GregMat 9

Question 1

Boorish

Answer 1

Rough and bad-mannered
Cục mịch, thô lỗ
Hint: kinda like “boor” - a small town’s name

~ Churlish

Question 2

Brook

Answer 2

To tolerate or allow / permit
E.g the matter brooks no delay
Hint: Westbrook (NBA) brooks no insult to his fam

~ Countenance

Question 3

Circumspect

Answer 3

Careful and cautious
Thận trọng

~ Wary, chary, incredulous

Question 4

Comity

Answer 4

Courtesy and considerate behavior / civility
Sự lịch thiệp, lễ độ
Hint: kinda like “conformity” to social standards
Hint2: kinda like “comie” tí i.e cộng sản Liên Xô thời chiến ăn mặc rất lễ độ

~ Decorum, propriety

Question 5

Commensurate

Answer 5

Cùng diện tích / xứng với

Question 6

Cordial

Answer 6

Warm, friendly, tend to cheer people
Thân ái, chân thành
Hint: kinda like “core dial” - people you would call very often

Question 7

Deleterious

Answer 7

Harmful or damaging

~ Pernicious, noxious, inimical, malevolent

Question 8

Dichotomy

Answer 8

A division or contrast between two things
Hint: Greek Gods’ Titan Dichotomy

~ Polarizing

Question 9

Edify

Answer 9

To instruct or improve morally
Khai trí, khai sáng
Hint: Edison invented light bulb, which is symbolic for new idea / epiphany

~ Didactic

Question 10

Elicit

Answer 10

To extract from, draw out
E.g: to elicit info from the spy

Question 11

Erudite

Answer 11

Uyên bác, thông thái

~~ Sagacious, sapient

Question 12

Fecund

Answer 12

Fertile or productive
Mắn đẻ / phì nhiêu
Hint: kinda like “fat cun”

~~ Abound, proliferate, prolific

Question 13

Feeble

Answer 13

Weak
Yếu / nhu nhược

Question 14

Felicitous

Answer 14

1. Fitting, appropriate
   Thích hợp, khéo vừa
   E.g: a felicitous analogy
2. Marked by luck and happiness (GRE)
   Hint: kinda like “Feliz Navidad”

~ Auspicious, providential, propitious

Question 15

Forbear

Answer 15

To refrain from doing something

~ Eschew

Question 16

Haphazard

Answer 16

Lacking organization or order
Bừa bãi, lung tung
Hint: kinda like “half hazard” –> bad thing

~ Desultory

Question 17

Hodgepodge

Answer 17

A confusing mixture
Đống hổ lốn
Hint: kinda like “hot pot”

Question 18

Impede

Answer 18

To obstruct or hinder
Ngăn cản, cản trở

~ Stifle, foil, thwart, hamper

Question 19

Impetuous

Answer 19

Acting quickly without thought
Hint: kinda like “impatient”

~ Imprudent, precipitate, foolhardy

Question 20

Irascible

Answer 20

Easily angered
Nóng tính
Hint: kinda like “rash-able”

~ Fractious, cantankerous

Question 21

Mercenary

Answer 21

Primarily concerned with money

~ (extreme greed) Avaricious, rapacious, acquisitive
~~ (bủn xỉn) Miserly, parsimonious, stingy

Question 22

Meticulous

Answer 22

Showing great attention to detail

~ Scrupulous, pedantic, punctilious, exacting, fastidious

Question 23

Mordant

Answer 23

Bitingly sarcastic

~ Acrimonious, caustic, acerbic, trenchant, virulent, vitriolic

Question 24

Outstrip

Answer 24

To surpass or exceed
Hint: out + word tends to mean surpass

Question 25

Precarious

Answer 25

Mood swing personality

Question 26

Quirky

Answer 26

Unusual or eccentric

~ Idiosyncratic, peculiar, eccentric, anomalous

Question 27

Repudiate

Answer 27

To reject or deny
Hint: kinda like “Re-puke” i.e rejecting it entering your body

~ Renounce, abjure, controvert, confute

Question 28

Tact

Answer 28

Sự khéo xử, tế nhị
Hint: kinda like “tactical” i.e both using brain

Question 29

Trifling

Answer 29

Of little value or importance

~ Frivolous, trivial

Question 30

Turbulent

Answer 30

Chaos
Hint: watch out for in-flight turbulence

~~ Restive