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PRACTICE TEST 11.Democracy died after a period of _______(cease) wars, imperial expansion abroad,and the rise of demagoguery at home.incessantceaseless: triền miên, không dứt2. The consequences of _______ (compel) gambling are comparable to those of anyother addictive disease and are not simply those of financial loss.compulsive: có tính ép buộc3. The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and ______ (habit). rehabilitation: sự phục hồi4. The first ______ (conceive) is that legal study at university is exclusively for students who intend becoming solicitors or advocates.misconception: sự hiểu sai5. Too late, she remembered the ______ (settle) effect such comments would have on Johnny.unsettling: đáng lo6. Some economists are now predicting the danger of ______ (run) inflation.runaway: xảy ra rất nhanh7. The ______ (narrate) in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent photographs. narrative: câu chuyện8. They were now faced with seemingly________(mount) technical problems.insurmountable: không thể vượt qua9. When you come down on him too hard, you may only intensify his own ______ (critic)selfcriticism: tự phê bình
WORD FORMATION EXERCISES PRACTICE TEST 1.Democracy died after a period of _(cease) wars, imperial expansion abroad,and the rise of demagoguery at home incessant/ceaseless: triền miên, không dứt The consequences of _ (compel) gambling are comparable to those of anyother addictive disease and are not simply those of financial loss compulsive: có tính ép buộc The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and (habit) rehabilitation: phục hồi The first (conceive) is that legal study at university is exclusively for students who intend becoming solicitors or advocates misconception: hiểu sai Too late, she remembered the (settle) effect such comments would have on Johnny unsettling: đáng lo Some economists are now predicting the danger of (run) inflation runaway: xảy nhanh The (narrate) in this book plays second fiddle to the excellent photographs narrative: câu chuyện They were now faced with seemingly (mount) technical problems insurmountable: vượt qua When you come down on him too hard, you may only intensify his own (critic) self-criticism: tự phê bình ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 10 Your speech should not have been (lace) with these facts beside the point interlaced: trộn lẫn 11 Their views lie outside the (stream) of current medical opinion mainstream: xu hướng 12 The teachers are fair and avoid (favour) and scapegoating favouritism: thiên vị 13 She has become _(mesh) in a tangle of drugs and petty crime enmeshed: vướng vào 14 Do not set your goals too high or else you will always be failing and there is nothing more _ (moral) demoralising: làm nản lòng 15 The demise of the industry has caused _(tell) misery to thousands of hard-working tradesmen untold: đáng kể 16 Attracting the banks are the _ (surge) economy and reforms that have openedup industries to foreign capital resurgent: hồi sinh 17 The ordinary reader is impressed by the tone and manner of publication, and the words chosen to (head) a story.headline: đặt tiêu đề 18 At all events, it was this group of the (possess) that gave the first successful impetus to the Revolution dispossessed: nghèo 19 _(prey) pricing by large supermarkets was threatening the livelihood of smaller businesses predatory pricing: sách hạ giá để tiêu diệt đối thủ 20 He is a (voice) critic of the president's stance on abortion ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES vociferous: mạnh mẽ 21 She made several _ (par) remarks about the manager she dislikes disparaging: làm danh dự 22 As women we tend to be (face) and make light of what we have achieved self-effacing: khiêm tốn 23 GEW lamp dimming promise uptime at least 1500 hours, raised productivity and reduces (time) downtime: thời gian chết máy móc 24 Would you mind if I took one of the pictures as a (keep)? keepsake: vật lưu niệm 25 Mania usually alternates with depression, to form a (pole) disorder bipolar (disorder): bệnh trầm cảm 26 This was too we a (hole) for the tax planners: no wonder inheritance tax is called a voluntary tax loophole: kẽ hở 27 The teacher said that he found it difficult to cope with a class of (affect)teenagers disaffected: bất bình 28 He is (fail) polite and tries desperately to understand other people's views unfailingly: luôn 29 The court (turn) that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence overturned: lật đổ 30 Some of these statements are misleading