IELTS LEADER vocabulary list

Vocab9.com WORD LIST 1 : TEST 1 REGULATION n - Sự điều chỉnh,quy định, quy tắc - an authoritative rule If you're trying to remember what a regulation is, think about the phrase "rules

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REGULATION (n) - Sự điều chỉnh,quy định, quy tắc - an authoritative rule

If you're trying to remember what a regulation is, think about the phrase "rules and regulations." regulations are often set by governing bodies of a sport or other activity - thus, there is an accepted regulation-size soccer ball, set by fifa, professional soccer's governing body

Eg 1 : Other european countries, notably the netherlands, adopted stricter regulations

Eg 2 : Many government agencies are in charge of regulating industries, setting up regulations that companies

need to follow to keep us all safe

DIVERT (v) - Làm trệch đi, làm trệch hướng - turn aside; turn away from

To divert means to shift or turn from one thing to another a magician might attempt to divert your attention as

he shoves the rabbit into the hat

Eg 1 : Russian president vladimir putin retaliated by saying moscow would divert more energy resources to asia

Eg 2 : What heavy lifting it would take to divert wealth back downwards

COMPLACENT (adj) - Tự mãn,bằng lòng, vừa ý, thoả mãn - contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

Someone who is complacent has become overly content : the junk-food-eating couch potato might be feeling complacent about his health

Eg 1 : If you go in complacent, you wind up on the losing end

Eg 2 : But mr scaroni knows he cannot be complacent

LEVY (v, n) - Thu thuế,tuyển quân - impose and collect,assemble or enlist in the military

Use the word levy as you would use the word tax: "when the state government imposed a levy on soft drinks, thousands of citizens took to the streets in protest"

Eg 1 : A hefty tax is usually levied on cash brought back from overseas

Eg 2 : Last fall, medicare began sharing the pain, levying financial penalties such as reduced reimbursements to

hospitals when too many recently released patients return

ELIMINATE (v) - Loại ra, loại trừ,hủy - terminate, end, or take out

As eliminate means "get rid of or do away with," it has become used to refer to the end of a problem or even an entire species we need to eliminate sources of pollution in order to maintain a healthy world

Eg 1 : Others already have axed sports teams and even eliminated teaching positions, but still may have to tap

savings just to make it through year’s end

Eg 2 : Officials this year eliminated high school math and science teaching positions and cut baseball,

cross-country and swimming

PARAMETER (n) - Thông số, tham số, tham biến - a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield

a family of similar curves

A parameter is a limit in mathematics a parameter is a constant in an equation, but parameter isn't just for math anymore: now any system can have parameters that define its operation you can set parameters for your class debate

Eg 1 : While setting some parameters is necessary, overly restricting social media use is counter-productive

Eg 2 : The commissioner knew what parameters were acceptable and moved in that direction

EXEMPTION (n) - Sự miễn (thuế ) - an act exempting someone

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When you get an exemption, you don't have to do something in the sixties, some people got exemptions from military service during the vietnam war

Eg 1 : Tax exemption is a powerful tool, as the boy scouts of america are about to find out

Eg 2 : Exemption can cover income taxes and property taxes too

BELATED (adj) - đến muộn, đến chậm - after the expected or usual time; delayed

Something belated comes after the fact if you are late to deliver a birthday greeting, then make it a "happy

belated birthday" card

Eg 1 : He simply wanted the money, perhaps a belated birthday present after he turned 50 last month

Eg 2 : Sixty years later, mr brickman has helped to see belated justice done

OBSOLESCENCE (n) - Sự mai một - the process of becoming obsolete; falling into disuse or becoming out of date

Fashion trends come and go, and often return after a time but gimmicky fads quickly fall into obsolescence, losing appeal and falling out of sight - do you know anyone who still has a pet rock?

Eg 1 : And in our own fallen times, when record stores are heading toward obsolescence?

Eg 2 : Under a strategy of planned obsolescence, consumers are being asked to discard their technology devices

long before their useful life has ended

SPECIFICATION (n) - Ghi rõ, định rõ, chi tiết, đặc điểm - a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of

work

In the 17th century, the word specification emerged with the meaning of giving something a specific quality the technical meaning, applied to building and engineering plans, developed in the late 18th century the meaning of the word is precise, referring to specific plans, although just because it's a specification doesn't mean it is

accurate

Eg 1 : In the past, boeing had given its suppliers very detailed specifications

Eg 2 : Qualcomm has not released any detailed specifications at this point

CONCEPTUAL (adj) - Thuộc quan niệm, nhận thức - being or characterized by concepts or their formation

Something is conceptual when it deals primarily with abstract or original thoughts a conceptual plan is one in an early stage to make it work, you'll need to flesh out the details

Eg 1 : Some of this labor involves the french moving into conceptual space that was seen, not so long ago, as

indisputably american

Eg 2 : If you're conceptual, writing down goals probably seems pointless

REPLICATE (v) - Bản sao - make an exact copy of; reproduce

Did you just figure out how to make that excellent pizza you had in philadelphia? then what you've done is

replicate it, meaning you've been able to reproduce it

Eg 1 : Graduate students could, in addition to learning the guidelines, train by replicating published studies

Eg 2 : Energy and infrastructure loan programs first put into action in the last four years are being replicated by

numerous other countries around the world

SOLDER (v, n) - Hợp kim (để) hàn, chất hàn - join or fuse with solder

If you want to be a metalsmith you'll have to become familiar with solder, which is the substance you use to fuse two metal surfaces

Eg 1 : That meant lanza required special supervision when using soldering tools, for instance

Eg 2 : Solder these two pipes together

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RELIABILITY (n) - Sự đáng tin cậy - the quality of being dependable or reliable

It's nice when someone compliments your reliability because it means they think you are dependable things that are known for reliability? your best friend, sunrise, sunset and unfortunately also taxes

Eg 1 : In the context of the electric power grid, resilience is not reliability

Eg 2 : But reliability alone is not an adequate customer draw

MANUFACTURE (v) - Sản xuất - produce naturally

To manufacture something, is to make or construct it, usually for industry and sale unless you make all your own clothes, a company probably had to manufacture them

Eg 1 : Across europe, surveys showed manufacturing contracting in every country except germany

Eg 2 : The dog food, all manufactured at a plant in kansas city, kansas, was recalled across eight midwestern

states

COMPLIANCE (n) - Bằng lòng, ưng thuận - the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

Compliance is what you do when you try to fit standards set down by someone else a restaurant chef's

compliance with a new sugar-free menu might inspire even the pastry chefs to follow the recipes

Eg 1 : We will be increasing both compliance and customer support staff in the coming weeks

Eg 2 : The compliance board rejected several arguments the regents advanced seeking to justify what happened

INTEGRAL (adj, n) - Phần quan trọng - existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

Something that is integral is very important or necessary if you are an integral part of the team, it means that the team cannot function without you

Eg 1 : Seller financing is an integral part of today's business-for-sale marketplace

Eg 2 : In fact, they play an integral role in the city's vibrant informal economy

LEGISLATION (n) - Lập pháp,pháp luật - the act of making or enacting laws

Legislation is the act or process of making or enacting laws some people think there should be more legislation in the area of education and some people think there should be less - governments debates the matter periodically

