abhor | (abhor) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate |
abrasive | (bào mòn) rubbing away; tending to grind down |
abrogate | (Bãi bỏ) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
absolution | (tội) act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest |
abstain | (kiêng) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice |
abstemious | (tiết độ) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
abstruse | (thâm thúy) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
accolade | (danh hiệu) award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
acquiesce | (chấp nhận sự) assent; agree without protesting |
acrid | (chát) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
acrophobia | (acrophobia) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places |
acuity | (Acuity) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
adamant | (kiên quyết) extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding |
adroit | (chăm chỉ) skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
adulation | (adulation) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise |
adversity | (nghịch cảnh) state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune |
advocate | (biện hộ) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something |
aesthetic | (thẩm mỹ) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affable | (hoà nhã) easily approachable; warmly friendly |
alacrity | (mau mắm) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
alchemy | (giả kim thuật) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming |
allay | (làm dịu) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
alleviate | (giảm) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part |
aloof | (tách biệt) apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote |
amass | (tích lũy) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
ambiguity | (mơ hồ) state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty |
ambiguous | (mơ hồ) unclear or doubtful in meaning |
ambivalence | (mâu thuẫn) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
ambulatory | (chẩn) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary |
ameliorate | (cải thiện) make or become better; improve; grow better |
amiable | (aver) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
amity | (thân thi���n) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
amorphous | (vô định hình) formless; lacking shape or definition |
analgesic | (giảm đau) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
analogous | (tương tự) comparable; similar or alike |
anarchy | (hỗn loạn) absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion |
anecdote | (giai thoại) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
animosity | (thù oán) bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act |
annex | (phụ lục) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
annex | (phụ lục) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
anomaly | (dị thường) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order |
antagonism | (đối kháng) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
antediluvian | (người xưa) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times |
anthology | (tuyển tập) book of literary selections by various authors |
antiquated | (cổ) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged |
apathetic | (thờ ơ) feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent |
apathy | (thờ ơ) lack of caring; indifference |
apocryphal | (ngụy tạo) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
appease | (dỗ dành) bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve |
apprehensive | (sợ hãi) capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive |
arable | (trồng trọt) fit for growing crops, as by plowing |
arbitrary | (độc đoán) randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle |
arcane | (phức tạp) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated |
archaic | (cổ) no longer current or applicable; antiquated |
bigot | (nhiệt tin) hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics |
bilk | (sai hẹn) defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
billowing | (cuồn cuộn) swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms |
blasphemy | (báng bổ) act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity |
blatant | (hiển nhiên) flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive |
blighted | (hại) suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
blithe | (vui tươi) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
bolster | (thúc đẩy) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
boorish | (sự thô lổ) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners |
bourgeois | (tư sản) middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional |
braggart | (hay khoe khoang) boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person |
brevity | (ngắn gọn) quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression |
broach | (doa) introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce |
brusque | (brusque) abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly |
bulwark | (thành trì) earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends |
bureaucracy | (quan liêu) over-regulated administrative system |
burgeon | (đọt non) grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly |
burnish | (đánh bóng) make shiny by rubbing; polish |
buttress | (trụ chống) support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence |
cajole | (vỗ) influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
caldron | (caldron) large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron |
callow | (Callow) youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
candid | (thẳng thắn) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
candor | (thẳng thắn) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
cantankerous | (khó tính) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
capacious | (dung lượng) capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy |
capitulate | (đầu hàng) surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply |
carping | (carping) fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure |
cartographer | (bản đồ) one who makes maps or charts |
castigate | (gọt giũa) criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication |
catharsis | (giây phút phấn chấn) purging or cleansing of any passage of body |
caucus | (kín) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy |
caustic | (ăn da) capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action |
cavalcade | (cuộc biểu diển) ceremonial procession or display; succession or series |
celerity | (celerity) swiftness of action or motion; speed |
censorious | (chỉ trích) critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure |
censure | (khiển trách) expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame |
cerebral | (não) relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional |
certitude | (sự tin chắc) state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence |
chary | (thận trọng) cautious; sparing or restrained about giving |
chicanery | (sự kiện nhau) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
chimerical | (hư) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
choleric | (hay giận) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger |
circuitous | (vòng quanh) being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct |
circumlocution | (lời nói quanh co) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing |
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