and some downright (amend) mendacious: sai thật ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 31 The state (fast) refused to settle this matter at any time.steadfastly: kiên 32 What is illustrated by these photographs is as much the culture of shamelessness asthe reigning admiration for (apology) brutality unapologetic: hối lỗi 33 The judge found that in her case there were (mitigate) circumstances mitigating: làm dịu bớt 34 He impressed his audience by the (profound) of his knowledge profundity: uyên thâm 35 The causes of social _(stress) include inadequate housing distress: cảnh khốn 36 He was in the _ (envy) position of having to choose between imprisonmentor exile unenviable: không mong muốn 37 He was (capacity) by old age and sickness incapacitated: suy yếu 38 The bank is (solve) and will be unable to live up to its obligations insolvent: vỡ nợ 39 Natalie considered herself very (virtue) because she neither drank nor smoked virtuous: có đạo đức tốt 40 Their refusal to (tail) spending plans and to increase the burden on poll tax payers is expected curtail: cắt giảm 41 Rather than a benevolent "socialist" super power China, whose population is made up over 90% Han Chinese, will (stride) the world as a racially homogeneous, and communalistic "Middle Kingdom” ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES bestride: bắc ngang qua 42 Broadly speaking, on-line shopping experiences can be categorized into two distinct dimensions: (use) and hedonic value utilitarian: thực dụng 43 It encouraged experimenters to propose (beat) or novel approaches to problems offbeat: khác thường 44 It's a bustling (eat) where the fishy fare is served in cones of butcher's paper eatery: quán ăn 45 Several spoke out against the harshly (right) tone of the original motion self-righteous: tự cho 46 Elections are essential for the (sustain) of parliamentary democracy sustenance: tồn 47 (similar) is consequently difficult, particularly as the minority groups experience considerable hostility Assimilation: đồng hóa 48 Growth and (mature) of vascular plants are often controlled by light,usually in conjunction with temperature maturation: lớn lên 49 The practice of meditation and (temple) is life-long, reflecting this daily process of repentance and change at heart contemplation: suy ngẫm 50 The new policy only serves to (accent) the inadequacy of provision for the homeless accentuate: nhấn mạnh ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 51 Pressure was applied with cool precision: women had discovered that to (step) male dominance was to avoid destructive rage sidestep: tránh 52 I found your book absolutely (thrall)! enthralling: làm say mê 53 Listen to both sides and you will be (light), heed only one side and you will be (night) enlighted – benighted: làm sáng tỏ-nông cạn 54 Bertha, exaggerating the seriousness of the affair, thought it (charlatan) to undertake a post without knowledge and without capacity charlatanry: lừa đảo, giả dối 55 I write this down (verb), for much the same reason I took notes in college verbatim: nguyên văn 56 She came to the party wearing a(n) (land) costume and blond wig outlandish: bật 57 Opposition leaders said they would try to stage nationwide protests, but previous opposition rallies have met only (warm) support lukewarm: lãnh đạm, thờ 58 She gave me some friendly advice without a trace of (descend) condescension: hạ 59 It's that (patron) tone of hers that I can't bear patronizing: vẻ bề 60 And then, to the audience's (mystic), the band suddenly stopped playing mystification: bối rối ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 61 The (conspire) of the assissination of the president was brought to light intime conspiracy: âm mưu 62 The report is critical of attempts by (official) to deal with the problem of homelessness officialdom: giới viên chức 63 The system of counties was essential to Frankish government, and a count could wield considerable power, particularly in (far) regions far-flung: xa xôi 64 Jaubert had been a reasonable man to work for, had never asked her to anything illegal or (taste)distasteful: không vừa ý 65 Darwin's theory of evolution was a(n) (shed) dividing the old way of thinking from the new watershed: bước ngoặt 66 I can find just enough re-run of quality programmes to prevent myself from falling into utter despair and pining for the good old days of (year).yesteryear: trước 67 If he resigned it would be (amount) to admitting that he was guilty.tantamount: tương đương với 68 For twenty-five years he (pain) amassed evidence to support his hypothesis