Eg 1 : Call me cynical, but the legislation might have a marginal effect at best

Eg 2 : The bonus rules will come as part of wider legislation setting higher capital standards for banks, increasing

their costs and curbing freedom to hike salaries

VENDOR (n) - Người buôn bán - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

If you are a vendor, it means you're a person selling something, whether it's hot dogs from a food cart or

computer software for a tech company

Eg 1 : Managers were authorized to make small purchase decisions and vendor selections

Eg 2 : During strata 2013, i had nearly 30 vendor meetings in three days

SUBSTANCE (n) - Chất,của cải - the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

Any material that possesses physical properties is called a substance the word also refers to the gist or main idea

of something if you remember the main point of a lesson, you've got the substance

Eg 1 : He reportedly has been charged with possession of controlled substance, cannabis and paraphanalia

Eg 2 : Sugar, salt and fat get lumped together in physiological terms as addictive substances

AGITATE (v) - Lay động, rung động,xúi giục, khích động - move or cause to move back and forth

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Agitate means to stir up if you watch a horror movie at bedtime, you may be too agitated to sleep movies like that can agitate all sorts of adrenaline responses in the body

Eg 1 : The implication agitated him, but lewis said he was “too blessed to be stressed”

Eg 2 : Unlike other republican leaders, walker doesn't have to worry about impatient conservatives agitating for

change

CATHOLIC () - Rộng khắp; phổ biến;đạo thiên chúa, công giáo - free from provincial prejudices or attachments

When capitalized, catholic refers to the catholic church with a lower-case "c," catholic means "universal" and

"inclusive." if you listen to anything from hip-hop to baroque, you have catholic taste in music

Eg 1 : He said his son started a music career in oakland after attending two catholic high schools

Eg 2 : Roman catholic church hopes to name replacement for pope benedict before easter

PROGENY (n) - Con cái, con cháu, dòng dõi - the immediate descendants of a person

A sing-song rhyme may help in remembering the word progeny: "all of you, all of me, together we make progeny." the "you" and "me" can be a man and a woman making a baby, or trees and plants making little offshoots, or progeny of their own

Eg 1 : Mohammad is just a man; progeny of human beings

Eg 2 : Natural selection might be expected to favour the progeny of men who enjoy bringing them up

COMPATIBLE (adj) - Thích hợp, phù hợp - able to exist and perform in harmonious or agreeable combination

A word that comes up a lot in discussions of both food and people pairings, compatible speaks to a person or thing's ability to exist agreeably with something or someone else

Eg 1 : But mobile devices are less compatible with one another

Eg 2 : Rusu said the company looked at offerings last summer and liked that embrane's product was compatible

with any underlying hardware

PROPAGATE (v) - Truyền bá, lan truyền - become distributed or widespread

To propagate is to be fruitful and multiply, by the usual routes of reproduction, or by spreading something around

- like a rumor

Eg 1 : "there are many chefs unintentionally propagating this phenomena," she said

Eg 2 : In fact, the radio waves cannot propagate unless the tunnel walls are separated by more than half a

wavelength

HYBRID (n) - Ghép ,lai - a composite of mixed origin

A hybrid is a mixture of two different things, resulting in something that has a little bit of both

Eg 1 : It has been interesting see people inventing hybrid models

Eg 2 : Even hybrids will have trouble reaching below 90 grams of co/km

COAST (n) - Bờ biển - the shore of a sea or ocean

The noun coast describes the area where the land meets the sea - the seashore when you're mom says, "we're going to the coast," pack your bathing suit, because you'll be near the ocean

Eg 1 : There are typically 11 cyclones per season off australia northwest and northeast coasts

Eg 2 : The coast guard then lost communications with the caller, officials said

PRESERVE (v) - Bảo quản, bảo tồn, duy trì - keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

When you preserve something, you maintain its condition, like trying to preserve your good health by exercising

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regularly and eating right

Eg 1 : Mass spectrometry identified organic molecules characteristic of creosote and frankincense, both used for

preserving tissue

Eg 2 : Royal decree has preserved this eloquent testimony of atrocity so that the people might no longer remain in

forgetfulness

ACCOMPANY (v) - đi cùng,kèm theo - go or travel along with

The verb accompany means to keep someone company, or to be their companion on a trip or journey in a

musical sense, accompany means to play background music for the lead singer or soloist

Eg 1 : Obama wants cuts accompanied by closing tax loophole for the wealthy, in effect new taxes

Eg 2 : Kids between 12 and 17 are welcome if accompanied by a parent

GENUS (n) - Phái, giống,loại - group containing one or more species

A genus is a class or group of something in biology, it's a taxonomic group covering more than one species

Eg 1 : There may be other such unique systems in this genus as well

Eg 2 : Attapsenius, a distantly related genus found solely within the fungus gardens of leaf cutter ants in south

america, serves to demonstrate

CONSIDERABLE (adj) - đáng kể, to tát - large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

Use the adjective considerable to describe something that is large in amount things you probably spend a

considerable amount of time on: homework and laundry things you'd rather spend time on: anything that isn't homework and laundry!

Eg 1 : No experience or reservations required, but expect considerable exercise

Eg 2 : Twelve months later, this past june, butte residents rejected the ordinance by a considerable margin

UTILIZE () - Lợi dụng, sử dụng - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent

or natural purpose

To utilize is to use what you have or what's available, and it's a three-syllable word meaning the same thing as the one-syllable "use."

Eg 1 : Utilizing the human need to feel included has another added virtue

Eg 2 : Utilize data whenever possible, and avoid logical fallacies at all costs

PALATABLE (adj) - Có thể chấp nhận được - acceptable to the taste or mind

Something that is palatable is acceptable to one’s sense of taste-literally or figuratively if it's palatable, then you can put up with it - whether it's leftovers or a mediocre made-for-tv movie

Eg 1 : adaptation in brain reward circuitry underlie palatable food cravings and anxiety induced by high-fat diet

withdrawal•

Eg 2 : Native peoples in both hemispheres seem to have considered beech oranges at least palatable

FREQUENCY (n) - Tần suất - the number of occurrences within a given time period

Frequency measures how often things repeat over time city buses often reach stops at a frequency of every 15 minutes, unless it's snowing or raining really hard in that case, the frequency will slow

Eg 1 : Fishing for compliments.post frequency: daily.pet content: high, always dog

Eg 2 : Spins rotate around the applied magnetic fields with a distinct frequency

CONSUMPTION (n) - Sự tiêu thụ, sự tiêu dùng - the act of consuming something

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Consumption means using, buying or eating something if we don't reduce our energy consumption, we will run out of fuel conspicuous consumption is buying something to show off

Eg 1 : He said increases planned in excise taxes were likely to have a bigger impact on consumption

Eg 2 : She hopes to continue studying problematic alcohol consumption and drug abuse

MARINE (adj) - (thuộc) biển - of or relating to the sea

If it has to do with the ocean or sea, you can call it marine your friend in us armed services who is a marine

probably spends a lot of time near the ocean

Eg 1 : Her research is on ecosystem-based management, ecosystem services valuations, and marine spatial

planning

Eg 2 : The varied and widespread symptoms of nitrogen pollution are grassland changes, acidic soils, stressed

biodiversity, marine pollution, algal blooms and dying fish

TERRESTRIAL (adj) - ở trên mặt đất,ở cạn - of or relating to or characteristic of the planet earth or its inhabitants

