REVERSAL Flashcards
splay
(손가락・다리 등을[이]) 벌리다[벌어지다/펴지다]
Definition: wide physically
Synonyms: ample, capacious, deep, expansive, extended, extensive, full, generous, immense, large, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, roomy, spacious, splay , squat, thick, vast, voluminous, widespread
villainy
악행
indignity
수치/모욕
Definition: embarrassment, humiliation
Synonyms: abuse, affront, backhanded compliment, contumely, discourtesy, dishonor, disrespect, grievance, injury, injustice, insult, obloquy, opprobrium, outrage, put-down, reproach, slap, slight, slur, snub, take-down, taunt
Antonyms: dignity, esteem, honor, regard, respect
spine one’s wheel
시간을 낭비하다, 헛수고하다
** double back**
(오던 길로) 되돌아가다
lie low
남의 눈에 띄지 않도록 하다
for what it’s worth
내 생각일 분이지만/도움이 될지 모르겠지만
dead in the water
이미 실패한 사람/성공할 가능성이 거의 없는 계획
narc(o)
마약전담 수사관/마약단속 경찰
blight
엉망으로 만들다
windbag
수다쟁이/떠버리
sequester
격리시키다
Definition: isolate, seclude
Synonyms: cloister, close off, cut off, draw back, enisle, hide, insulate, island, secrete, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, withdraw
play along with
에게 동조하는 체 하다
corral
울타리(안에 넣다)
reverberate
**1. 소리가 울리다
- 어떤 장소가 (큰 소리 때문에) 떠나갈 듯 하다
- (격식) (사람들에게) 반향[파문]을 불러일으키다**
ostensibly
표면상으로는/외관상으로
subterfuge
속임수
Definition: cheating
Synonyms: artifice, cheat, chicanery, deception, device, dishonesty, evasion, excuse, fraud, plan, ploy, pretense, refuge, ruse, scheme, sham, shift, sophistry, stratagem, trick
breezeway
(떨어진 건물 사이를 잇는, 지붕을 얹은) 옥외 통로
far-fetched
믿기지 않는/설득력 없는
sliver
조각
takedown
급습/기습 체포
hole up
숨다
pay dividends
(큰) 이익을 주다/내다
unimpeachable
의심할 여지 없는
Definition: blameless
Synonyms: clean, faultless, impeccable, inculpable, irreproachable, spotless, unassailable, unblemished, uncorrupted, unquestionable, untainted, untarnished
doodle
(특히 지루해 하거나 딴 생각을 하면서) 뭔가를 끼적거리다
Definition: draw casually
Synonyms: draw, fiddle, putter, scribble, tinker, trifle
transpire
**1. 알고 보니 …이다
- 일어나다, 발생하다**
rehash
(생각・글・영화 등을) 거의 그대로 반복하다, 재탕을 내놓다
posit
(주장・논의의 근거로 삼기 위해 무엇을) 사실로 상정하다[받아들이다]
incensed
몹시 화가 난/분노한
Definition: very angry
Synonyms: at end of one’s rope, buffaloed, bugged, bummed out, burned up, dogged, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, hacked, hot and bothered, huffy, indignant, infuriated, irate, ireful, mad, maddened, miffed, on the warpath, peeved, riled, rousted, rubbed the wrong way, steamed up, up in arms, uptight*, wrathful
incarceration
투옥, 감금, 유폐
overdog
1. 싸움에 이긴 개
2. 승리가 예측되는 후보자
3. 지배[특권] 계급의 한 사람
ward off
피하다/막다
incumbent
1. (명사) (공적인 직위의) 재임자
2. [명사 앞에만 씀] 재임 중인
2. upon/on sb (격식) (의무의 일부로) 필요한[해야 하는]
bog down
교착상태에 빠지다/꼼짝 못하게 하다/수렁에 빠지다
cowed
주눅이 든
Definition: defeated
Synonyms: baffled, bested, circumvented, conquered, cowed , crushed, disappointed, discomfited, disheartened, frustrated, humbled, licked, mastered, overcome, overpowered, overthrown, overwhelmed, routed, ruined, subjugated, surmounted, thwarted, trounced, undone, vanquished, worsted
over the top
과장된/지나친
paraphernalia
** (특히 특정한 활동에 필요한) 용품**
Definition: equipment, belongings
Synonyms: accoutrements, apparatus, appurtenances, baggage, effects, equipage, gear, habiliments, impedimenta, impediments, machinery, material, materiel, outfit, regalia, stuff, tackle, things, trappings
hing on
전적으로 ~에 달려 있다
proffer
1.(물건을 잡고) 내밀다[권하다]
2. (충고・설명 등을) 해 주다[내놓다]
accouterment
