Vocab Unit 1

Question 1

Approbation

Answer 1

허가 (n) the expression of approval or favorable opinion; praise; official approval

Question 2

Assuage

Answer 2

누그러트리다(v) to make easier or milder, relieve, to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Question 3

Coalition

Answer 3

연합(n) a combination, union, or merge for some specific purpose.

Question 4

Decadence

Answer 4

수그러들다(n) decline, decay, or deterioration, a condition or period of decline or defy; excessive self-indulgence

Question 5

Elicit

Answer 5

유도하다(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Question 6

Expostulate

Answer 6

간언하다 훈계하다(v) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Question 7

Hackneyed

Answer 7

진부한,낡은 (adj) Used so often as to lack freshness or originality

Question 8

Hiatus

Answer 8

틈(n) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing

Question 9

Innuendo

Answer 9

빗대다 (n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Question 10

intercede

Answer 10

중재하다 (v). to please on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement

Question 11

Jaded

Answer 11

지친(adj). weaned, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satisfied from excessive indulging)

Question 12

Lurid

Answer 12

소름끼치는 (adj). Causing shock, horror, or revulsion, sensation, pale or sallow in color, terrible or passionate in intensity

Question 13

Meritorious

Answer 13

기특한 (adj). Worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Question 14

Petulant

Answer 14

성미급한 (adj). Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Question 15

Prerogative

Answer 15

특권 (n) a special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence

Question 16

provincial

Answer 16

지방의 (adj) pertaining to an outlying area, local, narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward of a simple, plain design that originated in the country side; (n) a person with a narrow point of view

Question 17

Simulate

Answer 17

(v). To make a pretense of , imitate, to show the outer signs of

Question 18

Transcend

Answer 18

초월하다(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Question 19

Umbrage

Answer 19

분개하다 (n) shade cast by trees, foliage giving shade

Question 20

Unctuous

Answer 20

살살녹이는말(adj) Excessively smooth or smug