Deck 'Everything' Vol.3 Flashcards
behind the time, late → t***y
tardy
mortified (meaning)
very embarrassed
derelict [ der-uh-likt ] (meaning)
crucial
unpalatable [ uhn-pal-uh-tuh-buhl ] (meaning)
not pleasant to taste
xenophobia (meaning)
irrational dislike
subside (meaning)
become less intensive
quell (meaning)
put an end to
plaintively (meaning)
sounding sad
throes (meaning)
intense pain & struggle
incipient (meaning)
beginning to happen
epilepsy (meaning in Korean)
간질, 뇌전증
vouchsafe (meaning)
grant something to someone in a condescending manner
할말을 잊다 (with ‘loss’)
at a loss at words = unable to think of anything to say
befall (meaning)
(something usually negative) happens to
hazy (meaning)
misty
wisp (meaning)
a small bunch
murmur (meaning)
a low continuous background noise
penultimate (meaning)
last one i a series of somthing
Coriolis effect
The Coriolis effect is an inertial force that deflects moving objects to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
ephemeral (meaning)
lasting for a very short period of time
trimaran
a yacht with 3 parallel hulls
recapitulate
[ree-kuh-pich-uh-leyt] summarise the main points again
formidable
inspiring fearful respect
levee
[lev-ee] an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
contraption (meaning)
a machine that appears strange and often unnecessarily complicated
strut (meaning)
a bar forming part of a framework to resist compression
12 star signs
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
stalactite (meaning 한글로)
[ stuh-lak-tahyt ] 종유석
gingerly (meaning)
in cautious manner
