キクタン12000 Flashcards
英単語のわからなかったもの
prophesy
予言
periodical
定期刊行物
temperament
気質、気性
plaintiff
原告
trait
特徴
integrity
誠実さ
aviation
飛行、航空
premium
保険料
eruption
勃発、噴火
aristocracy
貴族
creed
信条
testament
証拠
anguish
激しい苦痛
bail
保険金
rite
儀式
crusade
改革運動
breach
違反
conspicuous
目立つ
integral
不可欠な
exhaustive
徹底的な
bewildered
当惑した、途方にくれた
solemn
厳粛な、いかめしい、真面目くさった、重苦しい
aesthetic
美の
frantic
取り乱した、半狂乱の
barren
不毛の
detached
公平な
extravagant
金遣いの荒い、浪費
intricate
入り組んだ
innate
生まれながらの
arbitrary
独裁的な、独断で
coherent
首尾一貫した
enduring
永続的な
dub
〜にあだ名をつける
Ted was dubbed “Professor” because he was such a diligent student.
degrade
〜の評判を落とす
His comments degraded the movie and angered the director.
commemorate
〜を記念する
The statue commemorates the founder of this school.
confound
〜を困惑させる、当惑させる
The complicated math question confounded Janet.
infer
〜を推測する
She inferred his anger from his expression.
oversee
〜を監督する
solicit
〜を懇願する
rig
〜を不正に操作する
intrigue
〜に興味をそそる
converse
話す
undermine
〜を衰えさせる
lenient
大目に見る、情け深い
denote
〜を意味する
His smile denoted that he agreed.
symptoms that denote an illness.
mimic
〜を真似る
Children often mimic their parents and teachers.
deter
〜にやめさせる
The heavy rain deterred people from attending the open-air concert.
deter someone from—
redeem
を償う
She must redeem the past mistake.
validate
〜を法的に有効にする
The Supreme Court validated the election results.
renounce
を放棄する
The country has renounced nuclear weapons.
evade
〜を逃れる、はぐらかす
To evade the press, the movie star temporarily stayed overseas.
tactics
戦術
Napoleon was a master at choosing the right tactics in battle.
obsession
妄想
Winning became her obsession.
verge
on the verge of
間際
She was on the verge of crying when the movie ended.
layman
素人
This computer book is for layman not for specialists.
crest
頂上
We will reach the crest of the mountain in an hour.
excerpt
抜粋
An excerpt from the speech appeared in the newspaper.
constituent
有権者
The mayor tried to rally support from the constituent.
dissent
意見の相違
The president fired all the employees who expressed their dissent.
flaw
欠陥
There was a flaw in her new computer, so she returned it.
observatory
天文台
The best observatories are built in the desert.
providence
摂理
I survived the war by divine providence.
void
空虚、虚無感
He filled the void in my life.
ordeal
厳しい訓練
A day in prison was an ordeal I don’t want to go through again.
sanctuary
避難所
Dr. Adams left his home country and found sanctuary in France.
sequel
続編
We are expecting to see the movie’s sequel.
inventory
目録
The store check the items in the inventory at the end of every month.
syllabus
概要
She carefully read the syllabus for the English course.
specification
仕様書
The engineer was reading the specifications of the car.
momentum
勢い
The economic recovery gains momentum.
discourse
会話
The intellectuals engaged in sophisticated discourse.
tribunal
裁判所
A tribunal was set up tp judge the war criminals.
depot
倉庫
They bombed the enemy’s supply depot.
valuation
評価
She took her coins to a shop for valuation.
antiquity
古代
Garlic has been used since antiquity.
sage
偉人
There was a sage in India who could sleep naked in the snow.
feat
偉業
The journalist performed the great feat of interviewing the dictator.
ore
鉱石
Ore is taken from mines and made into metal.
exempt
免除された
He is exempt from having to pay membership fees this year.
tangible
触れて分かる
Ghosts are not tangible.
tentative
仮の
I made a tentative reservation for two night at the hotel.
radient
晴れやかな
She looked radient after her trip to the hot springs.
amiable
感じのいい、愛想の良い
You have to be more amiable if you want to be a good clerk.
devoid
欠いている
He is devoid of humor.
discreet
慎重な
Please be discreet about this.
futile
It is futile to talk to him since he won’t listen.
無駄な
erroneous
He has come to an erroneous conclusion.
間違った
meager
He had to live on a meager income.
僅かな、慎ましい、乏しい
renowned
The actress is renowned for her charity activities.
for 〜 で〜で有名だ
humane
We have to make school a more humane place for children.
思いやりのある
incidental
The author said she liked to write, and the literary prize was incidental.
主要でない
lengthy
A lengthy rope was needed to climb out the window.
非常に長い
dreary
The dark old factory was a dreary place to work.
侘しい
feudal
Japanese feudal system was founded in 12th century.
封建制の
maternal
She has maternal feelings even for other people’s children.
母の
secular
This is not a religious war, but a secular one.
非宗教的な
interim
The two countries reached an interim agreement.
暫定的な
rigorous
I carried out the experiment in a rigorous manner.
厳密な
succumb
He succumbed to the wishes of his wife and went shopping.
負ける
enact
A law was enacted with the aim of restricting use of guns.
制定する
relinguish
They relinguished their claim on their property.
