19/03/2016

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Desecrate

Back 1

Antonym to consecrate; mạo phạm, báng bổ

Hint 1

To desecrate a grave/chapel (ngôi mộ/ nhà thơ)

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Holy (n), (adj)

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(n): vật linh thiêng, đất thánh; (adj): Liên quan đến thần thánh, tôn giáo; sùng đạo; trong sạch

Hint 2

1, Holy water ( nước thánh)

2, A holy man ( người sùng đạo)

3, To live a holy life

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Dilettante

Back 3

A person who does or studies sth but is not serious and doesn't have much knowledge

Hint 3

A dilettante was a mere lover of art as opposed to one who did it professionally.

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Categorical

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Expressed clearly and in a way shows that you're very sure about what you're saying; unconditional = not modified

Hint 4

If you ask sb to marry you and she says maybe, you might be able to persuade her. If it's no, you might still have a chance. But if she gives you a categorical no, she will never change her mind.

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous; questionable

Hint 5

Whose hand first touched the last brownie on the plate? We asked everyone but the answers were equivocal.

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Exemplary

Back 6

Model, typical (Mẫu mực); để làm gương, để răn dạy, cảnh báo

Hint 6

1, An exemplary behaviour

2, An exemplary punishment

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Articulate (v),(adj)

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(v): nói rõ ràng, mạch lạc; (adj): well-spoken= eloquent = silver-tongued, có khả năng ăn nói lưu loát; (adj) jointed ( có khớp, đốt nối)

Hint 7

1, Do we dream or express and articulate our dreams in virtual reality?

2, An articulate argument

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Composed

Back 8

= calm= unagitated= tranquil: bình tĩnh, điềm tĩnh

Hint 8

You maybe upset about your brother's unkind remark, but your composed face doesn't give away your feelings.

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Devoted

Back 9

= dedicated: nhiệt tình, tận tụy

Hint 9

A devoted friend

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Clientele (n)

Back 10

Khách quen

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Liability

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1: In a business or financial sense, a liability is a debt or fiscal obligation, like a mortgage or a loan.

2: A limited liability company means if the company fails, the partners are on the hook for only what they initially invested in the company.

3: A personal liability, however, is some element of your past, your character, or your behavior that might give you a disadvantage.

Hint 11

1. The company can't accept liability for any damage caused by natural disasters.

2. Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.

3. The company is reported to have liabilities of nearly 90000$

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Prosaic

[prə'zeiik]

Back 12

Ordinary or dull;

not fanciful or imaginative

Hint 12

Most of us lead a prosaic everyday life, sometimes interrupted by some drama or crisis.

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Disparate

['dispərit]

Back 13

= Different; = Heterogenous

Hint 13

1. Such disparate attractions as grand opera and game fishing

2. Disparate ideas

3. A disparate aggregate of creeds and songs and prayers

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Comparable

['kɔmpərəbl]

Back 14

= Equal= Same

Hint 14

If you are offered two jobs with comparable salaries, you might take the one where the weather is nicer.

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Meager

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scarce= not enough

Hint 15

People who make a meager amount of money probably have a hard time making rent

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Diagnostic

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1: symptomatic= characteristic; 2: Trying to figure out what's wrong : a writing test could be called diagnostic if it's trying to determine how good or bad your writing skills are.

Hint 16

1. A diagnostic reading test

2. And the geneticist told him that his skin was stretchy enough to fit the diagnostic criteria.

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Inefficacious

Back 17

Inefffective = ineffectual

Hint 17

1. His efforts to restore the neglected houseplant back to health were belated and sadly inefficacious.

2. An inefficacious medication for a rare form of tuberculosis

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Discretionary

Back 18

It's up to you to decide ( tùy ý )

Hint 18

1. Bathing regularly is a discretionary act, so you can opt not to do it if you want; note, however, that your friends might disagree with us on this.

2. If you're given a task to complete at your discretion, you can decide how you want to do it — or whether you want to do it at all.

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Therapeutic

Back 19

Designed to help treat an illness; Helping you to relax

Hint 19

1. The therapeutic properties of herbs

2. Painting can be very therapeutic

3. You might consider shopping for shoes, for example, to be a therapeutic activity — at least until the credit card bill arrives.

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Renegade

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(v), (adj): đứng lên, nổi dậy

Hint 20

China sees Taiwan as a renegade province which will eventually be reunited with the mainland.

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Drench

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1: To make sb/sth completely wet; 2: To permeate= imbrue (nhúng, nhuộm)

Hint 21

1. When you're sailing a small boat on a stormy day, waves might drench you, and a torrential rain storm can also drench you, if you leave your umbrella at home.

2. The war drenched the country in blood

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Scorn (v),(n)

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(v): khinh thường= contempt; reject with contempt ( sự khinh thường);

(n): sự khinh bỉ, khinh thường

Hint 22

The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately

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Downtrodden

Back 23

Bị chà đạp

Hint 23

An exploited, underpaid worker is downtrodden.

