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alacrity
n. eagerness; eager and enthusiastic willingness

[ə'lækrətı]
* danh từ
- sự sốt sắng
- sự hoạt bát, sự nhanh nhẩu
chicanery
n. trickery or subterfuge

* danh từ
- sự kiện nhau, sự cãi nhau, sự tranh nhau, sự gây gỗ
- mánh khoé (để) kiện tụng; mánh khoé của thầy kiện; sự nguỵ biện

First there was Enron then Worldcom, two titans of the American corporate world that have crashed losing billions with accusations of financial chicanery and fraudulent figures.
censure
v. to criticize severely; to officially rebuke

* danh từ
- sự phê bình, sự chỉ trích, sự khiển trách
- lời phê bình, lời khiển trách
* ngoại động từ
- phê bình, chỉ trích, khiển trách

Feingold Calls for Bush to Be Censured Over Spying
capricious
adj. inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

[kəp'rıʃəs]
* tính từ
- thất thường, đồng bóng

That said, the conduct of governments in India has tended to be capricious and arbitrary.
canonical
adj. following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (n. form: canon)

* tính từ
- hợp với kinh điển; hợp với quy tắc tiêu chuẩn

Neil, Swansea, UK Beowulf - considered one of the great canonical literary classics.
abscond
v. to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide

/əb'skɔnd/
lẫn trốn, bỏ trốn
austere
adj. without adornment; bare; severly simple; ascetic (n. form: axiom)

[ɔs'tıə]
* tính từ
- nghiêm khắc, khắt khe, chặt chẽ
- mộc mạc, chân phương
- khắc khổ, khổ hạnh; giản dị một cách khắc khổ
- chát (vị)

We have to be austere, any unnecessary violence is dager and stupid.
audacious
adj. daring and fearless; recklessly bold (n. form: audacity)

[ɔ'deıʃəs]
* tính từ
- gan, táo bạo
- trơ tráo, mặt dạn mày dày, càn rỡ

Robbers carried out an "audacious" raid to steal £1.7m worth of paintings from an art dealer, a court hears.
assuage
v. to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

[əs'weıdʒ]
* ngoại động từ
- làm dịu bớt, làm khuây (nỗi đau buồn); an ủi, khuyên giải ai
- làm thoả mãn (sự thèm khát...)

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi seeks to assuage public anger over the death of an agent while staying friends with the US
arduous
adj. strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort

['ɑ:dʒuəs]
- khó khăn, gian khổ, gay go
- hết sức mình, miệt mài, gắng gỏi

I've got to do a lot of work, and it'll be an arduous task," he said.
convoluted
adj. complex or complicated

* tính từ
- quấn, xoắn
connoisseur,
n. an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert

/,kɔni'sə:/
* danh từ
- người sành sỏi, người thành thạo
axiomatic
adj. taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (n. form: axiom)

['æksıə'mætık]
axiomatic /,æksiə'mætik/ (axiomatical) /,æksiə'mætikəl/
* tính từ
- rõ ràng, hiển nhiên, tự nó đã đúng
- (toán học) (thuộc) tiên đề
- (từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) có nhiều châm ngôn, có nhiều phương ngôn
approbation
n. an expression of approval or praise

/,æprə'beiʃn/
* danh từ
- sự tán thành, sự đồng ý, sự chấp thuận
anomaly
n. deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)

/ə'nɔməli/
* danh từ
- sự không bình thường, sự dị thường; độ dị thường; vật dị thường, tật dị thường
aberrant
adj. deviating from the norm (n. form: aberration)

[æ'berənt]
* tính từ
- lầm lạc
- (sinh vật học) khác thường
disabuse
v. to undeceive; to set right
discordant
adj. conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
disparate
adj. fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
effrontery
n. extreme boldness; presumptuousness
eloquent
adj. well-spoken, expressive, articulate (n. form: eloquence)
enervate
v. to weaken; to reduce in vitality
ennui
n. dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
equivocate
v. to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal)
erudite
adj. very learned; scholarly (n. form: erudition)
exigent
adj. urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
extemporaneous
adj. improvised; done without preparation
filibuster
n. intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking todelay legislative action
fulminate
v. to loudly attack or denounce
ingenuous
adj. artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
inured
adj. accustomed to accepting something undesirable
irascible
adj. easily angered; prone to temperamental outburts
laud
v. to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory)
lucid
adj. clear; easily understood
magnanimity
n. the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (ad. form: magnanimous)
martial
adj. associated with war and armed forces
mundane
adj. of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
nascent
adj. coming into being; in early developmental stages
nebulous
adj. vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
neologism
n. a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
noxious
adj. harmful, injurious
obtuse
adj. lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
obviate
v. to anticipate and make unnecessary
onerous
adj. troubling; burdensome
paean
n. a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
parody
n. a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
perennial
through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
perfidy
n. intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious)
perfunctory
adj. cursory; done without care or interest
perspicacious
adj. acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (n. form: perspicacity)
prattle
v. to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
precipitate (adj.)
acting with excessive haste or impulse
precipitate (v.)
to cause or happen before anticipated or required
predilection
n. a disposition in favor of something; preference
prescience
n. foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient)
prevaricate
v. to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
qualms
n. misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
recant
v. to retract, esp. a previously held belief
refute
v. to disprove; to successfully argue against
relegate
v. to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
reticent
adj. quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
solicitous
adj. concerned and attentive; eager
sordid
adj. characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
sporadic
adj. occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
squander
v. to waste by spending or suing irresponsibly
static
adj. not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
stupefy
v. to stun, baffle, or amaze
stymie
v. to block; thwart
synthesis
n. the combination of parts to make a whole (v. form: synthesize)
torque
n. a force that causes rotation
tortuous
adj. winding, twisting; excessively complicated
truculent
adj. fierce and cruel; eager to fight
veracity
n. truthfulness, honesty
virulent
adj. extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
voracious
adj. having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
waver
v. to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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