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CPE – USE OF ENGLISH TEST 4

I, VOCABULARY
- Laymen : Thường dân , người không chuyên
1. One who is not a cleric.
2. One who is a nonprofessional in a given field.
- Sovereignty : Chủ quyền , quyền tối cao độc lập
1. Supremacy of authority or rule
2. Royal rank, authority, or power.
3. Complete independence and self-government.
4. A territory existing as an independent state.
- Missle : Tên lửa , đạn phản lực
1. An object or weapon for throwing or shooting
- Bandit : Kẻ cướp , tên cướp
1. A robber, especially one who robs at gunpoint.
2. An outlaw; a gangster.
3. One who cheats or exploits others.
- Pundit : Nhà phê bình , học giả
1. A source of opinion; a critic
2. A learned person.
- Cutting – edge : Lợi thế độc đáo , vượt trội
1. An effective quality or element.
2. The position of greatest advancement or importance
- Topple : Làm ngã , vật xuống
1. To push or knock over
2. To bring about the downfall, destruction, or ending of
3. To defeat, as in a contest
- Usurp : Lấn chiếm , chiếm đoạt
1. To seize and hold by force or without legal authority.
2. To take over or occupy without right
3. To take the place of (another) without legal authority
- Rig : Lắp đặt , dàn dựng
1. To provide with a harness or equipment; fit out.
2. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain
- Characterize : Biểu thị đặc điểm
1. To describe the qualities or peculiarities of
2. To be a distinctive trait or mark of; distinguish
- Passive : Bị động , thụ động
1. Receiving or subjected to an action without responding
2. Accepting or submitting without objection or resistance
- Overflow : Sự tràn ra ( nước )
1. To flow or run over the top, brim, or banks
2. To be filled beyond capacity, as a container or waterway.
- Affair : Chuyện riêng , việc riêng , chuyện yêu đương
1. A matter of personal concern
2. Infidelity
- Defang : Làm cái gì trở nên vô hại , bẻ răng ( nanh )
1. To remove the fangs from (an animal or reptile)
2. To weaken or compromise (something)
- Thesis : Luận án
1. (Education) a subject for a discussion or essay
- Limelight : Ánh đèn sân khấu , sự chú ý
1. A focus of public attention.
- Duvet : Chăn dày , ấm được nhồi bông
1. A quilt
- Tuck : Gấp nếp ( quần áo ) , rúc vào ( chăn )
1. To thrust or fold the edge of so as to secure or confine
2. To wrap or cover snugly, as by tucking a blanket
- Reconcile : Giải hòa , giảng hòa
1. To settle or resolve , accept
2. To make compatible, harmonious, or consistent
- Shuffle : Lê chân , xáo bài
1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely
lifting the feet
2. To shift from position to position
- Transistor : Linh kiện bán dẫn
1. A small electronic device containing a semiconductor
- Decrepit : Già yếu , đổ nát
1. Enfeebled by old age; infirm
2. Broken down or worn out by hard or long use
- Extort : Tống tiền , moi thông tin
1. To obtain by the criminal offense of extortion.
2. To obtain by coercion, intimidation, or pressure
- Ostensible : Bề ngoài
1. Apparent; seeming
2. Pretended
- (Be) On tenterhooks : Lo sốt vó
1. Be anxious , on edge , keyed up
- Dim : Mờ , tối mờ
1. Lacking in brightness
2. Lacking luster; dull or subdued
3. Emitting only a small amount of light; faint
- Somnambulist = Sleepwalker : Người mộng du
1. Someone who walks about in their sleep
- Intuitive : Theo trực giác
1. Of, relating to, or arising from intuition
2. Easily understood and simple to use
- Manifest : Biểu lộ , bày tỏ , hiện thực hóa mục tiêu
1. Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious
2. To make something happen by imagining it
and thinking that it will happen
- Pernicious : Độc hại , nguy hiểm
1. Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
2. Causing great harm; destructive
- Sensitise : Làm cho ai đó nhận thức được một thực tế hoặc
tình huống
1. To make or become sensitive
- Confront : Đối diện với , chạm trán
1. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or
hostility
2. To come up against; encounter
- Uncouth : Thô lỗ , vụng về
1. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
2. Crude; unrefined.
- Intelligentsia : Giới trí thứ
1. The intellectual elite of a society
- Decantation : Sự chắt lọc
1. To pour (a liquid) from one container into another.
- Hitherto : Cho đến nay
1. Until this time
- Repository : Kho lưu trữ
1. A place where things may be put for safekeeping.
- Prevail : Thịnh hành , phổ biến
1. To be most common or frequent; be predominant
2. To be greater in strength or influence; triumph
- Undue : Quá chừng , phi lý
1. exceeding the appropriate or normal; excessive
- Usher : Người dẫn đường , chỉ lối
1. One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in
a theater, church, or stadium.
2. To precede and introduce; inaugurate
- Aspiration : Nguyện vọng , khát vọng
1. Strong desire to achieve something, such as success
- Renounce : Bỏ , không thừa nhận
1. To give up (a title or possession, for example), especially
by formal announcement.
