GregMat 11 Flashcards

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Abhor

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To regard with disgust and hatred
Ghê tởm, ghét cay đắng

~ Repugnant, antipathy, odium, animosity

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Boisterous

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Noisy and energetic
Náo nhiệt, huyên náo
Hint: “bois” –> crazy time

~ (more energetic) Tumultuous, exuberant, ebullient, uproarious, rumbustious
~ (more noisy) Vociferous, raucous
~~ Obstreperous

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3
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Chivalrous

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Courteous and gallant
Hint: hoes keep saying “Chilvary is dead”

~~ Urbane, cosmopolitan
~~ Decorum, propriety, tact

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Churlish

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Rude in a mean-spirited way
Thô bỉ, mất dạy
Hint: kinda like “chư liệp” i.e tên cũ của Trư Bát Giới

~ Boorish

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Clandestine

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Kept secret or done secretly
Hint: kinda like “destiny of the clan”

~ Furtive, covert, surreptitious

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied and unaware of potential danger

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7
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Cumbersome

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Large or heavy and difficult to manage
Phiền vkl

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8
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Debilitating

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Causing weakness or impairment

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9
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Deliberate

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Done consciously and intentionally

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10
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Droll

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Amusing in an odd way
Khôi hài, kì cục, như trò hề
Hint: Droll in “Droll & Lockbird” YGO is a clown

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Eccentric

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Unconventional and slightly strange

~ Idiosyncratic, quirky, peculiar, anomalous

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Fractious

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Irritable and quarrelsome
Quàu quạu
Hint: kinda like “phát tiết”

~ Irascible, cantankerous
~~ Pugnacious, truculent, belligerent, bellicose

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Limpid

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Clear and transparent
Hint: kinda like “lipid” i.e fat which are almost transparent

~ (basically lucid) Lucid, pellucid, elucidate

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Mawkish

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Overly sentimental to the point of being sickly
Uỷ mị, sướt mướt
Hint: kinda like “mau khóc”

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Obeisance

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A gesture of respect or submission

~ Reverence, venerate, deference, acquiescene

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display

~ Pretentious, florid, flamboyant, panache, opulent

17
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Panacea

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A universal remedy
Thuốc trị bách bệnh
Hint: kinda like “pinnacle” (of life)

18
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Perfunctory

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Carried out with minimal effort
Hời hợt
Hint: kinda like “perform function only”

~ Cursory
~~ Superficial, desultory

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Perilous

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Full of danger or risk
Hiểm nghèo, đầy hiểm hoạ

20
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Pervasive

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Spreading throughout

21
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Preclude

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To prevent or make impossible

~ Forestall, obviate

22
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Predilection

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A preference or special liking for smt

~ Partiality, proclivity, propencity

23
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Rapacious

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Aggressively greedy or grasping
Hint: kinda like “rapper”, many of which are greedy af

~ Mercenary, avaricious, acquisitive

24
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Relish

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To enjoy greatly
Hint: kinda like “Jack Grealish”, who always enjoys himself

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Satirical

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Using humor to criticize

26
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Sham

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A thing that is not what it appears to be

~ Spurious, specious, fallacious, ersatz

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Skirt

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To avoid or evade
Hint: “skirt skirt” means disappear from here

28
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Sluggish

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Slow-moving or inactive

~ Lethargic, languid, torpor, quiescent

29
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Spartan

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Simple and strict, lacking luxury
Khổ hạnh

~ Austere, dour, ascetic

30
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Truculent

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Eager to argue or fight
Hint: kinda like “Cu Chulain” in Ragnarok manga, who lusts fighting

~ Pugnacious, bellicose, belligerent