English Vocabulary Cards

Ví dụ: “The idea was still inchoate.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: incipient, early

pellucid

/pəˈluːsɪd/

Ví dụ: “Her explanation was pellucid.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: clear, limpid, luculent

prevaricate

/prɪˈværɪkeɪt/

Ví dụ: “He began to prevaricate when questioned.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: palter, equivocate, tergiversate

recondite

/ˈrekənˌdaɪt/

Ví dụ: “The lecture was recondite but fascinating.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: esoteric, deep, abstruse

vicissitude

/vɪˈsɪsɪtuːd/

Ví dụ: “He accepted life’s vicissitudes calmly.”

trenchant

/ˈtren tʃənt/

Ví dụ: “She offered trenchant criticism.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: distinct, clear, intelligent

taciturn

/ˈtæsɪtɝːn/

Ví dụ: “He is taciturn in public.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: reticent, buttoned-up, untalkative

Từ trái nghĩa: voluble

supercilious

/ˌsuːpərˈsɪliəs/

Ví dụ: “His supercilious tone annoyed people.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: snide, haughty, proud

stultify

/ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/

Ví dụ: “Too many rules can stultify innovation.”

soliloquy

/səˈlɪləkwɪ/

Ví dụ: “The actor delivered a powerful soliloquy.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: monologue

sanguine

/ˈsæŋɡwɪn/

Ví dụ: “She is sanguine about the outcome.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: ruddy, optimistic, rubicund

recalcitrant

/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/

Ví dụ: “A recalcitrant client refused to cooperate.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: defiant, intractable, refractory

quixotic

/kwɪkˈsɑːtɪk/

Ví dụ: “It was a quixotic attempt to change everything overnight.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: impractical, wild-eyed, romantic

proclivity

/prəˈklɪvəti/

Ví dụ: “He has a proclivity for risk-taking.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: propensity, leaning

perspicacious

/ˌpɝːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/

Ví dụ: “A perspicacious investor asked tough questions.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: sagacious, discerning, sapient

perfunctory

/pərˈfʌŋktəri/

Ví dụ: “He gave a perfunctory apology.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: cursory, casual, careless

obfuscate

/ˈɑːbfəskeɪt/

Ví dụ: “Don’t obfuscate—state the facts.”

Từ trái nghĩa: elucidate, clarify, clear up

mellifluous

/məˈlɪfluəs/

Ví dụ: “She has a mellifluous voice.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: dulcet, sweet, mellisonant

laconic

/ləˈkɑːnɪk/

Ví dụ: “His response was laconic.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: terse, crisp, concise

intransigent

/ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt/

Ví dụ: “They remained intransigent during talks.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: inexorable, adamant, adamantine

interlocutor

/ˌɪntərˈlɑːkjətər/

Ví dụ: “She listened carefully to her interlocutor.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: middleman, conversational partner

inscrutable

/ɪnˈskruːtəbəl/

Ví dụ: “His expression was inscrutable.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: cryptic, incomprehensible, inexplicable

incorrigible

/ɪnˈkɔːrɪdʒəbəl/

Ví dụ: “He is an incorrigible optimist.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: depraved, delinquent, uncontrollable

Từ trái nghĩa: corrigible

iconoclast

/aɪˈkɑːnəklæst/

Ví dụ: “She is an iconoclast in her field.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: image breaker

harangue

/həˈræŋ/

Ví dụ: “He launched into a harangue about discipline.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: rant, ranting

garrulous

/ˈɡærələs/

Ví dụ: “A garrulous speaker filled the room.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: loquacious, voluble, chatty

fastidious

/fæˈstɪdiəs/

Ví dụ: “He is fastidious about details.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: meticulous, dainty, exacting

Từ trái nghĩa: unfastidious

excoriate

/ɪkˈskɔːrieɪt/

Ví dụ: “The press excoriated the policy.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: condemn, decry, objurgate

esoteric

/ˌesəˈterɪk/

Ví dụ: “The book is full of esoteric terms.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: cryptic, recondite, mystical

Từ trái nghĩa: exoteric

equivocate

/ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

Ví dụ: “Don’t equivocate—answer directly.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: prevaricate, palter, tergiversate

ephemeral

/ɪˈfemərəl/

Ví dụ: “Fame can be ephemeral.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: transient, transitory, fugacious

enervate

/ˈenərveɪt/

Ví dụ: “Long meetings can enervate the team.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: unnerve, unsettle, faze

egregious

/ɪˈɡriːdʒəs/

Ví dụ: “That was an egregious mistake.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: conspicuous, flagrant, obvious

effulgent

/ɪˈfʌldʒənt/

Ví dụ: “The sunrise was effulgent.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: bright, radiant, beaming

dissemble

/dɪˈsem bəl/

Ví dụ: “He tried to dissemble his disappointment.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: affect, sham, act

diaphanous

/daɪˈæfənəs/

Ví dụ: “A diaphanous curtain covered the window.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: gossamer, vaporous, thin

deleterious

/ˌdelɪˈtɪriəs/

Ví dụ: “Noise can have deleterious effects on health.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: harmful, noxious, injurious

contumacious

/ˌkɑːntuˈmeɪʃəs/

Ví dụ: “He was punished for contumacious behavior.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: insubordinate

conundrum

/kəˈnʌndrəm/

Ví dụ: “Funding is a conundrum for many startups.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: brain-teaser, enigma, riddle

