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apprise

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알리다
inform, tell, notify, advise

More pertinent to our endeavor is that it is the home of solar system Astrographic’s solar radio antenna, which we use to apprise the rest of the Solar System of the status of this adventure.

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approbation

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승인
approval, praise, acceptance, endorsement, appreciation, commendation

Finally, Susan has earned the approbation of a tough crowd, the fashion industry.

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appropriate

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  1. 전용하다
  2. 혼자 가지다
  3. 허락없이 가지다
  4. embezzle
  5. preempt
  6. steal

They were caused by failure of the central government to appropriate funds to keep the local agencies running.

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appurtenance

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부속물, 보조품
addition, apparatus, appendage, attachment, component

However, there is one appurtenance to the dam that has long been obsolete, and that is the stretch of US Highway 93 that crosses the Colorado River.

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apropos

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적절한, 알맞은
appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apposite, apt, applicable, suitable

Thatg’s an apt description and totally apropos for those members.

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arable

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경작가능한
farmable, cultivable, fertile, productive

During the war, both sides sowed mines to sever access to arable land and to strangle transportation.

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arbiter

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  1. 중재자
  2. 권위자
  3. arbitrator, intercessor
  4. authority, expert, pundit

A political relationship has been devised that can cause government to become an official arbiter of religious orthodoxy for the nation.

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arbitrary

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무작위의, 멋대로의
capricious, whimsical, unpredictable, dictatorial

The present form of government in France is not arbitrary, a thing that Louis Napoleon can correct or alter.

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arcane

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비밀, 신비의
mysterious, secret; enigmatic, esoteric, cryptic, obscure, abstruse, recondite

“I’m in the pink!” they reply-ironically using an arcane bit of Edwardian slang for “feeling good.”

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archaic

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오래된, 고풍스런
obsolete, out of date, old-fashioned, outmoded, behind the times, bygone, anachronistic, antiquated

His speech was archaic, muddled by a thick accent and mixed with a few words Snow couldn’t understand, but their languages were close enough that the two could communicate.

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archetype

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원형
quintessence, essence, representative, embodiment, prototype, stereotype

Indeed, while Victoria’s style is an archetype to some, a caricature to others,

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ardent

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열의에 찬
passionate, fervent, zealous, fervid, avid

Famy was well educated and an ardent admirer of American democracy.

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arid

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매우 건조한
dry, dried up, waterless, moistureless

In the arid summer heat on prairie rangeland, a dead body doesn’t so much rot as it become petrified.

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arraign

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비난하다, 기소된 내용을 캐묻다, 조사하다
blame, charge, criminate, incriminate, inculpate, indict

Heroic drama on Oriental themes gave still more direct opportunities to investigate or arraign imperial authority or absolutist power.

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arrest

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  1. 멈추게하다, 체포하다
  2. 관심 따위를 끌다
  3. stop, halt, check, block, hinder
  4. attract, capture, catch, hold, engage

If increases in arrest rate cause decrease in drug use, we should at least observe an occasion, even if the association by itself is not sufficient to prove causality.

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arrogant

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거만한
haughty, conceited, self-important, overbearing, pompous, bumptious, presumptuous, imperious

Our minds can go no further. The human imagination is capable of no further expression of beauty than the carved owl of Athene, the archaic, marble serpent, the arrogant selfish head of the Acropolis Apollo.

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articulate

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분명하게 발음, 의미를 전달하다
eloquent, fluent, effective, persuasive, lucid, expressive

It is commonplace that a problem stated is well on its way to solution, for statement of the nature of a problem signifies that the underlying quality is being transformed into determinate distinctions of terms and relations or has become an object of articulate thought.

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artless

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자연스러운, 가식이 없는
natural, ingenuous, naive, simple, innocent, childlike, guileless, unaffected

The deceptively naive tone of the second novel masks an unsettling complexity of vision, its artless depiction of childhood concealing acute feeling, beneath the narrator’s ostensible concerns.

