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| analogy |
n. parallelism, similarity
eg. The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump |
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| apothecary |
n. druggist, pharmacist |
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| apostate |
n. traitor, heretic, deserter, renegade, recreant
ant. adherent, allegiance, loyalist |
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| apologist |
n. one who defense a doctrine by logical arguments. |
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| apolitical |
adj. having indifference for political affairs. |
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| apogee |
n. highest point, the furthest point in moon distancing from earth
(diem? cuc vien~) |
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| apocryphal |
adj. doubtful, not true, invented
eg. Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.
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| apocalyptic |
adj. prophetic of future/past destruction, pertaining to doom-day
eg. an apocalyptic view of history |
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| aplomb |
n. confidence or assurance in difficult situation
ant. with considerable / great / remarkable aplomb |
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| apiary |
n. a place where bees are kept, hive |
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| aphorism |
n. wise saying of a belief, adage, proverb |
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| aphasia |
n. loss of speech due to injury or illness |
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| apex |
n. top, acme, highest point |
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| aperture |
n. opening, hole, breach
eg. The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags. |
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| ape |
v. imitate or mimic
eg. For years the British film industry merely aped Hollywood. |
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| apathy |
n. lack of caring, indifference
ant. care, concern, feeling, interest, passion, sensitivity, sympathy, warmth |
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| anvil |
n. iron block on which a smith shapes heated metals by hammering it |
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| antithesis |
n. contrast, direct oppose to
ant. same, tantamount |
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| antiseptic |
n.substance that prevents infection
adj. uncontaminated, completely clean |
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| antiquated |
adj. obsolete, outdated, antediluvian
ant. modern, new, recent |
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| antipathy |
n. disgust, dislike, abhorrence
ant. admiration, appreciation, approval, esteem, honor, rapport, regard, respect, sympathy |
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| antidote |
n. remedy to counteract a poison or disease. |
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| anticlimax |
n. ineffective finale, disappointing end |
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| antic |
adj. odd and funny act
syn. caper, joke, trick |
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thangtt_teet Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:24:04 GMT |
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| anthropomorphic |
adj. having human form or characteristics, anthropoid |
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| anthropologist |
n. student of the history and science of humankind |
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| anthropoid |
adj/n. manlike (ape, monkey, chimpanzee, ...) |
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| anthology |
n. books of literary collection
syn. album, compilation |
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| anthem |
n. song of praise or patriotism, paean |
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| antediluvian |
adj. extreme ancient, antiquated
ant. modern, new, up-to-date, young |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:23:51 GMT |
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| antecedents |
n. preceding events, ancestors, history
ant. descendant |
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| antecede |
v. precede, go before
eg. Stone tools antecede bronze tools |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:27:12 GMT |
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| antagonism |
n. hostility, active resistance, protest, animus |
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| anonymity |
n. state of being nameless, anonymousness |
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| anomaly |
n. irregularity, deviation |
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| anomalous |
adj. abnormal, aberrant |
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| anoint |
v. oil, bless, ointment Sb with oil (in religion)
(Xoa, que^t.)
eg. The priest anointed her with oil |
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| anodyne |
n. pain-removal drug, analgesic, anesthetic |
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| annul |
v. make void, nullify officially
syn. repeal, revoke, rescind, countermand, vacate
eg. annul a death sentence |
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| annuity |
n. yearly money, usually by insurrance |
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| annotate |
v. write explanatory note, comment |
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| annihilate |
v. eradicate, wipe out, decimate, obliterate, demolish
eg. the plague annihilated an entire population |
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| annex |
v/n. attach, adjoin, extension |
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| anneal |
v. strengthen, toughen
eg. After the glass is annealed, it is less subject to chipping and cracking. |
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| annals |
n. record, history
eg. His deeds went down in the annals of British history |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:31:46 GMT |
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| animus |
n. hostility or intent |
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| animosity |
n. enmity, extreme dislike, hatred |
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| animated |
adj. lively, animated |
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| animadversion |
n. critical comment, criticism |
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| angular |
adj. having angle, sharp (appearance, stiff
eg. an angular face with noticeable bone |
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| anguish |
n. acute pain, extreme affliction |
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| anesthetic |
n. sleep inducer, analgesic |
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| anemia |
n. condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles, blood deficiency |
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| anecdote |
n. amusing or interesting story |
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| ancillary |
adj. extra, auxiliary, supplementary
ant. necessary, essential |
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| anchor |
v. secure, hold firmly
ant. detach, let go, loosen, unfasten |
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| ancestry |
n. family descent, family history |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:55:33 GMT |
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| anathema |
n. solemn curse, abomination |
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| anarchy |
n. absence of government, lawless, chaos |
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| anarchist |
n. rebel, person who want to replace government |
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| analogous |
adj. comparable, similar
ant. disagreeing, disparate, dissimilar, unalike, unlike, unrelated |
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| analgesic |
n/adj. causing insensitivity to pain
(thuoc' te^), pain remover |
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| anachronism |
n. chronological error, misdate |
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| amulet |
n. charm, lucky jewellery |
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| amok/amuck |
adv. in a state of rage, madly
eg. rioters running amok and throwing sticks and bottles and stones |
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| amputate |
v. cut off part of body, prune
eg. He had to have both legs amputated |
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| ample |
adj. abundant, plentiful, plethora, plenitude, glut, opulence
ant. insufficient, meager |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:23:17 GMT |
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| amphitheater |
n. oval arena, stadium |
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| amphibian |
n/adj. able to live both on land and in water |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:22:52 GMT |
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| amorphous |
adj. formless, without definite shape or definition
ant. definite, distinct, distinctive, shaped, shapely |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:34:25 GMT |
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| amorous |
adj. moved by sexual love, love, lustful |
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| amoral |
adj. immoral and unruly, profligate
ant. chaste, controlled, good, innocent, moral |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:21:26 GMT |
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| amnesty |
n. pardon, forgiveness |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:21:34 GMT |
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| amnesia |
n. partial or total loss of memory, blackout
eg. he has a total amnesia for events of the evening |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:20:09 GMT |
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| amity |
n. friendship, cordiality
ant. discord, dislike, hatred, hostility |
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| amiss |
adj. wrong, faulty, defective
eg. something is wrong with the engine |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:18:23 GMT |
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| amicable |
adj. politely friendly, not quarrelsome, tender |
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| amiable |
adj. affable, lovable, agreeable
ant. crabby, disagreeable, gloomy, hateful, irritable, quarrelsome, rude, surly, testy, unfriendly |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:21:34 GMT |
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| amenities |
n.convenience, merit, pleasant thing
ant. abomination, inconvenience |
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