WORD FORMATION khó - HSG THPT (4 trang) Mã A999383

KEY WORD FORMATION: 1. Cut-throat competition: cạnh tranh khốc liệt. 2. Tip-off = warning To tip sb off (about sth): báo trước cho ai về cái gì 3. Awe-inspiring = imposing = striking = impressive: hoành tránh, ấn tượng # awestruck by sth= impressed (dùng cho người) # awesome: tuyệt vời # awful: kinh khủng 4. All-encompassing: bao hàm tất cả. 5. Mind-boggling: dị thường, khó tin Sth boggles the mind/ the mind boggle: thật dị thường! 6. Tellings-off: lời quở trách To tell sb off = give sb (some) telling(s)-off: mắng ai đó 7. Groundwork To lay groundwork for sth: làm nền tảng, chuẩn bị cho sth = pave the way for sth 8. Preoccupation with sth: nỗi ám ảnh = obsession 9. Sure-footed: vững chãi, chắc chắn 10. Yellow-bellied = cowardly: hèn nhát A yellow-belly = a coward. 11. Time-poor: bận bịu (có thể dùng cho người) 12. Non- event = an anticlimax: sự hụt hẫng/ kém hấp dẫn 13. Fair-haired: được cưng chiều, yêu quý = to be the apple of one’s eye >< the black sheep of the family: nỗi hổ thẹn của gia đình KEY PRACTICE TEST 27 1. During her..........the garden was transformed. [OCCUPY] => OCCUPANCY: the act of living or using a building, room, piece of land,... + occupant: the person who lives or works in a particular house, room, building,... 2. The characters in this novel are..........[DRAW] => OVERDRAWN: được phóng đại hoá 3. The control centre is deep underground and completely.........except by a direct hit from a nuclear missile [DESTROY] => INDESTRUCTIBLE: that is very strong and cannot easily be destroyed ( không thể/ khó có thể bị phá huỷ) 4. The slight..........in his left hand was corrected by surgery [FORM] => DEFORMITY: the situation in which a part of the body has not developed in the normal way or with the normal shape ( biến dạng) 5. Between 1860 and 1900 the country had a number of revolutions and uprisings. It was a time of great..........[ STABLE] => INSTABILITY: uncertainty caused by the possibility of a sudden change in the present situation ( tình hình bất ổn) 6. The school has won 5..........games [SUCCESSION] => SUCCESSIVE: following immediately one after the other ( thắng 5 trận liên tiếp) 7. His acting style is .......... No one can copy him [IMITATE] =>INIMITABLE: very unusual or of very high quality and therefore impossible to copy (không thể copy, bắt chước nổi) 8. On such a hot day, the sea was ..........[RESIST] => IRRESISTIBLE: impossible to refuse, oppose, or avoid because it is too pleasant, attractive, or strong (không thể cưỡng lại được)

9. If you do not require surgery you can be treated as an..........[PATIENT] => OUTPATIENT: a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there (bệnh nhân ngoại trú) 10. It usually takes you a lot of time to.......... when you arrive in a tropical country [CLIMATE] => ACCLIMATIZE/ ACCLIMATE: to (cause to) change to suit different conditions of life, weather, etc. (thích nghi với môi trường, khí hậu) KEY TEST 25 1. She has a .......... attitude towards life. [CARE] => CAREFREE: having no worries or responsibility ( vô tư, thảnh thơi) Carefree khác với freewheeling: buông thả, bất cần đời 2. Most peasant were living in subhuman conditions as the Feudalism had .......... them for a long time. [POOR] => IMPOVERISHED: make sb poor ( làm ai nghèo khổ) 3. It's undeniable that the..........of the local incompetent healer was responsible for her sudden death. [DIAGNOSE] => MISDIAGNOSIS: an explanation of the nature of an illness that is not correct (sự chẩn đoán sai bệnh) (plural: misdiagnoses) 4. Many diseases which were once thought..........now can be routinely treated. [CURE] => INCURABLE: cannot be cured ( bệnh không chữa được) Incurable còn mang nghĩa không thể thay đổi được (về tính cách) Ex: She is an incurable optimist. 5. Are all those..........they put in the food really necessary? [ADD] => ADDITIVES: gia vị 6. Your presence has enriched our lives .............[MEASURE] => IMMEASURABLY: là adv của immeasurable: too large, …