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ascendant

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상승하는, 올라가는, 우세해지는
rising, flourishing, prospering, burgeoning

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

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ascertain

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확인하다, 명백히하다
find out, discover, discern, understand, comprehend, verify, confirm

It is not impossible to ascertain if these same changes might occur with a larger population of students.

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ascetic

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금욕적인, 금욕적인 사람
austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, self-disciplined

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.

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asperity

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(말, 태도) 신랄함
sharpness, abrasiveness, roughness, acerbity, astringency

The company has noted his asperity when dealing with its competitor.

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aspersion

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비방
abuse, calumny, defamation, detraction, invective, obloquy, vituperation

Before casting aspersion at properly attired people, I suggest that you do something about the outright sloppy appearance.

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assail

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맹렬히 공격하다
attack, assault, criticize, censure, pillory, revile

She felt at the right moment when an new idea would suddenly assail her, an idea that seemed so memorable and original and fresh that she was certain it had never been thought of by anyone else.

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assert

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주장하다
forcefully establish, claim, declare, contend, argue

The toddler must say “no” in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says “no” to asseert who she is not.

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assess

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평가하다
evaluate, judge, gauge, rate, estimate, appraise

The most difficult risk to assess is the political uncertainty, which would, of course, be aggravated by any or all of the other uncertainties.

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assiduous

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근면 성실한
meticulous, sedulous, conscientious, punctilious, painstaking

This was all recorded by the cameramen, with assiduous attention to detail, for broadcast in a variety of forms.

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assimilate

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흡수하다, 소화하다
absorb, take in, acquire, grasp, comprehend

Other immigrants arrive with a strong educational background seeking economic opportunity; they assimilate into middle class neighborhoods chosen because of job proximity rather than a desire for ethnic cohesiveness.

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assorted

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여러 구색을 갖춘, 가지각색의
various, mixed, miscellaneous, heterogeneous, varying, eclectic

The author demonstrated a high comfort level with the kind of assorted collection of metaphysical “miracles” favored by Emersonian thought.

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assuage

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달래다, 완화시키다; 만족시키다
soothe, hush, alleviate, allay, ease, relieve, moderate, abate

Beijing has tried to assuage its neighbors’ concerns by spearheading a project to create a regional free trade zone.

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assume

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  1. 가정하다
  2. (권력, 의무) 떠맡다
  3. 가장하다
  4. assume, surmise, infer
  5. acquire
  6. affect, simulate

Most people probably would assume that the phrase scholars of law and literature “is meant to refer to scholars of law and also, separately, to scholars of literature.

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astringent

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신랄한, 맛이 톡 쏘는
severe, sharp, stern, harsh, acerbic, acidulous, caustic, mordant, trenchant

His flair foe evoking a personality in limpid, astringent prose is evident as soon as he is moved to conjure up the unique spirit of an individual instead of pressing that individual into the service of one fixed idea.

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astute

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명민한, 기민한
shrewd, sharp, acute, adroit, canny, intuitive, perceptive, insightful, incisive, sagacious, wise

“Raymond Carver: A Writer’s Life,” which is not merely a great biography, but often an astute critical assessment of Carver’s writing as well.

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asylum

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(정치범, 난민, 정신병자 등의) 보호 시설
refuge, sanctuary, shelter, haven, harbor

The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart.

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atone

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속죄하다
absolve, answer, apologize, appease

As if to atone for this egregious omission, the editors devote the initial two chapter of the first volume to environmentally related topics.

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atrocious

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극악무도한, 매우 잔인한; 아주 나쁜
ferocious, heinous, vicious, horrible, brutal, appalling

Rituals must be performed to appease the gods and atone for atrocities.

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atrophy

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긴축, 축소
wasting, emaciation, withering, shriveling, shrinking, decay, decline

Patients with severe optic atrophy showed little or no recovery during the course of follow up, suggeting a direct relation between the degree of optic atrophy and visual recovery following surgical decompressio of the optic chiasm.

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attentive

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  1. 민감하게 반응하는
  2. 경청하고 배려하는
  3. perceptive, observant, alert, acute, aware, heedful, vigilant
  4. caring, solicitous, accommodating

I believe that I am letting my kids see that a man can be tender, sensitive, warm, attentive to feelings, and present, just plain there.

