Day 13 - 18 MVP 1

Question 1

noblesse oblige

Answer 1

a sense that those who are wealthy have a oral obligation to use their position to help those who are not

Question 2

circumscribe

Answer 2

1) limit, restrict

2) draw a circle around; delimit, demarcate

Question 3

plutocracy

Answer 3

government by the wealthy

Question 4

blanch

Answer 4

1) bleach, whiten

2) scald (데치다, 더운물에 담그다)

Question 5

egregious

Answer 5

absurd, flagrant, outrageous, ridiculous

Question 6

mete

Answer 6

allot assign, distribute

Question 7

incipient

Answer 7

initial, nascent

Question 8

disingenuous

Answer 8

dishonest, deceitful, insincere

Question 9

libertine

Answer 9

1) a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; profligate, debauchee
2) a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

adj.
3) characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters

Question 10

despot

Answer 10

autocrat, dictator, oppressor, tyrant

Question 11

backwater

Answer 11

a place or condition in which no development or progress is taking place

Question 12

impetuous

Answer 12

hasty, impulsive

Question 13

sanguine

Answer 13

cheerful, positive, upbeat

2) 혈색이 좋은; high-colored

Question 14

pittance

Answer 14

1) small allowance or wages

2) trifle, bit, 소량

Question 15

hirsute

Answer 15

hairy, shaggy

Question 16

condescend

Answer 16

1) stoop, deign –> ex) he often condescended to help his friend with the homework
2) patronize

Question 17

depredation

Answer 17

noun –> pillage, plunder

Question 18

contemn

Answer 18

transitive verb) despise, disdain, scorn

think –> contempt

Question 19

asserverate

Answer 19

affirm, assert, declare

Question 20

sophist

Answer 20

causist

Question 21

inculcate

Answer 21

implant, indoctrinate, infuse, instill

Question 22

advert

Answer 22

1) allude, mention, refer
2) divert
3) advertisement

Question 23

deleterious

Answer 23

detrimental, harmful, noxious

Question 24

throw

Answer 24

agony, pain, pang

Question 25

neophyte

Answer 25

1) beginner, novice (usually in religion)

Question 26

spate

Answer 26

1) flood, inundation

2) deal, mass, plenty, a lot

Question 27

emanate

Answer 27

emit, exude, radiate

Question 28

ken

Answer 28

one’s range of knowledge or sight

ex) that knowledge is beyond my ken

Question 29

maudlin

Answer 29

mawkish, mushy, sentimental

Question 30

behemoth

Answer 30

something enormous, especially a big and powerful organization

ex) Apple is a behemoth in electronics.

Question 31

megalomania

Answer 31

obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others

Question 32

salient

Answer 32

noticeable, outstanding, conspicuous

Question 33

referendum

Answer 33

ballot, popular vote

Question 34

acquit

Answer 34

absolve, exculpate, exonerate

Question 35

empirical

Answer 35

experimental, practical, pragmatic

“empirical evidence”

Question 36

misprision

Answer 36

the deliberate concealment of one’s knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony

Question 37

jaundiced

Answer 37

biased, distorted, prejudiced

having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, etc.

Question 38

fecund

Answer 38

1) fertile, productive

2) creative, imaginative, originative

Question 39

necrology

Answer 39

1) obituary

Question 40

arbitrary

Answer 40

1) optional, random, 제멋대로

2) autocratic, dictatorial, tyrannical

Question 41

behoove

Answer 41

to be incumbent [upon]

Question 42

latitude

Answer 42

freedom, leeway

Question 43

hedonism

Answer 43

the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence

Question 44

epicure

Answer 44

gourmet, gourmand (person)

Question 45

rapacious

Answer 45

insatiable, greedy, avaricious

Question 46

bombastic

Answer 46

pompous, high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated

Question 47

impertinent

Answer 47

1) insolent, presumptuous, 무례한

2) irrelevant, inappropriate

Question 48

aberrant

Answer 48

abnormal, odd

Question 49

casuistry

Answer 49

the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry

Question 50

manumit

Answer 50

emancipate, free, liberate, release

Question 51

gainsay

Answer 51

contradict, deny

Question 52

sapient

Answer 52

judicious, prudent, sage, smart

Question 53

logomachy

Answer 53

noun –> bicker, quarrel, squabble, wrangle

Question 54

parochial

Answer 54

narrow-minded, having a narrow outlook or scope

Question 55

mien

Answer 55

demeanor, manner

Question 56

underpinning

Answer 56

1) brace, buttress

2) basis, foundation

Question 57

doublespeak

Answer 57

deliberately euphemistic, ambiguous, or obscure language

ex) this may have side effects –> can cause death

Question 58

perigee

Answer 58

the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth

Question 59

plaintive

Answer 59

mournful, lamentable, doleful

Question 60

hemorrhage

Answer 60

bleeding

Question 61

affable

Answer 61

agreeable, amiable, congenial, friendly

Question 62

effulgent

Answer 62

brilliant, incandescent, luminous, radiant

Question 63

tantamount

Answer 63

equal, equivalent, identical

Question 64

bivouac

Answer 64

1) camp, cantonments, encampment

2) camp out, encamp, pitch camp

Question 65

ethos

Answer 65

the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations