Week 1 Flashcards

1
Q

desiring or consuming great quantities

탐욕스러운

A

Voracious

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2
Q

choosing at random without careful selection (무차별적인)

A

Indiscriminate

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3
Q

of high reputation, outstanding (저명한)

A

Eminent

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4
Q

soaked, drenched, saturated (흠뻑 젖음, 깊이 스며든, 뒤덮인)

A

Steeped

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5
Q

completely filled or supplied with (가득한, 충분한)

A

Replete

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6
Q

to admit your error and apologize

A

To eat humble pie

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7
Q

to exist in great numbers (아주 풍부, 많이있다)

A

Abound

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8
Q

related to science of engineering

A

Technology

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9
Q

to predict or foretell a future event (예지하다)

A

Prognosticate

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10
Q

robot, machine that behaves like a person

A

Automation

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11
Q

an older married woman, a mature woman (나이 지긋한 부인, 수간호사)

A

Matron

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12
Q

the power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight (직관)✔

A

Intuition

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13
Q

brought under human control, tamed or cultivated (길들여진 (cultivate, 재배된, 양식된))✔

A

Domesticated

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14
Q

to compete, to argue (다투다, 주장하다)✔

A

Contend

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15
Q

clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent✔

A

Scouring

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16
Q

To kill an animal for its meat (도살하다)✔

A

Slaughtered

17
Q

stain, spot (오점)✔

A

Grime

18
Q

a disappointment, poor purchase

A

A pig in a poke

19
Q

seemingly self-contradictory situation (역설)

A

Paradox

20
Q

special field of something or someone, kingdom (영역, 범위)

A

Realm

21
Q

historical records (연대기)

A

Annals

22
Q

to increase or add to

A

Compound

23
Q

a trace, smattering, slight degree, small amount of (~한 기미, 기색을 더하다)

A

Tinge

24
Q

expressing the opposite, inconsistent (반박적인, 모순된)✔

A

Contradictory

25
Q

promising at the start but then disappointing, a star today, a flop tomorrow

A

A flash in the pan

26
Q

to pester, nag, annoy persistently (조르다)

A

Badger

27
Q

to plead urgently for aid or mercy (애원 <간청>하다)</간청>

A

Implore

28
Q

unpleasant, dull, hard work (힘들고 단조로운 일)

A

Drudgery

29
Q

Unending

A

Interminable

30
Q

to understand, know, become aware of (감지 <인지>하다)</인지>

A

Perceive

31
Q

to make peace, to calm someone down

A

to pour oil on troubled waters