Not straying far from its latin root "terra" meaning "earth," terrestrial means "of the earth." if it's terrestrial, you'll find it on earth if it's extra terrestrial, you'll find it emerging from a ufo

Eg 1 : Changes in terrestrial plant and animal species ranges are shifting the location and extent of biomes, and

altering ecosystem structure and functioning

Eg 2 : Terrestrial species are moving up in elevation at rates 2 to 3 times greater than initial estimates

SUPPLANT (v) - Hất cẳng (ai) - take the place or move into the position of

Kate was out sick for a month with mono, and when she came back to school, jessie had supplanted her as the funny girl at the lunch table supplant means to take the place of

Eg 1 : That prospect has receded, supplanted by talk of a bigger single currency area

Eg 2 : The computer has supplanted the slide rule

ULTIMATE (adj) - Tối đa,tối cao - furthest or highest in degree or order

The last in a series can be described as the ultimate a cheeky kid, when asked what she wants to be when she grows up, might say, "i want to be an actress, a singer, and a veterinarian, but my ultimate goal is to be president

of the united states."

Eg 1 : The appeals court's ultimate decision after wednesday's hearing could be the final word on the matter

Eg 2 : Grandma was recognized as the ultimate authority in the clark house

COMMONPLACE (adj) - Tầm thường,cũ rích - completely ordinary and unremarkable

Eg 1 : The author and his family are not immune from the broken homes, drug abuse, alcoholism, prostitution and

violence so commonplace in the city

Eg 2 : Kids exposed to a commonplace chemical early in life are more likely to have asthma, according to a

published today

COMPLEMENT (n) - Bổ sung,làm đầy - something added to complete or embellish or make perfect

A complement is something that makes up a satisfying whole with something else those shiny red shoes you just bought complement your shiny red purse

Eg 1 : All the other mediums are being augmented and complemented by social

Eg 2 : A fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner

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COLLEAGUE (n) - đồng nghiệp - an associate that one works with

A colleague is someone you work with at your job when you are a teacher, the other teachers are your

colleagues when you work as a cashier at 7-11, the guy at the deli counter is your colleague as well

Eg 1 : Nina kraus and her colleagues at the auditory neuroscience laboratory at northwestern university are doing

interesting work in this area

Eg 2 : More importantly, tucker and his colleagues said they were still keen on quantitative easing

REVENUE (n) - Thu nhập - the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

Revenue is money earned by a business, or income received by the government from taxes the government is always interested in dreaming up new sources of revenue, and so is the average head of a company unless she doesn't want to be the head anymore

Eg 1 : Any new revenue gained from closing tax loopholes, he said, should now be put into lowering tax rates

Eg 2 : Metropcs reported a 65 percent fall in quarterly net profit last week as revenue growth slowed for the

eighth straight quarter

PRESENCE (, n) - Sự có mặt - the state of being present; current existence

Presence is the state of being somewhere when you get an invitation that reads "your presence is requested," you are being asked to show up your style of being there - your demeanor or bearing - is also your presence

Eg 1 : Despite a modest measure of charm in private conversations, louis never developed a compelling public

Eg 2 : So long as standards are properly set, and enforced, these differences should not prove insurmountable

ENHANCE (, v) - Cải thiện - increase

Many people use the expression "enhance your chance" to point out ways to increase your chances of winning or earning a contest or prize when you enhance something, you heighten it or make it better

Eg 1 : This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat

Eg 2 : This will enhance your enjoyment

IMMEDIACY (n) - Sự lập tức, sự tức thì - the quickness of action or occurrence

This word is a member of the "immediate" family

Eg 1 : Ms jensen said these personal introductions were in keeping with the immediacy of his work

Eg 2 : Municipal debt may be much smaller, but sometimes immediacy counts more than size

CONSCIOUS (adj) - Tỉnh táo, có ý thức - intentionally conceived

Conscious is a latin word whose original meaning was "knowing" or "aware." so a conscious person has an

awareness of her environment and her own existence and thoughts if you're "self-conscious," you're overly

aware and even embarrassed by how you think you look or act but that sounds better than being unconscious, or

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totally unaware and out of it

Eg 1 : But many millennials did, in fact, become more conscious about conserving energy

Eg 2 : We kind of stopped doing that in later years, but this time, we made a conscious decision

EFFICACY (n) - Tính hiệu quả; hiệu lực - capacity or power to produce a desired effect

Efficacy is a more formal way to say effectiveness, both of which stem from the latin verb efficere "to work out, accomplish." the effectiveness, or efficacy, of something is how well it works or brings the results you hoped for

Eg 1 : There is still only limited data on the device’s efficacy

Eg 2 : A scientist does research to determine the efficacy of a vaccine or medicine under development if it is

efficacious, it will cure or prevent a disease

DISPARAGE (v) - Chê bai; coi rẻ, xem thường - express a negative opinion of

If you haven't got anything nice to say, then it's time to disparage someone it means to belittle or degrade a person or idea

Eg 1 : Usually the perpetrator turns up and he's very disparaging about the victim

Eg 2 : This movement twisted historical events and wrote material brimming with native valour, disparaging to

other countries

COMPRESSION (n) - Sự ép, nén, cô đọng - applying pressure

Whenever something is squished together, compression takes place, like a tight bandage around your sprained ankle - the compression helps protect it from further injury

Eg 1 : Most other image compression systems, such as the widely used jpeg format, are applied after an image has

been snapped

Eg 2 : While in the hospital, he sustained a compression fracture in his lower spine, then developed an infection in

that same area

OBSTACLE (n) - Sự cản trở,chướng ngại vật - something that stands in the way and harm your intention

When the road is blocked ahead of you, that blockage is an obstacle that keeps you from getting where you want

to go

Eg 1 : But security remains a major obstacle to rebuilding

Eg 2 : There are formidable obstacles in the way of this particular scheme

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OPTIMISTIC (adj) - Lạc quan - expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds

An optimistic person thinks the best possible thing will happen, and hopes for it even if it's not likely someone who's a tad too confident this way is also sometimes called optimistic

Eg 1 : With four days left on kickstarter, we are remaining optimistic that the community can pull this one out in

dramatic fashion

Eg 2 : Second sight said it was optimistic that insurance would cover it

IMPLEMENT (n, v) - Thi hành, thực hiện,bổ sung - pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue or apply in

a manner consistent with its purpose or design

The noun implement is a very useful word for just about anything you want to describe as a tool or a thing that helps you do something an implement can be as simple as chimpanzees using a stick to eat ants with or a

bulldozer that moves huge amounts of earth in building the word relates to something that "fills up" a house, as

in all sorts of things that allow a house to work properly

Eg 1 : Patents were never intended to protect broad, abstract concepts that can be implemented in many

different ways

Eg 2 : A complete redesign could take around nine months to implement, he said

CONSULTATIVE (adj) - Tư vấn - giving advice

You’re probably familiar with the verb consult, which means "get advice." consultative is just the adjective form of that verb consultative can be used to describe anything or anyone in the business of providing advice or counsel It’s often used to refer to a formal group, such as a consultative committee that advises a government, or a

company that provides consultative services in a particular area of expertise

Eg 1 : Denis bradley of the consultative group on the past said northern ireland had moved forward politically

