JKLO

Question 1

judicious

Answer 1

exercising sound judgment 현명한 판단을 하는;

The judge made judicious use of tools.

Question 2

juxtapose

Answer 2

to place side by side;

Comedy and tragedy were juxtaposed in the play.

Question 3

kinetic

Answer 3

having to do with motion; lively; active;

Question 4

laconic

Answer 4

using few words, especially to the points of seeming rude;

The manager’s laconic dismissal letter

Question 5

lampoon

Answer 5

to satirize, to mock, to parody;

Students mercilessly lampooned their Latin teacher’s lisp.

Question 6

languish

Answer 6

to become weak, listless, or depressed;

The formerly eager and vigorous accountant languished in his tedious job.

Question 7

largess

Answer 7

generous giving of gifts, generosity;

Only the largess of his uncle got Sam into Princeton.

Question 8

latent

Answer 8

present but not visible or apparent; potential;

A photographic image is latent.

Question 9

laud

Answer 9

to praise, applaud, extol;

The bank manager lauded the hero who trapped the robber.

Question 10

legacy

Answer 10

sth handed down from the past, a bequest;

The legacy of the corrupt administration was chaos, bankruptcy, and despair.

Question 11

lethargy

Answer 11

게으름, 나태함, 무관심;

The couch potato had fallen into a state of such total lethargy.

Question 12

levity

Answer 12

lightness, unseriousness;

The speaker’s levity was not appreciated by the convention of funeral directors.

Question 13

libel

Answer 13

명예를 손상시키는 허위사실을 쓰거나 출판하는 것;

The newspaper committed libel when it called him worthless moron.

Question 14

litigate

Answer 14

제소하다, 법적 소송을 걸다;

When the company was unable to recover its money back, its only option was to litigate.

Question 15

loquacious

Answer 15

talking a lot or too much;

The teacher was very loquacious, which was fine with most of students.

Question 16

lucid

Answer 16

clear, easy to understand;

His explanation was few but lucid.

Question 17

lugubrious

Answer 17

exaggeratedly mournful;

His lugubrious eulogy eventually made everyone start giggling.

Question 18

luminous

Answer 18

glowing, bright;

The dial on my watch is luminous.

Question 19

garrulous

Answer 19

talkative, chatty;

Question 20

genteel

Answer 20

refined, polite, artistocratic, affecting refinement 품위있는, 예의바른, 귀족적인, 고상한 척하는;

The ladies are too genteel to accept our invitation.

Question 21

gesticulate

Answer 21

to make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking;

Harry gesticulated wildly on the other side of the theater to attempt to get our attention.

Question 22

glut

Answer 22

surplus, an overabundance 과다, 남아돌아갈만큼의 양;

The international oil shortage turned into an international oil glut with surprising speed.

Question 23

grandiloquent

Answer 23

pompous, 과장하는, 깊은 인상을 남기기 위해 과장하거나 터무니 없는 말을 하는;

The president’s speech was grandiloquent rather than eloquent. 웅변적이라기보다는 과장이 심했어

Question 24

grandiose

Answer 24

absurdly exaggerated;

The scientist’s grandiose plan

Question 25

grantuitous

Answer 25

unjustified, unprovoked, uncalled for 정당성이 없는, 이유없는, 불필요한;

The scratching review of the movie contained several grantuitous remarks about the sex life of the director.

Question 26

gravity

Answer 26

seriousness;

given the gravity of the situation

Question 27

gregarious

Answer 27

sociable, enjoying the company of others;

He was very garrulous and gregarious.

Question 28

guile

Answer 28

cunning, duplicity, artfulness 교활함, 사기, 간특함;

Jose used guile, not intelligence, to win the spelling bee- he cheated.

Question 29

hedonism

Answer 29

쾌락주의

Question 30

hegemony

Answer 30

leadership, especially of one nation over another

Question 31

heresy

Answer 31

any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs;

Galileo was tried for the heresy of suggesting that the sun did not revolve around the earth.

Question 32

hermetic

Answer 32

impervious to external influence; airtight 외부의 영향을 받지 않는, 밀폐된;

The president led a hermetic existence in the White House. 백악관 안 에서 단절된 생활을 하다.

Question 33

heyday

Answer 33

golden age, prime

Question 34

hiatus

Answer 34

a break or interruption, often from work;

Question 35

histrionic

Answer 35

overly dramatic, theatrical;

The chairman’s histrionic presentation convinced no one.

Question 36

homily

Answer 36

a sermon

Question 37

homogeneous

Answer 37

uniform, made entirely of one thing;

Question 38

husbandry

Answer 38

thrifty management of resources; livestock farming

자산의 알뜰한 관리, 목축

Question 39

hyperbole

Answer 39

an exaggeration used as a figure of speech 과장법

Question 40

hypothetical

Answer 40

uncertain, unproven;

His skill as a baseball player was entirely hypothetical.

Question 41

nebulous

Answer 41

vague, hazy, indistinct;

Oscar’s views are so nebulous.
The community’s boundaries are somewhat nebulous.

Question 42

nefarious

Answer 42

evil, flagrantly wicked;

nefarious plot 사악한 음모

Question 43

neologism

Answer 43

a new word or phrase

Question 44

nepotism

Answer 44

showing favoritism to friends or family in business or politics (족벌주의)

He was counting on nepotism since he had no business acumen.

Question 45

nominal

Answer 45

in name only, insignificant

Bert was the nominal chairman.
The cost was nominal in comparison with the enormous value of what you received.

Question 46

noxious

Answer 46

harmful, offensive;

a noxious gas 유독가스

Question 47

obdurate

Answer 47

stubborn and insensitive;

obdurate refusal 완강한 거부

Question 48

obfuscate

Answer 48

to darken, to confuse;

obfuscate the issue 논점을 흐리다

Question 49

oblique

Answer 49

indirect, at an angle;

oblique reference

Question 50

oblivion

Answer 50

total forgetfulness;

be headed for oblivion 잊혀져 가다

Question 51

obscure

Answer 51

unknown, hard to understand, dark;

obscure artist 무명의 아티스트

Question 52

obsequious

Answer 52

fawning, subservient 아양떠는, 비굴한;

Question 53

obtuse

Answer 53

insensitive, blockheaded 비굴한, 멍청한;

Mabel was so obtuse that she didn’t realized for several days that Carl had asked her to marry him.

Question 54

officious

Answer 54

annoyingly eager to help or advise;

officious salesperson

Question 55

onerous

Answer 55

burdensome, oppressive;

onerous task

Question 56

opaque

Answer 56

impossible to see through, impossible to understand;

opaque window;
opaque expression

Question 57

opulent

Answer 57

luxurious;

opulent palace

Question 58

ostensible

Answer 58

apparent(but misleading); professed

ostensible kindness

Question 59

ostentatious

Answer 59

excessively conspicuous, showing off;

The donor was ostentatious in making his gift to the hospital.