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Question 1

fulminate

Answer 1

v. 비난하다, 폭발하다

[n. fulmination]

: issue a thunderous verbal attack, explode

Question 2

fungus

Answer 2

n. 균류

[p. fungi]

: spore-producing organism

Question 3

fustian

Answer 3

n. 과장

= ʺpompousʺ, “bombast”, “rhetoric”

: pretentious speech or writing

Question 4

fusty

Answer 4

a. 곰팡이가 핀, 오래된

: smelling of damp, dust or age, outdated

Question 5

gaffe

Answer 5

n. 외교상의 실수

= tactless

“diplomacy”, “tact”, “finesse”

: a clumsy social mistake

Question 6

gadfly

Answer 6

n. 성가시게 하는 사람

: fly that bites livestock, somebody annoying

Question 7

gallant

Answer 7

a. 기사도 (예의, 용감, 자기희생)

= brave, “chivalrous”

[n. gallantry]

: courteous and thoughtful, especially toward women

cf) chivalry

Question 8

galvanize

Answer 8

v. 자극하다

: stimulate to act

Question 9

gamble

Answer 9

v. 위험을 무릎쓰고 하다

: take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit

Question 10

gambol

Answer 10

v. 가벼운 마음으로 방방뛰다 (놀러가는 발걸음)

: leap playfully

Question 11

gargantuan

Answer 11

a. 거인같은

= huge

: tremendously large in amount, number, or size

Question 12

garner

Answer 12

v. 모으다, 축적하다

: gather in something

Question 13

garnish

Answer 13

v. 장식하다

: decorate something with an ornament

cf) ref. garish, tawdry, gaudy

Question 14

gauche

Answer 14

a. 예의가 서투른

[n. gaucherie]

: socially awkward, lacking grace or tact in social situations

Question 15

gawky

Answer 15

a. 서투른

= awkward, clumsy, ungainly, bungling, inept

adept, adroit, deft, dexterous

Question 16

gaunt

Answer 16

a. 비쩍마른, 수척한

= haggard, stark

hale

: extremely thin and bony in appearance

Question 17

genealogy

Answer 17

n. 족보가 맞는, 가계의

: study of the history of families, family history

cf) ref. etymology - language, genealogy - family

Question 18

geyser

Answer 18

n. 온천

: spring gushing hot water and steam

Question 19

gibberish

Answer 19

n. 이해할 수 없는 말

= nonsense, babble, drivel

intelligible talk

: incomprehensible talk (writing)

Question 20

giddy

Answer 20

a. 들뜨는, 경박한

: frivolous and lighthearted

Question 21

gist

Answer 21

n. 핵심, 요점

= “pith”

: main point, essence

Question 22

glacial

Answer 22

a. 빙하 같은 (매우 추운, 매우 느린)

= frigid, arctic

: relating to glacier, extremely cold, extremely slow

Question 23

glance

Answer 23

n. 힐끗보다

scrutiny

: quick look

Question 24

glaring

Answer 24

a. 강력하게 빛나는

: very obivious, or easily seen or detected, shining intensely

Question 25

glean

Answer 25

v. 모으다, 이삭줍기

: gather or collect (grain) bit by bit over a period time