Eg 2 : In important matters, as well as in the smallest, she has both a consultative and deliberative voice

EXPLICIT (adj) - Rõ ràng, dứt khoát, nói thẳng - anything explicit is very clear, whether it's instructions or a dirty

movie

Thanks to parental-advisory warnings about "explicit language" or "explicit violence," you might think this word only applies to things that are dirty, naughty, or adult in some way that is a common meaning of explicit, but it's not the only meaning this also means anything that is clear and easy to understand explicit orders are easy to carry out; explicit instructions are easy to follow when someone is explicit, they're not beating around the bush

or being confusing

Eg 1 : Once again, the relationship between data and advertising is made explicit

Eg 2 : Flexible pay could increase to twice fixed salary, but only with explicit shareholder approval

SEGMENT (n, v) - đoạn, khúc, đốt, miếng - one of the parts into which something naturally divides

A segment is one of several pieces that together create a whole you could offer a segment of your orange to your girlfriend as a valentine's day gift She’ll probably enjoy the orange, but she may break up with you

Eg 1 : Woo believes the company will focus on more than just growing new segments of its business going forward

Eg 2 : Still, there are ways to wall off or split up the most critical segments of infrastructure-and to monitor further

efforts to break in

GEAR (n, adj) - Cơ cấu, thiết bị,lên số,đẩy nhanh - equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a

particular operation or sport etc

Eg 2 : He struggled mightily in his first month, with defenses geared up to shut him down

INCENTIVE (n) - Sự khuyến khích,động cơ (thúc đẩy làm việc gì) - a positive motivational influence

If your mom wants you to mow the lawn but you don't feel like it, she might offer to treat you to ice cream after

as an incentive an incentive is something that stimulates you to take action or work harder

Eg 1 : Government incentives, including taxes, rebates and guaranteed electric pricing, have propelled the solar

market's growth worldwide

Eg 2 : A sharp drop in inventories over the last year has given developers more incentive to build homes

FUNDAMENTAL (n, adj) - Cơ bản, cơ sở, chủ yếu - the foundation,essential, principles

Fundamental has its roots in the latin word fundamentum, which means "foundation." so if something is

fundamental, it is a key point or underlying issue -the foundation, if you will - that the thing is built upon teachers argue that math fundamentals include memorizing the times tables and understanding long division many people would also argue that math fundamentals should include knowing how to use a calculator and knowing where the calculator's extra batteries are kept

Eg 1 : At every level there are fundamental laws governing a particular system which we have to understand

Eg 2 : He said it was "fundamental" to discuss the american movie industry's ways of portraying iran in order to

prevent "an insane war."

CRITERION (n) - Tiêu chuẩn, tiêu chí - standard

A criterion is a category for judging, but can also be a prerequisite for an achievement it might be an application requirement for a teaching job that you have taught already for two years if you haven’t, then we say you haven’t

"met the criterion" for job experience likewise, if you establish the model for something, say you deliver an

exciting, profound graduation speech, we might say you "set the criterion" for future speakers

Eg 1 : Some products are changing to meet the criteria

Eg 2 : There is no special selection criteria for the rental screenings

COMMITMENT (n) - Lời cam kết; điều ràng buộc - the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a

course of action

Making a commitment involves dedicating yourself to something, like a person or a cause before you make a commitment, think carefully a commitment obligates you to do something

Eg 1 : There is no funding beyond a two-year research and development commitment by tito

Eg 2 : As i made commitments and accumulated things, he remained devoted to his craft, never doubting his

talent

CORRUPT (v, adj) - đút lót,đồi bại, thối nát - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

When you corrupt someone, you convince them to do something wrong or even illegal if you talk your little

brother into stealing cookies from the cookie jar, you're corrupting him something corrupt is rotten, spoiled, or out of commission, like a file that makes your computer crash a corrupt person a criminal, a crook, or a cookie thief brings society down with immoral and dishonest behavior corrupt goes back to the latin roots cor-,

"altogether," and rumpere, "break"

Eg 1 : Afghanistan's banking system is a corrupt mess and the country's financial institutions are not trusted

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Eg 2 : Corrupt practices

OPERATION (n) - Sự hoạt động;ca mổ;chiến dịch - process or manner of functioning or operating

Operation can refer to medical surgery, a military campaign, or mathematical methods, such as multiplication and division

Eg 1 : I stopped being so involved in the operations and became more of an adviser

Eg 2 : On an adjusted basis, earnings from continuing operations fell to $1.64 per share from $2.18 a year earlier

TRANSPARENT (adj) - Trong suốt, rõ ràng - able to be seen through with clarity

You can see right through something transparent a window is transparent, but so are the intentions of a peeping tom looking through that window

Eg 1 : This team places great store in preparing properly, works hard on building team spirit and tries to be as

transparent as possible

Eg 2 : Instead, policies such as those promoted by labour - for transparent trading - should be supported

DIVERSITY (n) - đa dạng, phong phú - variety

To have diversity, you need a mix of whatever you're talking about if you like science fiction, romantic comedies, cartoons, and action movies, then you like a diversity of types of films if you like nothing but kungfu films, then you don't like a diversity of films no matter what kind of diversity you're talking about, there needs to be a real mix, kind of like a huge box of crayolas

Eg 1 : Values such as diversity could mean one thing in the united states and another in south africa

Eg 2 : Did pop begin in uniformity and then explode into diversity?

WRENCH (n) - Vặn mạnh, xoắn; giật mạnh - to grab or pull something with a lot of physical force

Maybe you have a wrench at home, that is, a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or a pipe joint if so, you also have a great way to remember what wrench the verb means just imagine you're twisting with a wrench, except instead of using a tool, you’re using your hands if something is heart wrenching, it makes you feel very sad if you wrench a part of your body, you strain, pull or twist it, injuring yourself in some way

Eg 1 : Then came wrenching abdominal pain, which she said doctors dismissed as psychosomatic

Eg 2 : The facts of the current case are no less wrenching

SUPERIOR (adj, n) - Cao cấp - higher quality or performance

Superior comes from the latin word meaning above and it literally means something that is above others in

quality or status sometimes being superior can be perceived as a negative, as in the woman who acts superior to all of her friends, having a high opinion of herself just because she has millions of dollars in the bank after winning the lottery

Eg 1 : The pennsylvania superior court is one of two appellate courts in the state

Eg 2 : Viewers may also know her from channel 5's superior interiors

MODERATE (adj, v) - Vừa phải; phải chăng; điều độ - not extreme,make less strong or intense; soften

A moderate voter is someone who is politically speaking, in the center in other words, they are not quite left or right, but somewhere in the middle

Eg 1 : A moderate amount of cushioning improves running efficiency, he has found

Eg 2 : Those are sensible deals - low risk, moderate reward - in keeping with alderson's pattern

VERTICAL (n, adj) - Cực điểm,thẳng đứng - upright in position or posture

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Vertical can also describe the right angle at which something rises up from a baseline, like the walls of your house

- they're vertical to the foundation you may hear the terms vertical and horizontal used in relation to each other

to describe directions a vertical line goes up and down, and a horizontal line goes from left to right an easy way

to remember which way vertical goes is by its first letter, "v," which points down

Eg 1 : In the personal computing landscape, apple is more vertical than any company right now

