IELTS Vocabulary Flashcards
prospect
(N)
Tiền đồ
Future prospect is a crucial factor motivating people to work (tiền đồ)
Crucial
(Adj)
Important
Future prospect is a crucial factor motivating people to work (tiền đồ)
Be superseded by
/,sju:pə’si:d/
Bị thay thế bởi
Jobs may be superseded by robots
Grapple with
Encounter, face with
People having a stable job don’t usually grapple with financial burden
Dire
(Adj)
Thảm khốc
Misuse of drugs can have dire consequences.
Calamity
/kə’læmiti/
danh từ
• tai hoạ
“the fire was the latest calamity to strike the area”
catastrophe
/kə’tæstrəfi/
danh từ
Thảm hoạ
Drought
/draut/
(N)
Hạn hán
When drought occurs, plants don’t produce seeds
Deficit in sth
deficiency in sth
insufficiency of sth
Lack of sth
(N)
Thiếu hụt
Deficit : chi lớn hơn thu
“The UK’s deficit in manufactured commodities fell slightly in the last three months.”
“Pregnant women often suffer from iron deficiency”
Deplete (v)
Depletion (n)
Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds
Increased expenditure has caused a depletion in his funds
Adversely affect
(V)
Ảnh hưởng bất lợi
Price changes adversely affect living standard of people
In this day and age
(Adj) these days
In this day and age, divorce is ubiquitous/ prevalent
First and foremost
(Adv)
First and most important
First and foremost, people works for wages
Crime-stricken area
Khu có nhiều tội phạm
Crimes often happens at crime-stricken area
Poorly-lit
(A)
Tối, thiếu ánh sáng
Crimes often happens at poorly-lit area
In broad daylight
(Adv)
Giữa ban ngày
Bag snatching in broad daylight happens regularly in HCM city
Eradicate
(V)
Xoá bỏ
We should eradicate old rituals (hủ tục)
Relish
(V)
Enjoy/like greatly
I relish reading books
I relished the food
Conducive
(A)
Benifical
Globalization is conducive in terms of economy.
Flourish
Thrive
/flourish/
/θraiv/
Thrive - throve - thriven
= delevop
Note: đứng 1 mình
Thanks to subsidy and technology transfer, impoverished countries can flourish/ thrive and don’t lag behind.
Fascinating
(A)
Interesting
That was an fascinating place.
Tedious
/’ti:djəs/
(Adj)
Boring
That was a tedious place.
Meet up with
Speaking
I relish meeting up with friends for drinks at weekend
Hang out with
Speaking
(V)
Spend time with
I relish hanging out with my friends at weekend
Defend (v)
defence/defense (n)
/di’fend/
/di’fens/
Bảo vệ
To defend youself, steer clear of poorly-lit area and don’t wear too much jewelry.
Linger
(V)
Đọng lại
Nothing lingers in my mind
assault
/ə’sɔ:lt/
N/V
Attack
Predipose
(V)
Dẫn đến
Lack of physical activities can predipose to some deseases.
Fatigue
(N)
Mệt
Robot can work without fatigue.
Obsolete
(Adj)
Out-of-day
Lỗi thời
The thinking of elderly people is obsolete.
Menace
(n)
Đe doạ
Nuclear power pose a menace to human life
Staggering
(Adj)
Gây sửng sốt
The world population is rising at a staggering pace
Initial layout
(N)
Chi phí ban đầu
The initial layout of nuclear power is costly.
Play havoc with
(V)
Ruin, destroy
Inhabitants should boycott companies who play havoc with environment.
Escalate
(V)
(Giá) leo thang
The price of fossel fuel escalates
Put a strain on
(V)
Put a pressure on
Đặt áp lực lên
Parents offten put a stain on their childen.
Casualties
(Plu.N)
nhiều người chết
Nuclear weapon can cause many casualties on a large scale.
Terrorist
(N)
Kẻ khủng bố
Terrorists may steal nuclear weapons for bad purposes.
Incinerate
(V)
Đốt
Government should improve waste treatment system to bury and incinerate garbage.
Confidential
(A)
Secret
Confidential information about genes may be stolen for bad purposes.
Adolescent
(N)
Teenager
Conservative
(Adj)
Bảo thủ
Senior citizens are often conservative
Initiative
(N)
Action
Hành động
Peopel must take initiatives to protect the wild animals.
Diamonds in the rough
(N)
Kim cương chưa mài giũa
Talents are like diamonds in the rough, so it requires training.
Corpse
(N)
Xác chết
Medical students need to do experiments on corpse to accumulate experience.
When it comes to reality
When it comes to reality, many students are confused
Inborn
(A)
Bẩm sinh
Many people believe that talents are inborn.
Perspiration (n)
Perspire (v)
(N) mồ hôi
Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration