Day 1 Flashcards
Knead
(v.) mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); 반죽하다
ex. knead dough
Germ
(n.) earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; 세균
Epicure
(n.) connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; (adj.) epicurean; (cf.) Epicurus; 미식가
Benign
(adj.) harmless; 온화한
Celibate
(adj.) abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; (n.) celibacy; 독신생활
Aloof *
(adj.) emotionally distant or detached; 쌀쌀한
Induct
(v.) place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; 취임시키다
Cessation
(n.) a top or interruption; 중지
Circumlocution *
(n.) evasive speech, speaking around a subject; 핑계, 둘러 말함
Diverge
(v.) vary; go in different directions from the same point; (adj.) divergent: differing; deviating; 분기하다, 빗나가다
Placid
(adj.) serene, calm, tranquil; 온화한
Proclivity
(n.) inclination; natural tendency (esp. towards something bad); 성향
Propagandist
(n.) someone who spreads ideas; 선전가
Dominate
(v.) to rule over, to control
Credulous
(adj.) gullible, easily deceived; 속기 쉬운
Disheartened
(adj.) saddened, disappointed; 낙담한
Compress
(v.) to force into less space; to squeeze; to contract; to put into fewer words; 압축하다
Supernumerary
(n.) (adj.) person or thing excess of what is necessary; extra; 정원 외의 (사람이나 사물)
Fancied
(v.) imagined; (adj.) unreal; 상상의
Stingy
(adj.) miserly, unwilling to spend money; 적은
Philanthropic
(adj.) benevolent, generous; 인정이 많은
Spectrum
(n.) range or wavelength of colors
Modulate
(v.) to tone down in intensity; to change the intestate or tone of; to regulate; 변조하다, 조정하다, 조절하다
Conservative
(n.) (adj.) one who believes in staying the same, traditional; 전통적인 (사람)
Blemish
(n.) mark or stain; 흠
Anomalous
(adj.) odd; not fitting the pattern; 변칙의, 변태적인
Stump
(n.) base of a tree trunk left after the rest had been cut down
Levitate
(v.) to rise and to float in the air (especially by magical means); (cf.) light
Manifesto
(n.) statement of values; 선언서
Malady
(n.) illness; 질병
Neurotic
(adj.) extreme suspicion or paranoia; 신경증
Browse
(v.) to graze; to feed on growing grass; (n.) an act of skimming or glancing at casually; 먹다; 쳐다보다
Nostalgia
(n.) longing for the past
Effective
(adj.) effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; 유력한
Foolhardy *
(adj.) foolishly brave or daring; 무작정한
Arbitrary *
(adj.) unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; ex. arbitrary ruler
Intimacy
(n.) closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiarity; 친밀, 정교
Uninhibited
(adj.) having no inhibitions; free in behavior and feelings; 억제되지 않은
Craft
(n.) skill (esp. with one’s hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; (adj.) crafty: Cleary deceived
Retaliation
(n.) repayment in kind (usually for bad treatment) (v.) retaliate; 앙갚음
Vicar
(n.) parish priest; representative; 교구 목사
Fop
(n.) dandy; man excessively concerned with his clothes
Sanctuary
(n.) a sacred place or place of refuge; 성역, 안식처
Exacting
(adj.) arduous, difficult; 힘든
Optometrist
(n.) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects; 검안사
Provender
(n.) dry food for livestock; fodder
Molt
(v.) to shed or cast off hair or feathers
Predicament
(n.) difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma
Contagious
(adj.) passed on through touch; infectious
Horizontal
(adj.) going left and right
Mundane *
(adj.) common, everyday
Ungainly
(adj.) clumsy; awkward; 꼴사나운
Unctuous
(adj.) oily, insecure
Perquisite
(n.) any gain above stipulated salary; ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car; 임시수입
Paraphrase
(v.) to summarize
Splenetic
(adj.) peevish, easily irritated; 기분이 언짢은
Captious
(adj.) faultfinding; too critical; 흠잡기 잘하는
Thespian
(n.) actor, one who works in the theater
Combustible *
(adj.) easily burned; (n.) (cf.) combustion; 타기 쉬운
Purported
(adj.) supposed, seemingly on surface; 알려진
Interlude
(n.) a break between two acts
Exuberance *
(n.) overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; 풍부
Agnosy
(adj.) ignorance; 무식함
Ordain
(v.) decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; 신 또는 운명 따위가 정하다
Groove
(n.) long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something
Criteria
(n.) standards used in judging; (cf.) criterion; 기준
Cunning
(adj.) clever in deceiving; sly; (n.) cleverness in decking; deceit; 교활한
Frolic
(v.) to play and jump about happily; frisk; ex. frolicking young lambs; 장난치며 놀다
Accrete
(v.) to increase, to grow
Extravagant
(adj.) needlessly wasteful or luxurious
Ken
(n.) range of knowledge; ex. beyond one’s ken
Peripatetic
(adj.) walking about from place to place (to work); moving; ex. peripatetic school of philosophy; 떠돌아다니는
inaugurate
(v.) begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; (n.) inauguration; 취임시키다
Flounder
(adj.) struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc); 버둥거림
Figment
(n.) invention; something invented; imaginary thing; 꾸며낸 것
Herd
(n.) group of animals; crowd; one who looks after a herd; 떼
Spin
(v.) rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting (cotton, wool, etc)
Casual
(adj.) happening by change, irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest
Sepulcher
(n.) tomb; (v.) to place in a sepulcher; (adj.) sepulchral
Deserts
(n.) what someone deserves
Vivi
(n.) life
Scrap
(n.) a small piece, leftover
Descry
(v.) discern, to notice; 어렴풋이 알아보다
Resonant
(adj.) echoing; resounding (sounding loudly); deep and full in sound; producing resonance
Seduce
(v.) to lead astray, to lead away (sexually)
Grueling
(adj.) exhausting; ex. grueling marathon race
Raiment
(n.) clothes; garments
Psuedolatry
false worship
Seethe
(v.) be violently disturbed; boil (of liquid); move about wildly as if boiling; 들끓다
Rooster
(n.) cock; adult male chicken
Civillian
(n.) a common citizen (not in army)
Capacious
(adj.) having wide spaces
Abash
(v.) humiliate, humble, embarrass; 무안하게 하다, 당황하게 하다
Expectorate
(v.) to coupe up and spit out something; 뱉다
Contention
(n.) assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition; 투쟁
Genus
(n.) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species; 종류
Détente
(n.) lessening of hostilities or tension; 긴장 완화
Impending
(adj). nearing; approaching; about to happen
Stodgy
(adj.) dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; ex. stodgy book; 지루하게 늘어놓은
Elixir
(n.) cure-all; panacea; something invigorating; 연금약액
abstract
adj. existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence
analogous
adj. corresponding; similar
astute
adj. intelligent and clever
capricious
adj. apt to change suddenly
condone
v. to excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
deject
v. to lower someone’s spirits; make downhearted
disingenuous
adj. insincere
elucidate
v. to make clear by explanation
exacerbate
v. to increase the harshness or bitterness of
generalization
n. an opinion or conclusion formed from only a few facts or examples
