Boost your vocabulary 8

Question 1

***CAM 8

CHRONICLE /ˈkrɒn.ɪ.kəl/ (n)

Answer 1

=> A written record, history, story of historical events.

ex: A chronicle of timekeeping.

Question 2

***CAM 8

ADVENT /ˈæd.vənt/
/ˈæd.vənt/ (n)

Answer 2

=> Coming, start, arrival, the time when something first begins to be widely used.

ex: Long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to measure time.

Question 3

***CAM 8

CO-ORDINATE (v)

Answer 3

=> Organize, manage, direct, to make various, separate things work together.

Question 4

***CAM 8

ARCHAEOLOGICAL /ˌɑː.ki.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/ (adj)

Answer 4

=> Thuộc khảo cổ học

Question 5

***CAM 8

COMMUNAL (adj)
/ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/ /kəˈmjuː.nəl/

Answer 5

=> Shared, common, public, relating or belonging to all the people living in a particular.

ex: We each have a separate bedroom but share a communal kitchen.

Question 6

***CAM 8

REGULATE /ˈreɡ.jə.leɪt/ (v)
= CALIBRATE /ˈkæl.ɪ.breɪt/

Answer 6

=> C1 Control, adjust, standardize.

ex: You can regulate the temperature in the house by adjusting the thermostat.

Question 7

***CAM 8

AXIS (n)

Answer 7

=> Alignment, centre line.

Question 8

***CAM 8

ACCOMPANY BY = ASSOCIATED WITH
/əˈkʌm.pə.ni/ (v)

Answer 8

=> Go together with, come with, happen with, appear with.

ex: The changing seasons that accompany our planet’s revolution around the sun.

Question 9

***CAM 8

EQUATOR (n)

Answer 9

=> Xích đạo

Question 10

***CAM 8

WAX AND WANE

Answer 10

=> To increase and decrease.

ex: For those living near the equator in particular, its waxing and waning was more conspicuous than the passing of the seasons.

Question 11

***CAM 8

CONSPICUOUS /kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/ (adj)

Answer 11

=> Very noticable or attracting attention, abvious, clear.

ex: In China, her blonde hair was conspicuous..

Question 12

***CAM 8

LATITUDES (n)

Answer 12

=> Vĩ độ

Question 13

***CAM 8

CLIME /klaɪmz/ (n)

Answer 13

=> Zone, region, a place that has a particular type of climate.

Question 14

***CAM 8

FORMULATE
/ˈfɔː.mjə.leɪt/ (V)

Answer 14

=> C2 to develop all the details of a plan for doing something, invent, create, make, develop.

Question 15

***CAM 8

MUNICIPAL
/mjuːˈnɪs.ɪ.pəl/ (adj)

Answer 15

=> C1 of or belonging to a town or city
= civic, public, community.

ex: Centuries before the Roman Empire, the Egyptians had formulated a municipal calendar having 12 months of 30 days.

Question 16

***CAM 8

DECANS

Answer 16

=> Chòm sao hoàng đạo.

Question 17

***CAM 8

COSMIC /ˈkɒz.mɪk/ (adj)

Answer 17

=> Relating to space or universe. ( thuộc vũ trụ ).

Question 18

***CAM 8

INTERVAL /ˈɪn.tə.vəl/ (adj)
= INTERMISSION /ˌɪn.təˈmɪʃ.ən/
= INTERLUDE /ˈɪn.tə.luːd/
= BREAK

Answer 18

=>
1. C2 a period between two events or times:

ex: We see each other at regular intervals - usually about once a month.
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2. C2 the space between two points:

ex: The plants should be spaced at six-inch intervals.

Question 19

***CAM 8

DURATION /djʊəˈreɪ.ʃən/ (n)

Answer 19

=> C1 The length of time that something lasts.

ex: He planned a stay of 2 years’s duration.

Question 20

***CAM 8

EQUINOX /ˈek.wɪ.nɒks/ (n)

= SOLSTICE /ˈsɒl.stɪs/ (n)

Answer 20

=> One of the two times in a year when night and day are of equal length.

