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Core dSAT Vocabulary - Set 4

The document defines 19 vocabulary words: phlegmatic, pragmatic, prescient, prescribe, prevail, prophetic, prudent, recant, refuge, remorse, restrain, retraction, rival, secluded, seditious, serene, shrewd, soar, and spontaneous. It provides a definition and example sentence for each word to explain its meaning in an understandable way.

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Core dSAT Vocabulary - Set 4

The document defines 19 vocabulary words: phlegmatic, pragmatic, prescient, prescribe, prevail, prophetic, prudent, recant, refuge, remorse, restrain, retraction, rival, secluded, seditious, serene, shrewd, soar, and spontaneous. It provides a definition and example sentence for each word to explain its meaning in an understandable way.

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Core dSAT Vocabulary_Set 4

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1. Phlegmatic calm and unemotional in temperament (iÁm t)nh)

2. Pragmatic Solving problems in a sensible and practical way rather


than by having theories or fixed ideas (có tính thñc tiÅn)

3. Prescient Knowing or appearing to know about things before they


happens (dñ oán tr°Ûc)

4. Prescribe (Of a doctor) to tell somebody to take a particular medicine


or treatment/ to write a prescription for a particular medi-
cine, etc
(Of a person or an authorised government) to say what
should be done or how something should be done

5. Prevail To exist or be very common at a particular time or place


(Of ideas and opinions) To be accepted, especially after a
struggle or an argument
To defeat an opponent, especially after a long struggle

6. Prophetic Correctly stating or showing what will happen in the future

7. Prudent Sensible and careful when you make judgements and de-
cisions in order to avoid unnecessary risk (không ngoan,
c©n trÍng)

8. Recant To publicly say that you no longer have the same belief or
opinion that you have before

9. Refuge Shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc

10. Remorse The feeling of extremely sorry for something wrong or bad
that you have done (c£m giác hÑi l×i)

11. Restrain To stop smb from doing sth, especially by using physical
force
To stop yourself from doing what you like to do or feeling
an emotion
To stop sth that is growing or increasing from becoming
too large

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12. Retraction A statement saying that sth you previously said or wrote
is not true (sñ rút l¡i lÝi nói)
The act of pulling sth back

13. Rival A person, company or thing that compete with another in


sport, business, etc

14. Secluded (Of a place) Private and quiet (=isolated)

15. Seditious Intended to encourage people to oppose a government


(có måc ích nÕi lo¡n)

16. Serene calm, peaceful

17. Shrewd having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.

18. Soar (Of value, amount or level) Rises very quickly

19. Spontaneous Not planned but done because you suddenly want to do it

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