Sec 5 Flashcards

1
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factitious

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artificial, not natural

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2
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mellifluous

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smooth and sweet-sounding

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3
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pyrrhic

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너무 많은 희생을 치루고 얻은 승리

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4
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execrate

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굉장히 싫어하다

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5
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histrionic

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연극하는 투의

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6
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jaundice

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to be biased against; due to envy or prejudice

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7
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remonstrate

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making objections while pleading

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8
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malapropism

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confusion of a word with another word that sounds similar

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9
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arriviste

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social climber; 야심가, 출세지상주의자

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10
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mettlesome

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기운찬, 분발한, 위세있는

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11
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juggernaut

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a force that cannot be stopped (napoleon)

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12
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phantasmagorical

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illusive, unreal

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13
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invective

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욕설

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14
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fell

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terribly evil

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15
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expurgate

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삭제하다

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16
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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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18
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sartorial

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related to fashion or clothes

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19
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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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21
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hedge

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얼버무리다

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22
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limpid

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clarity in terms of expression; 맑은

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23
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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
bossy
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impecunious
very poor
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parvenu
벼락부자, 졸부
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protean
변화무쌍한, 다재다능한
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schadenfreude
joy from watching the suffering of others
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curmudgeon
괴팍한 사람
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venial
용서할수있는, 죄가 가벼운
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maudlin
overly emotional and sad; sometimes drunken
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imbroglio
복잡한 상황, 멘붕상황
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pollyannaish
매우 긍정적인
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mulct
사기치다
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sangfroid
침착
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excoriate
to criticize very harshly
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disabuse
오해, 틀린생각을 바로잡아주다
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sybarit
사치 마구하는 사람; 된장녀
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bilious
always angry
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tendentious
과격한, 극단적인
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blinkered
시야가 좁고 편협한
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palimpsest
something that has been changed many times, but on which trace of former iterations can still be seen
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apotheosis
절정, 신격화
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martinet
아주 엄격한 사람
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quisling
배신자
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benighted
완전무시상태
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jejune
dull, immature
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quixotic
비현실적인
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litany
지루하고 장황한
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unforthcoming
uncooperative
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grandiloquent
말을 거창하게 하는
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anemic
lacking energy
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sagacious
현명한
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derelict
abandoned, not doing one's duty
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approbatory
승인, 찬성
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plucky
용기, 결단력있는
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vituperate
to criticize harshly
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cede
양도하다
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bowdlerize
불온한 부분을 삭제하다
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enthrall
마음을 사로잡다
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probity
정직성
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hail
만세, 칭송하다
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maunder
wander aimlessly, speal incessantly
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punctilous
꼼꼼한
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duplicity
이중성
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hagiographic
칭송일색의 전기
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pecuniary
relating to or involving money
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vitriolic
독설
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primacy
최고, 으뜸, 우월순위
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sinecure
한가한 직무
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provident
장래를 준비하는
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umbrage
feeling of anger caused by being offended
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quail
겁내다, 움찔하다
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importuned
성가시게 조르다
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semblance
외관, 겉모습
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raconteur
이야기를 재미있게 하는 사람
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enjoin
무엇을 하도록 명하다
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perspicacious
총기있는, 현명한
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charlatan
사기꾼
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artlessness
솔직한, 소박함
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impute
(죄, 불명의 등을) 씌우다
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temerity
무모함
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gaffe
공식적인, 사교자리에서의 실수
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lugubrious
excessively mournful
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mordant
신랄한
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illustrious
유명한, 경력이 화려한
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flummox
당황하게, 혼란스럽게
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prolixity
장황한, 지루한 수다
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lampoon
풍자
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prognostication
예언
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effrontery
뻔뻔스러움
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redoubtable
놀랄만한, 감탄할만한
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portentous
불길한 징후
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moribund
소멸직전
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solecism
실수
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recapitulation
a summary (think recap)
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epiphany
급깨달음
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anodyne
something that relieves pain
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insouciance
태평함