DSat Vocabulary set 1

abrasive

• mài mòn

• khen ngợi

• lanh lợi

• suy giảm

Answer explanation

1/an abrasive substance is rough and can be used to clean a surface to make it smooth
2/ (of a person or their manner) rude and unkind; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings

acclaim

• buồn bã

• khen ngợi

• kì cục

• trách móc

Answer explanation

· (verb) to praise or welcome somebody/something publicly
(noun) praise and approval for somebody/something, especially an artistic achievement

adroit

• lanh lợi, khéo tay

• ẩu đoảng

• nhanh nhẹn

• thân thiện

Answer explanation

· skilful, clever and showing skill

alleviate

• nghiêm trọng

• gây rối

• làm tăng lên

• làm giảm bớt

Answer explanation

to ease, to make something less severe

approximate

• đặc biệt

• thông thái

• gần như

• vượt quá

Answer explanation

almost correct or accurate, but not completely so

atypical

• thân thuộc

• đặc biệt

• Không điển hình

• thông dụng

Answer explanation

· not typical or usual, anomalous

buoyancy

• sự nổi, tính nổi

• nổi tiếng

• nổi bật

• đặc biệt

Answer explanation

1/ situation in which prices, business activity, etc. tend to increase or stay at a high level, usually showing financial success
2/ the feeling of being cheerful and feeling sure that things will be successful
3/ the fact of floating, being able to float or able to keep things floating

cerebral

• thông thái

• thuộc về tự nhiên

• thuộc về não

• ngũ cốc

Answer explanation

relating to the brain
relating to the mind rather than the feelings

circumscribe

• mở rộng

• tự do

• hạn chế

• nghiêm khắc

Answer explanation

to restrict, to limit somebody/something's freedom, rights, power, etc.
circumscribe something: to draw a circle around another shape

communal

• thuộc về tâm linh

• thuộc về cộng đồng

• thuộc về lý trí

• nhân khẩu học

Answer explanation

· shared by, or for the use of, a number of people, especially people who live together
involving different groups of people in a community