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Ngoc Minh Tran - TEST 2 IC9 - LISTENING & READING BU I 2
Ngoc Minh Tran - TEST 2 IC9 - LISTENING & READING BU I 2
deficit-n khuyết thiếu shortage, lack abundance deficient annual The UK's deficit in
deficit, manufactured
goods fell slightly
in the last three
months.
ventilation-n thông gió airing, silence ventilatable adequate Her room had
oxygenating ventilation poor ventilation
and in summer it
became
unbearably stuffy.
exacerbate-v to make sth worsen, delight, help exacerbation This attack will
worse intensify y exacerbate the
already tense
relations between
the two
communities.
intrusive(a) annoy invasive, nosy considerate, intrusion intrusive He’s fought for a
respectful thoughts less intrusive
government.
spectrum(n) a range of range, scale individual, spectral audio The colours of the
different limited spectrum spectrum - red,
opinion from orange, yellow,
many persons green, blue,
indigo, and violet -
can be seen in a
rainbow.
promulgate(v) to spread publish, conceal, promulgatory promulgate The new law was
beliefs or ideas announce suppress beliefs finally
among a lot of promulgated in
people the autumn of last
year.
allege-v to state sth bad insist, claim, refute, deny alleged - She is alleged to
without a proof affirm have been at the
centre of an
international drug
ring.
innermost-adj most secret deep, outer, exterior innermost innermost This was the diary
and hidden essential, ness thought in which Gina
confidential recorded her
innermost
thoughts and
secrets.
thwart-v avert prevent, avert, facilitate thwart thwart an Our holiday plans
hinder attack were thwarted by
the airline pilots'
strike
detect-v to notice sth is catch, ignore, detectable detect cancer Some sounds
hidden distinguish, neglect cannot be
find detected by the
human ear.
trace-v to discover the trail pass by, traceless discover trace Their missing
origin of sth overlook daughter was
finally traced to
Manchester.