Practice Test 5/3/2024

Question 1

glower at sb/sth=glare

Answer 1

look in an angry, aggressive way

Question 2

squint

Answer 2

nheo mắt để nhìn thấy rõ hơn

Question 3

peep

Answer 3

• look quickly and secretly at sth, especially through a small opening
• be just able to be seen

Question 4

at risk of sth/V-ing

Answer 4

in danger of sth unpleasant or harmful happening

Question 5

scrupulously

Answer 5

• chu đáo, cẩn thận, tỉ mỉ
• tuyết đối chân thật, thành thật

Question 6

jog one’s memory

Answer 6

say or do sth that makes sb remember sth

Question 7

let the side down

Answer 7

fail to give your friends, family, etc. the help and support they expect, or to behave in a way that makes them disappointed

Question 8

tip/tilt the scales/balance in favour of/against

Answer 8

if sth tips the balance or tips the scales, it is the thing that causes a particular situation to happen or a particular decision to be made, when other situations or decisions are possible

Question 9

pour/heap scorn on sb/sth

Answer 9

speak about sb/sth in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them

Question 10

at/from close quarters

Answer 10

very near

Question 11

outrage

Answer 11

make sb feel very shocked and angry

Question 12

outgain

Answer 12

gain more than

Question 13

fend sb/sth off

Answer 13

• defend or protect yourself from sb/sth that is attacking you
• protect yourself from difficult questions, criticisms, etc. especially by avoiding them

Question 14

laugh sth off

Answer 14

try to make people think that sth is not serious by making joke about it

Question 15

send sb off

Answer 15

đuổi ra khỏi sân vì phạm lỗi (trong thể thao)

Question 16

push off

Answer 16

• used to tell sb rudely to go away
• move away from land in a boat, or from the side of a swimming pool

Question 17

pernicious

Answer 17

having a very harmful effect on sb/sth, especially in a way that is not easily noticed

Question 18

parsimonious

Answer 18

extremely unwilling to spend money=mean

Question 19

precipitous

Answer 19

• very steep, high and often dangerous (=sheer)
• sudden and great (=abrupt)

Question 20

be propitious for sb/sth

Answer 20

likely to produce a successful result

Question 21

diseased

Answer 21

suffering from a disease

Question 22

ailing

Answer 22

• ill and not improving
• (of a business, government, etc.) having problems and getting weaker
  -> …….economy/industrial city

Question 23

sickening

Answer 23

• gây sốc, làm ghê sợ
• làm cho phát hờn, phát ghen tị

Question 24

boast

Answer 24

sở hữu (điều ấn tượng, tự hào)

Question 25

be adept at/in sth

Answer 25

good at sth

Question 26

pious

Answer 26

• sùng đạo
• ngụy tin (tỏ vẻ ngoan đạo)

Question 27

ghastly

Answer 27

• (sự kiện, tình huống, trải nghiệm) kinh khủng
• (người) ốm, tái nhợt, giống người chết

Question 28

lofty

Answer 28

• cao, ngất ngưởng
• trịch thượng, kiêu căng

Question 29

exude

Answer 29

• để lộ ra, biểu hiện ra
• rỉ, ứa ra

Question 30

expunge from sth

Answer 30

remove or get rid of sth, such as a name, piece of information or a memory, from a book or list, or from your mind (=erase)

Question 31

extricate sb/sth from sth

Answer 31

escape or enable sb to escape from a difficult situation

Question 32

fabricate

Answer 32

• make up/invent stories
• manufacture

Question 33

mount a campaign

Answer 33

organise and begin a campaign

Question 34

as keen as a mustard

Answer 34

enthusiastic

Question 35

gigolo

Answer 35

a man who is paid to be the sexual partner of an older woman, usually one who is rich

Question 36

cornflakes

Answer 36

bánh bột ngô nướng

Question 37

impunity

Answer 37

the fact of not being punished for sth

Question 38

imprudence

Answer 38

the fact of not being wise or sensible

Question 39

rhyme

Answer 39

đồng âm; bài đồng dao

Question 40

money for jam/old rope

Answer 40

money that is earned very easily, for sth, that needs little effort

Question 41

outweigh

Answer 41

be greater or more important than sth

Question 42

overcast

Answer 42

covered with clouds; not bright

Question 43

overshadow

Answer 43

• làm lu mờ
• che bóng, che khuất

Question 44

beneath

Answer 44

ở dưới thấp, ở dưới

Question 45

twill

Answer 45

vải chéo

Question 46

accompaniment

Answer 46

• nhạc đệm
• vật kèm theo, bổ sung

Question 47

contemporary

Answer 47

người đương thời

Question 48

beyond

Answer 48

used to mean ‘except’ in negative sentences

Question 49

stranded

Answer 49

a person or vehicle that is stranded is unable to move from the place where they are

Question 50

encroach on/upon sth

Answer 50

• begin to affect or use up too much of one’s time, rights, personal life, etc.
• slowly begin to cover more and more of an area

Question 51

erect

Answer 51

• build sth
• put sth in position so that it stands upright

Question 52

instigate

Answer 52

• make sth start to happen, usually sth official
• cause sth bad to happen

Question 53

devise

Answer 53

invent sth new or a new way of doing sth=think up

Question 54

proclaim

Answer 54

declare

Question 55

abduct

Answer 55

bắt cóc

Question 56

abscond from sth

Answer 56

• escape from a place that you are not allowed to leave without permission
• leave secretly and take with you sth, especially money, that does not belong to you