GregMat 18 Flashcards
Abet
To encourage or assist in wrongdoing
Tiếp tay làm điều xấu
Hint: “b có dám làm k? Take a bet k?”
Accessible
Able to be reached or entered
Acquisitive
Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
~ Avaricious, mercenary, rapacious
Amalgamate
To combine or unite into one form or structure
Hint: there is one dude who used this word on WSO once and got lit up for it
Attenuate
To weaken or reduce in force or intensity
~ Ameliorate, alleviate, mitigate, abate, assuage
Augment
To make something greater by adding to it
~ Exacerbate
Aversion
A strong dislike or disinclination
Hint: crisis averted means it was dodged
Blithe
Carefree and happy or without worry
Hint: kinda like blissfully
~ Sanguine, buoyant, jocund
Contempt
A feeling that someone or something is beneath consideration
Khinh rẻ
Hint: kinda like “con tem” —> often overlooked despite its importance
~ Disdain, scorn
Dawdle
To waste time or move slowly
La cà, lãng phí thời gian, lần lữa
Hint: kinda like “doodle”
Deflect
To cause something to change direction
Discount
To disregard or minimize the importance of something (GRE)
Coi thường, không đếm xỉa đến
Dissident
A person who opposes official policy
Chống đối
Hint: kinda like “Diss si đần”
~ Iconoclast, heterodox
Efficacious
Effective; producing the desired result
Hiệu quả, hiệu nghiệm
Hint: kinda like “effective”
Equitable
Fair and impartial
Công bằng, vô tư
Erratic
Unpredictable or inconsistent
~ Capricious, whimsical, mercurial, fickle, volatile
Industrious
Hardworking and diligent
Hint: kinda like industrial employees
Inform
To give knowledge or information to
Irksome
Annoying or irritating
Hint: irk is gen Z’s “ick”
Manacle
To restrain or confine with shackles
Trói buộc, gông cùm
Hint: “Man shackle”
Modest
Humble or not excessively large, elaborate
Noxious
Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant
Hint: “obnoxious”
~ Inimical, deleterious, pernicious, malevolent, malignant, maleficent
Pernicious
Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual way
Hint: kinda like “penetrate-ous”
~ Inimical, deleterious, noxious, malevolent, malignant, maleficent
Predicament
A difficult or unpleasant situation
Tình thế khó khăn
~ Quandary, conundrum, plight