9 Flashcards
cavil
v. 트집잡다
= cavil, quibble(Quibbler), nitpick, carp(carping)/ faultfinder(트집잡는 사람)
[a. captious]
: find trivial fault nunnecessarily
cease
v. 멈추다
[n. ceasing, cessation]
: stop, discontinue
cf) e.g. all oppression shall cease
cede
v. 양도하다
= yield, surrender(demise)
cf) ref. accede(agree), concede(acknowledge) S cede O S는 O가 없어
celerity
n. 신속
= dispatch(SE)
: speed, quickness
censorious
a. 비난하는
[v. censor, n. censorship]
: highly critical, conveying criticism
casual
a. 우연히, 가끔, 전문적이지 않는
: done by chance, chance, occasional, known only slightly, superficial
censure
n.v. 혹평
= castigate
: severe criticism
champion
v. 지지하다
: fingt for, defend, or support, advocate
chicanery
n. 속임수
: deception by trickery, artifice, guile
chronic
a. 만성적인
occasional, casual
: lasting for a long period of time or marked by frequent recurrence
chuckle
n.v.. 작은 웃음, 조용한 웃음
: laugh quietly
cf) ref. guffaw(큰 웃음)
cipher
: written code
cf) ref. decipher, decode
circumlocution
n. 장황한 우회적 표현
: wordy and indirect way of saying
circumspect
a. 신중한
= prudent, discreet
reckless, rash
circumvent
v. 피하다
= avoid
: get around restriction
clandestine
a. 비밀의
: secret
clumsy
a. 서투른, 어색한
= bungling
adept, adroit
: moving awkwardly
coarse
a. (사람) 무례한, (물건) 거친, 다듬어지지 않은
= rough, lacking in refinement, vulgar(저속한, 천박한), unrefined, crass, crude
refined(예의바른, 정교한)
coherent
a. 논리적인
= logical, rational, reasonable, convincing
incoherent, disjointed(개연성 없는)
[v. cohere]
commitment
n. 전념, 몰두, 헌신 공약, 약속, 결정
= devotion, dedication, loyalty, promise, pledge
[a. committed <>uncommitted]
compartmentalize
v. 구분화하다
= classify, categorize, pigeonhole(SE)
: divide something into separate areas, categories, or compartments
compassion
n. 공감, 동정
[a. compassionate]
: sympathy
compatible
a. 양립하는 (충돌하지 않는)
incompatible
[n. compatibility]
: harmonious without conflict
compel
v. 강요하다
= impel, enforce, impose
: force somebody to do something