Kho từ vựng | Key for Aptis

alleviate verb

UK/əˈli.vi.eɪt/ US/əˈli.vi.eɪt/

làm giảm nhẹ (đau, khó khăn)

“Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.”

Đồng nghĩa: facilitate, assuage, palliate, ease, relieve

ambiguous adjective

UK/æmˈbɪɡjuəs/ US/æmˈbɪɡjuəs/

mơ hồ, nước đôi

“The politician was criticized for his ambiguous statements and lack of precision.”

Đồng nghĩa: enigmatic, ambivalent, equivocal, indeterminate, uncertain, oracular

arbitrary noun

UK/ˈɑɹ.bɪ.tɹɛ(ə).ɹi/ US/ˈɑɹ.bɪ.tɹɛ(ə).ɹi/

tuỳ tiện, độc đoán

“Benjamin Franklin's designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary.”

Đồng nghĩa: capricious, whimsical, impulsive, discretional, discretionary, absolute

articulate noun

UK/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/ US/ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/

diễn đạt rõ ràng, mạch lạc

“She’s a bright, articulate young woman.”

Đồng nghĩa: facile, eloquent, joint, enunciate, enounce, formulate

coherent adjective

UK/kəʊˈhɪəɹənt/ US/koʊˈhiɹənt/

mạch lạc, chặt chẽ

Đồng nghĩa: tenacious, rational, orderly, ordered, consistent, logical

coincide verb

UK/ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/ US/ˌkoʊɪnˈsaɪd/

trùng khớp, xảy ra cùng lúc

“The two squares coincide nicely.”

Đồng nghĩa: concur, cooccur

compelling verb

UK/kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/ US/kəmˈpɛlɪŋ/

thuyết phục, hấp dẫn

“Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions.”

Đồng nghĩa: powerful, persuasive

comprehend verb

UK/kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/ US/kɑmpɹɪˈhɛnd/

hiểu thấu

Đồng nghĩa: embrace, encompass, cover, apprehend, perceive, savvy

contemplate verb

UK/ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/ US/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/

cân nhắc, suy ngẫm

“I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.”

Đồng nghĩa: ruminate, speculate, study, mull, reflect, mull over

contentious adjective

UK/kənˈtɛn.ʃəs/ US/kənˈtɛn.ʃəs/

gây tranh cãi

Đồng nghĩa: aggressive, bellicose, combative, argumentative, litigious, disputatious

counterproductive adjective

phản tác dụng

Đồng nghĩa: harmful

culminate verb

UK/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/ US/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/

lên đến đỉnh điểm, kết thúc bằng

“The class will culminate with a rigorous examination.”

Đồng nghĩa: climax

deteriorate verb

UK/dɪˈtɪəɹɪəɹeɪt/ US/dɪˈtɪəɹɪəɹeɪt/

xấu đi, suy giảm

“to deteriorate the mind”

Đồng nghĩa: degenerate, drop

detrimental adjective

UK/ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/ US/ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/

có hại

“Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.”

Đồng nghĩa: harmful, prejudicial, damaging, prejudicious

discrepancy noun

UK/dɪsˈkɹɛpənsi/ US/dɪsˈkɹɛpənsi/

sự chênh lệch, khác biệt

“They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.”

Đồng nghĩa: divergence, variance, variant, disagreement

disparity noun

UK/dɪsˈpæɹɪti/ US/dɪsˈpæɹɪti/

sự chênh lệch, bất bình đẳng

elaborate verb

UK/ɪˈlæbəɹeɪt/ US/ɪˈlæbəɹeɪt/

trình bày kỹ; công phu

“Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?”

Đồng nghĩa: intricate, fancy, expound, expatiate, expand, careful

elicit verb

UK/ɪˈlɪsɪt/ US/ɪˈlɪsɪt/

gợi ra, khơi gợi

“Did you elicit a response?”

Đồng nghĩa: evoke, educe, provoke, arouse, raise, fire

elusive adjective

UK/iˈluːsɪv/ US/ɪˈluːsɪv/

khó nắm bắt

“The elusive criminal was arrested”

Đồng nghĩa: artful, subtle, impalpable, evasive, unidentifiable

endeavour noun

UK/ɪnˈdɛv.ə/ US/ɪnˈdɛv.ə/

nỗ lực, cố gắng

Đồng nghĩa: endeavor, strive, effort, attempt, try, enterprise

entail verb

UK/ənˈteɪl/ US/ənˈteɪl/

kéo theo, đòi hỏi

“This activity will entail careful attention to detail.”

Đồng nghĩa: mean, implicate, imply

exacerbate verb

UK/ɪkˈsæs-/ US/ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbeɪt/

làm trầm trọng thêm

“The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.”

Đồng nghĩa: aggravate, exasperate, worsen

exemplify verb

UK/ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/ US/ɛɡˈzɛmplɪfaɪ/

làm ví dụ điển hình

Đồng nghĩa: illustrate, represent, instance, typify

feasible adjective

UK/ˈfiːzəbəl/ US/ˈfiːzəbəl/

khả thi

“His plan to rid Trafalgar Square of pigeons by bringing in peregrine falcons to eat them was dismissed as not feasible.”

