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| loquacious |
adj. talkative, garrulous, voluble
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| lope |
v. run with long and relaxed steps
eg. The dog loped along beside her |
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| loom |
v. appear as a large and unclear shape
eg. The shadow of the trees loomed threateningly above the small boy |
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| longevity |
n. long life
eg. We wish you both health and longevity |
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| loll |
v. sit or lie in a relaxed way
eg. Her head lolled against his shoulder. |
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| loiter |
v. hang around, wait
eg. Teenagers were loitering in the street outside. |
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| log |
n. record (of ship, flight)
eg. The captain keeps a log |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:44:51 GMT |
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| lofty |
adj. very high and impressive, majestic
eg. lofty ceilings / rooms / towers |
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| lode |
n. vein of ore (metal in the ground)
eg. If this lode we found extends for any distance, we will have a fortune |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:44:23 GMT |
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| loathe |
v. detest, hate
eg. I loathe modern art |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:44:13 GMT |
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| loath |
adj. - reluctant, disinclined, coy
n. hateful
eg. He was loath to admit his mistake. |
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| livid |
adj. furious, dark grey in color
eg. His face was livid with rage after learning about his daughter's affair |
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| litotes |
n. the use of a negative statement to emphasize the positive meaning
eg. "he wasn’t slow to accept the offer" is a litote |
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| litigation |
n. lawsuit, the process of making or defending a claim in court
eg. The company has been in litigation with its previous auditors for a full year |
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| lithe |
v. moving or bending easily, flexible, limber
eg. She moved lithely to the music |
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| litany |
n. a set of prayers to God for use in church
- a repetitive list of unpleasant thing
eg. a litany of complaint |
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| listless |
adj. lacking in enthusiasm or energy, lethargic, dispirited
eg. The illness left her feeling listless and depressed. |
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| list |
v. (of a ship) to lean to one side |
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| liquidate |
v. sell property to pay for debt
eg. He was able to liquidate all his debts in a short period of time |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:42:16 GMT |
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| lionize |
v. to treat sb as a famous or important person
eg. she enjoyed being lionized by the public |
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| linger |
v. continue or persist
eg. The civil war lingered on well into the 1930s. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:40:39 GMT |
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| lineaments |
n. typical feature
eg. She quickly sketched the lineaments
of his face |
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| lineage |
n. descent, ancestry, genealogy
eg. He traced his lineage back to 300 years |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:18:46 GMT |
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| limpid |
adj. clear, transparent,lucid
eg. She gave him a look of limpid honesty. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:40:16 GMT |
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| limn |
v. draw, describe |
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| limbo |
n. region near heaven or hell, dilemma, quandary, predicament
eg. His life seemed stuck in limbo; he could not go forward and he could not go back |
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| limber |
adj. flexible, lithe, warmed up
eg. Hours of ballet classes kept him limber |
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| lilliputian |
adj. extreme small, tiny
eg. The model was built on a lilliputian scale |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:38:26 GMT |
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| ligneous |
adj. like wood
eg. Petrified wood may be ligneous in appearance but it is stonelike in composition |
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| lien |
n. the right to keep sb’s property until a debt is paid |
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| licentious |
adj. amoral, lewd and lascivious, lustful, prurient, erotic |
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| libretto |
n. words of an opera |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:06:11 GMT |
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| libido |
n. sexual desire
eg. loss of libido |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 20 May 2010 15:25:36 GMT |
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| libidinous |
adj. lustful, showing sexual feelings |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:06:11 GMT |
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| libertine |
n. immoral or debauched person, lechery
eg. He has reputation of a libertine |
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| libel |
n/v. defame, slander, malign
eg. He claimed he had been libeled in an article the magazine had published |
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| liaison |
n. relationship btw 2 organizations, secret sexual love
eg. We work in close liaison with the police |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:01:54 GMT |
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| liability |
n. debt, drawback
eg. The company cannot accept liability for any damage caused by natural disasters. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:01:54 GMT |
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| lexicon |
n. dictionary
eg. the lexicon of finance and economics |
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| lexicographer |
n. person who writes and edits dictionaries |
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| lewd |
adj. rude in sexual matter, extremely lustful, licentious, libidinous
eg. lewd behavior / jokes / suggestions |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:36:39 GMT |
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| levy |
v. collect payments, impose a fine
eg. a tax levied by the government on excess company profits |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:36:28 GMT |
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| levity |
n. irreverence, facetiousness, amusement
