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candor

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truthfulness, sincere honesty;

Tom exhibited candor when he told me that he has believed me to be a jerk.

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capitulate

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to surrender, to give up or give in;

Workers capitulated and went back to work.

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caustic

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like acid, corrosive 부식성의;

a caustic comment 신랄한 코멘트

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celibacy

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종교적 의미에서의 성생활의 자제/독신;

Practice celibacy

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chagrin

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humiliation; embarrassed disappointment;

To be chagrined 굴욕을 느껴 분함

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charlatan

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fraud, quack; 돌팔이 의사, 사기꾼

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chasm

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a deep, gaping hole, a gorge협곡;

Is there any chasm where your brain should be?

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choleric

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hot-tempered, quick to anger;

The choleric watchdog

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chicanery

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trickery, deceitfulness, artifice especially legal or political;
The chicanery of our elected officials

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chronic

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constant, lasting a long time 지속적인, 오랫동안 지속되는, 만성의;

chronic illness / chronic failure / chronic depression

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chronicle

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a record of events in order of time, history;

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clique

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공통의 특질이나 이해관계로 묶여있는 배타적인 무리, 파벌;

The newspaper staff was a real clique.

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coalesce

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to unite, to fuse;

The people in our neighborhood coalesce into a powerful force for change in the community.

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circuitous

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roundabout, not following a direct path;
a circuitous argument (요점 제시 전 우회적인 이야기 풀기);
a circuitous route;

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cognizant

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aware, conscious;

He was not cognizant of his responsibilities.

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coherent

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holding together, making sense 일관성있는, 논리정연한;

coherent explanation

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collusion

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conspiracy, secret cooperation 공모, 은밀한 협조; (충돌: collision)

The increase in oil price was the result of collusion among the oilproducing nations.

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commensurate

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equal, proportionate;

His salary is commensurate with his abilities. 그의 월급은 딱 그의 능력에 맞는 수준이다.

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compelling

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forceful, causing to yield 힘으로 밀어 부치는, 굴복하기 만드는;

A compelling argument for ~ : ~라는 강제적인 주장

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compendium

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a summary, an abridgment 요약, 축약;

a compendium of ~ ~의 요약

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complacent

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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.

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complement

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to complete or fill up, to be the perfect counterpart 완성하다, 완벽한 상대가 되다;
The flower arrangement complemented the table decorations.

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complicity

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participation in wrongdoing 나쁜 행위에 참여함, 공범이 되는 행위;
complicity among students
complicity between the bank robber and the teller

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comprehensive

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covering or including everything;
The insurance policy was comprehensive;
Her knowledge of English was comprehensive.

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comprise

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to consist of ~ 로 이루어져있다;

A football team comprises eleven players.

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conciliatory

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making peace, 분쟁을 원만히 해결하려고 하는;

Germany and France were conciliatory at the treaty conference.

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concurrent

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happening at the same time;
The criminal was sentenced to two concurrent 15 year sentences.;
Three concurrent trends

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condescend

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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.

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condone

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너그럽게 보아주다;

To condone the teens’ smoking

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conducive

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promoting 촉진시키는, 도움이 되는;

His easygoing manner was conducive to chaos in the classroom.

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confluence

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a flowing together, especially or rivers; 함께 흐르는 곳, 특히 강물의 합류점

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congenial

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agreeably suitable, pleasant;
기분좋게 알맞은, 즐거운;
The little cabin in the woods was congenial to the writer.

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congenital

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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)

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conjecture

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to guess/deduce on slight evidence;
That is mere conjecture! (단지 추측일 뿐! - 명사)
If forced to conjecture (굳이 추측하라고 한다면 - 동사),…

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conjure

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마치 마법을 쓰듯 불러내거나 만들어내다;

The chef conjured (up) a fabulous gourmet.

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cursory

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hasty, superficial; 서두르는, 피상적인

To give a book a cursory reading is to skim.
To make a cursory attempt at learning French

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curtail

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to shorten, to cut short;

The vet curtailed his effort to cut the cat’s tail. 노력을 길게 하지 않다. 중간에 그만두다.

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cynic

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냉소주의자

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consecrate

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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.

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consensus

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unanimity or general agreement 만장일치, 또는 일반적인 동의;

  • 대강의 동의나 다수의 의견이 이상의 뜻