d19real Flashcards

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vocab

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philistine

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a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters 무감각, 감정이 없는 사람

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phlegmatic

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calm or indifferent; not easily roused to excitement 냉담한, 침착한

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pilgrimage

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religious spiritual journey; excursion 성지순례, 여정

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pious

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reverent or devout; outwardly (and sometimes falsely) reverent or devout; hypocritical 신앙심이 깊은, 경건한, 모조신앙

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pivotal

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crucial 중요한

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placate

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to pacify; to appease; to soothe 달래다, 진정시키다, 위로하다

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placebo

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a fake medication; a false medication used as a control in tests of the effectiveness of drugs 위약(가짜약)

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plaintive

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expressing sadness or sorrow 애처로운, 슬픈

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platitude

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a dull or trite remark; a cliché 진부한, 상투적인

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platonic

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nonsexual; purely spiritual 순정적인, 정신적인

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plausible

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believable; convincing 그럴싸한, 믿을 만한

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plebeian

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common; vulgar; low class; bourgeois 평범한, 중산층, 속된, 교양 없는

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plethora

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an excess 과다, 과잉

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pliable

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flexible; easy to bend; easy to convince; persuade or mold 유연한, 융통성 있는

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plight

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a dangerous, distressing, or unpleasant situation 곤경, 궁지, 시련

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plunder

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to loot; ransack 약탈하다, 강탈하다

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pluralism

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a condition of society in which distinct groups exist and function together yet retain their own identities 다원성, 공존

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poignant

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painfully emotional; extremely moving; sharp or astute 날카로운, 신랄한, 감동적인, 예리한

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polarize

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to break up into opposing factions or groupings 분열시키다, 양극화하다, 대립시키다, 분열하다

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polemical

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a powerful argument often made to attack or refute a controversial issue 논쟁, 논의

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ponderous

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so large as to be clumsy; massive; dull 매우 무거운, 다루기 힘든, 답답한

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pontificate

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to speak pompously or dogmatically 거들먹거리며 말하다

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porous

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filled with many tiny holes; permeable; absorbent 구멍이 많은, 흡수성의

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portend

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an omen; a sign of something coming in the future 전조, 징조, 예언하다

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posterity

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future generations; descendants; heirs 자손, 후세

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postulate

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something accepted as true without proof; an axiom 가정, 근거, 요구, 가정하다

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posthumous

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occurring after one’s death; published after the death of the author 사후의, 저자 사후의

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posture

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to act or speak artificially or affectedly 자세를 취하다, ~인 체하다

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pragmatic

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practical; down to earth; based on experience rather than theory 실용적인, 실제적인

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prattle

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to chatter on and on; to babble childishly 재잘거리다, 지껄이다

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precarious

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dangerously insecure or unsteady 불안정한, 위험한

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precedent

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an earlier example or model of something 전례, 선례, 판례

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precocious

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unusually mature; uncommonly gifted 조숙한, 숙성한

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precept

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a rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain kind of action or behavior; a maxim 격언, 교훈

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precipitate

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to cause to happen abruptly 촉진시키다, 갑자기 생기게 하다

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precipitous

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steep 가파른, 험준한

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preclude

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to prevent something from ever happening 방해하다, 배제하다, 못하게 하다

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precursor

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forerunner; something that goes before and anticipates or paves the way for whatever it is that follows 선구자, 선조

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predecessor

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someone or something that precedes in time 선구자, 선행, 선조

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predicament

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a dangerous or unpleasant situation 곤경, 궁지

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predilection

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a natural preference for something 편애, 좋아함

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predispose

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to make susceptible; to put in a frame of mind for; to incline toward 미리 경향을 갖게 하다, ~하는 성향을 갖게 하다

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predominant

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most important; dominant; having power over others 우세한, 주요한, 지배적인

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preeminent

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better than anyone else; outstanding; supreme 탁월한, 우수한, 월등한

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preempt

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to seize something by prior right 선취하다, 먼저 점유하다

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pregnant

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highly significant; overflowing 의미심장한, 풍부한

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prelude

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introduction; something that precedes something else 서곡, 전주곡

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premeditated

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planned beforehand; prearranged; plotted 미리 계획된, 계획적인

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premise

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an assumption; the basis for a conclusion 전제, 기본, 상정하다

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preponderance

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superiority in weight, number, size, extent, influence, etc.; majority; predominance 우세함, 다수