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Chasten
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have a restraining or moderating effect on - The child's behavior improved after she had been chastened by punishment.
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Chicanery
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trickery; fraud - The government ordered an audit to investigate alleged financial chicanery.
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Churlish
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rude; boorish - According to the chivalric code, a knight was never supposed to be churlish, especially toward noble ladies.
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Clairvoyant
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psychic
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Clamor
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noisy outcry - Over the past few years there has been a clamor in the media about increased global warming.
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Cloister
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to confine; seclude - The writer cloistered herself in a country house to finish her novel.
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Coagulate
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đông đặc - In normal individual, blood begins to coagulate about 20 seconds after a wound is sustained, thus preventing furthur bleeding.
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Miscellany
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collection
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Miscreant
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villain - The public execution of miscreants was common in Great Britain in the 18th century.
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Mitigate
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make less severe - To mitigate war hawks, the president ordered a one-week bombing campaign against the country.
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Modicum
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limited quantity - I'm not looking for adulation, just a modicum of respect.
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Morose
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ill-tempered; sullen - Mr Samuels was morosse for over a month following the death of his wife.
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Motley
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incongruously varied in appearance or character - The new political party is made up of a motley group of people who are unhappy with the existing parties.
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Burnish
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đánh bóng - The company's new advertisng campaign is intended to burnish its image as a dynamic company.
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Cacophonous
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding - Some great jazz masterpieces seem cacophonous to listeners.
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Cadge
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ask for or obtain (something to which one is not strictly entitled) - He eats whenever he can cadge a meal.
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Calumny
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lời vu khống - The movie star sued the magazine for printing calumny about him.
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Canard
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an unfounded rumor or story - Most politicians do not want to be associated with the old canard that big government in Washington can solve all America's problems.
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Canonical
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included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine - The English professor is trying to persuade the chairperson of her department to let her teach some writers that are not canonical.
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Tacit
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implicitly understood; implied - By tacit agreement, no one in the group talks about the controversial subject of the war.
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Tangential
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digressing - The judge asked everyone involved in the hearing to avoid introducing information tangential to the main issue.
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Tautology
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repeating same thing in different wording (e.g. "repeat again")
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Taxonomy
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science of classification (in bio?)
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Tenet
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belief; doctrine - The central tenet of democracy is that the law should treat everyone equally.
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Tenuous
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very weak - The study has established a relationship, albeit a tenuous one, between brain size in mammals and intelligence.
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Theocracy
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government by priests representing god
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Juggernaut
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hugh force destroying things in its path - During the first several years of WW2, Germany army was a juggernaut, easily defeating any force that tried to stop it.
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Labile
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likely to change - Blood pressure in human beings is, to varying degrees, labile.
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Singular
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extraordinary
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Sinuous
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turtuous; circuitous
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Soliloquy
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độc thoại nội tâm thành tiếng (kịch)
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Pallid
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lacking color; pale - Archeological evidence indicates that women have been using makeup to give color to a pallid face for millennia.
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Paragon
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model of excellence
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Sundry
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various - The main character in the novel returns home safely after his sundry adventures.
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Supplicate
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make humble entreaty -> suppliant, supplicant
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Syllogism
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a form of deductive reasoning
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Succor
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relief
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Dissemble
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giả bộ - I believe you are dissembling. I want you to tell me the whole truth about what happened that night.
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Occult
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involving the supernatural - The occult has been describe as what does not fit into a rationalistic view of the world.
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Satiate
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satisfy to the full
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Saturnine
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gloomy, slow
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Satyr
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creature half-man half-beast
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Secrete
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produce and release substance into organism (tiết)
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Riposte
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retaliatory action; quick clever response - The commander decided that the enemy attack must be countered with a quick riposte.
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Rubric
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title, heading; category; protocol
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Rue
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to regret
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Ruse
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mưu mẹo
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Sage
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wise; wise person
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Harrowing
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extremely distressful
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Hermetic
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air-tight; isolated - Scholars have traced many of thhe hermetic traditions of ancient Greece to Egypt.
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Stanch
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cầm máu
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Stint
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supply an ungenerous amt of sth - Stinting on funding for education strikes many people as shortsighted.
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Strident
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loud; harsh - Calls for the prime minister's resignation became more strident after it was discovered that he had strong connections to organized crime.
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Atavism
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return of a trait after a period of absence
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Avuncular
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benevolent and tolerant
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Gauche
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unsophisticated; socially awkward
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Glib
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fluent in insincere way
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Goad
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urge on; provoke for reaction
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Gouge
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rip off
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Litany
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lengthy recitation (church)
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Megalomania
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delusion/obsession of power or importance - In his farewell speeach, the retiring trial judge warned his colleague to beware of megalomania as they exercise their power in the courtroom.
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Mendacious
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dishonest - The judge ruled thhe testomony inadmissible because he considered it mendacious.
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Meretricious
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apparently attractive but having no real value (hào nhoáng)
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Reparation
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amends; compensation - The judge said she would not sentence the man to jail on the condition that he pay full reparation to the victim's family.
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Repine
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feel, express discontent - The president told the congressional representative he should not repine over the lost opportunity and join the majority in exploring new ones.
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Reprise
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điệp khúc
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Reproach
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express disapproval or disappointment
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Sedition
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conduct, speech promting rebellion
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Sedulous
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siêng năng
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Shard
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piece of broken glass or pottery
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