graze
/ɡɹeɪz/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.
- A light abrasion; a slight scratch.
- The act of animals feeding from pasture.
2. Verb
- To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.
- To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
- To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing.
- To eat periodically throughout the day, rather than at fixed mealtimes.
- To shoplift by consuming food or drink items before reaching the checkout.
- To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
- To cause a slight wound to; to scratch.
- To yield grass for grazing.
gặm cỏ
rectify
rectify
/ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To heal (an organ or part of the body).
- To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
- To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
- To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
- To correct (someone who is mistaken).
- (geodesy) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
- To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
- To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
- To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
sửa chữa
simultaneous
simultaneous
/ˌsaɪ̯m.əlˈteɪ̯n.i.əs/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Happening at the same moment.
- (of a set of equations) To be solved for the same values of variables.
Antonyms: sequential.
đồng thời
detrimental
detrimental
/ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Causing damage or harm.
Synonyms: harmful, injurious.
Antonyms: beneficial.
bất lợi
tribute
tribute
/ˈtɹɪbjuːt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
- A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
- Extortion; protection money.
- A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
- A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
Synonyms: heriot.
2. Verb
- To pay as tribute.
Tribute
adolescent
adolescent
/ˌædəˈlɛsənt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
2. Adjective
- Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult
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irresistible
irresistible
/ˌɪɹɪˈzɪstəbl̩/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Impossile to resist.
- Compellingly attractive.
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