Eg 2 : Instead of banks of boxes, stock is held in a vertical grid system, with robots running across the top on rails

TENSION (n) - Sự căng thẳng - the action of stretching something tight

When things feel so tight they might snap, that's tension if you buy your girlfriend a vacuum cleaner when she wanted diamonds, you will experience tension just before she storms out of the room

Eg 1 : Tensions are rising among various factions in the country

Eg 2 : Tension and anticipation is rising in the west bank a month before u.s

RELEASE (v) - Sự giải thoát,sự phóng thích - grant freedom to; free from confinement

To release something or someone is to set it free, like a caged animal or a prisoner.”i shall be released”• is a famous refrain from a 1967 bob dylan song that has come to symbolize political freedom around the world

Eg 1 : Two washington area residents were on the pardons list released friday

Eg 2 : The white house did not comment immediately friday on the higher number of immigrants released

COMPONENT (n) - Hợp thành, cấu thành - a part that can be separated from or attached to a system

It's not surprising that component is related to a latin word that means "to put together." you simply can't put something together without all of the correct components technically speaking, a component is an element of a system or a part of a machine but a component can also be a factor or ingredient, such as the components of a decision or the components of a really good chocolate cake

Eg 1 : However, what was once innovative is now looking like a standard component

Eg 2 : Soon he began building electrical gadgets from components harvested from junkyards

INFALLIBLE (adj) - Không thể sai được; không thể hỏng - incapable of failure or error

This word is often used to describe human capacity for error - no one is infallible and yet, we are able to be

infallible in certain ways: children are infallibly curious, teenagers infallibly hungry interestingly, infallible derives from the latin in- "not" + fallere "deceive." when did making a mistake and deception become the same thing?

Eg 1 : Only if you believe that human judgment is infallible

Eg 2 : But no one is infallible, and mr miller stumbled in 2008 by betting on a recovery in united states financial

stocks that never happened

BURGLAR (n) - Kẻ trộm - a thief who enters a building with intent to steal

A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

Eg 1 : A burglar had broken into my car in spokane, so i was missing a front passenger window

Eg 2 : Ten convicted felons, mostly burglars, all on parole, who would each receive a warning

EXTEND (v) - Kéo dài,mở rộng - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two

points or beyond a certain point

Extend, as a verb, is used in many ways you extend (hold out) your hand when you offer to shake you extend (push forward) a deadline when you add a few days to it your belly might extend (broaden) after a holiday dinner

a telescope extends (expands) your range of vision if the list of definitions for extend were infinite, you could extend (add to) that list forever and ever but your patience might not extend that far

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Eg 1 : Outside, down the atlantic city boardwalk, the line extended into infinity

Eg 2 : It also extends to both published and unpublished works

APATHETIC (adj) - Lãnh đạm, thờ ơ, hờ hững - showing little or no emotion or animation

Apathetic is an adjective that describes the feeling of being bored with what's going on around you if you don't care one way or another, you're apathetic

Eg 1 : South of the border in england, polls show people are largely apathetic

Eg 2 : Urban voters, traditionally considered apathetic, also turned out in large numbers

CORRESPONDENCE (n) - Sự tương ứng; phù hợp,thư từ; quan hệ thư từ - communication by the exchange of

letters or the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount

Correspondence is a body of letters or communications if you've ever had a pen pal or an email buddy, you’ve written plenty of correspondence

Eg 1 : A scottish government spokesman said: "we will consider any correspondence and respond in due course."

Eg 2 : The einstein papers project aims at making accessible einstein’s writings and correspondence in a carefully

annotated, scholarly edition

ETHICAL (adj) - Thuộc đạo đức,đúng nội quy - conforming to accepted standards of social or professional

behavior

For someone who is honest and follows good moral standards, use the adjective ethical an ethical teacher will grade your papers honestly - even if she catches you sticking your tongue out at her

Eg 1 : Ethical leaders, in business as well as in public service, are the future," he argues

Eg 2 : The first is by leading their communities to make ethical choices, such as becoming energy efficient or

eschewing illegal wildlife products

STIMULATE (v) - Kích thích, khuyến khích - cause to occur rapidly

If the economy is starting to stall, the president can't just sit there he has to stimulate - turn it on, bring it to life, perk it up you can stimulate practically anything: a person, a conversation, a mind, or even the growth of a plant

Eg 1 : The chip helps generate at least partial vision by stimulating intact nerve cells in the retina

Eg 2 : In some sectors, the government is moving to stimulate investment

AGGRESSION (n) - Sự gây sự, sự gây hấn; - a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack

Aggression is hostile, purposely unfriendly behavior that can sometimes be violent a motorist who shows

aggression for another may follow too closely, honk the horn, or otherwise try to intimidate

Eg 1 : "usually they ask with aggression, or are exploitive," mr maltz said

Eg 2 : Do you believe current scientific studies have conclusively proven a causal link between video games and

aggression in children?

MANIFEST (v, adj) - Rõ ràng, hiển nhiên - reveal its presence or make an appearance,clearly revealed to the mind

or the senses or judgment

Choose the verb manifest when someone shows something for everyone to notice you might manifest your dislike of school food by stirring it around into a big pile of slop on your tray

Eg 1 : Sometimes this manifests in sketchnoting, also known as scribing, or graphic recording

Eg 2 : In younger women, the disposition to blood clotting can manifest during pregnancy

EPIDEMIC (n) - Dịch - an epidemic is a disease that spreads rapidly among many people in a community at the

country or throughout the world

Eg 1 : He was accused of causing a measles epidemic

Eg 2 : The number reflects an epidemic of diabetes, uncontrolled high blood pressure and bad diets

MIGRATE (v) - Di trú; ra nước ngoài - move from one country or region to another and settle there

When we think of the word migrate we think of movement from place to place sometimes that movement is seasonal, as when birds migrate north in summer and south in winter but sometimes a person or group will

migrate from one place to another with the intention of settling there in both cases, there is a definite shift in locales, one temporary, the other permanent

Eg 1 : Best buy has come under pressure as shoppers have migrated online

Eg 2 : "pollen from the olive tree is wind-transported, so it can migrate long distances" he said

PERCEIVE (v) - Hiểu, nhận thức - to become aware of through the senses

When we perceive something, we become aware of or notice it sometimes we perceive things by using our

senses of sight, hearing, and smell

Eg 1 : It is based on how consumers perceive each brand in seven categories: quality, safety, value, performance,

design, technology and green attributes

Eg 2 : Happy things are perceived to be cynical commercialism

PERMEABLE (adj) - Thấm được, thấm qua được - allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through

A permeable surface allows materials like liquids to pass through - either in or out

Eg 1 : Wish i hadn't worn my permeable sweater to the picnic when the weatherman called for thunderstorms

the rain seeped right through the fabric, soaking me to the skin

Eg 2 : The equipment within needs ventilation, so the facade must be permeable

IMPERVIOUS (adj) - Không thấm,không bị ảnh hưởng, không bị tác động - not admitting of passage or capable of

being affected

An impervious surface is one that can't be penetrated the word is often followed by "to," as in "his steely

personality made him impervious to jokes about his awful haircut."

