13-18 Flashcards

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Autonomous

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adj. acting independently

독립적으로 행동하는

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Avarice

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n. greed; excessive love of riches

탐욕; 재물에 대한 과도한 애착

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Avow

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v. to claim; to declare boldly; to admit

주장하다; 대담하게 선언하다; 인정하다

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Avuncular

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adj. like an uncle, especially a nice uncle

삼촌 같은, 특히 좋은 삼촌 같은

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Awry

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adj. off course; twisted to one side

진로를 벗어난, 한 쪽으로 꼬여있는

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Axiom

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n. a self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying

자명한 원리 또는 진실; 널리 받아들여지는 격언

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Banal

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adj. unoriginal; ordinary

독창적이지 못한; 평범한

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Bane

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n. poison; torment; cause of harm

독; 고통의 원인; 손상의 원인

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Bastion

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v. stronghold; fortress; fortified place

성채; 요새; 견고하게 보강한 장소

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Beget

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v. to give birth to; to create; to lead to; to cause

자식을 낳다; 창조하다; 초래하다; 일으키다

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Belabor

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v. to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

반복하거나 불합리한 정도까지 되풀이하다

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Beleaguer

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v. to surround; to besiege; to harass

둘러싸다; 포위 공격하다; 괴롭히다

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Belie

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v. to give a false impression of; to contradict

그릇된 인상을 주다; 모순되다

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Belittle

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v. to make to seem little; to put someone down

작게 보이게 하다; 얕잡아보다

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Belligerent

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adj. combative; quarrelsome; waging war

호전적인; 싸우기 좋아하는; 전쟁중인

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Bemused

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adj. confused; bewildered

당황한; 어리둥절한

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Benefactor

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n. one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
은혜를 베푸는 사람, 특히 선물이나 기부금의 형태로

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Benevolent

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adj. generous; kind; doing good deeds

관대한; 친절한; 선행을 하는

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Benign

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adj. gentle; not harmful; kind; mild

예의바른; 해를 끼치지 않는; 친절한; 온화한

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Bequest

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n. something left to someone in a will

유언으로 남긴 것(유언, 유물)

21
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Bereaved

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adh. deprived or left desolated,especially through death

툭히 죽음때문에, 홀로 남겨지거나 불행한

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Beset

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v. to harass; to surround

괴롭히다; 둘러싸다

23
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Blasphemy

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n. irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
신에 대한 불경; 신성에 대한 모독; 신성모독

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Blatant

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adj. unpleasantly or offensively noisy; glaring

불쾌하거나 무례할 정도로 시끄러운; 야단스러운

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Blight

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n. a disease in plants; anything that injures or destroys

식물에 나타나는 질병; 상처를 입히거나 파괴하는것

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Blithe

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adj. carefree; cheerful

걱정이 없는; 즐거운

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Bougeois

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adj. middle class, usually in a pejorative sense; boringly conventional
중산층, 대개 경멸하는 의미로; 따분하고 틀에 박힌

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Bovine

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adj. cow related; cowlike

소와 관련된; 소같은, 둔한

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Brevity

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n. briefness

간결한

30
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Broach

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v. to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject
토론의 주제, 종종 민감한 주제를 내놓다

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Bucolic

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adj. charmingly rural; rustic; countrylike

매혹적으로 목가적인; 시골의; 촌스러운

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Bureaucracy

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n. a system of government administration consisting of numerous bureaus or offices, expecially one run acccording to inflexible and inefficient rules, any large administrative system characterized by inefficiency, lots of rules, and red tape
수많은 국이나 부로 구성된 정부의 행정체계, 특히 융통성이 없고 비효율적인 규정에 의해서 운ㄴ영되는 것; 비능률, 수많은 규제, 형식주의로 대변되는 대규모의 행정 체계

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burgeon

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v. to expand; to flourish

확장하다; 번창하다

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Burlesque

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n. a ludicrous, mocking, or exaggerated imitaiton

우스꽝스럽거나 조롱하는, 또는 과장된 흉내

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Cacophony

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n. harsh-sounding mixture of words, voices, or sounds

귀에 거슬리는 말이나 목소리, 소리 등의 혼합(불협화음)

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Cadence

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n. rhythm; the rise and fall of sounds

운율; 음의 오르내림, 억양

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Cajole

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v. to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn’t want to do
하기 싫어하는 일을 설득하여 하게 만들다

38
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Callow

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adj. immature

미숙한

39
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Candor

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n. truthfulness; sincere honesty

정직; 진심 어린 정직함

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Capitalism

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n. free enterprise; an economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens (not by the government) and in which the resulting products and services are sold with relatively little government control
자유 기업; 기업체를 사적 개인 (정부가 아니라)이 소유하고, 생산된 재화와 용역을 비교적 정부의 간섭 없이 판매하는 경제체계

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Capitulate

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v. to surrender; to give up or give in

항복하다; 양보하거나 굴복하다

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Capricious

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adj. unpredictable; likely to change at any moment

예측 불가능한; 언제라도 변할 가능성이 있는

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Caricature

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n. aportrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove soem about its subject
종종 대상의 실체를 드러내는, 고의적으로 왜곡하거나 과장해서 그린 초상하나 그림

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Castigate

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v. to criticize severely; to chastise

심하게 비난하다; 벌하다

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Catalyst

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n. in chemistry, something that changes the rate of chemical reaction without itself being changed; anyone or anything that makes something happen without being directly involved in it
화학에서, 스스로는 변하지않고 화학 반응의 속도를 변화시키는 것(촉매); 직접적으로 사건에 개입하지 않으면서 사건을 유발하는 역할을 하는 사람 또는 그러한 사물 (촉매제)