painstakingly: chịu khó 69 He felt out of place, a(n) (conform) in a society where conformity was highly prized nonconformist: người không theo khuôn phép 70 She unveiled the picture with a(n) (ceremony) gesture ceremonious: trịnh trọng ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 71 Travellers may be (inquire) about the world, but they also travel to make discoveries about themselves inquisitive: tò mò 72 Both Hathor and her potential victims became (exceed) drunk and merry,so she failed at her task exceedingly: dư 73 Operation Rescue was an organization notorious for its (front) tactics andits implacable opposition to abortion under all circumstances confrontational: đương đầu 74 A(n) (face) approach to sustainable construction is required for use by policy - makers, practitioners and civil society multi-faceted: nhiều phương diện 75 Wage control is the (corner) of the government's economic policy cornerstone: sở 76 She's (fail) cheerful no matter what the circumstances unfailingly: luôn 77 Instead of just (moan) your fate, why not something to change it? bemoaning: than phiền 78 For users, they are still expensive (add) features and come with their ownset of integration problems add-on: thêm vào 79 Foreign observers also accused the authorities of widespread (practice) malpractice: hành vi bất 80 (type) images of women are used to legitimise male dominance Stereotypical: rập khuôn 81 It will (legal) sex - far from helping girls resist pressure, it will help boys bully girls into sex ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES legitimate: hợp pháp hóa 82 Mongolia, although poor, has considerable (tap) resources of oil andminerals untapped: chưa khai thác 83 Towards the end of the (infant) period the child is becoming more perspicacious infantile: trẻ 84 It would be (ingenuity) on our part to pretend ignorance of our book's impact, both in sales and controversy disingenuous: gian xảo 85 I think I must have known _(conscience) that something was going on between them subconsiously: tiềm thức 86 If evolution has _ (wire) into us a belief that there are objective moral obligations, then we will believe that there are hard-wired: ăn sâu vào 87 You want clothes that are stylish as well as practical, versatile, (task) and low maintenance multitasking: nhiều công việc 88 His failures (line) the difference between theatre and film direction underline: nhấn mạnh 89 In other words, subcultural cleavage has attenuated and cultural (homogeneous) has extended from structural orientation into policy orientation homogeneity: tính đồng 90 As the inspector and others came in, she regarded them (disdain),seemingly unconcerned about her capture disdainfully: miệt thị ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 91 The concert hall itself reminds one (play) of reproduction art deco and is also acoustically first-class and adaptable playfully: khôi hài 92 She didn't want to confront the (escape) fact that she would have to sell thehouse inescapable: tránh khỏi 93 He made a fortune buying (run) houses and fixing them up to sell run-down: đổ nát 94 Business schools, who currently dominate entrepreneurship teaching and research, (compartment) knowledge into functional boxes compartmentalise: phân chia 95 Idealism was deeply (credit) by the failure to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War discredited: làm uy tín 96 We will reform principal local councils into a(n) (unit) system based on natural communities and the wishes of local people unitary: thống 97 Since (regulate), banks are permitted to set their own interest rates deregulation: bãi bỏ qui định 98 These years witnessed the _(integrate) and destruction of the English peasantry disintegration: tan rã 99 This was really a(n) (whim) thought, and I reproved myself often for thesimplicity of it whimsical: kì dị 100 There seems to be a(n ) _ (satisfy) demand for more powerful computers ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES insatiable: không thỏa mãn ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ ... on abortion ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES vociferous: mạnh mẽ 21 She made several _ (par) remarks about the manager she dislikes disparaging: làm danh dự 22 As women we tend to... thật ~ Phạm Ngọc Mai~ WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 31 The state (fast) refused to settle this matter at any time.steadfastly: kiên 32 What is illustrated by these photographs is as much the culture.. .WORD FORMATION EXERCISES 10 Your speech should not have been (lace) with these facts beside the