Eg 1 : Yet video games have proved nearly impervious to this anxiety

Eg 2 : Despite the continued boom in psychoanalysis, argentina is not impervious to global treatment trends

PROFOUND (adj) - Sâu sắc, uyên thâm, thâm thuý - situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have

been sounded or plumbed

When you need a word that's deeper than "deep," consider profound

Eg 1 : These details will have profound effects on the model's output

Eg 2 : Longer naps have an even more profound impact than shorter ones

INSUFFICIENT (adj) - Không đủ, thiếu - if something is insufficient, it isn't enough

Something adequate is sufficient, and something inadequate is insufficient

Eg 1 : He said there was insufficient funding available to carry out extensive and meaningful trials to prove the

worth of alternative therapies

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Eg 2 : A lot of people are getting insufficient sleep

INSULATOR (n) - Chất cô lập, chất cách ly - a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or

thermal conductivity

Any material that keeps energy such as electricity, heat, or cold from easily transferring through is an insulator

Eg 1 : Wood, plastic, rubber, and glass are good insulators swiss cheese not so much

Eg 2 : Objects made of rubber, such as the balloon, are electrical insulators, meaning that they resist electric

charges flowing through them

CUSHION (v, n) - Cái đệm,làm nhẹ bớt, làm yếu đi - to protect from impact or a soft bag filled with air or a mass

of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc

The noun cushion can also refer to anything that is used to soften an impact or absorb shocks in modern cars, for example, sometimes in a crash or accident, air bags will deploy and act as cushions for the passengers to prevent them from injuring themselves on hard surfaces like the dashboard or steering wheel a cushion isn't necessarily a physical one, however, as you may want to keep an emergency fund as a cushion in case of unexpected expenses

as a verb, cushion means to protect from the impact of negative information so if you have bad news, you'll want

to cushion the blow as much as possible

Eg 1 : But as to whether cushioning prevents injuries, he said, "i doubt that there are good data"

Eg 2 : Last month's hiring should cushion the impact of the higher social security taxes that most consumers are

paying this year

INTIMATE (v, adj) - Thân mật,riêng tư - being close,marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity

This adjective can mean very friendly, or very personal or private the original spelling was intime, from french, from latin intimus "innermost," from intus "within." the related verb intimate means to hint or suggest intimate is also a noun meaning a close friend or associate and when you get intimate with someone, it can mean that

you're sexually involved

Eg 1 : A small restaurant is called intimate because you're sitting close to the other people

Eg 2 : And your best friends are considered your intimate friends

AVENUE (n) - đại lộ - a wide street or a line of approach

An avenue is a street, especially a wide one lined with trees an avenue is also any approach to doing something for example, this web site might be a new avenue you have found for learning words

Eg 1 : Walking out of the parsons building on seventh avenue, mr pinault inquired about some of the works on

display

Eg 2 : The boy was pronounced dead at the scene in haybridge avenue after going into cardiac arrest

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TREACLE (n) - Nước mật đường - writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

Use the noun treacle to describe a book or a song that is so sweet and sappy that it makes you feel a little sick

Eg 1 : I've just about given up using it, because it runs like treacle

Eg 2 : For the same distressing, disabling disease, some people spread treacle on brown paper, and apply hot to the part

affected

GRATITUDE (n) - Lòng biết ơn, sự nhớ ơn - a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

Gratitude means thanks and appreciation it's the warm feeling you get when you remember the person who told you to drop your 1980s hairstyle and get with the new millennium already

Eg 1 : Their gratitude is genuine, and i like living on the road tethered to my phone

Eg 2 : Israel would provide the united states iron dome know-how for its own potential use in gratitude for u.s funding,

the official said

PSYCHOLOGIST (n) - Nhà tâm lý học - a scientist trained in psychology

A psychologist is a scientist who studies the mind unless specified, you should assume the psychologist studies the human mind -as opposed to, for example, a pet psychologist

Eg 1 : Chess involves a lot of reasoning, so some kids might boost their reasoning skills by playing chess, a hypothesis

psychologists are now investigating

Eg 2 : In the laboratory, psychologists often measure narcissism using the narcissistic personality inventory

VOLUNTARY (n) - Tự ý, tự nguyện, tự giác - a person who freely enlists for service

Voluntary is an adjective that describes something you do because you want to, without being influenced or forced into

it usually a voluntary act is something you consciously choose to do, like going into work even on a snow day

Eg 1 : Voluntary evacuation orders were issued on thursday but lifted as of friday, they said

Eg 2 : More recently, the agriculture department has published voluntary guidelines for grading olive oil

CLUMP (n, v) - Lùm, bụi (cây);cục, hòn (đất) - a grouping of a number of similar things

A clump is a "bunch" or a "cluster." if you're a gardener, the last thing you want to see is a clump of weeds growing in the middle of your newly groomed lawn

Eg 1 : Clumps of ragged grass sprouted from the muck, cutting the waterway into a thousand braided channels

Eg 2 : We see clumps of woodland sedges as well, now bearing tiny triangular fruits favored by many songbirds

DEVISE (v) - Sáng chế, phát minh - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

To devise is to figure out a plan men twirling long mustaches might devise a plan to tie someone to the railroad tracks

Eg 1 : You are devising a system that will make price spikes and disruptions worse

Eg 2 : The white house let congress devise a complicated and ineffectual set of new banking regulations

CONDUCT (v) - Chuyển hướng - to carry out

Conduct is about how you behave "conduct unbecoming" and also about carrying something through - "the survey was conducted in may and june."

Eg 1 : Department of justice also advised sands it was conducting an investigation, the company said in its annual report

filing

Eg 2 : I can fail at conducting an interview, writing an essay or making a video

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POLARIZE (v) - Phân cực - cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions

To polarize is to divide something that's been polarized has been split into two sides that are so different, it seems as though they're from opposite ends of the earth - like the north pole and the south pole

Eg 1 : In politically polarized washington, debt reduction is about as bipartisan as apple pie and the sun rising in the east

Eg 2 : Mr kennedy said he was used to polarized reactions to his work

BOUNDARY (n) - đường biên giới, ranh giới - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

If you play a sport you are familiar with the term "in bounds," which refers to the boundary, or limits of the playing field that the players must stay within it is also the outer limits of any space

Eg 1 : Even though disciplinary boundaries are observed, some departmental barriers have been broken down

Eg 2 : Crossing disciplinary boundaries is acceptable at some german universities but frowned on at others, says

lawrence

ISOLATE (v) - Cô lập - place or set apart

When you remove or set apart one thing from others, you isolate it you could isolate yourself from people by living in a remote hut or, if you're a biologist, you could isolate a chromosome

Eg 1 : Eight years ago, researchers isolated another strain called lactobacillus hammesii from a french sourdough starter

Eg 2 : Outback aboriginal communities were evacuated and isolated schools closed

INTEGRATE (v) - Hợp nhất - make into a whole or make part of a whole

To integrate is to make parts of something into a whole it also means to become one unit, or to make a place (like a school) open to people of all races and ethnic groups

Eg 1 : What does a more integrated approach look like

Eg 2 : While other teams integrated new players early in a shortened season, the familiar hawks arrived with instant

chemistry

COLLIDE (v) - Va chạm - crash together with violent impact

It could be protons bouncing around in a particle accelerator, two cars failing to stop at an intersection, or the priorities

of two people with very different goals when things crash together, they collide

Eg 1 : Two passenger trains have collided in south africa near the capital, pretoria, injuring at least 100 people

