advanced12 Flashcards
“crotchety”
a. 쉽게 화내는
= “billious”, “cantankerous”, “choleric”
: irritable and difficult to please
“croon”
v. 부드러운 소리를 내다
= murmur, hum
: sing or murmur gently
“crooked”
a. 굽은, 교활한
: with bent shape, at angle, illegal or dishonest
cf) ref. crook - shepherd, lariat - wrangler
crouch
v. 웅크리다
= cringe
stand erect
[a. crouching]
: bend down low
cf) ref. slouch - stand, sit, or walk in a careless drooping way
“crux”
n. 핵심
: crucial point, central point, critical point
curmudgeon
n. 비호감인 사람
agreeable person
: somebody who is irritable or stubborn
dart
v. 갑자기 움직이다
= bolt, jolt
: move suddenly and quickly
“dab”
v. 가볍게 두드리다
= coat thoroughly
: tap or touch lightly
“dabbler”
n. 아마추어 (헌신X, 전문성X)
devotee, specialist
[v. dabble]
: somebody engages in an activity superficially
daft
a. 미친
= insane
sane (sanity)
: mad and stupid
cf) ref. deft (능숙한)
dais
n. 연단, 강단
= pulpit, podium, rostrum
: raised platform
damn
v. 비난하다
: condemn, declare to be bad
dank
a. 기분 나쁘게 축축한
: disagreeably damp or humid
dapper
a. 단정한
= neat, natty, tidy, shipshape
dappled
a. 잡색의
= speckled, mottled, motley, variegated, “pied”
: spotted with a different color
“dawdle”
v. 빈둥거리다
: walk or move slowly and reluctantly or idly
cf) ref. doodle (낙서하다)
“deadpan”
a. 무감정한, 표정이 없는
= unsmiling
: deliberately showing no expression or emotion
cf) e.g. deadpan humor
“debase”
v. 가치를 떨어뜨리다
= degrade, abase
“deify” (deification)
: reduce something in value or quality
cf) ref. deity
debauchery
n. 방탕
[a. debauched]
: unrestrained self-indulgent behavior, immoral behavior
debonair
a. 공작부인 느낌의 (부드럽고, 우아하고, 예의바른)
= mild, elegant, urbane, sophisticated
“debris”
n. 파편
= “shard”
: fragments of something that has been destroyed
cf) ref. splinter
“decimate”
v. 떼죽음 당하다
: destroy, kill off, or remove a large proportion of a group of people, animals, or things
“decrepit”
a. 노쇠한
hale, robust
: weekened, worn out, impaired, or broken down
‘deem’
v. 고려하다
: consider to be
defray
v. 비용
: pay
cf) e.g. The company will defray the cost of your training