eg. The joke provided a moment of levity in a boring meeting. |
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| levitate |
v. float in the air (by magical power) |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:35:58 GMT |
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| levee |
n. a wall at the side of the river to prevent flooding
eg. Sandbags were used to reinforcing the levee |
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| lethargic |
adj. lacking of energy or enthusiasm, sluggish, listless
eg. The weather made her lethargic. |
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| lethal |
adj. fatal, deadly, very harmful
eg. The snake’s venom is rarely lethal to humans. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:22:19 GMT |
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| leonine |
adj. like a lion
eg. He was leonine in his rage |
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| leniency |
n. mildness, not strict enough (su. giam? nhe. hinh` phat)
eg. We were surprised by the leniency of the conviction |
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| legerdemain |
n. skillful movements of your hand, magic trick, conjuration
eg. The magician demonstrated his renowned legerdemain |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:23:43 GMT |
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| legend |
n. explanatory list of symbols of a map |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:22:35 GMT |
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| legacy |
n. inheritance
eg. They each received a legacy of $5000 |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:23:54 GMT |
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| leeway |
n. the amount of freedom, latitude
eg. How much leeway should parents give their children? |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 20 May 2010 14:53:34 GMT |
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| leery |
adj. suspicious, cautious, wary
eg. The government is leery of changing the current law. |
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| lectern |
n. a reading desk to make a speech in public, podium, dais |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:49:10 GMT |
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| lechery |
n. a lustful and debauched man, libertine
eg. In his youth, he led a life of lechery and debauchery |
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| leaven |
v. cause to rise or grow, ferment
(men, bot. no?)
eg. As bread dough is leavened, it expands in volume |
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| lax |
adj. careless, slack, relaxed
eg. a lax attitude to health and safety regulations |
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| lavish |
adj. extravagant (profligate), luxuriously
eg. It was one of the most lavish weddings I’ve ever been to. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:26:18 GMT |
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| laud |
v. praise, extol, acclaim, dignify
eg. He was lauded for his courage. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:26:24 GMT |
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| latitude |
n. - freedom, liberty, leeway
- the distance of a place north or south of the equator |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:07:10 GMT |
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| lateral |
adj. connected or movement to the side
eg. the lateral branches of a tree |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:26:35 GMT |
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| latent |
adj. potential but undeveloped, dormant
eg. These children have a huge reserve of latent talent. |
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| lassitude |
adj. lack of energy, tiredness, lackadaisical, lethargic, listless
eg. I was overcome my lassitude. |
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| lascivious |
adj. lustful, sexually desirous,lewd, libidinous, licentious
eg. a lascivious person |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:27:01 GMT |
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| largess |
n. generous gift
eg. to dispense largess to the poor |
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| larder |
n. food storage |
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| larceny |
n. theft, stealing
eg. The couple were charged with petty larceny |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:27:25 GMT |
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| lap |
v. drink or eat with tongue
eg. The kitten neatly lapped up her milk |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:27:31 GMT |
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| lank |
adj. straight, dull and not attractive
eg. The lank Abraham Lincoln was a striking figure |
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| languor |
n. relaxed state, no need to use energy
eg. the sultry languor that was stealing over her |
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| languish |
v. become weaker, lose strength, enervate, shrink
eg. Share prices languished at 102p |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:28:33 GMT |
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| lancet |
n. a sharp knife used in surgery |
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| lampoon |
v. ridicule
n. writing that ridicule Sb/Sth, satyr
eg. His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the politicians of his time. |
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| lament |
v. grieve, express sorrow, bemoan, dire, requiem
eg. In the poem he laments the destruction of the countryside |
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| lambaste |
v. attack or criticize severely, rag, rebuke, chide
eg. the champion is lambasting his opponents merciless |
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| laity |
n. church person (not the clergy) (con chie^n)
eg. All the local clergy and laity were asked to attend the ceremony |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:25:12 GMT |
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| lagoon |
n. artificial lake, salt lake (separated from sea)
eg. We loved to go swimming in the lagoon. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:29:41 GMT |
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| laggard |
adj. waiting time, slow, dilatory
eg. He shouldn't be laggard in carrying out orders from the commander |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:31:58 GMT |
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| laconic |
adj. terse, using few words, brief, abridged
eg. laconic comment |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:32:46 GMT |
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| lackluster |
adj. dull, not interesting or exciting
eg. a lackluster performance |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:22:31 GMT |
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| lackadaisical |
adj. apathetic, lacking of enthusiasm, listless, languid
