4000 CAE Vocabulary List

giết put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love

cống a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews

bề ngoài in a superficial manner; shallowly; surface only

học bổng knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to a student

hoài nghi suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt

Stonewall wall made up of stone

man rợ in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude

cống a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews

liệm hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter

tuyệt vời of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful

spanking đáng kinh ngạc causing great astonishment, amazement, or dismay; overwhelming; strikingly

sũng nước filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet

stunt difficult or unusual or dangerous feat usually done to gain attention

cầu hôn one who sues, petitions, or entreats; petitioner; applicant; a man who is courting a woman

hoài nghi doubt about the truth of something; doubting or questioning attitude or state of mind

snob a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors

tàn bạo inclined to cruelty; deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on another

snooty co mình lại move one way and the other to get a close place; lie close for comfort; cuddle; nestle

giết put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love

nghẹt thở kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen; impair the respiration of; asphyxiate

Hội thảo collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic

đơn độc isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied

lén acting in a stealthy, furtive way; gradually growing or persistent

nhỏ almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy

dốc having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve

cô đơn state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place

sợ hãi frighten; alarm; strike with sudden fear

sức chịu đựng physical or moral strength to resist or withstand illness; enduring strength and energy

lách ra wander or stray; turn aside sharply; climb or move upward

tinh vi wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing

tùng give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action

scruffy shabby; untidy in appearance

snob a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors

nhớt covered with or resembling slime or mess mud

tùng give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action

sự làm hỏng crushing, also, slashing; dashing; wonderful, very good or impressive

cô đơn state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place

vòi throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; eject in a jet; utter magniloquently

man rợ in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude

scruffy shabby; untidy in appearance