List 1

Question 1

ABATE (v)

Answer 1

subside; decrease; lessen

Ex: Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate

Question 2

ABBREVIATE (v)

Answer 2

shorten

Ex: Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech

Question 3

ABDICATE (v)

Answer 3

renounce; give up

Ex: When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world.

Question 4

ABDUCTION (n)

-> Abduct (v)

Answer 4

kidnapping

Ex: The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue a multimillionaire’s son after the child’s abduction by kidnappers

Question 5

ABERRANT (a)

-> abberance, abberancy

Answer 5

abnormal or ‘deviant

Question 6

ABET (v)

Answer 6

aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage

Ex: She was willing to abet him in the swindle (sự giả mạo, lừa đảo) he had planned

Question 7

AB’HOR (v)

-> abhorrence (n)

Answer 7

detest; hate

Ex: She abhorred all forms of bigotry

Question 8

ABJECT (a)

Answer 8

wretched (khốn khổ), lacking pride

Ex: On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.

Question 9

ABOLISH (v)

-> abolition (n)

Answer 9

cancel, put an end to

Question 10

ABOMINABLE (a)

Answer 10

detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
Ex: Mary liked John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man, with abominable taste in women

Question 11

ABORIGINAL (a)

-> aborigines (n) /,æbə’ridʤini:z/

Answer 11

being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native (nguyên mẫu, nguyên thủy)
Ex: Her studies of the primitive art forrms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals.

Question 12

ABORTIVE (a)

- > abort (v)

Answer 12

unsuccessful, fruitless.
Ex: Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully

Question 13

ABRADE (v)

• > abrasion (n) /ə’breiʤn/
• > abrasive (a)

Answer 13

rubbing away; tending to grind down.
Ex: - Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener’s patience
- Because the sharp rocks rocks had abraded the skin on her legs, she dabbed iodine on the scrapes and abrasions.

Question 14

ABRIDGE (v)

Answer 14

condense, shorten

Ex: Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, the proceeded to abridge the novel

Question 15

ABSCOND (v)

Answer 15

depart secretly and hide
Ex: The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until someone recognized him from his photograph on “America’s Most Wanted”

Question 16

ABSOLUTE (a)

Answer 16

1. complete, totally unlimited
2. certain
   Ex: Although the King of Slam was an absolute monarch (vua, quốc vương), he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity

Question 17

ABSOLVE (v)

-> absolution

Answer 17

pardon (an offense)

Ex: The father confessor absolved him of his sins

Question 18

ABSORB (v)

Answer 18

1. assimilate or incorporate
2. suck or drink up
3. wholly engage

Question 19

ABSTAIN (v)

-> abstinence

Answer 19

refreain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice.
Ex: After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race

Question 20

ABSTEMIOUS (a)

Answer 20

sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
Ex: Concerned whether her vegetarian son’s abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.

Question 21

ABSTRUSE (a)

Answer 21

obscure, profound (tham thuy)