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factitious

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artificial, not natural

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mellifluous

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smooth and sweet-sounding

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pyrrhic

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너무 많은 희생을 치루고 얻은 승리

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execrate

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굉장히 싫어하다

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histrionic

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연극하는 투의

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jaundice

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to be biased against; due to envy or prejudice

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remonstrate

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making objections while pleading

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malapropism

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confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

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arriviste

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social climber; 야심가, 출세지상주의자

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mettlesome

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기운찬, 분발한, 위세있는

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juggernaut

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a force that cannot be stopped (napoleon)

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phantasmagorical

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illusive, unreal

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invective

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욕설

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fell

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terribly evil

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expurgate

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삭제하다

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propitiate

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달래다

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17
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picayune

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사소한, 하찮은

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sartorial

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related to fashion or clothes

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arch

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고의적으로 놀리는

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20
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sententious

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무게를 잡는, 훈계조의

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hedge

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얼버무리다

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limpid

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clarity in terms of expression; 맑은

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cupidity

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greed for money

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24
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gerrymander

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선거구를 자기구에 유리하게 변경하다

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peremptory

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bossy

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impecunious

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very poor

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27
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parvenu

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벼락부자, 졸부

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protean

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변화무쌍한, 다재다능한

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29
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schadenfreude

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joy from watching the suffering of others

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30
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curmudgeon

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괴팍한 사람

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31
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venial

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용서할수있는, 죄가 가벼운

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32
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maudlin

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overly emotional and sad; sometimes drunken

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imbroglio

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복잡한 상황, 멘붕상황

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34
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pollyannaish

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매우 긍정적인

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35
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mulct

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사기치다

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36
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sangfroid

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침착

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37
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excoriate

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to criticize very harshly

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38
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disabuse

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오해, 틀린생각을 바로잡아주다

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39
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sybarit

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사치 마구하는 사람; 된장녀

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40
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bilious

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always angry

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41
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tendentious

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과격한, 극단적인

42
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blinkered

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시야가 좁고 편협한

43
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palimpsest

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something that has been changed many times, but on which trace of former iterations can still be seen

44
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apotheosis

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절정, 신격화

45
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martinet

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아주 엄격한 사람

46
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quisling

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배신자

47
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benighted

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완전무시상태

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jejune

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dull, immature

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quixotic

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비현실적인

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litany

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지루하고 장황한

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unforthcoming

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uncooperative

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grandiloquent

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말을 거창하게 하는

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anemic

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lacking energy

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sagacious

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현명한

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derelict

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abandoned, not doing one’s duty

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approbatory

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승인, 찬성

57
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plucky

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용기, 결단력있는

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vituperate

A

to criticize harshly

59
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cede

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양도하다

60
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bowdlerize

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불온한 부분을 삭제하다

61
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enthrall

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마음을 사로잡다

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probity

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정직성

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hail

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만세, 칭송하다

64
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maunder

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wander aimlessly, speal incessantly

65
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punctilous

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꼼꼼한

66
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duplicity

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이중성

67
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hagiographic

A

칭송일색의 전기

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pecuniary

A

relating to or involving money

69
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vitriolic

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독설

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primacy

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최고, 으뜸, 우월순위

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sinecure

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한가한 직무

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provident

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장래를 준비하는

73
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umbrage

A

feeling of anger caused by being offended

74
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quail

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겁내다, 움찔하다

75
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importuned

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성가시게 조르다

76
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semblance

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외관, 겉모습

77
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raconteur

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이야기를 재미있게 하는 사람

78
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enjoin

A

무엇을 하도록 명하다

79
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perspicacious

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총기있는, 현명한

80
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charlatan

A

사기꾼

81
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artlessness

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솔직한, 소박함

82
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impute

A

(죄, 불명의 등을) 씌우다

83
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temerity

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무모함

84
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gaffe

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공식적인, 사교자리에서의 실수

85
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lugubrious

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excessively mournful

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mordant

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신랄한

87
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illustrious

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유명한, 경력이 화려한

88
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flummox

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당황하게, 혼란스럽게

89
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prolixity

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장황한, 지루한 수다

90
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lampoon

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풍자

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prognostication

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예언

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effrontery

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뻔뻔스러움

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redoubtable

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놀랄만한, 감탄할만한

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portentous

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불길한 징후

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moribund

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소멸직전

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solecism

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실수

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recapitulation

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a summary (think recap)

98
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epiphany

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급깨달음

99
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anodyne

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something that relieves pain

100
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insouciance

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