Eg 2 : Police said it struck another vehicle before colliding with the cyclists

PARALLEL (adj) - Song song - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting

In math, parallel means two lines that never intersect - think of an equals sign figuratively, parallel means similar, or happening at the same time a story might describe the parallel lives of three close friends

Eg 1 : This is not completely parallel, but think about

Eg 2 : There are connections and parallels, of course, but also wild variations in tone and effectiveness

SYMMETRICAL (adj) - đối xứng - having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts

If you can draw a line down the center of something and get two similar halves, it's symmetrical shapes like squares and circles are symmetrical unless you've had a serious injury like losing a limb, the human body is symmetrical some people think that faces that are more perfectly symmetrical are more beautiful than other faces

Eg 1 : Essentially, the two ways of doing so are symmetrical

Eg 2 : In other words, drawing a line down the center results in symmetrical halves

MAGNET (n) - Nam châm - a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field

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This also means a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts

Eg 1 : Neodymium is used in the magnets of motors in electric cars

Eg 2 : The magnet can be thought of as a tiny loop of wire in which negatively charged electrons run through stationary

positive ions

CREST (n, v) - Mào,đỉnh nóc, chỏm, ngọn - the top or extreme point of something,reach a high point

A crest is a showy tuft of feathers on the head of a bird it's easy to identify a male cardinal by its bright red color and the tufted crest on its head

Eg 1 : Though the head crests of domesticated pigeons can vary quite a bit, their presence is due to the same mutation

Eg 2 : The river crested last night

HUNCH (n, v) - Linh cảm,khom xuống, gập cong, uốn cong - an impression that something might be the case

When you pose for pictures with short friends, you hunch over so you don't tower above them - you scrunch up your shoulders, bend your knees, and try to look smaller

Eg 1 : I was hunched over my laptop, adult swim playing in the background

Eg 2 : I looked around nervously, and hurried on my way, head down, hunched over a little

RIDGE (n, v) - Chóp, chỏm, ngọn, đỉnh - a long narrow natural elevation or striation or throw soil toward (a crop row)

from both sides

A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated strip of land or any raised strip or band a ridge is a line that rises above what it is attached to

Eg 1 : On my aborted expedition i was going to take five different measurements of every ridge i crossed

Eg 2 : Dashboard of pickup truck located on ridge top about 14 km north of mount st helens

CONVECTION (n) - Sự đối lưu - the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion

Convection is the circular motion that happens when warmer air or liquid - which has faster moving molecules, making it less dense - rises, while the cooler air or liquid drops down

Eg 1 : Convection is the mass movement of a fluid: hot water rising, for example

Eg 2 : That means that convection heaters are the only horse left in this race

RIDICULE (n) - Nhạo báng,chế nhạo - language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate

When you ridicule someone, you mock or make fun of them they become the object of your ridicule or mockery your bad behavior might bring ridicule on your parents, who raised you to know better

Eg 1 : Aerospace enthusiasts ridiculed the problems on message boards

Eg 2 : Central park had become so dangerous it was ridiculed by late-night comedians

FAME (n) - Tiếng tăm, danh tiếng - the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

"fame puts you where things are hollow" sang bowie, reflecting the increasing darkness of his personal life, the sense of alienation that celebrity had amplified

Eg 1 : A spot in the maryland hall of fame, given grudgingly no doubt

Eg 2 : Though ms young is known for dressing celebrities, that fame may be rubbing off

HONOR (n) - Vinh dự,danh dự - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

Honor has many uses, all of them good if you are called a man of honor, you are respected if someone honors you, they recognize and award you for your achievements

Eg 1 : It is an honor to be nominated as central bank governor

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Eg 2 : Post office released a postage stamp honoring her

PROSPECT (n) - Cảnh, toàn cảnh, viễn cảnh - the possibility of future success

A prospect is the possibility that something fabulous will happen after you graduate top of your class at harvard, for example, your job prospects look great

Eg 1 : His prospects as a writer are excellent

Eg 2 : But attacks by washington politicians may have damaged its prospects at the academy awards

VIGOROUS (adj) - Mãnh liệt, mạnh mẽ - characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

Anything vigorous is done with force and energy vigorous exercise makes you sweat, and a vigorous denial makes someone else sweat

Eg 1 : America has turned to younger, more vigorous people

Eg 2 : Business leaders have previously said the welsh government has not been vigorous enough in assessing the impact

the law may have on firms

ASSIGN (v) - Phân công,ấn định,nhượng lại - select something or someone for a specific purpose

To assign is to specify something or someone for a specific purpose if your sisters fight over whose turn it is to sit in the front seat, your parents may have to assign turns

Eg 1 : The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise

Eg 2 : The ministry of defense was assigned to make sure all u.s special forces are out of the province within two weeks

DRIFT (v, n) - Sự trôi giạt,mục đích, ý định - be in motion due to some air or water current,the pervading meaning or

tenor

If you get my drift, you get the basic meaning of what i'm saying or, if you move around without a seeming fixed

destination, you are said to drift - whether you're a snowflake or a homeless person

Eg 1 : Since last year's second quarter, staffing levels have drifted lower

Eg 2 : Anglers wading the river, casting from shore and drifting it had pretty good success

CONTINENT (n) - Lục địa, đại lục - one of the large landmasses of the earth

A continent is one of the seven largest landmasses found on earth asia, australia, and africa are three continents can you name the other four?

Eg 1 : No inhabited continent will be more affected by it than africa

Eg 2 : Deadly droughts, flash floods and falling water tables are recurring themes in conversations across the continent

EMERGE (v) - Nổi lên, hiện ra - come out into view, as from concealment

To emerge means to come out into view or come forth you might hope to emerge from an epic perming session looking like a beauty queen, but chances are it will just look like you got electrocuted

Eg 1 : "it's an emerging civil rights issue that we'll need to address," he says

Eg 2 : It's a problem those focused on emerging markets say they already have solved

GENERATE (v) - Phát ra,sinh ra - bring into existence,give or supply

Generate as well as other similar words such as generation and genesis come from a greek word meaning "origin" or

"creation." let's say you have two siblings in that case, your parents' marriage has generated three children

Eg 1 : In a hydroelectric power plant, water generates power

Eg 2 : Last year, trackleaders generated $80,000 in revenue tracking 60 events, including u.s

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HOSTILITY (n) - Sự thù địch - the feeling of a hostile person

Hostility is the state of ill will and bad feeling if a teacher embarrasses you in front of the whole class, you will probably regard him or her with hostility for the remainder of the school year

Eg 1 : My work looks specifically at hostility, not necessarily violence

Eg 2 : Meantime, hostilities continued at the final whistle and players had to be separated

DEPRESS (v) - Làm giảm,làm chán nản - press down

Depress means to lessen the activity or power of something if you want to depress the spread of poverty, you need to find ways to slow it down, like by bringing education and skill-building resources into the poorest communities

Eg 1 : Despite its slightly depressing subject matter, ask is the smiths at their most upbeat

Eg 2 : But the increases are coming from depressed levels as sales plummeted to a record low in 2011

