GARNISH: To trim or decorate - dishes garnished attractively with greens.

Trang hoàng, tô điểm

Synonyms: adorn, deck

GENEALOGY: A record of a person's or a family's ancestors or relatives - an interesting genealogy, including saints and sinners.

Bảng phả hệ /tri ni é lơ tri/

Synonym: lineage

GENESIS: Origin - chemistry, which had its genesis in alchemy.

Sự hình thành, căn nguyên. / dzé ni sịts/

Synonym: inception

GESTICULATE: To make gestures, or indicate feelings by. motions - gesticulated wildly to show his distress.

Khoa tay múa chân /dzẹts tí kiu lâyt/

GHASTLY: Horrible, deathlike - a ghastly disaster which shocked the world.

Kinh khiếp, rung rợn, như xác chết.

Synonyms: gruesome, grisly, pallid, macabre, grim, lurid

GIBE (variant spelling: JIBE): To laugh at; to utter with scorn - gibed at his enemy mercilessly.

(sự) chết nhạo /traib/

Synonyms: mock, sneer, jeer, scoff, flout, deride (adj.: derisive), rail, taunt

GLIB: Smooth-spoken, fluent - a glib liar, distorting the truth effortlessly.

Lém lỉnh, liếng thắng /glib/

GLUTTONOUS (noun. GLUTTON; verb: GLUT): Inclined to cat to excess - gulped down his food in gluttonous fashion.

Háu ăn, phàm ăn /glớt nợts/

Synonyms:voracious, intemperate

GOSSAMER (noun): A very thin gauzelike fabric or structure - a poem so delicate that it seemed an unreal gossamer.

Mỏng như tơ (a), vải mỏng /gát sơ  mờ/

(adj.): Thin and light - the gossamer wings of a dragon fly.

Synonyms: diaphanous, flimsy, gauzelike Antonyms: substantial, ponderous

GREGARIOUS: Habitually fond of associating in a company or herd - gregarious sheep; that gregarious animal, man.

Sống thành đàn /grì gé ờ ríợts/

Antonyms:lone, aloof

HAIL: To greet - The crowd hailed the returning hero.

Mưa đá

(lời) gọi, réo (n) (v)

Synonyms: accost, salute

HARANGUE (verb): To deliver a long. noisy speech- harangued the multitude.

(Bài) diễn thuyết, nói /hờ rein ng/

Synonyms: rant, declaim

(noun): A loud, tiresome speech - an empty harangue which bored his audience.

Synonym: tirade

HARBINGER, A forerunner; ail announcer - the robin, harbinger of spring.

(người, vật) báo trướng /hờ bin trờ/

Synonyms:precursor, herald

HAUGHTY: Proud; looking down with contempt on others - dismissed the messenger in a haughty manner.

Kiêu căng ngạo mạn /hó tì/

HEEDLESS: Thoughtless; taking little care - rushed into battle, heedless of the danger.

Không chú ý , lơ là /hít lis/

Synonyms: inadvertent, rash, incautious

Antonyms: prudent, circumspect, mindful, wary

HEINOUS: Wicked; hateful - committed a heinous crime.

Cực kì tàn ác /héin nợts/

Synonyms: atrocious, outrageous, monstrous, odious, nefarious, abominable

HERESY: An opinion held in opposition to the traditional view - a view condemned as heresy.

Dị giáo /hé rơ si/

Synonym: heterodoxy

Antonym: orthodoxy

HIATUS: A gap or vacancy; break -left a hiatus on the page where he erased a sentence.

Chỗ gián đoạn, đứt quãng thiếu sót / hai éi tợts/

Synonym:breach

HISTRIONIC: Pertaining to the theater; designed for show - broke into histrionic laughter, hollow and insincere.

Đóng kịch (a) mang tính kịch (a) đạo đức giả / hịts trì á nic/

Synonyms: dramatic, theatrical

HOAX (noun): A trick or deception; a practical joke - played a hoax upon the credulous public.