Question 21

***CAM 8

COUNTERPART
/ˈkaʊn.tə.pɑːt/ (n)

Answer 21

=> C1 Equal, colleague, equivalent. ( Bản sao, bản tương đương ).

Question 22

***CAM 8

DRIP = DROP = COME OUT = LEAK

STREAM (chảy mạnh)

Answer 22

=> Chảy nhỏ giọt ra.

Question 23

***CAM 8

DENOTE /dɪˈnəʊt/ (v)

= INDICATE /ˈɪn.dɪ.keɪt/
= REFER TO

CONNOTE /kəˈnəʊt/

Answer 23

=> To represent something.

ex: The color red is used to denote passion or danger.

Question 24

***CAM 8

DIP = DUNK /dʌŋk/ = IMMERSE (v)

Answer 24

=> To put sth into a liquid for a very short time and take it out again.

Question 25

***CAM 8 INSCRIBE /ɪnˈskraɪb/ (V) = ENGRAVE /ɪnˈɡreɪv/ = CARVE /kɑːv/ C2

Answer 25

=> To carefully cut, print or write on something. (VIết, khắc). ex: The prize winners each receive a book with their names inscribed on the first page.

Question 26

***CAM 8 SATISFACTORY /ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.tər.i/ (adj) = PLEASING = REASONABLE = ACCEPTABLE = ADEQUATE # UNSATISFACTORY

Answer 26

=> good or good enough for a particular need or purpose (thỏa mãn, vừa ý, hài lòng). ex: We hope very much to find a satisfactory solution for this problem.

Question 27

***CAM 8 SATISFACTORY /ˌsæt.ɪsˈfæk.tər.i/ (adj) = PLEASING = REASONABLE = ACCEPTABLE = ADEQUATE # UNSATISFACTORY

Answer 27

=> good or good enough for a particular need or purpose (thỏa mãn, vừa ý, hài lòng). ex: We hope very much to find a satisfactory solution for this problem.

Question 28

***CAM 8 ASTRONOMICAL /ˌæs.trəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/ (adj)

Answer 28

=> Relating to the scientific study of the stars.

Question 29

***CAM 8 SUPERSEDE /ˌsuː.pəˈsiːd/ (v) = REPLACE = SUPPLANT /səˈplɑːnt/ = DISPLACE

Answer 29

=> To replace sth, especially sth older or more old-fashioned: ex: Most of the old road has been superseded by the great interstate highways.

Question 30

***CAM 8 COMMENCE /kəˈmens/ (V) = START = BEGIN = ORIGINATE.

Answer 30

=> To begin sth ex: Unfortunately, he commenced speaking before all the guests had finished eating.

Question 31

***CAM 8 DESCEND /dɪˈsend/ (v) = DOWNWARD = FALL = DROP = GO DOWN

Answer 31

=> To go or to come down. ex: Janes descended the stairs.

Question 32

***CAM 8 MAINSPRING

Answer 32

=> Lò xo chính.

Question 33

***CAM 8 BEAM DOWN

Answer 33

=> To transport somebody to or form a spaceship using special electronic equipment. (truyền, truyền tín hiệu...)

Question 34

***CAM 8 NAVIGATION /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ (n) = ROUTING

Answer 34

=> Direction-finding the science or job of planning which way you need to go when you are travelling from one place to another. ex: 1. Sailors have special equipment to help them navigate. 2. Some migrating birds can navigate by the moon (= using the moon as a guide).

Question 35

***CAM 8 CALIBRATE /ˈkæl.ɪ.breɪt/

Answer 35

= Standardize = Adjust = Regulate ex: Moreover, not only do time signals beamed down from Global Positioning System satellites calibrate the functions of precision navigation equipment.

Question 36

***CAM 8 INTEGRAL /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡrəl/

Answer 36

=> C1 necessary and impotant as part of the whole. ex: 1. He's an integral part of the team and we can do without him. 2. Bars and terrace cofes are integral to the social life of the city.

Question 37

***CAM 8 DEPENDENCY /dɪˈpen.dən.si/

Answer 37

=> Reliance = Enslavement = Craving