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Question 1

plot

Answer 1

n, v. 줄거리, 음모

= conspire, collude, connive

: the plan of main story in a narrative, a secret plan to accomplish an illegal purpose, a small piece of ground

Question 2

pluck

Answer 2

v. 잡아뽑다; 용기

quilt

[n. courage or daring, (a. plucky)]

: detach by grasping

Question 3

plumb

Answer 3

v. 수직추, 깊이를 재다, 깊게 연구하다

: determine the depth, examine closely or deeply, fathom

cf) ref. umplumbed: 깊이를 모르는

Question 4

plummet

Answer 4

v. 뚝 떨어지다

: fall straight down, decline suddenly and steeply

Question 5

polarize

Answer 5

v. 양극화하다

: cause to concentrate about two conflicting positions

Question 6

polemic

Answer 6

n. 논쟁

[a. polemical]

: a passionate argument

Question 7

politicize

Answer 7

v. 정화시키다. 사람이 정치에 관심을 생기게 하다

: bring something (an issue of public interest) into the political arena, make somebody politically aware or active

Question 8

pompous

Answer 8

a . 허풍

= bombastic, hyperbolic

: characterized by excessive sefl-esteem

Question 9

ponderous

Answer 9

a . 무거운, 무기력한(정형돈)

: having great weight, not light or fluent, labored and dull, not lively, leaden

Question 10

porous

Answer 10

a . 다공성의 투각성의

[n. pore]

: full of or having pores, easily crossed or penetrated, permeable

Question 11

portent

Answer 11

n. 징조

[v. portend: 징조가 되다, 예언을 하다]

: an indication that something is going to happen

Question 12

portentous

Answer 12

: foreboding, exciting wonder and awe, significant

Question 13

posture

Answer 13

n, v. 자세; 가식적으로 행동하다

= attitude

[n. posturer, poseur]

: body position; assume an affected attitude, show off pretend

Question 14

potable

Answer 14

a . 음료수를 마실 수 있는

: fit to drink, drikable

cf) ref. portable: 운반할 수 있는

Question 15

potentate

Answer 15

n. 유력자, 통치자

subject

: one who has the power and position to rule over others

cf) poten-:힘

Question 16

practicable

Answer 16

a . 현실가능한

= feasible

: capable of being caried out or put into effect, usable

Question 17

preamble

Answer 17

n. 서문

= preface, foreword, overture

epilogue

: introduction

cf) ref. (music)prelude, interlude, coda

Question 18

precarious

Answer 18

a . 불안전한

= unsafe unstable, unsteady, uncertain, insecure

Question 19

precipitate

Answer 19

v. 수직으로 떨어지다

[n. precipitation, a. precipitous]

: fall or thow; make happen suddenly and quickly, act with lack of deliberation

Question 20

predilection

Answer 20

n. 경향

= perchant

: liking, propensity

Question 21

premature

Answer 21

a . 시기상조

: happening too soon that is expected

Question 22

preponderant

Answer 22

a . 우세한

= ascendancy, supremacy, dominance

minor, lesser

: greater in number, power, or importance

Question 23

presage

Answer 23

n, v. 징조, 선견, 예지

: portent or omen, a sign of a future event; portend, harbinger, prophesy(prophetic)

Question 24

prescience

Answer 24

n. 선견지명, 통찰력

= foresight

myopia

: knowledge of actions or events before they occur

Question 25

presumptuous

Answer 25

a . 건방진, 도를 넘은

= brazen, brassy, impudent, insolent, nervy, effrontery

: rude or arrogant, going beyond what is right or proper