eg. He has a lackadaisical approach to finding a job |
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| lachrymose |
adj. producing tear, tearful |
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| laceration |
n. wound of cutting, torn
eg. She suffered multiple lacerations to the face. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:36:16 GMT |
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| labyrinth |
n. a complicated series of paths, maze
eg. We lost our way in the labyrinth of streets |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:36:21 GMT |
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| labile |
adj. unstable, likely to change, fickle
eg. adolescents these days are very emotionally labile |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:37:06 GMT |
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| kudos |
n. honor, glory, prestige
eg. the kudos of playing for such a famous team |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:37:00 GMT |
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| knotty |
adj. complicated, twisted, gnarled, convoluted
eg. a knotty problem |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:39:33 GMT |
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| knoll |
n. a small round hill, mound, hummock |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:36:01 GMT |
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| knit |
v. join together
eg. The bone failed to knit correctly |
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| knell |
n. sound of a funeral bell |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:42:17 GMT |
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| knead |
v. press and stretch (wet clay, dough)
eg. His hands grew strong from kneading bread |
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| knave |
n. dishonest person, untrustworthy man, rascal, scalawag
eg. he has the reputation of a knave |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:41:05 GMT |
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| kleptomaniac |
n. mental illness that sb desire stealing sth
eg. She’s a kleptomaniac |
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| kismet |
n. fate, destiny |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:36:49 GMT |
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| kinetic |
adj. of or producing motion
eg. kinetic energy is used to propel the vehicles |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:41:35 GMT |
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| kindred |
adj. related, similar in character
eg. I knew I’d found a kindred spirit (= a person with similar ideas etc.) |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:41:59 GMT |
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| kindle |
v. ignite, inspire, start a fire
eg. It was her teacher who kindled her interest in music |
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| killjoy |
n. a person who likes to spoil other people’s enjoyment |
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| kernel |
n. central or vital part, core, gist
eg. the kernel of her argument |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:42:34 GMT |
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| ken |
n. range of knowledge
eg. The question is beyond my ken |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:42:40 GMT |
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| kaleidoscope |
n. kinh' van. hoa, provide interesting symmetrical effects |
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| juxtapose |
v. place side by side
eg. Comparison will be easier if you juxtapose the two objects |
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| justification |
n. good reason, defense
eg. I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases |
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| jurisprudence |
n. scientific study of law
eg. a professor of jurisprudence |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:43:24 GMT |
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| junta |
n. a military government that has taken power by force, cabal |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:26:15 GMT |
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| junket |
n. trip (using public money)
eg. her trip was merely political junket |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:43:45 GMT |
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| juncture |
n. joining point
eg. At this juncture, I would like to make an important announcement |
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| juggernaut |
n. irresistible and uncontrollable force, large truck
eg. Nothing could survive in the path of the juggernaut |
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| judicious |
adj. wise, showing good judgement, politic
eg. the disease is curable with judicious use of antibiotics |
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thangtt_teet Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:35:10 GMT |
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| jubilation |
n. rejoicing, great happiness, jollity
eg. There were scenes of jubilation among her supporters. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:44:37 GMT |
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| jovial |
adj. very cheerful and friendly, jocund, jaunty
eg. He was in a jovial mood. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:44:46 GMT |
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| jostle |
v. to push roughly (lo^i, keo')
eg. The visiting president was jostled by angry demonstrators |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:44:54 GMT |
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| jollity |
n. cheerfulness, jubilation
eg. scenes of high-spirits and jollity |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:45:14 GMT |
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| jocund |
adj. merry, cheerful, jaunty
eg. Santa Clause is always cheerful and jocund |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:45:20 GMT |
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| jocular |
adj. humorous, jocose
eg. a jocular comment |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:45:50 GMT |
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| jocose |
adj. humorous, jocular |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:01:54 GMT |
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| jingoist |
n. war-like chauvinist, aggressive patriot |
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| jibe |
v. be compatible with, germane, tally
eg. Your statement doesn’t jibe with the facts. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:46:50 GMT |
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| jettison |
v. discard, abandon, expunge
eg. He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:47:03 GMT |
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| jeopardize |
v. endanger
eg. He would never do anything to jeopardize his career. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:47:10 GMT |
