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EUPHONY
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sweet sound (euphonious)
eg:the euphony of a language |
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EUPHORIA
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feeling of exaggerated
phởn phơ Eg: I still recall that feeling of euphoria when I knew I had a secret admired |
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EUTHANASIA
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mercy killing (for permanently ill patients)
Eg: Euthanasia should be executed or not is at the patient's best will |
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EVINCE
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tỏ ra, chứng tỏ (show clearly)
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EVENHANDED
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impartial, fair
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EWE
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female Sheep...Baaaaaaaaaaaa
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EXACT
EXACTING |
require or demand (forcibly)
extremely demanding "Justice is never give, is is exacted" That is a extremely exacting task that require meticulous handling |
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EXALT
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raise in rank/dignity
EG: After hisd enterprising period of probation, he was exalted directly into the executive director |
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EXCISE
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Cut away, cut out
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EXCORIATE
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1. scold with bitting harshness
2. strip the skin of Eg: Foundign out that her daughter has fail the test, she excoriated her all morning for her lazyness |
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EXECRABLE
EXECRATE |
- very bad EG: in such execrable taste
- curse, express abhorrence Eg: Despite some of his good deed, people still execrate the memory of him |
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EXEGESIS
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explanation, especially of biblical passage
Eg: she based her sermon on her exegesis of love from Shakespare |
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EXHORT
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urge
Eg: He exhort the dissidents to agitate hatred in the society and bring the whole country to the status of chaos |
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EXHUME
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dig out of the gorup, remove from the grave
Eg; The act of exhuming land, previously used for cemetery to build an industrial zone, is an extremely unethitical and amoral act |
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EXIGUOUS
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small, minute
chật hẹp, nhỏ bé |
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EXISTENTIAL
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pertaining to existence
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EXODUS
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departure
Eg : In 1975, there was a mass exodus of people from Vietnam to the U.S |
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EXORBITANT
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excessive
Eg: exorbitant price (giá cao cắt cổ) |
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EXOTIC
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not native, strange
Eg: That's quite an exotic appearance, I believe halloween is about 1 month from now |
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EXPANSIVE
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1.outgoing and socialble
2.broad and extensive in size Eg: he has an expansive humour and a unquie sense of telling droll anecdotes that leave strong 1st impression on people |
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EXPATIATE
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talk at length
Eg: Stop beinga glib and expatiate about yourself, just go to the point |
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EXPATRIATE
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Exile
EG: First came to U.K as an expatriate, now he has become the mayor of that city |
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EXPEDIENT
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suitable, pratical, polical
Eg: It is important that politicians in Vietnam act expediently, not so-called "ethically" @_@ Eg: To do whatever is expedient |
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EXPEDITE
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hasten
eg: Please expedite and finish up what you're dong, we're living in 15 minutes |
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EXPIATE
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make amends for a sin
EG: It is still a controversial whether or not a killers should be sentenced to deatth or should be given another chance to expiate for their crime |
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EXPLETIVE
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interjection,profane oath
eg: Stop that, what you've been saying is offensive and can be expletive towards some groups of people here |
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EXPLOIT
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deed, or action (a brave deed)
He was famous for his exploits in rescuing the kid from the river |
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EXPOSITORY
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pertaining to explain
để tình bày, mô tả và giải thích Eg: An expository system that helps student acquaintance themselve with the new technology |
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EXPOSTULATION
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sự phê bình
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EXPROPRIATE
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take possession of
Eg: it is against the law that you expropirate my personal properties for no reasons |
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EXPUNGE
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cancel, remove, scratch out
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EXPURGATE
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remove, clean (offensive parts of the book)
Eg: In Vietnam, book and movie contents are being strictly censored and most sex or violent scenes will be expurgated |
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EXTANT
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still in existence
Eg:extant manuscripts |
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EXTIRPATE
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root up, destroy completely, uproot, eradicate, exterminate
Eg: It is that extirpating poverty completely is an immense and impossible task but gradually take a step by step approach is very feasible |
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EXTORT
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tống tiến
Eg: At first, the stranger was only trying to extort money from the victim, however, at last minute, he decided to kill her |
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EXTRADITION
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The surrender of prisoner by one state to another
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EXTRANEOUS
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not essential
Eg; Focus, that is just an extraneous trivia, not the crux of the problem |
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EXTRAPOLATION
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projection, conjecture
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EXTRICATE
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to free, to disentangle
Eg: I have been is this mess for 1 year not, it really is time to extricate myself |
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EXTRUDE
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force, push out, squeeze out
Eg: Don't ever try to extrude a ring out of your finger if it gets stuck, use Soap! |
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EXUBERANCE
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- overflowing abundance
- joyful enthusiasm, flamboyance, lavishness Eg: She was always in the state of exuberance which makes me envy her greatly |
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EXUDE
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discharge, give forth
2. Eg: to exude great confidence Eg: Don't trying have your pimple exude. It will destroy your skin in the long-term |
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EXULT
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rejoice
hân hoan và hả hê EG; After I finish with this application, I will exult with the whole family |
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FACET
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the smooth surface (of a gem)
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FACTION
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party, clique, dissension
Eg: She hates college that are divided into factions |
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FACTIOUS
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inclined to form factions
Eg: Schools that have houses within the student body always tend to be factious |
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FACTITIOUS
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artificial
Eg: That's just a factitious appearence. That's not how she felt |
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FACTOTUM
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handyman
Eg; Currently, I work part-time as a personal assistant, which can also mean a factotum and is involved in a variety of work |
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FACULTY
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mental or bodily powers
Eg:I can not imagine myself loosing faculty when he reign |
