GregMat 6

Question 1

Admonish

Answer 1

1. Quở mắng, khuyên răn
2. Cảnh báo
   Hint: kinda like “demolish” i.e negative & destructive

~ Castigate, censure, reproach, upbraid, chide

Question 2

Aesthetic

Answer 2

Relating to beauty or art
Liên quan / có óc thẩm mỹ

Question 3

Affectation

Answer 3

Sự giả bộ / kiểu cách
Hint: kinda like “fake affection”

Question 4

Alleviate

Answer 4

To relieve or lessen

~ Mitigate, ameliorate, abate

Question 5

Analogous

Answer 5

Comparable or similar
Hint: adj of analogy

~ Homogeneous

Question 6

Bolster

Answer 6

To support or strengthen

~ Buttress, advocate, corroborate

Question 7

Chauvinistic

Answer 7

Prejudiced / biased (GRE meaning, not general meaning)
Hint: kinda like “mấy cháu fan Vini” - gì cũng bênh idol dc

~ Tendentious

Question 8

Connoisseur

Answer 8

An expert in taste or art
Người thành thạo / sành sỏi về nghệ thuật / ẩm thực

Question 9

Dissemble

Answer 9

Che giấu / giấu giếm ý định / giả đạo đức
Hint: one you dissemble the outside, it’s all shit inside

~ Belie
~ Disingenuous, duplicitous

Question 10

Dogged

Answer 10

Gan góc, lì lợm, ngoan cường
Hint: sb is an absolute dog (NBA term)

~ Pertinacious, resolute, tenacious

Question 11

Dupe

Answer 11

To fool, deceive or trick sb
Hint: a dupe is usually a fake

Question 12

Empirical

Answer 12

Based on observation or experience

Question 13

Engender

Answer 13

Hint: Enable is to allow creation –> engender follows that vibe
Sinh ra, gây ra

Question 14

Entitled

Answer 14

Believing oneself to be deserving of privileges

Question 15

Pertinacious

Answer 15

Cố chấp, ương ngạnh
Hint: kinda like “tenacious”

~ Dogged, tenacious, resolute

Question 16

Presumptuous

Answer 16

Overstepping appropriate bounds
Quá táo bạo / tự quyền

~~ Irreverent, brazen, impudent, insolent, impertinent

Question 17

Probity

Answer 17

Integrity and honesty
Tính trung thực, liêm khiết
Hint: kinda like “probe đi”, liêm thì sao phải sợ

Question 18

Proliferate

Answer 18

To increase rapidly
Sinh sôi nảy nở

~ Abound, burgeon, profuse, copious

Question 19

Specious

Answer 19

Seemingly true but actually false, superficially attractive
Chỉ được cái vẻ ngoài
Hint: kinda like “suspicious”
Hint2: “Speck” character in Bali is someone who is maximum asshole and always pretend to be fair / nice

Question 20

Spurious

Answer 20

False or counterfeit
Hint: Spurs is the false champion of London rn
~ Sham, ersatz, fallacious

Question 21

Subjective

Answer 21

Based on personal feelings

Question 22

Subvert

Answer 22

To undermine or overthrow
Lật đổ (chính phủ) / phá hoại / làm biến chất

~ Undermine

Question 23

Timorous

Answer 23

Fearful or timid

~ Craven, timid, pusillanimous

Question 24

Tortuous

Answer 24

Twisting or complex
Quanh co / không ngay thẳng
E.g: It’s a torture to go on this tortuous path

~ Byzantine, serpentine, opaque, convoluted, involute

Question 25

Tractable

Answer 25

Easily managed or controlled

~ Malleable, pliant / pliable, plastic, docile, amenable

Question 26

Transient

Answer 26

Temporary or short-lived

~ Transitory, ephemeral, evanescent, fugacious

Question 27

Ubiquitous

Answer 27

Present everywhere
~ Omnipresent, universal

Question 28

Underscore

Answer 28

To emphasize or highlight
~ Accentuate

Question 29

Venal

Answer 29

Corrupt or open to bribery
Dễ bị mua chuộc
Hint: kinda like Venom who would be bribed with chicken to work with Eddie

Question 30

Venerate

Answer 30

Sùng kính, vinh danh
Hint: kinda sounds like “celebrate”
E.g the nation named the road after his name to venerate his achivement

~ Lionize, eulogize, obeisance
~~ (less strong) Exalt, extol, panegyrize