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Question 1

credulous

Answer 1

a. 너무 잘 믿어서 잘 속는

[n. credulity]

: too easily convinced that something is true, gullible

Question 2

crestfallen

Answer 2

a. 낙담한, 실망한

: disappointed or depressed

cf) ref. crest (언덕, 파도)꼭대기, 닭벼슬

Question 3

crucial

Answer 3

a. 핵심적인

: vital, central, important

Question 4

crutch

Answer 4

n. 목발

: walking aid, cane

Question 5

cryptic

Answer 5

a. 암호가 걸린, 가려져 있는, 비밀의

: using code, hidden, secret, ambiguous or mysterious

cf) ref. decrypt 암호를 해독하다

Question 6

culpable

Answer 6

a. 비난할 만한(부도덕, 나쁜)

inculpable, innocent (SE)

[n. culpability]

: blameworthy, contemptible(경멸할 만한)

cf) culp: 죄, 잘못

Question 7

culprit

Answer 7

n. 범인, 용의자

: one charged with an offense or crime, one guilty of a fault of crime

Question 8

cult

Answer 8

n. 숭배

: religion, idolization, worship

Question 9

cultivated

Answer 9

a. 예의바른, 가정교육을 잘 받은

[v. cultivate]

: cultured, well-educated, refined

Question 10

cumbersome

Answer 10

a. (무거워서) 다루기 힘든

: hard to handle because of weight

Question 11

curb

Answer 11

n,v. 재갈, 재갈을 물리다

[a. curbed]

: restrain, control, bridle, harness

Question 12

cursory

Answer 12

a. 대충 빨리

thoroughgoing

: done in a quick or superficial way

Question 13

curt

Answer 13

a. 무뚝뚝한, 말을 짧게 하는

[v. cultail 요약하다 = shorten]

: rudely brief, brusque

Question 14

damp

Answer 14

v,a,n. 살짝 젖다, 물먹이다, 열의를 꺾다

: dampen; slightly wet, moist; humidity, depression, discouragement

Question 15

dated

Answer 15

a. 오래된

current

: old-fashioned, no longer used or in vogue

Question 16

daunt

Answer 16

v. 겁주다

[a. daunted 겁먹은 = craven]

: frighten, intimidate

Question 17

dauntless

Answer 17

a. 겁없는

: unable to be frightened or discouraged, undaunted

Question 18

deaden

Answer 18

v. (강도를) 줄이다

: make something less intense

Question 19

dearth

Answer 19

n. 결핍

sufficiency

: lack, shortage, deficiency

Question 20

debacle

Answer 20

n. 실패(재앙 같은, 폭삭 망함)

: chaotic failure

Question 21

debilitate

Answer 21

v. 약화시키다

[a. debilitating]

: make somebody or something weak, enervate, sap

Question 22

debunk

Answer 22

v. 거짓을 폭로하다

: expose sham, show to be wrong

Question 23

decadence

Answer 23

n. 퇴폐

: a process of decline or decay in a society, especially in its morals, immorality

Question 24

decorum

Answer 24

n. 예의, 점잖음

[a. decorous 예의바른 <> indecorous 무례한]

: correctness that is socially expected, propriety, courtesy

Question 25

decry

Answer 25

v. 비난하다 ## Footnote : criticize, condemn, berate