C~ Flashcards
candor
truthfulness, sincere honesty;
Tom exhibited candor when he told me that he has believed me to be a jerk.
capitulate
to surrender, to give up or give in;
Workers capitulated and went back to work.
caustic
like acid, corrosive 부식성의;
a caustic comment 신랄한 코멘트
celibacy
종교적 의미에서의 성생활의 자제/독신;
Practice celibacy
chagrin
humiliation; embarrassed disappointment;
To be chagrined 굴욕을 느껴 분함
charlatan
fraud, quack; 돌팔이 의사, 사기꾼
chasm
a deep, gaping hole, a gorge협곡;
Is there any chasm where your brain should be?
choleric
hot-tempered, quick to anger;
The choleric watchdog
chicanery
trickery, deceitfulness, artifice especially legal or political;
The chicanery of our elected officials
chronic
constant, lasting a long time 지속적인, 오랫동안 지속되는, 만성의;
chronic illness / chronic failure / chronic depression
chronicle
a record of events in order of time, history;
clique
공통의 특질이나 이해관계로 묶여있는 배타적인 무리, 파벌;
The newspaper staff was a real clique.
coalesce
to unite, to fuse;
The people in our neighborhood coalesce into a powerful force for change in the community.
circuitous
roundabout, not following a direct path;
a circuitous argument (요점 제시 전 우회적인 이야기 풀기);
a circuitous route;
cognizant
aware, conscious;
He was not cognizant of his responsibilities.
coherent
holding together, making sense 일관성있는, 논리정연한;
coherent explanation
collusion
conspiracy, secret cooperation 공모, 은밀한 협조; (충돌: collision)
The increase in oil price was the result of collusion among the oilproducing nations.
commensurate
equal, proportionate;
His salary is commensurate with his abilities. 그의 월급은 딱 그의 능력에 맞는 수준이다.
compelling
forceful, causing to yield 힘으로 밀어 부치는, 굴복하기 만드는;
A compelling argument for ~ : ~라는 강제적인 주장
compendium
a summary, an abridgment 요약, 축약;
a compendium of ~ ~의 요약
complacent
self-satisfied, overly pleasue with oneself, contended to a fault 자기 만족의, 스스로에게 지나치게 만족하고 있는;
The football team won so many games that it became complacent.
complement
to complete or fill up, to be the perfect counterpart 완성하다, 완벽한 상대가 되다;
The flower arrangement complemented the table decorations.
complicity
participation in wrongdoing 나쁜 행위에 참여함, 공범이 되는 행위;
complicity among students
complicity between the bank robber and the teller
comprehensive
covering or including everything;
The insurance policy was comprehensive;
Her knowledge of English was comprehensive.
comprise
to consist of ~ 로 이루어져있다;
A football team comprises eleven players.
conciliatory
making peace, 분쟁을 원만히 해결하려고 하는;
Germany and France were conciliatory at the treaty conference.
concurrent
happening at the same time;
The criminal was sentenced to two concurrent 15 year sentences.;
Three concurrent trends
condescend
to stoop to someone else’s level, usually in an offensive way; 선심쓰는 척 하다
Don’t condescend to young children.
The president condescend to talk with mere employees.
condone
너그럽게 보아주다;
To condone the teens’ smoking
conducive
promoting 촉진시키는, 도움이 되는;
His easygoing manner was conducive to chaos in the classroom.
confluence
a flowing together, especially or rivers; 함께 흐르는 곳, 특히 강물의 합류점
congenial
agreeably suitable, pleasant;
기분좋게 알맞은, 즐거운;
The little cabin in the woods was congenial to the writer.
congenital
a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth, innate 임신과 출산 사이에 획득되어진 특성 혹은 상태, 선천적언;
A congenital birth defect(태어날 때부터 갖고나온 BUT 유전적인 것은 아닌 결함)
conjecture
to guess/deduce on slight evidence;
That is mere conjecture! (단지 추측일 뿐! - 명사)
If forced to conjecture (굳이 추측하라고 한다면 - 동사),…
conjure
마치 마법을 쓰듯 불러내거나 만들어내다;
The chef conjured (up) a fabulous gourmet.
cursory
hasty, superficial; 서두르는, 피상적인
To give a book a cursory reading is to skim.
To make a cursory attempt at learning French
curtail
to shorten, to cut short;
The vet curtailed his effort to cut the cat’s tail. 노력을 길게 하지 않다. 중간에 그만두다.
cynic
냉소주의자
consecrate
to make or declare sacred;
The battlefield was consecrated by the blood of the soldiers.
The priest consecrated the building by sprinkle holy water on it.
consensus
unanimity or general agreement 만장일치, 또는 일반적인 동의;
- 대강의 동의나 다수의 의견이 이상의 뜻