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attenuate

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가늘게하다, 약화시키다
thin, dilute, weaken, enervate

It is possible to attenuate the fire that was always inside certain communities – ethnic, religious - which allowed them to kill or motivated them to kill so many people.

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attest

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증명하다, 증언하다, 입증하다
confirm, verify, substantiate authenticate

In Ntarama, rows and rows of skulls and hones attest to nearly 5,000 who died in and around a Catholic church.

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attrition

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닳거나 약해져 없어지는 것, 감소
reduction, decrease

Many immersive performances operate through attrition, breaking the viewer down to their emotional response.

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attune

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조화를 이루다, 조율하다
accustom, adjust, adapt, accommodate, assimilate

I have had a long internship in learning about resonance because I have so much needed to create it in and around me as I have tried to attune myself to “interbeing” in the collectivist culture where I now make my home.

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audacious

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대담한, 무모한
daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, courageous, valiant, heroic, plucky, headlong, rash, brash

Marriage is a fierce battle before which the two partners ask heaven for its blessing, because loving each other is the most audacious of enterprises; the battle is not slow to start, and victory, that is nto say ffeedom, goes to the cleverest.

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audible

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(소리) 들리는
hearable, perceptible, discernible, detectable, appreciable, clear, distinct

Looking around, every face was set with a grave determination ‘to do’, and there was not a word audible as the orders were spoken and the commands obeyed.

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augment

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증가/증대시키다; 증가하다
increase, add to, supplement, enlarge, expand, extend, raise, multiply

Authors ask you to be the expert by not only knowing and using digital textbooks in your school, but also surrounding them with the wealth of information that will augment what is in the hands of students and teachers.

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augur

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전조가 되다, 예고하다
bode, portend, herald, presage, indicate

Already Tice in his brief and lyrical writing about Paterson in 1972 had articulated a sense of the promise of the place and its emerging future-in-the-present that did not augur well for a hope of redemption.

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auspicious

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길조의, 유리한
favorable, propitious, promising, providential, felicitous

A few miles from the scene of some 30,000 deaths, in sight of quarters decorated with large US flags, the groups graded salutations for an auspicious new year.

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austere

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  1. 엄격한
  2. 금욕적인
  3. 꾸밈없는, 소박한, 단순한
  4. severe, stern, strict, harsh
  5. ascetic, self-denying, frugal, spartan
  6. plain, simple, basic, modest, unadorned, unembellished

The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web witht he laws of nature and of morals.

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authenticity

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진짜임
genuineness, validity, reliability, dependability

In fact, Mr. Jones insists, they are historical documents of great value - the best indexes to the state of the art market as a given moment, clues to what an age considered signs of authenticity, marks of cultural desire.

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authenticate

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(진짜임을) 입증하다
corroborate, confirm, verify, substantiate, attest, testify, establish

Her confidential source was no reliable and her authenticators were unable to authenticate the documents, and yet she maintained the opposite.

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authoritarian

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독재적인, 권위주의적인
autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical, draconian, oppressive

There’s little doubt that Tunisia’s people-power uprising a potent mix of economic gripes and demands for political freedoms will embolden similar calls in a region dominated by authoritarian leaders and ruling monarchs.

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authoritative

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권위있는, 믿을만한
reliable, dependable, trustworthy, sound, authentic, valid, attested, verifiable

Genuine strategic cooperation on a global scale is not possible witha partner that not only has no defined and authoritative political leadership but also alcks and internal consensus regarding its world role.

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autonomy

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자율성, 자치권, 자립
self-government, self-rule, self-determination, independence

The specific type of motivation that is enhanced depends on the situation; lower levels of extrinsic motivation increase in controlled situations, whereas higher levels of extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation increase if autonomy is supported.

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avarice

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탐욕
greed, rapacity, acquisitiveness, covetousness

Canto XIX relates even more prominent ascetical penance in the realm of avarice where Dante encounters Pope Adrian V, who lies prostrate on the ground, bound hand and foot, his eyes forced to contemplate the material object of his sinful desire.

