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disarm
v. 무장해제하다
[a. disarming 우호적인, 매력적인]
exert
v. 애쓰다
: make an effort in an attempt to accomplish something
cf) e.g. exerted all my strength to move the box
exhilarate
v. 활기차게 만들다
= excite, enliven
[a. hilarious 웃기는]
: make somebody feel happy and alive
exigent
a. 긴급한
= urgent
deferrable
[n. exigency]
: needing immediate action
exorbitant
a. 심한
= excessive, extreme
expansive
a. 오지랖이 넓은
= extensive, communicative, open, generous
expendable
a. 없어도 되는
= dispensable, unessential
: not worth preserving
explain away
v. 축소시키다 (멀리있는 것처럼 설명하다)
= important, problematic
: minimize seriousness, attempt to show that it is less serious
expatiate
v. 상세히 설명하다
: speak or write at length
cf) e.g. expatiated on the subject
explicate
v. 설명하다
= expound
[a. explicable]
: explain something
exponent
n. 해설자, 옹호자
= explainer, advocate
[a. exponential, exponentially]
: (math) indicator of the times to multiply a number
exposition
n. (노출), 설명
= exhibition, explanation
: detailed description or discussion
exploit
v. v. 활용하다; n. 영웅적 행동
[n. notable act, heroic act, “feat”]
: use something for benefit, take advantage of somebody
expunge
v. 삭제하다
= obliterate
: get rid of something completely
cf) ref. inexpungible
expurgate
v. 검열해서 삭제하다
= censor
: edit something by removing offensive parts
exquisite
a. 예쁜, 통찰력있는, 훌륭한
= excellent, sensitive, discriminating, intense
: finely beautiful
exterminate
v. 완전히 제거하다 (쓸어버리다)
= annihilate, raze, ravage
construct
: completely destroy
extricate
v. 복잡한 상황에서 벗어나게 하다
“entangle”, “snarl”
: release with difficulty
fable
n. 우화
= parable
: a short story making an edifying point
cf) e.g. Aesop’s fables
fallow
a. 휴경지 (노는 땅)
: (agriculture) unseeded after plowing, characterized by inactivity
fang
n. 송곳니
: a long pointed tooth of a mammal
cf) ref.molar (어금니)
farcical
a. 조롱하는, 풍자하는
= ludicrous, burlesque
[n. farce]
: absurd and mixed up
fateful
a. 치명적인
= fatal
: critically important, decided by fate
fatuous
a. 멍청한
= unintelligent, silly, folly
[n. fatuity]
fecund
a. 생산성 있는
= fruitful, productive
infecund
[n. fecundity]
exhortative
a. 권고하는
= “exhortatory”, “hortative”, “hortatory”, “urge”
[v. exhort]
: intended to urge