Trò đánh lừa, chơi khăm / hơôks/

Synonym: canard

(verb): To play a trick on; to deceive - He hoaxed the crowd completely with his disguise.

IDIOSYNCRASY: A. personal peculiarity - Wearing white was one of Whistler's idiosyncrasies.

Đặc tính khí chất của một người /I đi ờ sín krờ sì/

Synonyms: eccentricity, foible, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, quirk, singularity

IGNOMINIOUS (noun: IGNOMINY): Incurring public disgrace - suffered an ignominious descent from political power.

Xấu xa đê tiện /ịg nờ mí ni ợts/

Synonyms: infamous, degrading, opprobrious, odious

Antonyms: illustrious, renowned, preeminent

IMMACULATE: Spotless; pure - an immaculate reputation.

Trong trắng, ko vết, ko chê vào đâu được /ì maé kiu lịt/

Synonyms: undefiled, unsullied, unblemished, untarnished

Antonyms: defiled, sullied, blemished

IMMINENT: Likely to occur soon - stood in imminent peril.

Sắp xảy ra /í mi nầnt/

Synonym: impending

IMMUNE (verb: IMMUNIZE): Exempt from; protected from - immune from taxation.

Miễn khỏi /ìm mju:n/

Synonym : unsusceptible

IMPALE: To pierce through with a pointed instrument - impaled a spider to the wall.

Đâm vào chọc thủng

IMPEACH:

(1)   To accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing - impeached the judge for accepting a bribe.

Buộc tội, kết tội

Synonym: arraign

(2)   To cast discredit upon - impeached his motives.

Hoài nghi, nghi ngờ

Synonyms: call in question, discredit

IMPECCABLE: Faultless - performed with impeccable skill.

Hoàn hào /ìm pé cơ bồl/

Synonyms: consummate, irreproachable, unerring, infallible

Antonyms: culpable, fallible

IMPERVIOUS: Incapable of being penetrated - a mind impervious to new ideas.

Ko thấm được, ko tiếp thu đc (người) /ìm pớ vi ợts/

Synonyms: impermeable, impenetrable

Antonyms: permeable, pervasive

IMPLACABLE: Incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving - implacable resentment.

Không thể làm nguôi ngoai, ko thể làm xiêu long /ìm plé cờ bồl/

Synonyms: unrelenting, inexorable, unappeasable

Antonyms: placable, forbearing

JARGON: Confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade - Variety, a newspaper written in theatrical jargon.

Biệt ngữ /trá gờn/

Synonyms: gibberish, argot, cant

JAUNTY: Having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness - walked with a jaunty step.

Vui nhộn, hoạt bát /tron tì/

Synonyms: sprightly, airy, gay, nonchalant, debonair

Antonyms: somber, staid

JEOPARDY: Danger - His life was in jeopardy.

/tré pơ đì/

Synonyms: hazard, peril

JETTISON: To throw overboard (as cargo); to throw off (as a burden or something in the way )- jettisoned their old candidate as a political liability.

Vứt cái gì đó xuống cho nhẹ tàu, máy bay (n) /tré ti sần/

JUDICIOUS: Wise; using or exhibiting good judgment - a well-chosen plan, termed judicious by all.

Sáng suốt đúng đắn /trù đi shợts/

Synonyms:discreet, politic, discerning

KALEIDOSCOPIC: Constantly changing or varying in pattern or scenes - kaleidoscopic views of New York.

Kính vạn hoa à kaleidoscope /kờ lai đợts cốp (ịc)/

KEN: Range of sight or understanding - something beyond our ken.

Phạm vi hiểu biết, tầm mắt

Synonym: insight (sự thấu hiểu đc bên trong sự vật)

LABYRINTH (adj.: LABYRINTHINE): A structure or intricate passage out of which it is difficult to find one's way (also applied to spiritual and intellectual complexities) - confused by a labyrinth of intellectual discussions.

Mê cung /lé bờ rìnth/

Synonym:maze

LACHRYMOSE: Causing or given to shedding tears - a lachrymose tragedy.

