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Question 1

boorish

Answer 1

a. 무례한

civil (civility) 도시, 예의

[(n. boor) churl]

: churlish, loutish

cf) boor, churl, lout: 촌뜨기 3인방

Question 2

bootless

Answer 2

a. 결실없는

= futile

: having little or no success, unprofitable, futile (futility)

cf) boot 전리품

Question 3

brazen

Answer 3

a. 건방진(무례, 존중X, 오만)

= brassy

: like brass, bold and unshamed, brassy

cf) brass 금속, 관악기 bold 덤비는

Question 4

brevity

Answer 4

n. 간결, 간명

: briefness, shortness, concision (concise)

Question 5

bridle

Answer 5

n.v. 굴레, 억제시키다

[a. bridled 억제된 = control, controlled]

: harness for horse’s head

cf) harness 마구, (사람 몸에 매는 마구 비슷한) 벨트

Question 6

brittle

Answer 6

a. 딱딱해서 깨지기 쉬운

: hard and breakable, fragile, inflexible

Question 7

brusque

Answer 7

a. 무뚝뚝한, 퉁명스러운

: abrupt or curt in manner or speech

Question 8

brutal

Answer 8

a. 잔인한

: ruthless and cruel, harsh and severe, brute

Question 9

bully

Answer 9

n.v. 위협하다

: intimidate weaker people, threaten, browbeat

cf) intimidate 소심(timid)하게 만들다, browbeat 위협하다

Question 10

bungle

Answer 10

v. 서투르게 하다(일을 어벙하게 하다)

[a. bungling 서투른 <> adroit, adept]

: work or act ineptly or inefficiently

Question 11

buoyant

Answer 11

a. 부력이 있는, 회복력이 있는, 명랑한

[n. buoyancy, v. buoy 뜨다, support하다(받쳐주다)]

: floating, quick to recover, cheerful

Question 12

burgeon

Answer 12

v. 번성하다

: develop, flourish, prosper

Question 13

buttress

Answer 13

n.v. 지지대, 부벽

= bolster

: support for wall, bolster, girder, truss

cf) undergird …의 밑을 단단하게 묶다; 뒷받침하다 <> undermine truss(골조) 보다는 undergird가 더 중요

Question 14

cacophony

Answer 14

n. 불협화음, 불일치

euphony

[a. cacophonous <> euphonious]

: unpleasant noise, disagreement, discord

Question 15

calibrate

Answer 15

v. 표준화하다

: ensure accuracy of something, standardize, adjust

Question 16

camouglage

Answer 16

n.v. 덮다, 위장

expose, reveal 노출하다

: disquise(guise 외양, 겉면), conceal, hide

Question 17

candor

Answer 17

n. 솔직함, 정직

[a. candid]

: frankness, openness

Question 18

canon

Answer 18

n. 정경, 정통, 전통

apocrypha 경외전

[a. canonical]

: a secular law, the works that have been accepted as authentic, orthodoxy 정설

Question 19

canvass

Answer 19

v. 철저조사하다, 여론조사하다, 투표청탁하다

: examine carefully, conduct a survey of public opinion, poll, go to solicit votes

cf) canvas (그림 그리는) 캔버스

Question 20

caprice

Answer 20

n. 변덕

[a. capricious]

: unpredictable and sudden change

Question 21

captious

Answer 21

a. 트집잡는

: tending to find trivial(사소한) fault

Question 22

captivate

Answer 22

v. 매혹시키다

[a. captivating, n. captivation]

: enchant, facinate, charm, buguile

cf) ref. captivate > interest

Question 23

castigate

Answer 23

v. 혹평하다

[n. castigation]

: criticize severely

cf) ref. admonish 타이르다 < 비난하다 < castigate 혹평하다

Question 24

catholic

Answer 24

a. 보편적인

narrow

: all-inclusive, wide-ranging, broad

Question 25

caustic

Answer 25

a. 신랄하게 공격하는, 부식의

= acrid, acrimonious, acerbic

: corrosive, sarcastic, acrid, acrimonious, acerbic