GregMat 10

Question 1

Acumen

Answer 1

The ability to make good judgments and decisions

Question 2

Antithesis

Answer 2

A direct contrast or opposition

Question 3

Ascribe

Answer 3

To attribute something to a cause
Đổ tại, gán cho
Hint: kinda like “prescribe”

Question 4

Befuddled

Answer 4

Confused or perplexed
Ngớ người luôn
Hint: this and bamboozled is a famous duo of words in TikTok vids to exaggerate emotions

~ (more stunned) Flustered, confound
~ (more confused) Nonplussed, flummoxed

Question 5

Eschew

Answer 5

To deliberately avoid or abstain from
Kiêng cữ

~ Forbear, abstain
~~ Repudiate, dissent, abjure, renounce

Question 6

Esoteric

Answer 6

Intended for or understood by a small group
Bí truyền

~ (take levels to understand) Rarefied
~~ (hard to understand) Abstruse, recondite, obscure, dubious
~~ (mysterious) Arcane

Question 7

Evasive

Answer 7

Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation
Hay tránh né

~ Equivocal, prevaricate

Question 8

Exculpate

Answer 8

To clear from blame or guilt, declare innocent
Rửa tội
Hint: kinda like “Excalibur” –> Lady of the Lake –> clean

Question 9

Expedite

Answer 9

To speed up a process

Question 10

Fastidious

Answer 10

Very attentive to detail and accuracy
Hint: kinda like “tedious”

~ Punctilious, pedantic, meticulous, exacting, scrupulous, captious

Question 11

Feign

Answer 11

To pretend or fake
Hint: Messi’s feign is enigmatic and legendary

~ Facetious, contrived, spurious, belie

Question 12

Furtive

Answer 12

Secretive or stealthy
Bí mật, lén lút, ngấm ngầm
Hint: kinda like “fur thief” aka a cat

~ Surreptitious, clandestine, covert

Question 13

Hamper

Answer 13

To hinder or obstruct
Ngăn trở

~ Impede, stifle, foil, thwart

Question 14

Indispensable

Answer 14

Absolutely necessary

Question 15

Lament

Answer 15

To express sorrow or grief
Xót xa, than khóc
Hint: Mấy quả da trắng kêu khóc vì “là men”

Question 16

Myopic

Answer 16

Lacking foresight or imagination

~ Provincial, insular, parochial

Question 17

Nonchalant

Answer 17

Lãnh đạm, vô tình

~~ Aloof, apathy, tepid

Question 18

Partial

Answer 18

Biased or favoring one side (GRE)

~ Predilection, proclivity, propensity, tendentious

Question 19

Pensive

Answer 19

Deep in thought
Trầm ngâm
Hint1: I be pensive cuz she be expensive
Hint2: “pen” to write down “shit”

Question 20

Portend

Answer 20

To be a warning sign of
Báo hiệu, điềm báo
Hint: kinda like “poor end”

~~ Harbinger

Question 21

Provincial

Answer 21

Relating to regions outside the city; narrow-minded

~ Myopic, insular, parochial

Question 22

Rudimentary

Answer 22

Basic or elementary
~ (basic) Crude, basal
~~ (early stage of development) Inchoate, nascent, incipient, embryonic

Question 23

Salutary

Answer 23

Producing good effects

~ Salubrious

Question 24

Sever

Answer 24

To cut off or divide

Question 25

Slight

Answer 25

To insult by treating as unimportant (GRE)

Question 26

Somnolent

Answer 26

Sleepy or drowsy
Hint: opposite of insomnia aka “mất ngủ”

~ Soporific

Question 27

Stoic

Answer 27

Enduring hardship without showing feelings

Question 28

Supersede

Answer 28

To take the place of

Question 29

Tout

Answer 29

To promote, recommend or praise

Question 30

Wane

Answer 30

To decrease or decline