GregMat 8

Question 1

Accentuate

Answer 1

To emphasize or highlight
Hint: kinda like verb of accent i.e emphasize parts of the word

~ Underscore

Question 2

Conjectural

Answer 2

Based on guesswork or speculation
Có tính phỏng đoán

Question 3

Convivial

Answer 3

Friendly and lively (sometime festive sense)
Hint: kinda like “con Vivian”, an ABG who are convivial

~ Congenial, genial, gregarious

Question 4

Decadent

Answer 4

Overly luxurious or self-indulgent
Suy đồi, sa sút
E.g: Decadent French royalty in the 1800s

~~ Prodigal, profuse, ostentatious, spendthrift, profligate

Question 5

Egregious

Answer 5

Outstandingly bad or shocking

Question 6

Evanescent

Answer 6

Quickly fading or disappearing
Chóng phai

~ Ephemeral, transient, transitory, fugacious

Question 7

Flamboyant

Answer 7

Showmanship-py
Sặc sỡ, loè loẹt

~ Panache, ostentatious, opulent, affectation, embellished

Question 8

Forestall

Answer 8

Act before sb to prevent from doing smt
Hint: “stall”

~ Preclude

Question 9

Gainsay

Answer 9

To deny or contradict
Chối, không nhận
Hint: gain by saying no (i.e having motive to deny)

~ Controvert, repudiate, confute

~~ Abjure, recant

Question 10

Galvanize

Answer 10

To energize the group / stimulate into action

~ Invigorate

Question 11

Indiscriminate

Answer 11

Done at random without careful judgment
Hint: opposite of discriminate

Question 12

Innocuous

Answer 12

Harmless or not offensive
Hint: kinda like “innocent”

~ Benign, amiable

Question 13

Momentary

Answer 13

Lasting for a very short time

~ Ephemeral, evanescent, transient, transitory, fugacious

Question 14

Mundane

Answer 14

Ordinary or dull

~ Banal, humdrum, prosaic, ennui

Question 15

Nettlesome

Answer 15

Irritating or annoying
Hint: kinda like “needle”, which is irritating

Question 16

Nullify

Answer 16

To invalidate or cancel

Question 17

Obviate

Answer 17

To remove a problem in advance
Ngăn ngừa

~ Preclude

Question 18

Omnipresent

Answer 18

Present everywhere

~ Universal, ubiquitous

Question 19

Oust

Answer 19

To remove or expel

Question 20

Palpable

Answer 20

Able to be touched or felt

~ Fragrant, conspicuous, discernible

Question 21

Perfidy

Answer 21

Deceitfulness or betrayal
Sự phản bội, bội bạc
Hint: “Fidy” sounds like a name that would turn on the Mafia boss in the movies

Question 22

Profuse

Answer 22

Abundant or plentiful

~ Abound, burgeon, proliferate, prolific, copious

Question 23

Pugnacious

Answer 23

Eager to argue or fight
Thích gây gổ
Hint: relate to “repugnance”, which is hatred –> will fight u

~ Belligerent, bellicose, truculent

Question 24

Sagacious

Answer 24

Wise and perceptive

~ Profundity
~~ Provident, prudent, shrewd

Question 25

Sanguine

Answer 25

Optimistic or positive Lạc quan, đầy hy vọng Hint: kinda like "Sangan" --> Sangan Summoning in YGO --> when you open with that, you are very optimistic of your winning chances ~ Buoyant, jocund ~~ Blithe

Question 26

Scant

Answer 26

In short supply Hint: the word sounds short af

Question 27

Skullduggery

Answer 27

Dishonest or underhanded behavior Hành vi không quân tử / mưu mẹo Hint: dig up the skulls hidden in one's closet ~ Chicanery

Question 28

Trivial

Answer 28

Of little importance ~ Trifling, frivolous

Question 29

Utilitarian

Answer 29

Designed for practical use ~ Pragmatic ~~ Expedient

Question 30

Vapid

Answer 30

Dull or uninteresting Nhạt nhẽo, không thú vị ~ Insipid, banal, humdrum ~~ Jejune, trite, hackneyed