means having the ability to understand and be sensitive to.. means unreasonably burdensome; heavy.. means taking the most hopeful view; feeling that everything in nature is for the best.
Trang 1476 d Perceptive (adj.) means having the ability to understand and be
sensitive to
477 c Hierarchy (n.) is a series or system of people or things that are
graded or ranked; a group of persons in authority
478 e Oppressive (adj.) means unreasonably burdensome; heavy.
479 b Hypothesis (n.) is a proposition, believed to be probable, which is
adopted to explain certain facts and which can be further tested
480 c Optimistic (adj.) means taking the most hopeful view; feeling
that everything in nature is for the best
481 b Clout (n.) means influence, pull, or sway; power or muscle; a
strike or blow, especially with the fist
482 c To coddle (v.) means to treat with excessive indulgence or
tenderness, to baby or pamper It also means to cook in water just below the boiling point
483 e A sluggard (n.) is a person who is habitually lazy or idle.
484 a Reproachable (adj.) means needing rebuke or censure; in a
manner that is severe or cutting
485 a To expound (v.) means to explain in detail, elaborate; to give a
detailed statement or account of
486 a Unbiased (adj.) means completely impartial to, as in judgment.
487 e Wearisome (adj.) means fatiguing or tiresome.
b An exemplar (n.) is one who is worthy of imitation, a model or
Trang 2489 b Astute (adj.) means having or showing intelligence and
shrewdness; keen, discerning
490 b To palter (v.) is to act insincerely; to haggle; to play tricks;
equivocate
491 c A tableau (n.) is an arrangement of inanimate figures
representing a scene from real life
492 e Translucence (n.) means the property or state of allowing the
passage of light
493 d A diaspora (n.) is a dispersion of people from their original
homeland, or the community formed by such a people; the dispersion of an originally homogeneous group or entity, such
as a language or culture
494 e Vivisection (n.) means the dissection of an animal, particularly
for scientific research
495 c Turpitude (n.) means depravity; any action that violates accepted
standards
496 e Brusque (adj.) means abrupt, curt, or blunt in a discourteous
manner
497 b A sycophant (n.) is a servile flatterer, especially of those in
authority or influence
498 d Variegated (adj.) means marked with different shades or colors.
499 c Vernacular (n.) means the language of one’s country.
500 d Errant (adj.) means wandering, roving, especially in search of
adventure; straying beyond the established course or limits
Trang 3501 c Byzantine (adj.) means highly complicated, intricate or involved;
characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, devious; of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or ancient Byzantium, especially its architectural style; of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church