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Question 1

preternatural

Answer 1

a. 초자연적인

= supernatural, extraordinary

: going beyond nature

Question 2

prevalent

Answer 2

a. usual(일반적인)

[a. prevailing, v. prevail]

: widely occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced, most common and frequent, usual

cf) pervasive - 퍼진

Question 3

prevaricate

Answer 3

v. 거짓의, 모호한

= equivocate, palter

[n. prevarication]

: stray from or dvade the truth

Question 4

prickly

Answer 4

a. 쉽게 화내는

= “peevish”, oversensitive

: having a surface with prickles, uncomfortable, “easily angered”

Question 5

principled

Answer 5

a. 도덕적인

: having moral principles((도덕적)원리)

cf) disciplined(훈련된)

Question 6

pristine

Answer 6

a. 깨끗한, (문명에) 훼손이 안된

= pure, uncorrupted

: remaning in a “pure” state, “uncorrupted” by civilization

cf) 원시상태의의 뜻을 가진 primitive는 옛날을 의미하는 것과는 달리, ‘원시’라서 깨끗하고(clean), 문명에 오염되지 않은 것을 말한다.

Question 7

probity

Answer 7

n. 정직

= “integrity”, “rectitude”, uprightness, righteousness

: absolute moral correctness

Question 8

proclivity

Answer 8

n. 경향

= “tendency”, “inclination”, “bent”, “leaning”, propensity”, “disposition”, “predisposition”, predilection”, “penchant”

Question 9

prodigal

Answer 9

a. 사치하는

frugal

[n. prodigality]

: rashly or wastefully extravagant

Question 10

profane

Answer 10

a, v. 신성모독

[n. profanation]

: marked by contempty or irreverence(신성모독, 경외감이 없는) for what is sacred

Question 11

proffer

Answer 11

v. 제공하다

= issue(발행하다, 제공하다), tender

withdraw(철회시키다), withhold(잡고있다)

: “offer” for acceptance

Question 12

proficient

Answer 12

a. 능숙한

[n. proficiency(능숙)]

: very skilled

cf) 여기서 ‘pro’는 professional을 의미

Question 13

profligate

Answer 13

n, a. 낭비, 사치

= “prodigal”

: recklessly wasteful

Question 14

profundity

Answer 14

n. 심오

[a. profound(심오한)]

: “great” depth, “great” understanding

cf) DEGREE

Question 15

prohibitive

Answer 15

a. 1) (금지된) 2) 너무 비싸서 살 수 없는

: forbidding something, too expensive to purchase

Question 16

prolix

Answer 16

a. 장황한

= “garrulous”, “loquacious”, “long-winded”

[n. prolixity]

: tiresomely wordy

Question 17

prompt

Answer 17

a, v. a. 즉시; v. 자극하다, 일으키다

= ; “stimulate”(자극을 일으키는), “provoke”((감정 등의) 반응을 일으키다)

: done immediately, quick to act ; urge into action

cf) (증상, 상황, 반응을) 자극하다 일으키다.

Question 18

propagate

Answer 18

v. 널리 퍼뜨리다, (생물학) 후손을 퍼뜨리다

[n. propaganda]

: reproduce organism, spread something widely, spread ideas to many people

Question 19

propitiate

Answer 19

v. 달래다

= “allay, “alleviate”, “appease”, “assuage”, “conciliate”, “mitigate”, “mollify”, “palliate”, “pacify”, “placate”, soothe, soften, relieve

cf) 프로”피시”에이트 -> peace

Question 20

propitious

Answer 20

a. 천우신조의(상황이 우호적인)

= “auspicious”, “providential”, “opportune”, “timely”

omnious, ill-bonding

: presenting “favorable” circumstance

cf) 프로피셔스

Question 21

propriety

Answer 21

n. 적절, 예의

[a. proper]

: appropriateness, socially correct or appropriate behavior

Question 22

prosaic

Answer 22

a. 평범한(시선을 못끄는), (산문체의)

= “ordinary”, “everyday”, “pedestrian”, not interesting(시선을 못끄는), straightforward

cf) prose : 산문; 산문체의 라는 뜻은 운율이 없고 평소 같이 말한다는 의미에서의 사용은 가능하나, GRE에는 안나온다.

Question 23

protocol

Answer 23

n. 절차

= procedure, convention

: the rules of correct behavior

Question 24

protract

Answer 24

v. (기간, 글의 길이 등을) 연장시키다

= prolong

: make something last longer

Question 25

provincial

Answer 25

a. 편협한 (그 지방에 일어나는 일만 아는)

= “insular”, “parochial(교구의, 편협한)”

[n. province (지방,지역 ; (행정)종속적인 branch e.g. 미국의 주)]

: not sophiscated, limited in perspective, narrow and self-centered