放棄する
curtail
The university decided to curtail its research expresses.
削減する
impart
The new furniture imparted an air of luxury to their room.
〜を分け与える
trespass
The man was arrested on the charge of treapassing on his neighbor’s land.
不法侵入する
dispel
To dispel rumors of their divorce, they went out together.
追い払う
ratify
The United States refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
〜を批准する
defer
He agreed to defer his wages until after the job was complete.
〜を延期する
preclude
A peace settlement was precluded by more violence.
〜を妨げる
tinker
I tinkered with my MP3 player.
下手にいじる
ensue
A battle ensued after the peace talks failed.
続いて起こる
concur
He didn’t concur with us on the date of the class reunion. 意見が一致する
abstain
He abstained from voting in the mayoral election.
棄権する
supersede
The new contract super seeded the old one.
〜に取って代わる
demolish
The old house was demolished to make space for a new one.
〜を破壊する
emulate
Many young basketball players try to emulate Micheal Jordan.
〜を見習う
savor
She savored the taste of the ice cream as she ate it.
味わう
beset
His life was beset with many hardship.
〜を悩ませる
redress
Discrimination against women was redressed by the new law.
を是正する
forfeit
They had to forfeit the property.
〜を罰として失う
convene
Mr Yamada convened the class union party in the banquet room of the hotel. を招集する
pervert
You should not pervert the meaning of the words.
〜を誤解する
articulate
You should articulate your opinions.
はっきりと述べる
deduce
He was trying to deduce consequences from the theory.
推定する
revamp
The examination system needs to be revamped.
〜を刷新する
quench
After hiking through the desert, he had to quench his thirst.
を癒す
impede
The storm impeded rescue attempts.
を妨げる
pertain
The letter pertains to his new position in the company.
関係する
loom
The dark clouds loomed overhead.
ぼんやりと現れる
alleviate
The doctor did his best to alleviate her suffering.
を軽減する
tamper
He told his son not to tamper with the remote control.
いじくる
veto
The president can veto the bills presented by Congress.
拒否する
encompass
The Internet now encompass the globe.
網羅する
embargo
The United States put an embargo on all trade to that country.
禁輸
jargon
The man used so much jargon we didn’t understand him.
専門用語
precipitation
The weather forecast on TV says today’s chance of precipitation is zero percent.
降水量
with precipitation; 大慌てで
tally
The tally for the meal and drinks was $200.
勘定
advent
All thing in the world changed with the advent of electricity.
到来
roster
Your name is not on the roster.
名簿
stub
There were many stubs of candles in the drawer.
使い残し
installment
I bought a car on installment.
分割払込金
citation
Tom received a parking citation.
召喚
leverage
Without power, diplomacy is without leverage.
影響
theology
She studied theology at college.
神学
fauna
The fauna of this area includes deer.
動物相
asylum
The government intend to grant political asylum.
亡命
glossary
Difficult words were put in the glossary.
用語解説
sediment
The sediment at the bottom of a wine bottle is harmless.
沈殿物
misconduct
John got fired because of his misconduct in the office.
違法行為
concord
The two political parties were in concord over the trade issue.
一致
lava
The lava flowed from the volcano like a river.
溶岩
solidarity
The union demanded solidarity when its workers went on strike.
団結
debit
The accountant calculated the company’s credits and debits.
借方
perimeter
Soldiers guard the perimeter of the military base.
周囲
arbitration
The labor dispute was settled through government arbitration.
仲裁
wizard
He was a wizard at all kinds of software programming.
名人
genus
The daffodil is in the genus Narcissus.
属
contingency
We should prepare for every contingency.
不慮の出来事
ordinance
The city is trying to adopt a noise ordinance.
条例
plight
Too few people are aware of the plight of wild animals.
苦境
probation
He was put on an probation for three months.
執行猶予
dissertation
One must write an original dissertation in order to graduate.
論文
combustion
The lack of oxygen could lead to incomplete combustion.
燃焼
empirical
His theory is consistent with the empirical evidence.
経験による
undue
Many workers suffer from undue stress.
過度の
candid
You must be more candid if you want people to believe you.
率直な
imperative
It is imperative that I finish this work by Monday.
必須の
bland
He put pepper on his meal because it tasted so bland.
味気のない
sparse
The backyard was flat with a sparse growth of grass.
まばらな
pristine
The used car was pristine condition.
新品の
covert
The plan to overthrow the government was covert.
秘密の
volatile
Certain chemicals are volatile at high temperature.
揮発性の
plausible
The story had a plausible ending.
もっともらしい
auxiliary
He joined the auxiliary police force to protect his town.
補助の
perennial
He was the perennial runner-up but never the champion.
永遠の
indigenous
It’s an indigenous plant in the area.
原産の
substantive
He says he has substantive ideas on how to solve the problem.
実質的な
prolific
He’s a prolific artist.
多作な
inaugural
The president’s inaugural address was short and well-spoken.
就任の
lax
The airport had lax security.
厳しく無い
bogus
He was arrested at the border for carrying a bogus passport.
偽の
(be) possessed (with)
He was possessed with the idea that he had special powers.
取り憑かれた
cardinal
My mother taught me that being polite is a cardinal rule.
非常に重要な
versatile
The soccer player was so volatile that he could play in any position.
多才の
