adj. noisy, badly behaved

- making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise

- loud, excited, and not controlled, esp. in an unpleasant way

- behaving in a noisy and disorderly way

n. payment

- money paid for work or a service.

- of or to the common people

- a member of the lower social classes.

- of or belonging to the lower social classes.

- lacking in refinement (sự tao nhã, sự thanh nhã).

adj. inexpressible

- too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

= inexpressible, indescribable, beyond words, beyond description

adj. peaceful, calm; tranquil

- (of a person or animal) not easily upset or excited.

- (especially of a place or stretch of water) calm and peaceful,

with little movement or activity

= even-tempered, calm, equable, tranquil, imperturbable, unexcitable

adj. existing in or spreading through every part of something

- (especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect)

spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.

= prevalent, penetrating, extensive, ubiquitous, pervading, permeating

- resent or noticeable in every part of a thing or place

Ageism (sự phân biệt tuổi tác) is pervasive and .......... in our society.

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n. best or most successful point of (someone's career etc)

- the most successful point; the culmination.

= zenith, climax, acme

- pointed top of a rock or building

v. spread through, diffuse through

- spread throughout (something); pervade

- to spread through something and be present in every part of it

Dissatisfaction with the government seems to

have ....... every section of society.

- unable to or not strong enough to move

- lacking the ability or strength to move; inanimate

- lacking vigor

- annoy or irritate (someone)

- make (someone) angry or irritate for a long time

- (of a comment, event, or fact) cause annoyance or resentment that persists

1. v. forbid

2. n. prohibition (by law or religion)

- an authoritative prohibition.

- prohibit or forbid (something).

- prohibit someone from (doing something).

- intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person)

adj. treating something holy or important without respect; blasphemous

- involving or committing sacrilege.

= profane, blasphemous, impious,

sinful, irreverent, irreligious

n. state of being quiet and inactive

- the state of being temporarily quiet and not active

- inactivity or dormancy

Quiescence = Acquiescence

v. order cancelling or postponing punishment

- abandon or postpone plans to close or put an end to (something)

- cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death)

n. a cancellation or postponement of a punishment

- a temporary escape from an undesirable fate or unpleasant situation

n. extreme poverty;

indigence, destitution, impoverishment

v. suggest as a base for argument; place in position

- assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument

- base something on the truth of (a particular assumption)

- put in position; place

n. teacher who is strict and pedantic

- a teacher, especially a strict or pedantic (nệ chi tiết/quy tắc) one

- a teacher who gives too much attention to formal rules and is not interesting

n. anger or irritation felt because of damage to one's pride

- a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight,

especially to one's pride

v. stimulate (interest or curiosity); arouse interest or curiosity

- feel irritated or resentful

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n. financial controller of an academic institution

- the person in a college or university (in the UK also a school),

who deals with its financial affairs

v. economize

- (of a company, government, or individual)

reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty

- reduce or diminish (something) in extent or quantity.

Ex: Withering household incomes have caused families to ....... their spending.

adj. pale, colorless (especially because of poor health)

- (of a person's face) pale, typically because of poor health.

- feeble or insipid.

Pallid = Pallor

(xanh xao, nhợt nhạt, vàng vọt => chỉ làn da)

adj. easily seen or felt, able to be touched or felt

- plain to see or comprehend.

- (of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to seem almost tangible.

n. mixture

- a varied mixture of people or things; a miscellany (sự pha tạp, sự hỗn hợp).

- a collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous piece.

- a mixture of different things, especially tunes put together to form

a longer piece of music