Tài liệu 501 xentence completion questions part 28 ppt

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d. Perceptive (adj.) means having the ability to understand and be
sensitive to.
477.
c. Hierarchy (n.) is a series or system of people or things that are
graded or ranked; a group of persons in authority.
478.
e. Oppressive (adj.) means unreasonably burdensome; heavy.
479.
b. Hypothesis (n.) is a proposition, believed to be probable, which is
adopted to explain certain facts and which can be further tested.
480.
c. Optimistic (adj.) means taking the most hopeful view; feeling
that everything in nature is for the best.
481.
b. Clout (n.) means influence, pull, or sway; power or muscle; a
strike or blow, especially with the fist.
482.
c. To coddle (v.) means to treat with excessive indulgence or
tenderness, to baby or pamper. It also means to cook in water
just below the boiling point.
483.
e. A sluggard (n.) is a person who is habitually lazy or idle.
484.
a. Reproachable (adj.) means needing rebuke or censure; in a
manner that is severe or cutting.
485.
a. To expound (v.) means to explain in detail, elaborate; to give a
detailed statement or account of.
486.

a. Unbiased (adj.) means completely impartial to, as in judgment.
487.
e. Wearisome (adj.) means fatiguing or tiresome.
488.
b. An exemplar (n.) is one who is worthy of imitation, a model or
ideal; a typical or representative example.
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b. Astute (adj.) means having or showing intelligence and
shrewdness; keen, discerning.
490.
b. To palter (v.) is to act insincerely; to haggle; to play tricks;
equivocate.
491.
c. A tableau (n.) is an arrangement of inanimate figures
representing a scene from real life.
492.
e. Translucence (n.) means the property or state of allowing the
passage of light.
493.
d. A diaspora (n.) is a dispersion of people from their original
homeland, or the community formed by such a people; the
dispersion of an originally homogeneous group or entity, such
as a language or culture.
494.
e. Vivisection (n.) means the dissection of an animal, particularly
for scientific research.
495.

c. Turpitude (n.) means depravity; any action that violates accepted
standards.
496.
e. Brusque (adj.) means abrupt, curt, or blunt in a discourteous
manner.
497.
b. A sycophant (n.) is a servile flatterer, especially of those in
authority or influence.
498.
d. Variegated (adj.) means marked with different shades or colors.
499.
c. Vernacular (n.) means the language of one’s country.
500.
d. Errant (adj.) means wandering, roving, especially in search of
adventure; straying beyond the established course or limits.
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c. Byzantine (adj.) means highly complicated, intricate or involved;
characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue, devious; of or
relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or ancient
Byzantium, especially its architectural style; of or relating to the
Eastern Orthodox Church.
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