Word Smart Flashcards
contrived (adj)
artificial; labored
giả tạo, có tính toán
chasm (n)
a deep, gaping hole; a gorge
kẽ nứt sâu, lỗ hổng
chicanery (n)
trickery; deceitfulness; artifice; especially legal or political
sự kiện tụng, cãi nhau
chimera (n)
an illusion; a foolish fancy
điều hão huyền, ảo tưởng
cliché(n)
an overused saying or idea
farcical (adj)
absurd; ludicrous
fatuous (adj)
foolish; silly; idiotic
fecund (adj)
fertile; productive
facile (adj)
fluent; skillful in a superficial way; easy
dễ dàng quá (cần challenging hơn)
expatriate (v)
đày biệt xứ
expedite (v)
to speed up or ease the progress of
extrapolate (v)
to project or deduce from something known; to infer
dissipate (v)
xua tan
attrition (n)
gradual wearing away; weakening or loss
a natural or expected decrease in numbers or size
desiccate (v)
to dry out
countenance (n)
face; facial expression, especially an encouraging one
covenant (n)
hiệp ước, hiệp định
circumvent (v)
to frustrate as though by surrounding
concurrent (adj)
happening at the same time; parallel
condescend (v)
hạ mình, hạ cố
conducive(adj)
promoting
có lợi/ dẫn đến
confluence (n)
ngã ba sông, điểm gặp nhau
cogent (adj)
powerfully convincing
cogent reasons are extremely pervasive ones
cognitive (adj)
lquan tới nhận thức
cognizant (adj)
aware: conscious
collusion (n)
câu kết, thông đồng
commensurate (adj)
equal; proportionate
compendium (n)
a summary; an abridgement
hegemony (n)
leadership
quyền lãnh đạo, bá chủ
hermetic (adj)
kín, mật
homily (n)
a sermon
contentious (adj)
argumentative; quarrelsome
obfuscate (v)
to darken; to confuse; to make confusing
impervious (adj)
not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
incandescent (adj)
brilliant; giving off heat or light
incantation (n)
thần chú, bùa phép
incense (v)
to make very angry
incipient (adj)
beginning; emerging
incisive (adj)
sắc sảo
palliate (v)
to alleviate or relieve sth without getting rid of the problem; to assuage; to mitigate
palpable (adj)
capable of being touched; obvious; tangible
increment (n)
an increase; one in a series of increases
indigenous (adj)
bản xứ
indignant (adj)
căm phẫn, phẫn nộ
ineffable (adj)
incapable of being expressed or described
patent (adj)
obvious
paternal (adj)
fatherly; fatherlike
pathology (n)
the science of diseases
patriarch (n)
the male head of a family or tribe
patrician (n)
a person of noble birth; an aristocrat
patronize (v)
to treat as an inferior; to condescend to
peccadillo (n)
a minor offense
inert (adj)
inane (adj)
innate (adj)
inept (adj)
- inactive; sluggish
- silly
- bẩm sinh
- clumsy
ingenious (adj)
ingenuous (adj)
- khéo léo, tài tình
2. ngây thơ, chân thật
pensive (adj)
thoughtful and sad
peremptory (adj)
final; categorical; dictatorial
quả quyết, tất yếu
perennial (adj)
continual; happening again and again or year after year
injunction (n)
a command or order, especially a court order
inordinate (adj)
excessive; unreasionable
peripatetic (adj)
wandering; traveling continually; itinerant
perjury (n)
lying under oath
pertinent (adj)
relevant; dealing with the matter at hand
philistine (n)
a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters
plaintive (adj)
expressing sadness or sorrow
plebeian (adj)
common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois
polemic (n)
a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue
postulate (n)
sth accepted as true without proof; an axiom
introspective (adj)
tending to think about oneself; examining one’s feeling
inundate (v)
to flood; to cover completely with water; to overwhelm
invective (n)
insulting or abusive speech
inveterate (adj)
habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted
precipitate (v)
to cause to happen abruptly
precipitous (adj)
steep
vách đứng, dốc đứng
preeminent (adj)
better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme
preempt (v)
to seize something by prior right
prepossess (v)
to preoccupy; to influence beforehand or prejudice; to make a good impression on beforehand
pristine (adj)
original; unspoiled; pure
profane (adj)
not having to do with religion; irreverent; blasphemous
labyrinth (n)
a maze; something like a maze
lampoon (v)
to satirize; to mock; to parody
languish (v)
to become weak; listless; or depressed
largess (n)
generous giving of gifts(or the gifts themselves); generosity; philanthropy
latent (adj)
present but not visible or apparent; potential
profess (v)
to declare; to declare falsely or pretend
proficient (adj)
thoroughly competent; skillful; very good (at sth)
profligate (adj)
extravagantly wasteful and, usually, wildly immoral
proletariat (n)
the industrial working class
proliferate (v)
to spread or grow rapidly
promulgate (v)
to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare sth
propensity (n)
a natural inclination or tendency; a predilection
propitious (adj)
marked by favorable signs or conditions
proponent (n)
an advocate; a supporter of a position
litigate (v)
to try in court; to engage in legal proceedings
lucid (adj)
clear; easy to understand
proprietary (adj)
characteristic of an owner of property; constituting property
proscribe (v)
to outlaw; to prohibit
proselytize (v)
to covert (someone) from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit coverts to a religion or doctrine
protract (v)
to prolong
provident (adj)
preparing for the future; providing for the future; frugal
provisional (adj)
conditional; temporary; tentative
machination (n)
scheming activity for an evil purpose
malaise (n)
a feeling of depression, uneasiness, or queasiness
malinger (n)
to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work
manifest (adj)
visible; evident
manifesto (n)
a public declaration of beliefs or principles, usually political ones
marshal (v)
martial (adj)
- to arrange in order; to gather together for the purpose of doing sth
- warlike
purported (adj)
rumored; claimed
putative (adj)
commonly accepted; supposed; reputed
qualitative (adj)
having to do with the quality of sth
mediate (v)
to help settle differences
mendicant (n)
a beggar
rancor (n)
bitter, long-lasting ill will or resentment
rapacious (adj)
greedy; plundering; avaricious
recalcitrant (adj)
stubbornly defiant of authority or control; disobedient
reciprocal (adj)
mutual; shared; interchangable
mercenary (n)
a hired soldier; someone who will do anything for money
mercurial (adj)
emotionally unpredictable; rapidly changing in mood
metamorphosis (n)
a magical change in form; a striking or sudden change
microcosm (n)
the world in miniature
milieu (n)
environment; surroundings
minuscule (adj)
very tiny
misanthropic (adj)
hating mankind
reiterate (v)
to say again; to repeat
moribund (adj)
dying
mortify (v)
to humiliate
reparation (n)
paying back; making amends; compensation
repercussion (n)
a consequence; an indirect effect
replenish (v)
to fill again; to resupply; to restore
replete (adj)
completely filled; abounding
reprisal (n)
a military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking “an eye for an eye”