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| jaunty |
adj. cheerful, jocund, jovial
eg. a jaunty smile |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:47:17 GMT |
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| jaunt |
n. ship, short journey, junket
eg. He took a quick jaunt to Alantic
City |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:47:23 GMT |
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| jaundiced |
adj. prejudiced (hostile, resentful)
eg. She looked on politicians with a jaundiced eye |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:48:00 GMT |
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| jargon |
n. specialized language, cant, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular, slang
eg. (medical / legal / computer) jargon |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:48:50 GMT |
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| jaded |
adj. exhausted and bored, wearied
eg. I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:49:16 GMT |
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| jabber |
v. talk quickly but unintelligibly, babble, slur
eg. What is he jabbering about now? |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:00:37 GMT |
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| itinerary |
n. plan of a trip
eg. Visits to four different countries are included in your itinerary. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:49:32 GMT |
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| itinerant |
adj. traveling from place to place, peripatetic, wandering
eg. itinerant workers / musicians |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:49:39 GMT |
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| isthmus |
n. a narrow strip of land, with water on each side |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:48:42 GMT |
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| isotope |
n. varying form of an element (Dong` vi.)
eg. the study of the isotopes of uranium |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:50:33 GMT |
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| irrevocable |
adj. final, unchangeable, immutable
eg. an irrevocable decision / step |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:51:08 GMT |
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| irreverence |
n. lack of proper respect
eg. an irreverent attitude to tradition |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:51:31 GMT |
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| irretrievable |
adj. unable to get back or correct
eg. The money already paid is irretrievable |
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| irresolute |
adj. not able to decide what to do
eg. a leader should never appear irresolute |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:51:41 GMT |
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| irreproachable |
adj. blameless, inculpable, unimpeachable, unexceptionable
eg. his action is irreproachable |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:52:45 GMT |
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| irrepressible |
adj. energetic, unable to restrain
eg. The irrepressible Fowler scored two goals. |
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| irremediable |
adj. incurable, uncorrectable
eg. an irremediable situation |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:53:08 GMT |
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| irrefutable |
adj. indisputable, incontrovertible
eg. irrefutable evidence |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:53:13 GMT |
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| irreconcilable |
adj. conflicting, incompatible
eg. This view is irreconcilable with common sense. |
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thangtt_teet Thu, 20 May 2010 15:23:50 GMT |
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| irony |
n. ironic expression, satyr
eg. ‘England is famous for its food’, she said with heavy irony |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:53:30 GMT |
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| ironic |
adj. showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying
eg. It’s ironic that she became a teacher—she used to hate school. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:25:32 GMT |
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| irksome |
adj. annoying, irritating, troublesome
eg. I found the restrictions irksome |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:52:22 GMT |
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| iridescent |
adj. showing rainbow-like colors, opalescent
eg. the iridescent hues of the oil that floated on the surface of water |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:51:28 GMT |
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| irate |
adj. very angry
eg. an irate phone call from a customer |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:48:36 GMT |
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| irascible |
adj. irritable, easily angered, crabbed, crotchety, cantankerous |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:49:36 GMT |
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| iota |
n. very small quantity, infinitesimal
eg. There is not one iota of truth in the story |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:54:47 GMT |
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| invulnerable |
adj. incapable of injury
eg. Achilles was invulnerable except in his heel |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:54:53 GMT |
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| invoke |
v. mention, evoke, call upon
eg. She invoked several eminent scholars to back up her argument. |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:54:58 GMT |
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| invocation |
n. calling/prayer for help
eg. invocation to God |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:55:03 GMT |
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| inviolable |
v. secure from violation or attacking
eg. the inviolable (right to life/ territory) |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:55:09 GMT |
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| invincible |
adj. unconquerable, unbeatable
eg. The team seemed invincible |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:55:15 GMT |
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| invidious |
adj. unfair, tending to create offense or envy
eg. It would be invidious to single out any one person to thank. |
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thangtt_teet Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:56:43 GMT |
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| inveterate |
adj. ingrained, deep-rooted, unlikely to stop
eg. an inveterate liar |
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thangtt_teet Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:55:36 GMT |
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