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avenge

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복수하다
requite, repay, pay back, revenge, take revenge for, take vengeance for

Her father responded to her story by forming a vigilante party to avenge his daughter’s mistreatment.

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aversion

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혐오감
abomination. animosity, antagonism, antipathy, repungnance

The parents may have less knowledge of mathematical concepts, lower comfort level with mathematics and a negative attitute toward mathematics leading to math anxiety and an aversion to mathematics.

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avert

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막다, 피하다; (시선을) 돌리다
avoid, turn aside, turn away

Humanity may have only a narrow window of time left – perhaps a decade or so – to begin the emissions reduction needed to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that can avert devastating and irreversible impacts from global warming.

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avian

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새[조류]의, 하늘을 나는
airborne, drifting, floating

The Endangered Species Act provides no protection for endangered phenomena such as avial migration, only for individual species of the “evolutionarily significant units.”

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avid

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열심힌, 열정적인; 탐욕적인
keen, eager, enthusiastic, ardent, passionate, zealous, dedicated, earnest

Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books.

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avow

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주장, 인정하다
acknowledge, admit, affirm, allow, aver, proclaim

She memorably avowed that her youthful infatuation with James had led her astray.

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awry

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휘어진, 비틀어진; 잘못된, 빗나가는
askew, crooked, lopsided, tilted

the reader can no plow through the 800 pages of these volumes and not suspect that they represent an ambitious publishing project which at some stage wnet awry and required rescue by skilled hands but which, by dint of patience and resources, turned out better than anyone could have expected.

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axiomatic

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자명한
self-evident, self-explanatory, patent, bare, clear, obvious, palpable

Generalization and convention prohibit originality and judgment, and the axiomatic tradition in French philosophy is itself shown to be a kind of binding of perspective.

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babble

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횡설수설하다
foolish talk, nonsense talk, gibberish

Differences are noted early in that infants with visual impairments appear to babble less than do sighted infants.

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backwater

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침체상태

In his seminal work on artistic patronage in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italy, Francis Haskell described eighteenth-century Venice as an intellectual backwater and Tiepolo’s art as symptomatic of the ebbing power of the Venetian nobility.

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badger

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(계속해서) 괴롭히다, 졸라대다
pester, harass, bother, plague torment, nag, harry, tease

Instead, they’re at the mercy of a strange nebulous process that requires them to badgter the leadership, who have the sole descretion of deciding which amendments go to a vote.

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baffle

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당황하게 하다, 어리둥절하게 하다
perplex, puzzle, bewilder, bemuse, confuse, confound, disconcert, nonplus, befundle

Sterling wa so preternaturally fast and clever that he had fallen half in love with the idea of his own genius; that – and a tendency to switch ack and forth too promiscuously between right- and left-handed stances in order to baffle his opponents – was his only evident weakness.

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bale

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재양; 불운, 고통, 불행
suffering, trouble, disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, affliction, woe, hardship

Relieve my spirit from the bale that bows it down.

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balk

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주저하다, 갑자기 서서 나아가지 않다; 방해하다, 막다, 좌절시키다
eschew, avoid, impede, obstruct, thwart, hinder, prevent, check, stop

Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence. The most exact calculator has no prescience that somewhat incalculable may not balk the very next moment.

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balky

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고집센, 말을 안듣는
unwilling, reluctant, uncooperative, recalcitrant, stubborn, unyielding

The notion that tenure was a guarantor of academic freedom – allowing scholars to do maverick research and advance unpopular arguments – arose later, when professors began running up against balky legislatures and unhappy benefactors.

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balm

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위안, 아늑함을 주는 것
balmy, savory, sweet, pleasant

There was no indication that the move would be more than a short-term balm for the crisis engulfing the Eurozone.

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banal

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진부한, 식상함을 주는
trite, hackneyed, platitudinous, vapid, commonplace, ordinary, stock, conventional, stereotyped, bathetic, quotidian, pedestrian, prosaic, stale

In our household, mundanity were regularly achieved, banality flourished unchecked but normalcy were seldom seen.

