What it is: High-level vocabulary for nuance, argument, and professional writing. What it’s for: Avoid repeating simple words and express precise meaning. Example: “This approach is viable; however, it may be counterproductive in the long run.”

• Nuance pairs: effective vs efficient; risk vs issue
• Academic/professional verbs: facilitate, mitigate, allocate, justify
• Advanced collocations: draw a distinction, pose a challenge, reach a consensus
• Tone control: neutral vs formal vs persuasive

• Learn by “sentence mining”: take phrases from real articles.
• Weekly: write 1 paragraph using 8–10 target phrases.

• *nuance* /njuːˈɑːns/: sắc thái nghĩa
• *viable* /ˈvaɪəbəl/: khả thi
• *counterproductive* /ˌkaʊntəprəˈdʌktɪv/: phản tác dụng
• *consensus* /kənˈsensəs/: đồng thuận
• *mitigate* /ˈmɪtɪɡeɪt/: giảm nhẹ (tác động xấu)