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
exasperation
(n.) frustration and annoyance
divination
(n.) fortune-telling; forecasting
dint
(n.) means; effort; 힘, 타격
quack
(n.) charlatan; impostor
narcissism
(n.) vanity; excessive concern with one’s own appearance
tension
(n.) stretching; condition of being stretched; mental strain
avow
(v.) to promise
frenetic
(adj.) frenzied; 열광적인
bohemian
(adj.) unconventional in an artistic way; 자유방종한
ingrate
(n.) ungrateful person (not expressing thanks)
hauteur
(n.) arrogance, snobbery
accolade *
(n.) honor, award of merit
nepotism
(n.) favoritism towards family
granulate
(v.) to form into grains
ambience
(n.) environment; atmosphere
conjecture *
(n.) unproved thesis
(v.) to guess
chicanery
(n.) tricker; attempt to deceive; 발뺌
inverse
(adj.) opposite
guy
(n.) cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
curator
(n.) manager in charge of a museum or a library
apologist
(n.) one who writes in defense of a cause or institution
conspire
(v.) to plot secretly or illegally; 공모하다, 협력하다
predatory
(adj.) greedy
accede
(v.) to give consent or agreement
contusion
(n.) bruise
gravity *
(n.) heaviness, seriousness
vegetate
(v.) to live in monotonous way (without interests or activity)
bellow
(v.) to yell
nourishment
(n.) something that nourishes; food
beseech
(v.) to beg or implore
hatch
(n.) deck opening, lid covering a deck opening
(v.) emerge from an egg; to produce from an egg
algae
(n.) seaweed-like simple plants
faze
(v.) to surprise, to confuse
omniscient
(adj.) all knowing
ambrosia
(n.) extremely tasty food
choleric
(adj.) easily angered
nexus
(n.) connection
odyssey
(n.) long, eventful, adventurous journey
perennial
(n.) something long-lasting; perennial plant
vehement
(adj.) said with intensity or force
electric *
(adj.) miscellaneous, variegated; 잡다한
precocious
(adj.) advanced in development
infraction
(n.) violation of a rule or regulation
sullen
(adj.) silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy
urbane
(adj.) sophisticated; 도시풍의
rider
(n.) amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
offshoot
(n.) a thing branching off from the main
pharisaical
(adj.) pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous
germinate
(v.) to cause to sprout
sacrilegious
(adj.) disrespectful of something sared
monochrome
(adj.) painting in only one color
recount *
(v.) to narrate or tell a story; to count over again
junta
(n.) military rule
malinger
(v.) to pretend to be ill to avoid working
gnome
(n.) dwarf; underground spirit who guards treasure hoards
primal
(adj.) first in rank or importance; being first in time; original
Adversary
n. an opponent or enemy
Antagonize
v. to provoke or display hostility
Autonomy
n. independence
Coherent
adj. clear and logical
Contempt
n. scorn or open disrespect
Depict
v. to represent or show
Disparate
adj. different and distinct
Empathy
n. the understanding of another’s feelings
Exemplary
adj. serving as a worthy example
Hierarchy
n. a ranking system
