vocab 1

Question 1

sentient

Answer 1

able to see or feel things through the senses
( có cảm giác, có khả năng cảm nhận)
EX: Man is a sentient being.

Question 2

bliss

Answer 2

extreme happiness
Ex: They’re celebrating 25 years of wedded bliss.

Question 3

inconsistent

Answer 3

mâu thuẫn nhau, không trước sau như một
Ex: Her behaviour was clearly inconsistent with her beliefs.

Question 4

complacent

Answer 4

thỏa mãn với chính mình hoặc với công việc của mình, tự mãn
Ex: complacent about his achievement

Question 5

compliance

Answer 5

• the practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority
  Ex: procedures that must be followed to ensure full compliance with the law
• sự băng lòng, sự ưng thuận, sự làm đúng theo
  Ex:He was appalled by his parents’ unquestioning compliance with the regime.

Question 6

dazzling

Answer 6

-(of light) so bright that you cannot see for a short time
Ex:a dazzling white light
- impressing somebody very much
Ex:a dazzling display of oriental dance

Question 7

minger

Answer 7

a person who is not attractive

Question 8

bypass

Answer 8

a road that passes around a town or city rather than through the centre
Ex:the western bypass around the town

Question 9

twitch

Answer 9

-sự co giật,chứng co giật
Ex:Her lips twitched with amusement.
- Sự giật, sự kéo
Ex: He twitched the package out of my hands.

Question 10

ingenious

Answer 10

-very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas
Ex: ingenious ways of saving energy
-sự khéo léo,mưu trí, tài tình
Ex: She’s very ingenious when it comes to finding excuses.

Question 11

intense

Answer 11

• very great; very strong=extreme ( rất mạnh mẽ, rất mãnh liệt)
  Ex: We were all suffering in the intense heat
• serious and often involving a lot of action in a short period of time. (rất khắc nghiệt, rất lớn)
  Ex: It was a period of intense activity.

Question 12

self-centered

Answer 12

cho mình là trung tâm
Ex: She’s completely self-centred.

Question 13

self-evident

Answer 13

hiển nhiên
Ex: The dangers of such action are self-evident.

Question 14

ammunition

Answer 14

đạn dược
Ex: The bandits escaped with a rifle and 120 rounds of ammunition.
- information that can be used against another person in an argument ( lời lẽ, sự kiện)
Ex: The letter gave her all the ammunition she needed.

Question 15

turmoil

Answer 15

a state of great worry in which everything is confused and nothing is certain ( sự rối loạn,sự hỗn độn,tình trạng náo loạn)
Ex: Her mind was in (a) turmoil.

Question 16

statement

Answer 16

• bày tỏ, sự trình bày, sự phát biểu
  Ex: He made a rather misleading statement.
• sự tuyên bố, bản tuyên bố
  Ex: A government spokesperson made a statement to the press.
• bản kê in sẵn
  Ex: My bank sends me monthly statements.

Question 17

misleading (adj)

Answer 17

• giving the wrong idea or impression and making you believe something that is not true =deceptive ( làm cho mê muội ,làm cho lầm đường lạc lối)
  Ex: It would be seriously misleading to suggest that television has no effect on children.

Question 18

deceptive

Answer 18

sự dối trá, đánh lừa, làm cho nhầm lẫn
Ex:a deceptive advertisement

Question 19

strictly

Answer 19

• một cách hoàn toàn nghiêm khác
  Ex: She was brought up very strictly.
• hoàn toàn=absolutely
  ex: Smoking is strictly forbidden.
• in all details; exactly
  Ex: This is not strictly true.
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Question 20

compulsive

Answer 20

không thể ngừng ( nghiện)
Ex: compulsive eating/spending/gambling