2. Reject.
- Veneer : Lớp
1. A thin surface layer
2. A decorative facing, as of brick.
- Harrowing : Sự đau lòng
1. Extremely distressing; agonizing
- Insight : Sự thấu hiểu
1. Perception; intuition; understanding
- Untapped : Chưa dung , chưa khai thác
1. Not utilized
- Serendipitous : Xảy ra 1 cách tình cờ , vui vẻ và có lợi
1. The fact of finding interesting or valuable things by
chance
- Hemisphere : Bán cầu
1. A half of a sphere bounded by a great circle.
- Vying : Tranh dành , ganh đua
1. To strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend
for superiority.
- Onslaught : Sự công kích dữ dội
1. A violent attack.
- Feasible : Khả thi , có thể thực hiện được
1. Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible
2. Logical; likely
- Modus vivendi : Sự thỏa thuận giữa những người có quan
điểm khác nhau
1. An arrangement allowing people or groups of people who
have different opinions or beliefs to work or live together
- Monastery : Nhà chung , tu viện
1. The dwelling place of such a community.
- Continuum : Chuỗi liên tục
1. A continuous extent, succession, or whole
- Desolate : Tan hoang , tàn phá
1. Barren, devastated
- Mingle : Trộn , pha lẫn
1. To be or become mixed or united
2. To associate or take part with others
- Tripartite : Gồm , chia làm ba phần
1. Composed of or divided into three parts.
2. Relating to or executed by three parties
- Concatenation : Sự móc vào
1. To connect or link in a series or chain.
- Semblance : Bề ngoài , sự trông giống cái gì
1. A representation; a copy.
2. An outward or token appearance
- Cohesion : Sự dính liền
1. The act or state of cohering; tendency to unite
- Evince : Tỏ ra , chứng tỏ
1. To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest
- Concrescent : Sự liên tưởng
1. The growing together of related parts, tissues, or cells.
2. The amassing of physical particles.
- Deploy : Sự dàn trận , triển khai
1. To bring (forces or material) into action.
2. To put into use or action
- Backdrop : Phông nền sân khấu
1. Something used as a background
- Hedonist : Người theo chủ nghĩa khoái lạc
1. Someone who tries to have as much pleasure as possible
- Betterment : Sự làm tốt hơn
1. Improvement
- Attest : Sự chứng nhận , chứng thực
1. To show, say, or prove that something exists or is true
- Extricate : Gỡ , thoát ra , tách ra
1. To remove something or set something free with difficulty
- Subjugation : Chinh phục , khuất phục
1. To bring under control, especially by military force;
conquer.
- Cornerstone : Điểm bắt đầu , nền tảng
1. An indispensable and fundamental basis
- Contrive : Toan tính
1. To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise
- Approbation : Sự tán thành
1. An expression of warm approval; praise.
2. Official approval.
- Disparity : Sự chênh lệch , sự không bằng nhau
1. The condition or fact of being unequal, as in age, rank, or
degree; difference
2. Unlikeness; incongruity.
- Iniquitous : Sai về mặt đạo đức
1. Wicked
- Espouse : Lấy làm vợ , cưới làm vợ , ủng hộ
1. To take in marriage; marry.
2. To adhere to or advocate
- Reprehensible : Đáng trách
1. Deserving rebuke or censure
- Deprecate : Phản đối , không tán thành
1. Express disapproval of; deplore, belittle, denounce,
condemn
- Condemn : Lên án
1. To pronounce judgment against; sentence
- Incarceration : Sự bỏ tù , tống giam
1. To put in a prison or jail.
2. To shut in; confine.
- Emolument : Tiền lương , thù lao
1. Payment for work in the form of money or something else
of value
- Scintilla : Một ít
1. A very small amount of something
- Vocation : Thiên hướng , năng khiếu
1. A type of work that you feel you are suited to doing
- Amid : Giữa
1. In the middle of or surrounded by
- Incumbent : Đương nhiệm
1. Officially having the named position
- Onerous : Khó khan
1. Causing great difficulty or trouble
- Precipitate : Làm sớm đến , làm gấp
1. To make something happen suddenly or sooner than
expected
- Inculcate : Khắc sâu
1. To fix beliefs or ideas in someone's mind, especially by
repeating them often
- Contrition : Sự ăn năn , hối hận
1. A very sorry or guilty feeling about something bad you
have done
- Abnegation : Sự bỏ , từ chối quyền lợi
1. The act of not allowing yourself to have something,
especially something you like or want
II, CHỮA BÀI
1. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 1
- 2. Match => Contest : Cuộc chiến trình diễn sức mạnh =>
Cuộc thi trình diễn sức mạnh
- 4. Bandit => Pundit : Dự đoán của kẻ cướp => Dự đoán của
các học giả
- 3. For => By : Xuyên suốt nhiều ngày => Giảm xuống
nhiều ngày
2. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 2
- 11. Separate way => Distinct/Different way : Cụm
collocation
- 14. Episode => Disease/Problem : Sự kéo dài của căn bệnh
- 15. Pulling => Pull
3. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 3
- 22. Firery => Fiery : Lỗi Grammar
- 24. Unhappiness => Happiness : Sai về mặt nghĩa
4. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 4
- 25. Been on treading water => Been treading water : Không
có tiến triển
- 26. Stab sb in the back => See the back of him : Loại bỏ
( ai đó , cái gì đó )
- 29. Smooking => Smoking : Sai lỗi Grammar
5. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH PART 5
- 35. B => C : Xuyên suốt bài đọc có nhắc đến việc người
chị luôn có linh cảm mỗi lần người em cảm thấy sợ hãi

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