Day 3 Flashcards
nirvana
(n.) heaven, paradise
quies
(v.) to rest
ecosystem
(n.) ecological community together with its environment
cornucopia
(n.) a horn filled with fruits etc;
symbol of plenty
exigency
(n.) urgent situation
congress
(n.) meeting
(v.) to gather together
poignancy
(n.) quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; (adj.) poignant
apparatus
(n.) equipment
palliative
(n.) medicine, something which reduces pain
bizarre
(adj.) fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
encroaching
(v.) trespassing; 침입하다
convoluted
(adj.) complicated, complex; 뒤얽힌
facilitate *
(adj.) simplify
(n.) aid
(v.) to help
embitter
(v.) to make bitter; fill with painful or bitter feelings; make sad and angry
suckle
(v.) to give or take milk at the breast or udder
accretion
(n.) growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth
fret
(v.) to be annoyed or vexed
outgoing
(adj.) sociable; eager to mix socially with others
doctrine *
(n.) teachings in general; particular principle taught
fabricate
(v.) to build; to lie; to make up a story in order to deceive
flit
(v.) to fly
shimmer
(v.) to shine with a flickering light
rend
(v.) to split, to tear apart
sect
(n.) part
fraught
(adj.) filled with something unpleasant, full
cohabit
(n.) to live together
din
(n.) continued loud noise
libidinous
(adj.) lustful
consequential
(adj.) self-important; significant; consequent; following as a result; 중대한, 결과로써 일어나는
bantering
(n.) joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing
chromatin
(n.) science of colors
canter
(n.) slow gallop, 보통 구보
slap
(v.) to hit quickly with the flat part of the hand
utopian
(n.) someone who believes in an ideal world
shrewd
(adj.) clever
redoubtable
(adj.) impressive, strong
immune
(adj.) resistant to
slavish
(adj.) unoriginal, like a slave
pretension
(n.) a claim without foundation; 요구
astronomical
(adj.) enormously large or extensive
vigil
(n.) keeping watch during normal sleeping hours; 불침번
accomplice
(n.) a partner in crime
provoke
(v.) to cause a fight or reaction
matron
(n.) a married woman, female head of the family