Vocab builder 46+47

Question 1

not willing to spend money or use a lot of something (bủn xỉn)

Answer 1

parsimonious (adj)

Question 2

causing improvement of behaviour or character

Answer 2

salutary (adj)

Question 3

to tell someone that they have done something wrong

Answer 3

admonish (v) (+for)

Question 4

too eager to serve or obey someone

Answer 4

obsequious (adj)

Question 5

done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing

Answer 5

surreptitious (adj)

Question 6

tending not to speak much

Answer 6

taciturn (adj)

Question 7

to put someone into an official position with a ceremony

Answer 7

inaugurate (v)

Question 8

noisy and difficult to control

Answer 8

obstreperous (adj)

Question 9

feeling sad and sorry for yourself, especially after you have drunk a lot of alcohol

Answer 9

maudlin (adj)

Question 10

thinking in a quiet way, often with a serious expression on your face (trầm ngâm)

Answer 10

pensive (adj)

Question 11

easily and continuously changing

Answer 11

protean (adj)

Question 12

extremely silly or with no real meaning or importance

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inane (adj)

Question 13

to develop or grow quickly

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burgeon (v)

Question 14

physical or mental tiredness

Answer 14

lassitude (adj)

Question 15

often stopping and starting and not happening in a regular or continuous way

Answer 15

fitful (adj)

Question 16

showing no intelligence or imagination

Answer 16

vapid (adj)

Question 17

to try to persuade someone to do something by saying things that please the person or make the person feel important (nịnh hót)

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cajole (v)

Question 18

to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important

Answer 18

belittle (v)

Question 19

travelling around to different places, usually because you work in more than one place

Answer 19

peripatetic (adj)

Question 20

the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm

Answer 20

torpor (n)

Question 21

very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details

Answer 21

punctilious (adj)

Question 22

to treat others in a manner that shows you consider yourself to be better or more important than they are (hạ thấp)

Answer 22

patronize (v)

Question 23

extremely determined to act in a particular way and not to change despite what anyone else says (ngoan cố)

Answer 23

obdurate (adj) (+on)

Question 24

to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally

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obfuscate (v)

Question 25

to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known

Answer 25

extrapolate (v)

Question 26

noticeable in a way that is unpleasant or unwanted

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obtrusive (adj)

Question 27

a slow sad song or piece of music, sometimes played because someone has died

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dirge (n)

Question 28

friendly or giving praise in a way that is not sincere and that is therefore unpleasant

Answer 28

unctuous (adj)

Question 29

a person who is or seems to be interested in a subject, but whose understanding of it is not very deep or serious

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dilettante (n)

Question 30

a person without strong character, ideas, or influence

Answer 30

nonentity (n)

Question 31

very generous with money (hào phóng)

Answer 31

munificent (adj)

Question 32

morally bad

Answer 32

nefarious (adj)

Question 33

light and delicate, esp in an unnatural way

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ethereal (adj)

Question 34

smelling strongly of something or having qualities that make you think of something else

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redolent (adj)

Question 35

bad behavior

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turpitude (n)

Question 36

not easily excited or emotional; calm

Answer 36

phlegmatic (adj)

Question 37

to honour or very much respect a person or thing

Answer 37

venerate (v)

Question 38

humour or lack of seriousness, especially during a serious occasion

Answer 38

levity (n)

Question 39

to intentionally disobey a rule or law, or to intentionally avoid behavior that is usual or expected

Answer 39

flout (v)