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bane

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고통의 근원; 맹독 [baneful]
scourge, plague, curse, blight, pest, nuisance, hardship

Rather like ruggy versions of paint-by-number sets, these temptingly convenient pre-stenciled patterns were at once a boon to the artistically challenged and a bane to original enterprise.

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barb

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신랄한 비난
insult, sneer, jibe, cutting remarks, disparagement, scorn, abuse, sarcasm

The point of the barb is to make clear that not even the liberal icon Obama dopts the lefts’ disdain for American exceptionalism, nor its desire to retreat from the war in Islamic terror.

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barefaced

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뻔뻔스런; 숨김없는
flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, undisguised, shameless, unabashed

“Not surprisingly, folks using the word barefaced were open to shifting the adjective in to the metaphoric realm: barefaced soon came to describe something

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baroque

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매우 장식적인, 화려한
elaborate, decorated, embellished, adorned, ornamented

Nevertheless, there was something strikingly Pindaric - heroic, strenuous, torqued, baroque - in the elaborate process of getting my husband George into the shower.

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Q

barren

A

얄메멪지 않는, 수확이 없는
unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, sterile, lifeless

In tree belts, such shelters are constructed of decomposing leaf litter and other organic debris; in barren, polar regions, they are made of snow.

77
Q

base

A

상스러운, 천한
sordid, ignoble, low-minded, mean, immoral, improper, unseemly, unscrupulous, unprincipled

Base men who prosper are uneviable.

78
Q

bask

A

햇볓 쪼이다, 즐기다, 누리다
revel in, delight in, luxuriate in, take pleasure in, indulge oneself in

79
Q

bastion

A

보강된 장소, 요새
fortress, stronghold

There is no denying that there are scholars who take refuge in the classical past, as if it were a bastion of the values they see under challenge in the modern world.

80
Q

bauble

A

싸구려, 시시한 것
trinket, ornament, nonsense

No, you didn’t imagine it, they referred to the Governor General as a ‘bauble’, pretty and decorative but ultimately nothing more.

81
Q

beatific

A

기쁨이 넘치는, 행복한
rapturous, ecstatic, seraphic, blissful, serene

Louise moved with grace and poise, a small, but beatific smile on her lips, her eyes fixed on Nelson, whose eyes were locked on hers.

82
Q

bedecked

A

장식된
decorated, decked, embellished, adorned

It was one of those clear wintry days when the sun bedecked the skies with all of its radiant beauty.

83
Q

bedlam

A

소란스러운 곳; 대소동, 혼란
uproar, chaos, pandemonium, commotion, mayhem, confusion

The apparent disorderliness of many things in decision making has led some people to argue that there is very little order to collelctive choice and that it is best described as bedlam.

84
Q

befitting

A

적절한, 알맞은
appropriate to, fit for, suitable for, suited to, proper to

The four men were seated, each with this legs crossed, and each wearing the funereal expression befitting a solemn occasion.

85
Q

befuddled

A

혼란스러워하는
confused, muddled, addled, bewildered, disorientated, fazed, perplexed, dazed, dizzy, stupefield

86
Q

beget

A

자식 낳다
give birth to, create

Boredom begets cyicism, then violence.

87
Q

begrudge

A

시샘하다; (주기 싫은데) 억지로 주다, 아까워하다
envy, resent, grudge, feel aggrieved about, feel bitter about

Then, when you hear complaints about not being able to do serious work in the internship, explain that its’a chance to observe, get a toe in, build a relationship, but not begrudge the menial assigned tasks.

88
Q

beguile

A

매혹시키다; 속이다, 기만하다
charm, attract, enchant, entrance, captivate, bewitch, mesmerize, seduce

So simple that a child can love it, yet sophisticated enough to beguile adults, this is a masterpiece whose beauty cannot be fully appreciated in photographs or in a thousand words of praise.

89
Q

behold

A

주시하다
see, observe, view, watch, survey, witness, gaze at/upon

Beautiful to behold is a fair young female in the soft slumber of health and innocence, but far more beautiful when startled to consciousness from her gentl rest, and bright colours chase one another across her cheeks and bosom.