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Monarchy

Back 24

Chế độ quân chủ

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Catalyst

Back 25

Chất xúc tác ( nghĩa bóng+ hóa học);

Hint 25

The invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country

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Populace

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(negative sense) thường dân; (neutral sense); dân chúng

Hint 26

1. A king might try to understand the mindset of the populace, but it's likely that he had no idea what their lives were really like.

2. New York City has a populace of about eight million people.

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Fortuituos

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Accidental but fortunate ( Sự tình cờ đầy thú vị)

Hint 27

If you and your best friend's families happen to go on vacation to the same place at the same time, that’s a fortuitous coincidence!

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Turmoil

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Characterized by confusion, chaos, violent disturbance ( Sự hỗn loạn, lộn xộn)

Hint 28

1. The economy can be in turmoil– the markets behaving erratically, people losing their jobs, and no one understanding why.

2. Mashed potatoes flew in one direction, peas in another. Kids were standing on chairs. The principal was shouting, but no one listened. "Food fight!," the seniors cried. The cafeteria was in a state of turmoil.

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Tumult

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1: A state of noisy confusion (Sự hỗn loạn); 2: a state in which your thoughts or feelings are confused

Hint 29

1. Very often a crowd of people will cause a tumult.

2. He was shaken by the tumults of his feelings.

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Upheaval

[ʌp'hi:vl]

Back 30

1, Turbulence (trong chính trị: cuộc đảo chính);

2, A big change that causes a lot of confusions, worry and problems (biến động, biến cố)

Hint 30

1. But it wasn't just her relationship status that went through an upheaval.

2. I can't face the upheaval of moving house again.

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Bearing

Back 31

1, Aim, way, directions

2, Relation, interconnection (sự liên quan)

3, Tâm thế (ngẩng cao đầu), dáng điệu.

Hint 31

1. You could step off the sidewalk and nearly be run over by a car bearing north.

2. Those issues have no bearing on our situation.

3. When you walk into a room with your shoulders straight and your head up, people might say you have a noble bearing.

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Lose one's bearings

Back 32

To become lost or confused

Front 33

Advocate

Back 33

To support sth publicly

Hint 33

The group doesn't advocate the use of violence.

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Hawkish

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= warlike: Thiện chiến, hiếu chiến

Hint 34

The president's hawkish advisors will frequently recommend military solutions to conflicts.

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Scoff (often +at)

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= Mock= Flout: To laugh at/ treat someone with scorn ( chê bai,chế giễu, nhạo báng)

Hint 35

People have scoffed at many great inventors, saying their products would flop because the public wouldn't be interested in things like the light bulb, the personal computer, or the pet rock.

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Lose sight of sb/sth

Back 36

To stop considering sb/sth, To forget sth

Hint 36

We must not lose sight of our original aim.

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Sight (v)

Back 37

To suddenly see sth, especially sth you have been looking for

Hint 37

After 12 days at sea, they sighted land.

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Elucidate

[i'lu:sideit]

Back 38

To make sth clear and (more) comprehensible; To explain sth clearly

Hint 38

If you don't understand fractions, a visit to the pie shop may elucidate the subject for you.

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Endemic

(often a plant or disease or something less tangible and more unwanted such as violence or poverty)

Back 39

Native to or confined to a certain region; cố hữu

Hint 39

Species endemic to [= only found in] Madagascar

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Cement (v),(n)

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(v) 1: To glue, to joint ( gắn liền với); 2: To strengthen a relationship, an agreement,..( thắt chặt)

(n): xi măng

Hint 40

To cement the friendship

( Thắt chặt tình hữu nghị)

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Notion

Back 41

Ý niệm, khái niệm; quan điểm, ý kiến

Hint 41

1. A system based on the notions of personal equality and liberty

2. She has no notion of the difficulty of the problem

[cô ấy chẳng hiểu tí nào về sự khó khăn của vấn đề này]

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Sidestep

Back 42

= Dodge= Elude: Lảng tránh (một câu hỏi, trách nhiệm, vấn đề,...)

Hint 42

To side-step a difficulty

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Stark

Back 43

Complete or extreme; austere

Hint 43

1. A stark contrast

2. Stark poverty

3. A barren desert or a room with no furniture or curtains is stark.

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Sustenance

Back 44

Food or drink that allows you to continue to be alive and stay healthy

Hint 44

In much of the world, rice and beans provide sustenance to human beings.

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Worthwhile

Back 45

Worth the time or money you spend on

Hint 45

1. If you walked out of the theater and said "Wow, I'm glad I saw that movie!", then your film viewing trip was worthwhile.

2. If hanging out in the park made you happy, it was worthwhile.

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Anecdote

['ænikdout]

Back 46

A short, amusing true story

Hint 46

You might come back from a crazy spring break with a lot of anecdotes to tell.

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Anecdotal

Back 47

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Hint 47

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