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40 Cards in this Set
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DEROGATORY
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Làm giảm, xúc phạm đến
Eg: They used the word in such a derogatory manner that it was now forbidden |
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DESCRY
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catch sight of
Eg: Standing from afar, descrying whether or not that is the right person seems impossible |
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DESCRATE
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profane, violate sanctity
Eg: whatever the reason, descrating the belief is unforgivable |
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DESOLATE
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adj: joyless, unpopulated
Eg: Although I love Hanoi, I'd rather spend the rest of my life somewhere in the suburb areas, somewhere desolate V: destroy, rob of joy: Eg: The city was left desolated after the war of attrition |
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DESPOIL
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to strip of value
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DESPONSDENT
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depressed and gloomy
Eg: I guess nothing will make me feel more despondent as failing to get into grad school |
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DESPOT
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authoritarian, tyrant
Eg:People in Myanmar was rip of all their rights and freedom under the rule of a despot king |
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DESUETUDE
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N lỗi thời, không phù hợp, vô dụng
Eg: Recalling those glorious days, the king never thought he will one day be in such state of desutude |
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DETONATION
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explosion
Detonation of a bomb |
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DETRACTION
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slandering, aspersion
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DETRIMENTAL
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harmful, damaging
Eg: His whole careers was despoiled after only one detrimental fault |
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DEVIOUS
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erratic, unpredictable
(không ngay thẳng) Eg: With those furtive attitude, he is definitely up to something devious |
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DEVOLVE
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be transfered
Eg: Thanks to Ron's dilatory measures, the tasked was devolved to Harry's |
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DEVOTEE
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enthusiastic follower
Eg: Recently I find myself becoming a devotee of jazz. I strive to find the the local Jazz concert and try not to miss even 1 of them |
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DEVOUT
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pious
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DIABOLICAL
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devilish
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DIADEM
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crown
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DIAPHANOUS
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sheer, transparent.
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DICHOTOMY
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split, branching 2 parts
Eg; I find myself wavering between the dichotomy of going with my interest and that of my parents |
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DICTUM
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a authoritative statement, saying
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DIE
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khuôn giập tiền
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DIMINUTION
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lessening, reduction in size
Eg: There was a apparent diminutiong of my interest for politics as I move on to my senior year |
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DIN
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continued loud noise
Eg: the din of the traffic horns give us all a terrible headache |
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DINGHY
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small boat
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DINGY
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Not fresh, dirty
Eg: The dingy ambience foment a sense of uncomfortability in us |
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DINT
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effort
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DIORAMA
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3D, LIFE SIZE
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DISAFFECTED
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disloyal
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DISBAND
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Dissolve, disperse
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DISCOMBOBULATED
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confused
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DISCOMFIT
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defeat
Eg: Our Vietnamese guerrilas approach the enemy in ways that discomfit them entirely only after a few weeks |
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DISCONCERT
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làm rối, làm hỏng, làm mất bình tĩnh
Eg: During the debate, I tend to be disconcerted by the opponent rebuttals even when I have prepared my own points to refute |
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DISCONSOLATE
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Sad,
Eg: Our break-up turn me into a person I never knew of, disconsolate and despondent |
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DISCOUNT
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disregard
Eg: He kept on prattled to me about all his accomplishments that I can not help but having to discount them all |
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DISCOURSE
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Formal discussion
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DISCREPANCY
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lack of consistency
Eg: I knew they were lying through the discrepancy in what they were saying |
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DISCURSIVE
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lan man, không mạch lạc
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DISENFRANCHISE
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deprive of civil rights
eg: Vietnam is often criticized by human rights INGOs as disenfranchising people, yet, that is still left for question |
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DISGORGE
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surrender something, eject, vomit
Eg: I will not disgorge the things to you because it has taken me my life to collect them |
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DISGRUNTLE
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make disconteneted
Eg: Although known to be stoic, the continuous renege of the director left her disgruntled. |
