Day 21 Flashcards
fortitude
strength of character or mind
ossified
become fixed and rigid
requisition
a request for supplies (for official purposes)
invoke
to call upon a greater power
to summon
dereliction
neglect of duty; abandonment
billow
to swell out
marred *
spoiled, ruined
caveat
warning or explanation
nugatory
worthless, futile
faux
fake
anticlimax
letdown in thought or emotion
deliberate
consider, ponder
fritter
waste (time or money on unimportant things
carnal
fleshly, sensual, concerning the desires of the body
bugaboo
bugbear, object of baseless terror
perplexing
puzzling
phonetics
study of sounds of words
epaulet
ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform)
paroxysm
sudden outburst
civilization
cultural development of mankind
kinesthetic
relating to motion
uproarious
marked by commotion or uproar, very noisy
modicum
a small part
reproach
scold, disapprove
insidious
treacherous, stealthy, sly, working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner
edify *
to inform
corpulent
very fat
discerning *
having good judgement
recluse *
hermit, loner; 독고…?
carcinogenic
causing cancer
cathartic
purgative, medicine that causes the bowels to empty
pliant
malleable, flexible, easily influenced
matrimony
marriage
perusal
careful reading
poised
calm, self-controlled
lionize
to glorify, to treat like a hero or celebrity
incorporeal
without a material body
hypersensitive
overly sensitive or weak to something
luminescence
brightness
medium
element that is a creature’s natural environment
gustatory
affecting or relating to the sense of taste
interior
the inside
retort
quick sharp reply
dutiful
obedient
corroborating
giving supporting evidence
cosmic
relating to the universe
vertiginous
suffering from dizziness
transience
temporary, short-lived nature
perversion
corruption of what was first intended; turning from right to wrong
voc/vok
to call, voice
cloister
monastery or convent; 수도원
bedizen
dress with vulgar finery
flick
light stroke as with a whip
(v.) move with a light quick blow
vertigo
feeling of dizziness
deconstruct
analyze, take apart
unseemly
unbecoming, not proper in behavior, indecent
kaleidoscope
a toy which creates symmetrical shapes
a complex or shifting pattern
frugal
living economically, without wasting resources
mobile
movable, not fixed
telescope
an instrument which allows you to see far away things
implacable
cannot be appeased, relentless
cession
yielding to another, ceding (to give up (power or territory)
converge *
approach, tend to meet, come together
unerringly
infallibly, making no mistakes
hydraulics
use of water to create energy
notorious
infamous, having a bad reputation
finicky
too particular, fussy, difficult to please, too concerned with unimportant details
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pariah *
outcast 추방된 사람
subsist
survive
canard
lie, fib
disquisition
formal systematic inquiry, explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; 논문
antidote *
cure for a poison
incompatible
not able to be used, likely to be rejected
oblique
indirect, evasive (avoiding)
advent
arrival
contort
to twist out of shape
natation
swimming
mode
prevailing style, current fashion, manner, way of doing something
interim
meantime
shard
small piece
oblivious
unaware
unbearable
intolerable, difficult to stand
sublimate
refine, purify, replace natural urges with socially acceptable activities; 승화시키다
grandiose
grand, slendid
reassure
to give confidence, to relieve of doubt
rampart
bulwark, fortification or defense
hostility
unfriendliness, hatred, enmity
paradox
statement that looks false but is actually correct
practical
based on experience
statecraft
art of governing
ostracize
tannish from a group
embellish *
to decorate
to exaggerate
temperance
self-control
redondant *
unnecessary
bent
determined
agglomerate
to pile together, to collect
craftiness
slyness, trickiness
blithe
carefree, thoughtless
erode
eat away, wear away gradually by abrasion
subpoena
writ (written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court
