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Question 1

“crotchety”

Answer 1

a. 쉽게 화내는

= “billious”, “cantankerous”, “choleric”

: irritable and difficult to please

Question 2

“croon”

Answer 2

v. 부드러운 소리를 내다

= murmur, hum

: sing or murmur gently

Question 3

“crooked”

Answer 3

a. 굽은, 교활한

: with bent shape, at angle, illegal or dishonest

cf) ref. crook - shepherd, lariat - wrangler

Question 4

crouch

Answer 4

v. 웅크리다

= cringe

stand erect

[a. crouching]

: bend down low

cf) ref. slouch - stand, sit, or walk in a careless drooping way

Question 5

“crux”

Answer 5

n. 핵심

: crucial point, central point, critical point

Question 6

curmudgeon

Answer 6

n. 비호감인 사람

agreeable person

: somebody who is irritable or stubborn

Question 7

dart

Answer 7

v. 갑자기 움직이다

= bolt, jolt

: move suddenly and quickly

Question 8

“dab”

Answer 8

v. 가볍게 두드리다

= coat thoroughly

: tap or touch lightly

Question 9

“dabbler”

Answer 9

n. 아마추어 (헌신X, 전문성X)

devotee, specialist

[v. dabble]

: somebody engages in an activity superficially

Question 10

daft

Answer 10

a. 미친

= insane

sane (sanity)

: mad and stupid

cf) ref. deft (능숙한)

Question 11

dais

Answer 11

n. 연단, 강단

= pulpit, podium, rostrum

: raised platform

Question 12

damn

Answer 12

v. 비난하다

: condemn, declare to be bad

Question 13

dank

Answer 13

a. 기분 나쁘게 축축한

: disagreeably damp or humid

Question 14

dapper

Answer 14

a. 단정한

= neat, natty, tidy, shipshape

Question 15

dappled

Answer 15

a. 잡색의

= speckled, mottled, motley, variegated, “pied”

: spotted with a different color

Question 16

“dawdle”

Answer 16

v. 빈둥거리다

: walk or move slowly and reluctantly or idly

cf) ref. doodle (낙서하다)

Question 17

“deadpan”

Answer 17

a. 무감정한, 표정이 없는

= unsmiling

: deliberately showing no expression or emotion

cf) e.g. deadpan humor

Question 18

“debase”

Answer 18

v. 가치를 떨어뜨리다

= degrade, abase

“deify” (deification)

: reduce something in value or quality

cf) ref. deity

Question 19

debauchery

Answer 19

n. 방탕

[a. debauched]

: unrestrained self-indulgent behavior, immoral behavior

Question 20

debonair

Answer 20

a. 공작부인 느낌의 (부드럽고, 우아하고, 예의바른)

= mild, elegant, urbane, sophisticated

Question 21

“debris”

Answer 21

n. 파편

= “shard”

: fragments of something that has been destroyed

cf) ref. splinter

Question 22

“decimate”

Answer 22

v. 떼죽음 당하다

: destroy, kill off, or remove a large proportion of a group of people, animals, or things

Question 23

“decrepit”

Answer 23

a. 노쇠한

hale, robust

: weekened, worn out, impaired, or broken down

Question 24

‘deem’

Answer 24

v. 고려하다

: consider to be

Question 25

defray

Answer 25

v. 비용

: pay

cf) e.g. The company will defray the cost of your training