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ATROCITY (noun): tính hung bạo, sự tàn ác

 

Acts of outrageous cruelty 


Example: This house was a split-level 


 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrocity_propaganda
 
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INGENIOUS (adj): tài tình, mưu trí 

 

 

Person who is smart, clever


Example: He sent me an ingenious reply for an email 


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13460.Girls_Think_of_Everything

 

 

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ADMINISTER (v): trông nom, quản lý

 

To oversee for the operating business, organization


Example: Each school was administered separately


http://www.buildingsurveying.com/commercial.htm

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CONTRIVE (v): sáng chế, dự tính, thiết kế


To create a plan, scheme 


Example: He contrives to live on a small income


http://satwordsdaily.com/2015/02/

 

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VIRTUALLY (adverb): hầu như, gần như

 

Just about

 

Example: The college became virtually bankrupt

 

http://www.elec-intro.com/cms/plus/view.php?aid=9387

 

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SADISTIC (Adj): tỏ ra tàn bạo, tỏ ra ác dâm

 

Characterized by sadism, deriving pleasure

 

Example: He is a sadistic teacher when he does not treat students like human 

 

http://www.examiner.com/article/sadists-and-sadistic-personality-disorder

 

 

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RATIONALIZATION (noun): sự hợp lý, hợp lý hoá 


To make sth logic

 

Example: He tries to prove that he was not at a fault, but he was obviously rationzaling 

 

http://paymentsviews.com/2009/03/01/a-guide-to-the-bank-nationalization-debate/ 

 

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BANALITY (noun): sự tầm thường, sự nhạt nhẽo, sự vô vị

 

Hackneyed 

 

Example: There is an essential banality to the story he tells

 

http://driverlayer.com/img/banal/8/web

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INCOMPATIBLE (adj) 

 

Unable to work together

 

Example: Long hours are simply incompatible with family life

 

http://what-is-this.net/fr/definition/incompatibility

 

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ADJOINING (adj): kế bên, bên cạnh

 

Located next to another

 

Example: I was in an adjoining room and could hear voices  

 

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/zone/glossary.shtml 

 

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APPARATUS (noun): dụng cụ - dùng trong các thí nghiệm khoa học, thể thao

 

A group of combination of tools

 

Example: Firemen needed breathing apparatus to enter the burning house 

 

https://fire.georgetown.org/operations/apparatus/

 

 

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DESTRUCTIVE (adj): phá hoại, tàn phá, huỷ diệt

 

Causing damage

 

Example: The destructive power of weapons

 

http://loadstorm.com/2009/03/art-software-testing/

 

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PREVAILING (adj): đang thịnh hành, phổ biến khắp, hướng gió thổi

 

Exiting everywhere or generally

 

Example: Unfavorable prevailing economic conditions

 

https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundless-biology-textbook/ecology-and-the-biosphere-44/biogeography-245/energy-sources-906-12160/

 

 

 

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PECULIAR (adj): kị lạ, khác thường, lập dị - về người

 

Strange

 

Example: I felt a little peculiar for a while, but I'm absolutely fine now

 

http://oneclimbs.com/2012/02/03/challenging-some-peculiar-ideas-about-peculiar-people/

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VULNERABLE (adj): có thể bị tổn thương, có thể bị làm hại

 

Able to be hurted easily by something 

 

Example: The young birds are very vulnerable to predators 

 

http://breonmichel.com/blog/navigating-vulnerability/

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ELECTRODE (noun): điện cực

 

Gaseous discharge tube

 

Example: The electrode is not touching a point critical to language 

 

http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk/tlplib/pourbaix/background.php

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INTERCOM (noun): hệ thống điện thoại nội bộ

 

An intercomunication system

 

Example: His manager usually call him over the intercom

 

http://ww1.bfz.biz

 

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STARTLING (adj): rất ngạc nhiên, sửng sốt

 

Suprised, astonished 

 

Example: He has a startling blue eyes

 

http://www.finedictionary.com/startle.html

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ADEQUATE (adj):  thoả đáng, thích đáng, thích hợp

 

Suitable, fit

 

Example: The supply is not adequate to the demand

 

http://bestdiet.atspace.eu/balanced-diet-definition.html

 

 

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DEBRIEFING (noun): cuộc phỏng vấn về công tác/ sự kiện nào đó

 

Questioning formally 

 

Example: During his debriefing, he exposed two US spies. 

 

http://onlinecomicguide.com/debriefing/debriefing-definition-of-debriefing-by-the-free-dictionary.html

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