90
Q

beleaguer

A
  1. 괴롭히다, 공격하다
  2. 둘러싸다
  3. beset, harry, persecute, torment, bother, intimidate, plague, bully, pester, badger
  4. beset, besiege, surround

Either way, until all schools are created equal, such drastic and sweeping policies will only aggravate the inconsistencies and inequities that already beleaguer our system.

91
Q

belie

A

반박하다, 모순의 관계에 있다
contract, be at odds with, disprove, debunk, discredit

Such intimations of mortality belie his insistence to friends that he was going to live to be eighty.

92
Q

bellicose

A

호전적인, 싸우기 좋아하는
belligerent, aggressive, hostile, warmongering, pugnacious, truculent, assertive

We would urge North Korea to refrain from that kind of bellicose rhetoric and, in general, avoid any kind of provocative actions that would further inflame the tension in the region.

93
Q

belligerent

A

호전적인, 전쟁중에 있는
bellicose, aggressive, hostile, warmongering, pugnacious, truculent, assertive

As a lover of truth, the national propaganda of all the belligerent nations sickened me.

94
Q

benediction

A

축복, 축도
blessing, prayer, grace, benedicite

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to his behavior by his attitude towards the result of the behavior arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way.

95
Q

beneficent

A

자비로운
benevolent, charitable, altruistic, humanitarian, philanthropic, magnanimous

Not that he had any faith in the so-called beneficent influences of time – for what young lover is willing to believe that the slow drag of months and years over his passion will crush all life from it at last?

96
Q

benevolent

A

자비심 많은, 자선을 행하는
beneficent, altruistic, humanitarian, philanthropic, magnanimous, munificent, generous

It relies of a trasncendental, immutable, objective source of supreme, omniscient, long term benevolent source God.

97
Q

benighted

A

무지한, 조잡한, 원시적인
unenlightened, primitive, simple

Efforts to clean up the benighted coast have been hindered by poor weather.

98
Q

benigh

A

친절한, 상냥한
kindly, kind, warmhearted, good-natured, affectionate, agreeable, genial, congenial, cordial

It took nine years, and a great depression, and two wars ending in defeat, and one surrender without war, to break my faith in the benigh power of the press.

99
Q

benignant

A

인자한, 유순한
beneficent, benevolent, benign, kindly, kind, warmhearted, charitable

He had fatherly, benignant way of showing his fondness for her, which seemed in itself to express a good man.

100
Q

bent

A
  1. 경향, 성향
  2. 능력
  3. predisposition, disposition, predilection, proclivity, propensity
  4. talent, gift, flair, aptitude

Thus, we should not be surprised that their ideological bent is toward modern liberalism, which translates this personal preference into a political platform.

101
Q

benumbed

A

무감각해진
desensitized, disabled, debilitated, weakened, render, insensible

Besides, they were snarling all the time, and his benumbed and drowsy senses no longer took note of changing pitch and intensity.

102
Q

bequeath

A

물려주다, 유증하다
leave to, leave in one’s will to

He left unsuspecting Duval to deliver to his legal guardian his will, in which he detailed his intention to bequeath his inheritance to his mistress, claiming she was his joy and his repose.

103
Q

berate

A

호되게 꾸짖다
scold, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, chide, criticize, upbraid

Kramer detested Koch’s AIDS policies and would loudly berate him in the lobby of their apartment building until the building management threatened of eviction.

104
Q

bereaved

A

죽음등올 홀로 남겨진, 상실한
left desolate

The Jesuit public school with its customary mix of sadism and scholarship made little allowance for a bereaved and bewildered boy, aching with homesickness.

105
Q

bereft of

A

~을 상실한
deprived of, robbed of, stripped of

She sits alone, los tin thought, her expression bereft, a tissue in her hand.