1. (개인의) 의복, 장신구(trappings)
2. (군사) (무기·군복 이외의) 장비
hang/hide one’s head
1. 기가 죽다
2. 부끄러워 고개를 숙이다
3. 낙심/낙담하다
dead giveaway
결정적인 증거
sobriquet
별명
Definition: nickname
Synonyms: AKA, alias, anonym, appellation, assumed name, byname, handle*, label, moniker, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nomenclature, pen name, pet name, professional name, pseudonym, tag*
in limine
문간[입구]에서; 최초[처음]에
divvy up
나누다/분배하다
outlandish
이상한/기이한
Definition: bizarre, strange
Synonyms: alien, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clumsy, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extravagant, fantastic, far-out, foreign, freakish, gauche, graceless, grotesque, kinky*, odd, outrageous, outré, peculiar, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, rude, singular, tasteless, ultra, unconventional, uncouth, unheard-of, unorthodox, unusual, weird, whimsical, wild
impediment
장애(물)
leer
음흉하게 바라보다/추파를 던지다
Definition: look at longingly
Synonyms: eye, eyeball, gloat, goggle, ogle, smirk, sneer, squint, stare, wink
sordid
비도덕적인/부정직한/추악한
Definition: dirty, bad, low
Synonyms: abject, avaricious, base, black, calculated, corrupt, covetous, debauched, degenerate, degraded, despicable, disreputable, dowdy, filthy, foul, grasping, grubby, ignoble, impure, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserable, miserly, nasty, poor, scurvy, seedy, self-seeking, selfish, servile, shabby, shameful, sleazy, slovenly, slum, slummy, small, small-minded, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, ungenerous, venal, vicious, vile, wretched
ringlet
(머리에서 흘러내리는) 곱슬머리
trot out
(늘 하는 변명·이유를) 내놓다[대다]
parry
1. (공격하는 무기를) 쳐내다[막다]
2. (특히 같은 방식으로 대답하여 질문・비판 등을) 슬쩍 피하다
exhaustive
(하나도 빠뜨리는 것 없이) 철저한[완전한]
coming and going
도피할 곳이 없는, 도저히 면할길이 없는
inane
어리석은; 무의미한
Definition: stupid
Synonyms: absurd, asinine, daft, empty, fatuous, flat, foolish, frivolous, futile, harebrained, idiotic, illogical, imbecilic, innocuous, insipid, jejune, laughable, meaningless, mindless, pointless, puerile, ridiculous, sappy*, senseless, silly, trifling, unintelligent, vacant, vacuous, vain, vapid, weak, wishy-washy, worthless
tall order
어려운 주문/ 무리한 요구
capias
(법) 구속 영장
in the loop
중요한 일을 다루는/핵심인물인
out of the loop : 중요한 일을 다루지 않는/핵심인물이 아닌
disinterment
발굴(물)
suborn
(특히 법정에서 위증을 하도록) 매수[사주]하다
dour
1. 사람이 시무룩한
2. 장소・상황 등이 음침한, 재미없는
vindictive
앙심을 품은
Definition: hateful, revengeful
Synonyms: avenging, cruel, grim, grudging, implacable, malicious, malignant, merciless, rancorous, relentless, resentful, retaliatory, ruthless, spiteful, unforgiving, unrelenting, vengeful, venomous, wreakful
dissemble
(진짜 감정・의도를) 숨기다, 가식적으로 꾸미다
hang in the wind
이도저도 아닌[엉거주춤한] 상태에 있다
bank on
의지하다/기대다
taunt
놀리다/조롱하다
enabler
남을 도와주고 있다고 본인은 생각하고 있지만 실제로는 남을 망치고 있는 사람
depravity
부패/타락
Definition: corruption, immorality
Synonyms: abandonment, baseness, contamination, criminality, debasement, debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravation, evil, iniquity, lewdness, licentiousness, perversion, profligacy, sensuality, sinfulness, vice, viciousness, vitiation, wickedness
contrition
회개/참회
Definition: regret
Synonyms: attrition, compunction, contriteness, humiliation, penance, penitence, penitency, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, self-reproach, sorrow
Antonyms: hurtfulness, indifference, meanness
fall guy
희생양
