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Unit 13-15 Flashcards

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Aver v

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To affirm, declare confidently
+ assert, asseverate, avouch
- deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

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Abet v

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To encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)
- hamper, hinder, impede

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Blatant adj

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Noisy in a coarse, offensive way;
Obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense
+ flagrant, glaring, egregious
- inconsequential, trifling, piddling

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Broach v

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To bring up or begin to talk about 
To announce, introduce 
To break the surface of the water 
To open a keg or cask to take the liquid 
(n) a pit for roasting 
A tool for tapping casks
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Buttress v

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To support, strengthen
(N) a supporting structure
+ bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up
- undermine, weaken, impair

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Carousal n

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Noisy revelry or merrymaking ( often with a suggesting of heavy drinking)
+ drinking bout, drunken revel, binge

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Collate v

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To compare critically in order to note differences, similarities…
To arrange in order for some specific purpose
+ sort out, cross-check, rearrange

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Connoisseur n

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An expert
+ authority, savant, pundit
-ignoramus, philistine, yahoo

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Disconsolate adj

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Deeply unhappy or dejected
Without hope, beyond consolation
+ grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless
- cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

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Encumber v

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To weigh down or burden ( with difficulties, cares, debt)
To fill up, block up, hinder
+ overload, saddle, hamper, clog
- unburden, unload, relieve

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Foment v

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To promote trouble or rebellion
To apply warm liquid to 
To warm 
\+ instigate, incite, stir up 
- quell, quash, squelch, suppress
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Grisly adj

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frightful, horrible, ghastly
+ gruesome, gory, hideous
- pleasant, delightful, attractive

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Herculean adj

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Characterized by great strength
Very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength
+ mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal
- puny, Lilliputian, bantam

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Impassive adj

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showing no feeling or emotion
Inanimate, motionless
+ emotionless, stoic, unemotional, insensible
- emotional, passionate, excitable

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Inauspicious adj

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Unfavorable, suggesting bad luck for the future
+ Unpropitious, unpromising, untimely
- propitious, favorable

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Incontrovertible adj

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Unquestionable, beyond dispute
+ incontestable, indisputable, indubitable
- debatable, dubious

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Nonplussed adj

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puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss
+ perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted
- poised, confident, assured

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Opportune adj

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Suitable or convenient for a particular purpose
Occurring at an appropriate time
+ timely, appropriate, felicitous
- untimely, inconvenient

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Prolific adj

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abundantly productive 
abundant 
profuse 
\+ fruitful, fecund, proliferous 
- barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse
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rejoinder n

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a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit
+ answer, reply, response, riposte, retort

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amenable adj

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willing to follow advice or authority
tractable, submissive, responsive 
liable to be held responsible 
\+ agreeable, compliant, docile
- unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant
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berate v

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to scold sharply
+ chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand
- praise, compliment, pat on the back

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carnage n

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large-scale slaughter or loss of life

+ butchery, bloodbath, massacre

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credulous adj

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too ready to believe, easily deceived
+ gullible
- dubious, skeptical

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criterion n
a rule, test a standard for judgement or evaluation +yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon
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deplete v
to use up as a result of spending or consumption to diminish greatly + exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt - replenish, refill, restock, resupply
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expatiate v
to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail to move about freely + elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam - sketch rougly, summarize, condense, adumbrate
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extraneous adj
coming from the outside, foreign present but not essential or relevant + incidental, extrinsic - intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane
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inception n
the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution etc + commencement, inauguration, outset - completion, conclusion, termination
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infirmity n
a weakness or ailment ( physical, mental, moral...) | + affliction , malady, defect
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jejune adj
``` lacking in nutritive value lacking in interest or substance immature, juvenile + valipid, insipid, puerile, childish - stimulating, mature ```
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obdurate adj
stubborn, unyielding + obstinate, adamant - yielding, tractable, flexible
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potpourri n
a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items a general mixture petlas mixed with spices for scent +hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley
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precocious adj
showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity ) + forward, gifted, advanced - backward, retarded, slow
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sadistic adj
delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel + brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish - masochistic, clement, humane merciful
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sententious adj
``` Tính chất châm ngôn Lên mặt dạy đời Trang trọng giả tạo + aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic - discursive, diffuse, episodic ```
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supplicate v
to beg earnestly and humbly | + plead, petition, implore, entreat
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surfeit n
an excess or overindulgence (drinking + eating ), causing disgust (v) to feed or supply with anything to excess + (n) excess, glut (v) cloy, satiate - (n) dearth, paucity, lack
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tortuous adj
winding, twisted, crooked highly involved, complex, devious + circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthe - direct, straight
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turgid adj
swollen, bloated, filled to excess over decorated or excessive in language + inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown -muted, understated, unadorned, austere
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adamant adj
firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible (n) an extremely hard substance + yielding, flexible, pliable
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brouhaha n
a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified + frir, hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium
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bulwark n
a strong defense or protection a solid wall-like structure for defense (v0 to provide such defense or protection + (n) stronghold, citadel, bastion, rampart - (n) breach, weak point in defense
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choleric adj
easily made angry, bad-tempered + irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious -affable, genia
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cloy v
to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things to glut, satiate, surfeit - stimulate, whet
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curtail v
``` to cut short to bring to a halt or end sooner than expect to reduce + limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract -protract, extend ```
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deference n
courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person great respect marked by submission, as to a superior + respect, consideration. courtesy - contempt, disrespect, scorn, disdain
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definitive adj
conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done + exhaustive, authoritative - tentative, inconclusive
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demeanor n
the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner... facial appearance, mien + conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage
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enigmatic adj
puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable + baffling, mysterious, inexplicable - intelligible, understandable, fathomable
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impromptu adj adv
without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily + spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed - rehearsed, planned, premeditated
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mawkish adj
excessively and objectionably sentimental having a mildly sickening flavor + sentimentalized, maudlin, mushy, nauseating - unsentimental, callous, insensitive
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mollify v
to soften, pacify to calm, allay ( emotion ), assuage, appease, placate to reduce in intensity - enrage, anger, aggravate, exacerbate
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onus n
something that is heavy or burdensome (esp an unwelcome responsibility ) + burden, obligation, duty, stigma
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presentiment n
a vague sense of approaching misfortune | + foreboding, premonition, hunch
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profilgate adj
given over to dissipation and self-indulgence immoral recklessly extravagant (n) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending + (adj) prodigal, improvident (N) sendthrift - (adj) penny-pinching, frugal, economical
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remit v
``` to send or hand in (money ) to cancel ( a penalty, punishment ), forgive, pardon to lesson, dimish to put off, postpone , defer + pay, absolve, subside, abate ```
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requisite adj
needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable + required, obligatory, incumbent - nonessential, superfluous, optional
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sartorial adj
of or pertaining to a tailor or his work | having to do with clothes or dress (esp men's )
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thwart v
to oppose succesfully to prevent, frustrate + foil, baffle - aid, assist, abet, further

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