Chap1. List 13-14 Flashcards
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abdicate
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surrender one’s power as a ruler; 사퇴
2
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abysmal
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very bad
3
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accumulate
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store
4
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advent
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arrival of someone or something worth attention
5
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assay
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analyze or determine the value of something
6
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attest
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confirm
7
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bastion
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defender
8
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benefactor
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one providing help
9
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brusque
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short and sudden manner
10
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chronic
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persistent
11
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commensurate
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equal in measure standard
12
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construe
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analyze the construction of words and translate/interpret it
13
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de facto
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truth
14
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emaciate
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make something extremely thin
15
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emblazon
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decorate; celebrate
16
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esquire
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lawyers
17
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fallow (3 meanings)
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land without farming; inactive; yellow
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faux pas
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mistake
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feces
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dung
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fief
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land given by feudal lord
21
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flagrant
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offensive
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flamboyant
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eye-catching
23
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galvanize (3 meanings)
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shock something into action; stimulate by electric current; coat metal with zinc
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garrulous
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chatty
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incandescence (2 meanings)
glow; anger
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inimical
hostile, unfriendly
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isothermal
relating to temperature
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jockey (2 meanings)
cheat; one who operates a vehicle
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laconic
brief
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latitude
relative freedom of action
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linguist
ones who study languages
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lurid
shockingly colorful or too bright
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malaise
vague disgust without knowing the cause
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naysayer
doubter
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opine
openly state an opinion
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ossify (2 meaning)
formation of bone; stagnate
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pejorative
expressing disproval
38
polyhedron
solid figure with several plane faces
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precipice
cliff; dangerous situation
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preternatural
abnormal; supernatural
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ratification
act of confirmation to a treaty, amendment, contract, etc.
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recreant
lacking in courage; unfaithful
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rectitude
integrity
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regicide
killing king
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requisition
claim, order
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reticent
silent
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scrupulous (2 meanings)
honest; very precise
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sophistry
fallacy
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staunch (2 meanings)
devoted; sturdy
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stupor
dull
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agrarian
rural; agricultural
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antedate
predate
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aperture
gap, crack
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auxiliary
providing extra support
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bane
curse
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bequeath
leave something or pass something on to the generations to follow
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centurion
commander
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circulation
flow, motion
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compensate
offset
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conducive
making something possible
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confluent
converging or flowing together; stream coming together to flow as one
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connive
ignore
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consolidate
centralize
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countermeasure
something created as a way to neutralize another
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delineate (2 meanings)
sketch out; provide representation in words
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deputize (2 meanings)
officially empower someone; act as a substitute
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doleful
causing sadness or grief
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ecclesiastic
relating to church
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exonerate
clear from blame
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gentry
elite
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gesticulate
make gestures when speaking
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illuminate (3 meanings)
clarify; shine brighter; decorate spectacularly
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incisor
어금니
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indemnify
compensate
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inertia
inactivity; inaction
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infringe
disobey
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interdependence
state of being dependent on each other
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intrinsic
belonging naturally
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ire
intense anger
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lithography
printing process from flat surface
81
litter (4 meanings)
structure for carrying injured person; trash or waste; animal offspring; animal waste
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maroon
leave abandoned in an isolated place
83
mortar (3 meaning)
cannon; bowl; sement
84
nondescript
indefinable
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ordinance
law enforced by government
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paragon
exemplar
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paranoia
delusions; doubt
88
parlance
idiom
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parochial
closed-mindset
90
pauper
extremly poor person
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pernicious
dangerous
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perspicacious
having background information
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preconception
prejudice
94
prenatal
occurring/existing before birth
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pupilage
condition of being a student
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repercussion
effect; outcome
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revile
criticize; condemn
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servile
obedient
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sophomoric
inexperienced
100
voluble
fluent-speaking
