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DISHEARTEN
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discourage
Eg:Should I ever get a low score on my GRE, I would be disheartened alot on my whol grad school effort |
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DISHEVELED
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untidy
Eg: Working for NGOs, you can be disheveled at times, but not for business |
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DISINTER
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dig up
Eg: the so called "historical site" has been disintered, which was a shock to all the citizens in the areas |
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DISLODGE
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remove (forcibly)
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DISMEMBER
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cut into small parts
Eg: China always claimed that Vietnam was just a part of China before they dismember. However, historical evidence have prove them wrong |
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DISPATCH
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speediness, prompt execution,
Eg: to do something with dispatch |
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DISPEL
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xua tan
Eg: After the rain, dark clouds were dispelled and the sun was shining again. A new day has begun |
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DISPORT
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amuse
Eg: I like the feeling of disporting myself on the beach and read a good book |
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DISPUTATIOUS
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argumentative,
Eg: |
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DISQUIETUDE
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uneasyness, anxiety
Eg: the feeling of disquitude was surging in me as we saw no signs of her |
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DISQUISITION
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bản luận văn công phu
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DISSENT
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disagree
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DISSIDENT
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dissenting, rebellious
Eg:the government sometimes like to search for dissident students who have liberal points of view |
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DISSIMULATE
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pretend, conceal by feigning
Eg: Don't try to dissimulate your fellings, you know you can't hide them from me |
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DISSIPATE
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squander, waste
Eg:Although I love going to night bars and live music, but it would be a act of dissipating time at this moment |
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DISTEND
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expand, swell out
Eg:don't stress yourself, I am starting to see your veins distending |
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DISTILL
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trưng cất, chảy nhỏ giọt
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DISTRAIT
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inattentive, distracted by anxiety
Eg: Although I have studied hard for the GRE, I am afrait that I will be distrait and fail everything |
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DISTRAUGHT
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upset, distracted by anxiety
EG: I tend to be very distraught and grumpy during the testing seasons. |
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DIURNAL
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daily
Eg: inorder to ace the test, you need to consider studying vocabs a diurnal task and should not neglect if for more than a week |
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DIVERGE
DIVERGENT |
- vary, go in different direc tions from the same point
- differing, deviating: Eg: We have decided to go on divergent path but still stay good friends |
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DIVEST
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Strip, deprive of power
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DIVINE
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perceive intuitively, forseeing the future
thần thánh, thiêng liêng |
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DOCILE
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obedient
EG:I like him because he is complaisant toward me and somewhat docile @_@ |
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DOCKET
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biên lai, sổ ghi án???
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DOCTRINAIRE
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unable to compromise, unyielding
Eg: there are certain doctrinaire things that a country cannot cede under any circumstances, one of which is there territories |
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DODDERING
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run rẫy, lập bập (ko đi vững)
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DOFF
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take off
bỏ (mũ), cởi (quần áo) |
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DOGGED
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determined
Eg: I am dogged about getting my dream school |
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DOGGEREL
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thơ dở
Eg: he thought he was a latent poet, yet most of his poems are infact just doggerels |
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DOLTS
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stupid person
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DOMICILE
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Home
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DOMINEER
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rule over tyrannically
Eg: don't try to domineer in our relationship, I will not tolerate inequality |
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DON
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put on ><DOFF
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DORMER
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Window in the attic
Eg: She has always dreamt of a room with dormer, and finally, we manage to find the house that meets her request |
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DORSAL
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back (of an animal)
Eg: the dorsal fin |
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DOSSIER
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file of documents on s subject
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DOTAGE
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lẩm cẩm, SENILITY, DECREPTUDE, DODDERING (as of old age)
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DOTE
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1. to be excessively fond of
2. dotage |
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DOUR
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nghiêm khắc
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DOUSE
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té nước
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DOWDY
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UNTIDY, SLOVENLY
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DOWNCAST
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dishearted, (crestfallen)
Dont downcast yourself under any circumstance! That will means that you already fail |
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DRAB
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dull, lack color, cheerless
Eg: Winter is often associated asa drab whether and, obviously people also often turn to drab coat |
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DRACONIAN
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extremely severe
Eg: Don't do that, it is not that big an issue to be draconian |
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DREGS
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CẶN, SEDIMENTS
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DRIVEL
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nonsense, foolishness
Eg: Please disregard such drivel, sometimes she just likes to jabber |
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DROLL
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queer and amusing
Eg: I wish I can more an interesting person, with more droll anecdotes to tell |
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DRONE
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1. kẻ lười biếng, ăn không ngồi rồi
2.tiêng ong vove 3. talk dully, buzz or murmur like a bee |
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DROSS
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wasster matter, cặn bã - rảc rưởi
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DRUDGERY
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kiếp nô lệ, trâu ngựa
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DUCTILE
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malleable, flexible,
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DULCET
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sweet sounding
Eg the dulcet sounds of birds early morning really brighten up my day |
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DUMBFOUND
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astonish
Eg:Seeing that he got a new girlfriend right after breaking up wih me was quite dumbfound |
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DUPLICITY
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DOUBLE-DEALING, hypocrisy
Eg: with such dulcet sounds he jabber to me everday, his duplicity really dumbfound me |