Đồng nghĩa: viable, possible, practicable, workable, practicably

fluctuate

dao động, biến động

Đồng nghĩa: vacillate, waver

foster noun

UK/ˈfɒstə/ US/ˈfɑstɚ/

nuôi dưỡng, thúc đẩy

“Some fosters end up adopting.”

Đồng nghĩa: nurture, surrogate, further, adoptive

hinder verb

UK/ˈhɪndə/ US/ˈhɪndɚ/

cản trở

“A drought hinders the growth of plants.”

Đồng nghĩa: impede, obstruct, block, back, stymie, hamper

implication noun

UK/ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/ US/ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/

hàm ý, hệ quả

“There are serious implications for the environment of such reforms.”

Đồng nghĩa: significance, import, deduction, implicating, entailment, logical implication

inadvertently

vô tình, không cố ý

Đồng nghĩa: unwittingly, unknowingly

indispensable noun

UK/ɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/ US/ɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/

không thể thiếu

“The law was moral and indispensable. -Bp. Burnet”

Đồng nghĩa: critical, essential, necessary, obligatory, vital

inherent adjective

UK/ɪnˈhɛɹənt/ US/ɪnˈhɛɹənt/

vốn có, cố hữu

Đồng nghĩa: intrinsic, implicit, intrinsical, constitutional, inexplicit, underlying

intricate adjective

UK/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/ US/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/

phức tạp, tinh vi

“The architecture of this clock is very intricate.”

Đồng nghĩa: byzantine, convoluted, fancy, complex, elaborate, tortuous

intrinsic noun

UK/ɪn.ˈtɹɪn.zɪk/ US/ɪn.ˈtɹɪn.zɪk/

bản chất, nội tại

“You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.”

Đồng nghĩa: intimate, inherent, intrinsical, constitutional, internal, inner

meticulous adjective

UK/mɨˈtɪkjuləs/ US/mɨˈtɪkjuləs/

tỉ mỉ, cẩn thận

Đồng nghĩa: fastidious, punctilious, precise

mitigate verb

UK/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ US/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

giảm nhẹ, xoa dịu

Đồng nghĩa: palliate, extenuate

nuance noun

UK/ˈnjuː.ɑːns/ US/ˈnuː.ɑːns/

sắc thái tinh tế

“Understanding the basics is easy, but appreciating the nuances takes years.”

Đồng nghĩa: subtlety, refinement, nicety, shade

paradigm noun

UK/ˈpæ.ɹə.daɪm/ US/ˈpeɪɹ.ə.daɪm/

hình mẫu, khuôn mẫu

“Thomas Kuhn's landmark “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” got people talking about paradigm shifts, to the point the word itself now suggests an incomplete or biased perspective.”

Đồng nghĩa: epitome, image, prototype

pervasive adjective

UK/pəˈveɪ.sɪv/ US/pɚˈveɪ.sɪv/

lan tràn, thâm nhập khắp nơi

“The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.”

Đồng nghĩa: general, pervading, permeant, permeative, distributive, permeating

plausible adjective

UK/ˈplɔːz.ə.bəl/ US/ˈplɔːz.ə.bəl/

hợp lý, có vẻ đúng

“a plausible excuse”

Đồng nghĩa: glib, slick, pat, probable, credible, presumptive

predominant

chiếm ưu thế, chủ đạo

Đồng nghĩa: dominant, frequent, predominate, prevailing, preponderant, overriding

profound noun

UK/pɹəˈfaʊnd/ US/pɹəˈfaʊnd/

sâu sắc

“a profound investigation”

Đồng nghĩa: significant, intense, fundamental, intimate, important, heavy

proliferate verb

UK/pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/ US/pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/

sinh sôi, gia tăng nhanh

“The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.”

resilience noun

UK/ɹə.zɪl.ɪ.əns/ US/ɹə.zɪl.ɪ.əns/

khả năng phục hồi, bền bỉ

Đồng nghĩa: buoyancy, irrepressibility, resiliency

scrutinise

xem xét kỹ lưỡng

subtle adjective

UK/ˈsʌt(ə)l/ US/ˈsʌt(ə)l/

tinh tế, khó nhận ra

“The difference is subtle, but you can hear it if you listen carefully.”

Đồng nghĩa: insidious, delicate, pernicious, perceptive, elusive, harmful

tangible noun

UK/ˈtæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/ US/ˈtændʒəbəl/

hữu hình, cụ thể

“Yes, but what are the tangibles?”

Đồng nghĩa: palpable, obvious, concrete, perceptible, material, tactile

ubiquitous adjective

UK/juːˈbɪk.wə.təs/ US/juˈbɪk.wɪ.təs/

có mặt khắp nơi

“To Hindus, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, God is ubiquitous.”

Đồng nghĩa: present, omnipresent

underpin verb

UK/ˌʌn.dəˈpɪn/ US/ˈʌn.dɚˌpɪn/

làm nền tảng, củng cố

“You should underpin the mine roof to prevent further collapse.”

Đồng nghĩa: support, corroborate, bear out

unprecedented adjective

UK/ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/ US/ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/

chưa từng có

Đồng nghĩa: new, unexampled

viable noun

UK/ˈvaɪəbəl/ US/ˈvaɪəbəl/

khả thi, có thể tồn tại

Đồng nghĩa: feasible, possible, practicable, workable