INVESTIGATE (v) - điều tra nghiên cứu - conduct an inquiry or investigation of

To investigate is to look into something systematically if you don't understand how tornadoes work, for example, investigate the forces of wind and find out

Eg 1 : Texas child welfare authorities also are investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect

Eg 2 : Chicago police are investigating the death as a murder

SUFFER (v) - Chịu đựng - undergo or be subjected to,endure

The verb suffer means to feel pain or something equally unpleasant you'd probably do anything you could to be sure your beloved cat didn't suffer when she got old and sick

Eg 1 : He suffered very much through being victimised and demonised

Eg 2 : She suffered a grave head injury and her life support was turned off several days later

DEPLOY (v) - Sự dàn quân, sự dàn trận, sự triển khai - place troops or weapons in battle formation

The word deploy is mainly used in military contexts and to refer to the strategic arrangement of fighting forces

Eg 1 : An army spokesman in dhaka said two platoons of troops had been deployed in the town

Eg 2 : Security forces in riot gear patrolled in pickup trucks and deployed on street corners on saturday

RIGOROUS (adj) - Nghiêm khắc,khắc nghiệt - rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard

If you are rigorous when you do something, you do it strictly by the book and leave nothing to chance a rigorous

inspection of your tax records has revealed the government owes you money congratulations!

Eg 1 : Both papers are rich and rigorous studies of growth hiccups

Eg 2 : Rigorous application of the law

COUNTENANCE (n, v) - Sự tán thành - the appearance conveyed by a person's face

The noun countenance means the face or its expression if you're a great poker player, you probably have a calm

countenance

Eg 1 : Like rodgers, tom werner refuses to countenance cashing in on suárez

Eg 2 : His opponent in the american election, mitt romney, has at times seemed more willing to countenance a unilateral

israeli strike

ENVISAGE (v) - Dự tính, nhìn thẳng vào - imagine something that does not yet exist

Martin luther king jr envisaged a time when black and white americans would no longer be segregated by race

Eg 1 : About 30 patients have used the envisage programme so far

Eg 2 : Designers envisaged users working with several papertabs simultaneously, brotman said

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NEUROLOGIST (n) - Nhà thần kinh học - a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it

Eg 1 : He saw a pediatric neurologist, who ordered an mri scan that found nothing amiss

Eg 2 : Campbell said he recently underwent testing in houston at the urging of his neurologist

DELEGATE (n, v) - đại biểu,người được uỷ nhiệm - a person appointed or elected to represent others,transfer power to

someone

A delegate is also an elected official, or the person who is doing the task you delegated them to do in presidential primaries in the united states, you do not vote for a candidate, you vote for a delegate whose job it is to vote for that candidate at a convention

Eg 1 : Southern delegates wanted to count the whole slave population, which would have given the south greater

influence over national policy

Eg 2 : American foreign policy can only be delegated so far, and crises only wished away for so long

STATISTIC (n) - Thống kê - a datum that can be represented numerically

A statistic is a numerical piece of information if you are trying to prove a point, and you want your argument to have a sense of authority, you might want to use a statistic to back up your claim

Eg 1 : This statistic is even worse for state-run or -funded homes, activists said

Eg 2 : However, one telltale statistic showed how showy lifestyles are out of fashion in bailed-out greece

ASSUAGE (v) - Làm dịu bớt - provide physical relief, as from pain

If you assuage an unpleasant feeling, you make it go away assuaging your hunger by eating a bag of marshmallows may cause you other unpleasant feelings

Eg 1 : Gun rights supporters said the president was evidently trying to reach out to gun owners to assuage their concerns

about his legislative proposals

Eg 2 : Maybe the new management wanted to assuage fans by putting their most familiar work forward first

APPROPRIATE (adj, v) - Thích hợp, thích đáng - suitable for a particular person or place or condition

Something appropriate is correct and fits the situation a sweater-vest with reindeer on it is appropriate holiday apparel, even if it's totally embarrassing

Eg 1 : With so many artists picking up brushes or at least a pencil, is the idea that real things can be appropriated as art

bankrupt

Eg 2 : When we are looking at what further regulations may be appropriate we will want to consider the impact on

competitiveness

EMPHASIZE (v) - Nhấn mạnh - to stress, single out as important

To emphasize is to make something important, or stress it, like when you were little and your parents would always emphasize the importance of looking both ways before crossing the street they told you again and again and again and again

Eg 1 : Internally, they emphasize that people have individual personalities and all are accepted

Eg 2 : He emphasized that he really wanted a job

CONFERENCE (n) - Hội nghị - a prearranged meeting

A conference is a formal get-together where people talk (or "confer") about a chosen topic, like when your office holds a conference to talk about the problem of snoring during meetings

Eg 1 : Federal travel, conferences and training classes could first be canceled, he said, as could worker bonuses and new

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Eg 2 : A conference can also be a public meeting arranged for discussion, such as a press conference or a national

conference for a particular group

INJECT (v) - đưa vào, tiêm - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing;to introduce

To inject is to give an injection, or a shot when your doctor tells you that you need a flu shot, she wants to inject you with a vaccine that will help keep you from getting sick

Eg 1 : Oscar organizers are trying to inject more verve into a show whose awards generally play out by the numbers

Eg 2 : Challenging this view are economists who argue the central bank should inject more money into the economy to

improve lending conditions

ENTERPRISE (n) - Việc làm khó khăn; việc làm táo bạo - a purposeful or industrious undertaking or an organization

created for business ventures

Enterprise describes a readiness to act boldly to get something started, like the enterprise it takes to start a charity with only a dream and a few dollars

Eg 1 : Enterprises that consider the big data is too nascent and immature can no longer rely on that excuse

Eg 2 : Osborne challenged pickles over the slow pace of setting up enterprise zones in december

PRESUMABLY (adv) - Có thể được, có thể cho là đúng - by reasonable assumption

Presumably you are reading these word blurbs because you're interested in learning some useful words you can add presumably to any statement that you think is true - it indicates a logical conclusion for which you don't have definite proof

Eg 1 : Caro is working on the fifth, and presumably last, volume

Eg 2 : "closed curtain" is set in an empty villa in iran, presumably beside the caspian sea

APPARENT (adj) - Hiển nhiên - clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Apparent means obvious, but - and this is confusing - it can also mean something that seems to be true but isn't definite

"the train's arrival is apparent - it's in the station - but apparently my friend missed it because she is not getting off."

Eg 1 : In apparent reference to libya, north korea said it never backed down

Eg 2 : In that context, his apparent crime is not as surprising

PROOFREAD (v) - Sửa lỗi - read for errors

Eg 1 : I should proofread my manuscripts

Eg 2 : Many writers proofread their words carefully but are less careful with their figures

INSOMNIA (n) - Mất ngủ - an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness

You are suffering from insomnia if you usually have trouble falling or staying asleep there's no cure, but people with insomnia are told to go to be at the same time every night, and try to clear their mind of stress

Eg 1 : Other drugs already are under review, for conditions including insomnia and hardening of the arteries

Eg 2 : He began drinking heavily, developed chronic insomnia, became a literary figure in seoul

POLISH (v) - đánh bóng - make (a surface) shine

Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

Eg 1 : They spend their days gathering information, weighing, revising, polishing, and perfecting

Eg 2 : I found five excellent stories that readers of weird would love, and a few dozen rough diamonds in need of further