SERIES 15

The ____ pursuit of happiness, health, wealth and power.

He is under ____ pressure from his work.

• relentless
• elusive

• intense

• atypical

Answer explanation

relentless: /rɪˈlentləs/

continuing in a determined way without any interruption; continuing in a severe or extreme way

Materials are ____ from their original state into other forms.

The reorganization will ____ the entertainment industry.

• Modify

• extricate

• replicable

• Transform

Answer explanation

transform: /trænsˈfɔːm/

to change the form of something; to change in form

= convert (ex 1)

1. He may be able to ____ you something for that cough.

2. Police regulations ____ that an officer's number must be clearly visible.

• persist

• prescribe
• modify

• conform

Answer explanation

prescribe: /prɪˈskraɪb/

1. kê đơn, kê thuốc

2. (of a person or an organization with authority) to say what should be done or how something should be done = stipulate

The ____ of the social security system is that you sometimes have more money without a job.

• The existing law is full of loopholes and ____(ies).

• resolution

• corroboration

• commission

• • anomaly

Answer explanation

anomaly: /əˈnɒməli/

a thing, situation, etc. that is different from what is normal or expected (sự khác thường)

The manager told him off because of his ____ plan.

He held his friend's birthday party in a ____ way, which make her angry.

• haphazard

• impulsive

• hasty

• negligible

Answer explanation

haphazard:  /hæpˈhæzəd/

not having an obvious plan

He is one of the leading ____ capital punishment.

• proponents of

• proponents for

• proponents to

• proponents towards

Answer explanation

Proponent (+of): /prəˈpəʊnənt/

a person who publicly supports an idea or course of action

Before buying the baby's car seat , make sure that it ____ to the official safety standards.

He refused to ____ to the local customs.

• complies
• conforms
• prescribes

• proponents

Answer explanation

Conform (+to/with): /kənˈfɔːm/

- tuân theo law/ rule/ etc.

(= comply with/ adhere to)

- thích nghi với

• He had managed to ____ himself from most of his official duties.

• It took hours to ____ the car from the sand.

• • extricate

• disparate

• conform

• liberate

Answer explanation

extricate: /ˈekstrɪkeɪt/

to escape or enable somebody to escape from a difficult situation (thoát khỏi)

• She is pleased with her work now as she accesses to a ____ working environment.

• We spent a relaxed evening with ____ friends.

• satisfactory
• solitary

• lucrative

• congenial

Answer explanation

congenial: /kənˈdʒiːniəl/

- pleasant, friendly (thân thiện, hòa hợp)

• He knocked on the door with some ____ and tenseness.

  After the disastrous event at the campaign, he entered the manager's room with some ____.

• • trepidation

• redundance

• paucity

• nervousness

Answer explanation

trepidation: /ˌtrepɪˈdeɪʃn/

- GREAT WORRY (sự lo lắng, lo sợ)