M-vocab

Question 1

magnet

Answer 1

describes someone whose personality “attracts “ a lot of people

It’s a magnet for illegal migrants looking for work and new lives. –> 단속 철저하지 않은 항구도시

It’s a magnet school for elites with money and no brain.

Question 2

maim

Answer 2

손or다리 잃어서 못씀. 대부분의 경우에 팔이나 다리.

to injure s/o seriously, esp. permanently.

While the political negotiations continue, ordinary people continue to suffer and more innocent civilians are maimed by mines.

Question 3

civilian

Answer 3

민간인

While the political negotiations continue, ordinary people continue to suffer and more innocent civilians are maimed by mines.

Question 4

make no mistake

Answer 4

단, 이건 기억해야돼! 이건 모르면 안돼 !

경고나 주의점 주려고 할 때

Question 5

make one’s bed

Answer 5

화를 자초하다

cf. make your bed when you get up
자기 전 침구준비, 아침에 일어나서 정리

Question 6

makeover

Answer 6

개선을 통해 체질이나 외모를 완전히 바꾸어놓다.

Question 7

malodorous

Answer 7

냄새가 쩌는

Question 8

malignant tumor

/반대말?

Answer 8

악성종양

/ benign tumor

Question 9

malfunction
/malefactor
/benefactor

Answer 9

오작동/
악을 행하는 자 /
선을 행하는 자

Question 10

mandate

Answer 10

위에서 내려지는 명령

Question 11

marshal

Answer 11

뭔가를 모아서 어디로 보내다 /
(특정 목적을 위해 사람사물생각 등을) 모으다[결집시키다]

They have begun marshalling forces to send relief to the hurricane victims

to bring people or things together and organize them so that they can be used in an effective way.

Question 12

masterstroke

Answer 12

신의 한수

이세돌 9단의 78수같은 느낌
The move was hailed as a political masterstroke.

Question 13

meager

Answer 13

얼마 안되는

[meager income]
쥐꼬리만한 소득

Question 14

means test

Answer 14

소득이 얼만큼 되는지 검사해보는 테스트
e.g.) 은행에서 대출받을 때 자산검사

He is spending beyond/ above his means.
He is spending within his means.

Question 15

membership

Answer 15

1. 멤버임

2. 특정 단체에 가입한 사람 전체

Question 16

readership

Answer 16

특정책을 읽은사람 전체. 구독자 전체

e.g.) 한쌤이 쓴 책 읽은사람 전체가 readership

Question 17

menace

Answer 17

(구체적 대상물을 가리키며) 위협이 되는 것
cf. threat (추상적으로) 위협

NK’s nuclear weapons pose grave threat to the peace on the Korean peninsula.

NK’s weapons are a menace to the peace on the Korean peninsula.

Question 18

menial work

Answer 18

[menial labor]

특별한 기술없이 손으로 단순반복하는 노동
n. drudgery.

Question 19

migraine

Answer 19

(엄청 심한) 편두통 > splitting headache, pounding headache

Question 20

mildew

Answer 20

흰곰팡이 (화장실 구석에 핑크색 곰팡이생각)

전반적으로 지저분한다, 관리가 안됐다는 것을 나타낼 때

covered in feces, covered in mildew

Question 21

mindful

Answer 21

마음속에 가득 둔다-> 잊지않고 기억한다.

I am always mindful of what my mom told me about guys

Question 22

pious

Answer 22

(종교와 관련) 신앙심 깊은

pious한 사람

Question 23

with kid glove

Answer 23

기스 안나도록 끼는 장갑이 kid gloves

with kid gloves -> 조심스럽게 다루다. 함부고 대하지 않는다.

Question 24

miserly

Answer 24

쥐꼬리만큼 적은

a miserly amount is very small and not enough.

Question 25

misguided

Answer 25

-ed 수동으로 쓰여서 오해하게 됐다는 느낌이 강함.

His misguided belief about me meant he wouldn’t do all I tell him to.

You’re misguided if you believe he’s such a greedy guy.

Question 26

misplace (v.)

Answer 26

to put s/t in the wrong place

[misplace concern] 안해도 되는 걱정

Question 27

mistaken

Answer 27

You’re mistaken to believe~

It’s a mistaken belief that ~

Question 28

mitigate

Answer 28

to reduce the harmful effects of s/t
=soothe/ assuage/ alleviate/ allay

정도를 줄여주고, 약화시키다
mitigate + 고통, 걱정, 통증, 공포

Question 29

mobster

Answer 29

우르르 몰려서 나쁜짓 하는 놈들

Question 30

racketeering

Answer 30

부당하게 이득 취하는 행위

Question 31

mock

Answer 31

실제가 아닌데 실제처럼 만든

e.g.)mock test 모의고사

Question 32

gurney

Answer 32

들것/ 그물침대/ 119침대

The original judge lay down a mock gurney at a protest.

Question 33

modern-day

Answer 33

현대판

modern-day 홍길동 -> 현대판 홍길동

Question 34

modulate

Answer 34

(용도에 맞게) 조금씩 수정하다.

module -> 원판에 다른 것을 끼워서 그 것을 다른용도로 수정하는 것.

e.g.) LG 폰 -> 프로젝터

Question 35

moisten

Answer 35

a. moist

n. moisture

Question 36

more often than not

Answer 36

usually

Question 37

morgue

Answer 37

납골당

Question 38

prized

Answer 38

귀히 여김을 받는, 많은 사람에 의해 정말 소중하게 여겨지는

The foreign ministry has already set up a national image task force out of worry this panic will hit the much-prized economy.

Question 39

out of worry that SV

Answer 39

이러이러한 우려에서

The foreign ministry has already set up a national image task force out of worry this panic will hit the much-prized economy.

Question 40

out of curiosity

Answer 40

In the end, she opened the box out of curiosity.

호기심의 발로로

Question 41

muddle

Answer 41

n. a. 뒤죽박죽

He got all muddled up about what to do next.

Question 42

indecision

Answer 42

우유부단함

Question 43

muster

Answer 43

뜻을 모으다. 사람들의 지지를 모으다.

[muster support]
[muster votes]

Question 44

mutilate

Answer 44

(범죄나 살인 때문에) to damage s/o’s body permanently by cutting it or removing part of it.

Question 45

against their will

Answer 45

그사람의 의지와 상관없이