GregMat 18

Question 1

Abet

Answer 1

To encourage or assist in wrongdoing
Tiếp tay làm điều xấu
Hint: “b có dám làm k? Take a bet k?”

Question 2

Accessible

Answer 2

Able to be reached or entered

Question 3

Acquisitive

Answer 3

Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things

~ Avaricious, mercenary, rapacious

Question 4

Amalgamate

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Attenuate

Answer 5

To weaken or reduce in force or intensity

~ Ameliorate, alleviate, mitigate, abate, assuage

Question 6

Augment

Answer 6

To make something greater by adding to it

~ Exacerbate

Question 7

Aversion

Answer 7

A strong dislike or disinclination
Hint: crisis averted means it was dodged

Question 8

Blithe

Answer 8

Carefree and happy or without worry
Hint: kinda like blissfully

~ Sanguine, buoyant, jocund

Question 9

Contempt

Answer 9

A feeling that someone or something is beneath consideration
Khinh rẻ
Hint: kinda like “con tem” —> often overlooked despite its importance

~ Disdain, scorn

Question 10

Dawdle

Answer 10

To waste time or move slowly
La cà, lãng phí thời gian, lần lữa
Hint: kinda like “doodle”

Question 11

Deflect

Answer 11

To cause something to change direction

Question 12

Discount

Answer 12

To disregard or minimize the importance of something (GRE)
Coi thường, không đếm xỉa đến

Question 13

Dissident

Answer 13

A person who opposes official policy
Chống đối
Hint: kinda like “Diss si đần”

~ Iconoclast, heterodox

Question 14

Efficacious

Answer 14

Effective; producing the desired result
Hiệu quả, hiệu nghiệm
Hint: kinda like “effective”

Question 15

Equitable

Answer 15

Fair and impartial
Công bằng, vô tư

Question 16

Erratic

Answer 16

Unpredictable or inconsistent

~ Capricious, whimsical, mercurial, fickle, volatile

Question 17

Industrious

Answer 17

Hardworking and diligent
Hint: kinda like industrial employees

Question 18

Inform

Answer 18

To give knowledge or information to

Question 19

Irksome

Answer 19

Annoying or irritating
Hint: irk is gen Z’s “ick”

Question 20

Manacle

Answer 20

To restrain or confine with shackles
Trói buộc, gông cùm
Hint: “Man shackle”

Question 21

Modest

Answer 21

Humble or not excessively large, elaborate

Question 22

Noxious

Answer 22

Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant
Hint: “obnoxious”

~ Inimical, deleterious, pernicious, malevolent, malignant, maleficent

Question 23

Pernicious

Answer 23

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual way
Hint: kinda like “penetrate-ous”

~ Inimical, deleterious, noxious, malevolent, malignant, maleficent

Question 24

Predicament

Answer 24

A difficult or unpleasant situation
Tình thế khó khăn

~ Quandary, conundrum, plight

Question 25

Proficient

Answer 25

Skilled and competent in doing something

~ Deft, adroid

Question 26

Prolix

Answer 26

Using or containing too many words; verbose
Hint: brother of “prolific”

~ Verbose, loquacious, garrulous, voluble

Question 27

Scorn

Answer 27

The feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless
Khinh miệt
Hint: TBD

~ Disdain, contempt

Question 28

Subordinate

Answer 28

Lower in rank or position.

Question 29

Unseemly

Answer 29

Not proper or appropriate in behavior
Hint: equivalent to “un seem like” you should do that

~ Indecorous

Question 30

Veritable

Answer 30

1) Conform to the truth
2) True/genuine (w emphasis)

~ Veracity