Outliers : Feb 2021

Question 1

sniff

Answer 1

v. to smell something by taking air in through your nose
ex) He sniffed his socks to see if they needed washing.

n. a quick breath in through the nose to smell something, or to stop liquid in the nose from coming out:
ex) Take a sniff of this medicine - it smells horrible, doesn’t it?
ex) The essential scratch & sniff guide to becoming a wine expert.

Question 2

whiff

Answer 2

n. a slight smell, carried on a current of air:
ex) During the first few months of pregnancy the slightest whiff of food cooking made my stomach turn.
ex) take a whiff of that.

Question 3

spirited [스피(강)리티드]

Answer 3

adj. enthusiastic and determined

The two teams played spirited, aggressive hockey.

Question 4

determined

Answer 4

adj. wanting to do something very much and not allowing anyone or any difficulties to stop you
ex) I’m determined to get this piece of work done today.

Question 5

cram

Answer 5

v. to force a lot of things into a small space
ex) The players and their families and sports reporters from across the country crammed into the winning team’s locker room.
ex) Eight children were crammed into the back of the car.

Question 6

sweat-soaked [발음도]

Answer 6

스웨 소우크드

땀에 젖은?

Question 7

virtuoso [발음]

Answer 7

벌츄(강)어우소우

n. a person who is extremely skilled at something, especially at playing an instrument or performing
ex) it’s not all that different from the way the world of classical music picks its future virtuosos.

Question 8

patron

Answer 8

[페이트런]
n. a person or group that supports an activity or organization, especially by giving money:

ex) The Princess Royal is a well-known patron of several charities.

Question 9

forebear

Answer 9

n. a relative who lived in the past
ex) The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine.

Question 10

legacy

Answer 10

n1. money or property that you receive from someone after they die:
n2. something that is a part of your history or that remains from an earlier time

ex1) An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy
ex2) The Greeks have a rich legacy of literature
ex3) The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine.

Question 11

invariably

Answer 11

n. always

Question 12

unravel

Answer 12

[언래(강)벌]

v1. . DISENTANGLE
v2. to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of : clear up

ex) You’d better mend that hole before the whole sweater starts to unravel.
ex) It’s not enough to ask what successful people are like, in other words. It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn’t.

Question 13

lumberjack

Answer 13

n. (especially in the US and Canada) a person whose job is to cut down trees that will be used for building, etc. or to transport trees that have been cut down

Question 14

downright

Answer 14

adj and adv. (especially of something bad) extremely or very great

ex) I think the way she was treated is a downright disgrace
ex) It is downright peculiar.

Question 15

astrology [발음]

Answer 15

[어스타랄(강)러지]
n. the study of the movements and positions of the sun, moon, planets, and stars in the belief that they affect the character and lives of people

ex) Unlike astronomy, astrology cannot be described as an exact science.

Question 16

meritocracy [발음]

Answer 16

[메리타(강)크러시]

n. a social system, society, or organization in which people get success or power because of their abilities, not because of their money or social position:
ex) The company is a meritocracy. Good work is rewarded with promotions.

Question 17

neurologist [발음]

Answer 17

[뉴랄(강)러지스트]

n. a doctor who studies and treats diseases of the nerves

Question 18

prodigy [발음]

Answer 18

[프라(강)디지]

n. someone with a very great ability that usually shows itself when that person is a young child:
ex) This is true even of people we think of as prodigies. Mozart, for example, famously started writing music at six.