4000 FCE Vocabulary List

pha boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering

dịu mild and pleasant; fragrant

cồng kềnh of large size for its weight

rào obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit

băng a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds

não organ or seat of the intellect; understanding or imagination

ban official prohibition; decree that prohibits something

phá sản penniless, without any money; financially ruined

đỏ become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

thuốc tẩy make white or colorless; blanch

cằn cỗi desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking

xương sống support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column

tỷ the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros

trần lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing

xương sống support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column

chặn hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch

phước praying for divine protection; a formal act of giving approval

chăn heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing

trần lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing

tiểu sử one who writes a book about somebody's life

ban official prohibition; decree that prohibits something

thuốc tẩy make white or colorless; blanch

đắng harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious

băng a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds

chỉ just; only; hardly; scarcely

chịu drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

phước praying for divine protection; a formal act of giving approval

ngực the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

trần lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing

khóa fold or collapse; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat

nhấp nháy shut eyes briefly; wink

boardinghouse a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests

bó small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

băng a strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds

boardinghouse a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests

đồng an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements

đọt non grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly

rào obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit

chịu drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill

bố mẹ think long and anxiously;  be in a state of gloomy, serious thought