conflagration

/ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃən/

Ví dụ: “A conflagration destroyed the old building.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: inferno

circumspect

/ˈsɝːkəmspekt/

Ví dụ: “Be circumspect when sharing personal data.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: prudent, discreet

capricious

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

Ví dụ: “The weather here is capricious.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: arbitrary, whimsical, impulsive

assiduous

/əˈsɪdʒuəs/

Ví dụ: “Her assiduous work impressed everyone.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: diligent, sedulous

apotheosis

/əˌpɑːθiˈoʊsɪs/

Ví dụ: “The finale was the apotheosis of the show.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: paragon, exaltation, nonpareil

antediluvian

/ˌænti dɪˈluːviən/

Ví dụ: “Their process is antediluvian.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: archaic, antiquated, old

ameliorate

/əˈmiːljəreɪt/

Ví dụ: “New policies may ameliorate the situation.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: improve, meliorate, better

Từ trái nghĩa: decline, exacerbate, aggravate

alacrity

/əˈlæk rɪ ti/

Ví dụ: “She accepted the challenge with alacrity.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: briskness

acrimonious

/ˌækrɪˈmoʊniəs/

Ví dụ: “Their negotiations became acrimonious.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: resentful, bitter

abrogate

/ˈæbrəɡeɪt/

Ví dụ: “The court can abrogate an unlawful regulation.”

validate

/ˈvælɪdeɪt/

Ví dụ: “We need to validate the results.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: corroborate, formalize

Từ trái nghĩa: void, vitiate, nullify

undermine

/ˌʌndərˈmaɪn/

Ví dụ: “Poor planning can undermine success.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: subvert, counteract, cave

tolerate

/ˈtɑːləreɪt/

Ví dụ: “I won’t tolerate disrespect.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: abide, endure, stand

threshold

/ˈθreʃhoʊld/

Ví dụ: “We passed the profitability threshold.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: verge, limen, brink

synthesis

/ˈsɪnθəsɪs/

Ví dụ: “Write a synthesis of the main ideas.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: deduction, deductive reasoning, synthetic thinking

Từ trái nghĩa: analysis, analytic thinking

subsequent

/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/

Ví dụ: “Subsequent updates fixed the bug.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: sequent, ensuant, ulterior

Từ trái nghĩa: preceding, antecedent

rational

/ˈræʃənl/

Ví dụ: “Try to make a rational decision.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: intelligent, mental, reasonable

Từ trái nghĩa: irrational

prominent

/ˈprɑːmɪnənt/

Ví dụ: “She is a prominent researcher.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: conspicuous, salient, obvious

profound

/prəˈfaʊnd/

Ví dụ: “The change had a profound effect.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: significant, intense, fundamental

Từ trái nghĩa: superficial

preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪneri/

Ví dụ: “These are preliminary results.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: overture, prelude, exploratory

precise

/prɪˈsaɪs/

Ví dụ: “Be precise when you describe the issue.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: meticulous, dead, fine

Từ trái nghĩa: imprecise

paradigm

/ˈpærədaɪm/

Ví dụ: “AI is changing the paradigm of work.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: epitome, image, prototype

optimism

/ˈɑːptɪmɪzəm/

Ví dụ: “Her optimism kept the team motivated.”

Từ trái nghĩa: pessimism

notwithstanding

/ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ/

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Ví dụ: “Notwithstanding the cost, we proceeded.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: nonetheless, nevertheless, withal

notion

/ˈnoʊʃən/

Ví dụ: “I reject the notion that success is luck.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: feeling, belief, impression

mitigate

/ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/

Ví dụ: “We added safeguards to mitigate risk.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: palliate, extenuate

justify

/ˈdʒʌstɪfaɪ/

Ví dụ: “Can you justify the decision?”

Từ đồng nghĩa: free, absolve, vindicate

Từ trái nghĩa: fault, blame

fundamental

/ˌfʌndəˈmentl/

Ví dụ: “Security is a fundamental requirement.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: profound, significant, cardinal

foster

/ˈfɑːstər/

Ví dụ: “Good leaders foster trust.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: nurture, surrogate, further

fluctuate

/ˈflʌktʃueɪt/

Ví dụ: “Prices fluctuate throughout the year.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: vacillate, waver

equivalent

/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

Ví dụ: “There is no equivalent term in Armenian.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: like, same, equal

Từ trái nghĩa: unequal, unlike

enhance

/ɪnˈhæns/

Ví dụ: “These changes will enhance usability.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: raise, heighten

endeavor

/ɪnˈdevər/

Ví dụ: “Building a startup is a challenging endeavor.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: strive, endeavour, effort

encompass

/ɪnˈkʌmpəs/

Ví dụ: “The course encompasses theory and practice.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: embrace, comprehend, cover

empirical

/ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl/

Ví dụ: “We need empirical evidence.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: experiential, experimental, existential

Từ trái nghĩa: theoretical, theoretic

elaborate

/ɪˈlæbəreɪt/

Ví dụ: “Could you elaborate on your plan?”

Từ đồng nghĩa: intricate, fancy, expound

distinct

/dɪˈstɪŋkt/

Ví dụ: “They have distinct roles in the team.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: sharp, clear, crisp

Từ trái nghĩa: indistinct

diminish

/dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/

Ví dụ: “Poor sleep can diminish performance.”

Từ đồng nghĩa: belittle, fall, decrease

Từ trái nghĩa: increase

deduce

/dɪˈduːs/