R-vocab

Question 1

racketeer

Answer 1

s/o who makes money from illegal activities

racketeering: 부당한 방법으로 사취하다

Question 2

ramp up s/t

Answer 2

갑자기 확 박차를 가하다.

[ramp up production]

e.g. 갑자기 자동차 수요가 늘어나서 전국 현대공장에서 ramp up production -> 생산량을 확 늘리다

Question 3

rancid

Answer 3

go rancid=go bad

[rancid smell]

The oysters have gone all rancid

Question 4

rap

Answer 4

세게 딱 때리다

rap s/o on the knuckles : 강력하게 비판하다
a slap on the wrist

Question 5

rarify

Answer 5

rarefy 밀도가 떨어지게 (성기게) 만들다.

condense, compress

Question 6

rattle (v.)

Answer 6

He looked rattled when he came out of the interview room.

very nervous situation = a rattling situation

Question 7

reach out to s/o

Answer 7

도움을 구하다, 도움을 주다

Question 8

reams of s.o

Answer 8

(물리적으로 or data)가 엄청나게 많이 쌓인 물건, 서류, 정보

[reams of data]

Question 9

rebate

Answer 9

환급금

tax rebate

Question 10

rebut

Answer 10

“누가 나에게 대해 ~게 주장함” 이 것에 대해 나는 아니라고 주장하다.

She has rebutted charges that she has been involved in any financial malpractice.

Question 11

reckon

Answer 11

전문가가 숫자상으로 ~라고 말하다.

Question 12

[ recoup + losses]

[ recoup + investment ]

Answer 12

손해본 것을 매꾸다.

(돈벌어서 투자금 만큼 뽕뽑다) 투자금울 회수

Question 13

recreational drugs

Answer 13

recreational use ( high 느끼려고, 단순 즐기기 위한 목적)

medical use

Question 14

rectify

Answer 14

(formal) to correct a problem

잘못된 시스템이나 오류를 고치다, 수정하다

Question 15

red tape

Answer 15

예전에 서양에서 공문저장할 떄, 정부문건임을 보여주기 위해서 빨간 테이프로 묶어놓음 -> 여기서 유래해서 쓸데없이 복잡한 관료주의적 절차

Question 16

reduce

Answer 16

e. g.) Such despicable remarks only reduce those who post them to mindless animals who should be put to death immediately.
e. g.) Smokers are often reduced to social pariahs.

Question 17

despicable

Answer 17

혐오할만큼 극악무도한

e.g.) Such despicable remarks only reduce those who post them to mindless animals who should be put to death immediately.

Question 18

reel

Answer 18

to move in a way that is not steady.

The economy is reeling from the shock in the US.
우리 경제가 미국에서 발생한 shock 땜에 흔들리고 있다.

Question 19

referendum

Answer 19

주민투표

=plebiscite 주민투표, 국민투표

Question 20

reflexive

Answer 20

reflexive aversion to geniuses often comes from an inferiority complex deep inside

inferiority : 열등감, 자격지심

Question 21

refute

Answer 21

거짓이고 틀렸음을 입증하다.

= rebut

Question 22

a regiment of s/t

Answer 22

많은. 큰 무리의

Question 23

rein in

Answer 23

제멋대로 날뛰는 아이들을 통제하다.

[rein in inflation]

Question 24

rekindle

Answer 24

=reignite (재점화시키다.)

논란이나 사건을 확 일으키다

Question 25

relish

Answer 25

즐기다, 누리다, 민끽하다

[relish the sun]
[relish +맛있는 음식]
[relish the victory]

Question 26

render

Answer 26

결국에 A를 B로 만들어버리다.

B에는 ~없이, ~을 잃어버리게와 같은 단어가 나옴.

She dumped him right on the spot rendering him speechless.

The drug renders its users completely slumberless.

Question 27

renounce

Answer 27

공식적으로 ~하지 않겠다고 포기선언하다.

Several states have renounced midazolam.

Question 28

repository

Answer 28

(엄청 거창) 지식의 보고, 엄청 거창

The ultimate repository of human knowledge.

Question 29

resonate

Answer 29

공명하다/ 찬성하다

e.g.)His call for closing such extremist hate-spewing websites now resonates with the absolute majority of the people.

Question 30

resort to

Answer 30

[resort to + 폭력/ 총/ 칼 ]

Question 31

resounding

Answer 31

The process took a 10-painful years but fortunately led to a resounding success.

어려운 상황, 노력이야기하다가 성공했을 때, resounding success

Question 32

restitution

Answer 32

내가입힌 피해에 대한 보상금. 특히 일본군 위안부에 대한 배상금, 보상금 이야기 나옴

Eric was sentenced to a year in prison and also had to pay about $200,000 in restitution for whistle-blower lawsuits and lawyers’ fees.

Question 33

reticent

Answer 33

(사람의 성향이야기할 때) 말이 없는

He was extremely reticent about his personal life.

Question 34

retort

Answer 34

반대하다

rebut과 비슷

Question 35

retribution

Answer 35

보상금, 배상금 반환 / 그에 상응하는 댓가

punishment that s/o deserves because they have done something bad.

Question 36

revel in

Answer 36

[revel in 태양] 태양즐겨
[revel in 승리] 승리만끽

They’re reveling 정신줄 놓고 노는 중

relish와 매우비슷

Question 37

revulsion

Answer 37

특정 단체, 행동, 발언에 대해 상대방이 느끼는 반감, 혐오감, 역겨움

Question 38

right down to

Answer 38

including 의 역할과 같음
따지고보면 소소한 것까지 다

The twins look exactly the same right down to the scar on the lips

Question 39

rigor

Answer 39

엄격함/ 준엄함

rigorous analysis 꼼꼼한 분석
rigorous standards 엄격한 기준 (기준이 높음)
rigorous training 5분도 쉬지 않도록 훈련시키기

Question 40

roam

Answer 40

목적없이 슬슬다닌다.
e.g.) When dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

when SARS roamed free
-> 질병이 control되지 않고 창궐

Question 41

rock bottom rates

Answer 41

최저치

Question 42

rogue

Answer 42

not behaving in the unusual or accepted way and often causing trouble.

[rogue state]

Question 43

roll out s/t

Answer 43

제조업에서 공산품 만들어내다.

LG is rolling out large-screen OLED TVs.

Question 44

roll over

Answer 44

상환 기간을 연장해주는 것 (만기연장)

e.g.) Financial assistance including debt rollovers.

The companies were offered a debt rollover on the outstanding debts amounting to $40 billion between them.

Question 45

rotund

Answer 45

체형이 동글동글 통통한 느낌

=chubby

Question 46

rule of thumb

Answer 46

정확한 잣대가 아니고 경험이나 대략적 기준으로 봤을 때 어떻다.

Rough rule of thumb puts the number of months it takes to win admission at around 24.

Question 47

[run amok]

Answer 47

미쳐날뛰다.

e.g.) 맷돼지나 금리가 미쳐날뛰다

Question 48

run s/o into ground

Answer 48

누군가를 힘들게 해서 쓰러지게 하다. 망가지게하다. 지치게 하다.

Any misalignment serves to run a species (공작) into the ground, sooner or later.

공작의 아름다움(깃털)과 실용성간의 misalignment가 멸종하게함.

Question 49

runaway

Answer 49

out of control

e.g.) runaway Capitalism
제 멋대로인(전혀 통제되지 않는) 자본주의

Question 50

rupture

Answer 50

타이어, 장기, 관계 등 파열

e.g.) 혈관이 터짐 -> 뇌졸중 or 심장마비
수도관이 동파

relationship or friendship도 rupture