106
Q

beset

A
  1. 괴롭히다
  2. 에워싸다, 둘러싸다
  3. beleaguer, harry, persecute, torment, bother, intimidate, plague, bully, pester, badger
  4. beleaguer, besiege, surround

For Mr. Brown, election day could mark the ignominious end of a three-year term beset by divison within his party, relentless media snipping and the near-collapse of the British economy.

107
Q

besmirch

A

더럽히다; (명성) 훼손하다
sully, tarnish, taint, smear, disgrace, dishonor, debase, malign

Any allusions to ties with Abraham are completely unfounded and are clearly partisan attacks meant to besmirch his stellar repulation.

108
Q

bespeak

A

나타내다, 보여주다
indicate, testify to, reflect, demonstrate, manifest, display, signify, reveal, betray

The public duties to which he was often called bespeak his ability, and the confidence reposed in him by the leading men of his day.

109
Q

betray

A
  1. 배신하다
  2. 의도와 달리 드러내다
  3. be unfaithful to, double-cross
  4. reveal, disclose, divulge

What it again seems to betray is the notion that fiction is much like film, only little bit different, affording the opportunity to make explicit what in LaBute’s films is implicit.

110
Q

bewail

A

구슬퍼하다
lament, bemoan, mourn, grieve over, deplore, complain about, wail about

We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickednesses.

111
Q

bewilder

A

당황하게 만들다, 놀라다
perplex, puzzle, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, disconcert, nonplus, befuddle, baffle

The nuances never quite settle to a point of reference, and instead confuse, bewilder, and even overwhelm.

112
Q

bewitch

A

마술걸다, 매혹시키다
captivate, enchant, entrance, enrapture, charm, beguile, delight, fascinate, enthrall

Moreover, I wonder whether the closing two lines which bewitch me were in his time poetic or religious boilerplate, banal even.

113
Q

biased

A

편파적인
prejudiced, partial, partisan, bigoted, intolerant, discriminatory

When designing and proposing new policies designed to address bias, policymakers and politicians must take into account the fact that the word bias itself means very different things to different constituencies.

114
Q

bifurcate

A

두 갈래로 가르다, 분기하다
separate, split, bisect, diverge, divide

Without mentioning any names, I don’t know if it’s possible to bifurcate the examination of a review into separate questions of style and content, neglecting one to address the other.

115
Q

bigot

A

편협한 사람
chauvinist, partisan, sectarian, racist, sexist, homophobe, dogmatist, jingoist

Beyond the obvious lesson that an anti-gay bigot is a threat to all of us, lies, I believe, a deeper concern that can help clarify how we need to address religion in the contemporary world.

116
Q

bilious

A

허약한, 병적으로 괴팍한
choleric, noxious, insalubrious, lackluster, languid, pallid, pining, morbid

From the crowd-pleasing inanities to the bilious rant of the radical newspaper, hardly a single reviewer has risen above the level of sophomoric complaints about snobbery and bad art.

117
Q

bilk

A

속이다, 피하다, 좌절시키다, 막다
swindle, defraud, cheat, trick, dupe, deceive, fool, hoax, bamboozle

But there is no way to justify allowing them to continue to bilk average customers, not to mention risking driving the global economy off the cliff again.

118
Q

biting

A

신랄한, 통렬한
bitter, angry, rancorous, caustic, acerbic, acrimonious, scathing, sarcastic, acid, harsh, sharp, cutting, spiteful, vitriolic, hostile

She added, after a brief pause: “ Should you call a biting lecture on one’s shortcomings form a strange man no injury?”

119
Q

bizarre

A

이상한, 별난
strange, peculiar, odd, funny, curious, outlandish, abnormal, eccentric, unconventional, unusual, unorthodox, queer, extraordinary, eeire

The thing about these “bans” that has struck e as a little bizzare is they do not seem scientifically effective in protecting the bloood supply, as they rely only on a social discouragement not to donate.

120
Q

blackmail

A

공갈 협박하다
extort money from, threaten, menace, coerce, pressurize, pressure, force

Such things are called blackmail and bring terrible consequences in court I am told if they become known, so I must warn you never to do anything of this sort again.

GRE Verbal Power Vocabulary (2 decks)

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