Hay chảy nước mắt, khóc / lék kri mơộs/

LACONIC: Saying much in few words - a laconic reply that spoke volumes.

Ngắn gọn súc tích /lờ cóa nick/

Synonyms:concise, pithy, terse, succinct, taciturn, reticent

Antonyms:verbose, prolix, redundant, diffuse, tautological, turgid, garrulous, voluble

LARCENY: Theft - indicted for grand larceny.

Sự ăn cắp /lá xờ nì/

LATENT: Hidden; present but not fully developed - latent talent that time will reveal.

Ngấm ngầm tiềm tang /léi tầnt/

Synonyms:dormant, quiescent, covert, potential

Antonyms:apparent, patent

LAVISH: /lé vịsh/

(1)   Profuse or generous - lavish in praise.

Rất nhiều , phong phú, hậu hĩ

Synonyms: ample, superabundant

(2)   Given to extravagance - a lavish spender.

Hoang phí

Synonyms: prodigal, munificent, magnanimous.

Antonyms: parsimonious, niggardly, frugal, penurious

LETHAL: Deadly - a lethal weapon.

Gây chết người /lí thờl/

Synonyms: mortal, fatal

LONGEVITY: Prolonged duration of life - a country remarkable for the longevity of its inhabitants.

Tuổi thọ /làng tré vi tì/

LOW: To bellow softly like cattle - the lowing herd in the meadow.

Tiếng trâu bò

Synonym: moo

LUCID: Clear; transparent; easily understood - a lucid explanation of a difficult text.

Sáng sủa, dễ hiểu, minh mẫn /lú sịtd/

Synonyms: pellucid, perspicuous, intelligible, limpid, luminous, translucent

Antonyms: abstruse, obscure

MACHIAVELLIAN: Sacrificing moral principles in order to attain power; politically cunning; crafty - a machiavellian design, wickedly contrived.

Xảo quyệt nham hiểm /me ki ơ vé li ần/

Synonym: unscrupulous

MALICIOUS (noun: MALICE): Bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite - hurting with malicious intent.

Hiểm độc /mờ lí shợts/

Synonyms:rancorous, malignant, malevolent, virulent, vindictive

Antonym: benign

MASQUERADE (verb): To assume a deceptive appearance or character - a thief masquerading as an honest man.

Synonyms: dissemble, feign

Giả trang giả mạo

(noun): A disguise; a group of people in disguise or fancy costumes - a masquerade so perfect no one could guess his identity.

Buổi khiêu vũ đeo mặt nạ /mats kờ râyd/

MAUDLIN: Sentimental to the point of tears - turned maudlin at the mention of his lost dog.

Ủy mị, hay khóc lóc /mó dlin/

Synonym : mawkish, lachrymose

MEANDER: To walk about (or talk) aimlessly; to wind about (as a stream) - meandered through the town, looking into shop windows.

Đi lang thang, ngoằn ngoèo uốn khúc (v) /mì én đờ/

Synonym: ramble

MEDIOCRE: Average in quality - a mediocre performance, unworthy of his talents.

Xoàng tầm thường /mì đì ấu cờ/ (a)

MERCENARY: Acting solely from a consideration of reward or profit - actuated by a mercenary motive.

Hám lợi, vụ lợi /mớ xi nờ rì/

Synonym: venal

MERETRICIOUS: Attracting in a false, cheap, or showy manner- a meretricious beauty that is too flashy to be real.

Đẹp giả tạo, hào nhoáng /me ri trí shợts/

Synonyms:tawdry, specious

METICULOUS: Fussy about minute details - took meticulous pains with his composition.

Tỉ mỉ, quá kĩ càng /mì tí kiu lợts/

Synonyms:fastidious, punctilious, overscrupulous, finical, methodical

Antonyms:desultory, perfunctory, slovenly

METTLE (adj.: METTLESOME: high-spirited ): Disposition; spirit; courage - His mettle was tried in battle.

Idiom: to be on one's mettle (meaning, “ready to do one's best”)

Synonyms:temperament, ardor

Dũng khí, khí phách /mé tl/