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Question 1

aspersion

Answer 1

n. 비방, 명예훼손

= slander(명예훼손v,n), defamation(v=defame)

: a statement that attatcks somebody’s character or reputation

Question 2

aspiration

Answer 2

n. 열망

[v. aspire, n. aspirant]

: a desire ambition to achieve something

Question 3

assertive

Answer 3

a. 자기주장을 하는 (할 말 있으면 하는)

[n. assertion, v. aspirant]

: confident in stating your position or claim

Question 4

astounding

Answer 4

a. 놀래키는, 놀라운

: astonishing

cf) surprising, unexpected, unpredicted, startling

Question 5

asylum

Answer 5

n. 피난처

: shelter and protection, protection from extradition

cf) extradition(본국으로 돌려보내는 것; e.g. 탈북자를 한국,미국에서 보호해주는 거) asylum; 어싸일럼

Question 6

attest

Answer 6

v. 확증하다, 증명하다, 증거를 대다

[n. attestation]

: be evidence, confirm, verify, corroborate

Question 7

atrocious

Answer 7

a. 극악한

: very bad

cf) DEGREE atrocious; 어트로셔스

Question 8

attentive

Answer 8

a. 관심을 기울이는, 배려심 있는

= considerate

: paying attention

Question 9

audacious

Answer 9

a. 무모한, 용감한

[n. audacity(어데씨티)]

: fearlessly, often recklessly bold, unrestrained by convention or propriety

cf) 계란으로 바위치기의 느낌, audacious; 어데이셔스

Question 10

audit

Answer 10

v,n. 회계 감사(조사하고 고치는 그런 뉘앙스)

: a formal examination or correction of accounts

cf) audit; 어딧 audit-accounts proofread-paper

Question 11

augur

Answer 11

n,v. 신관, 예언하다

[n. augury(예언, 징조)]

: foretell, predic

Question 12

auspieces

Answer 12

n. (길조라는 뜻도 되지만)후원

= support, shonsorship, patronage

cf) -s; 복수형으로 표현 auspiece(길조), auspicious(길조의)

Question 13

avant-garde

Answer 13

a. 새롭고, 실험적이고, 전통적이지 않은, (진보적이고, 혁신적인 의미)

conservative(보수적인)

: artistically new, experimental, unconventional

Question 14

aver

Answer 14

v. 주장하다

: assert confidently

cf) a. averring(~를 주장하면서)

Question 15

avert

Answer 15

v. 관심을 다른데로 돌리는 거(여기서 관심은 ‘비난’)

: prevent, look away, deflect

cf) vert=turn

Question 16

babble

Answer 16

v. 바보같이 말하다(논리력 떨어지고, 뭐라고 말하는지 모르겠는)

: say rapidly and inchoherently without pausing, because of excitement or fear, speak in irrelevant way

cf) 배블=바보!

Question 17

bach

Answer 17

n. 독신남

: unmarried man

Question 18

backfire

Answer 18

v. (뒤에서 불이 나옴=unexpected) 부작용이 생기다, 생각지도 못한 안 좋은 일이 생기다.

: haver opposite effect, produce an unexpected or undesired result

cf) negative effect

Question 19

backwater

Answer 19

n. 정체된, mainstream이 아닌 상태(부정적인 느낌)

: still water of river, situation as cut off from mainstream of activity(development) and seen quiet and dull

Question 20

badger

Answer 20

n,v. 오소리, 끈질기게 괴롭히다

: burrowing mammal, harry persistently

cf) press의 느낌도 있음

Question 21

badinage

Answer 21

n. 농담(놀리는 느낌도 있어서 ‘희롱’의 느낌도 가짐)

= joking, jest, banter, railery, persiflage

: playful talk

Question 22

bait

Answer 22

n, v. 미끼, 괴롭히다

: food or other lure placed on a hook; harass

Question 23

ballyhoo

Answer 23

n. 야단법석, 신나서 소리치는

: sensational or clamorous advertising, noisy uproar

Question 24

barb

Answer 24

n. 비난

complimentary remark

: cutting remark(깎아 내리는 논평)

Question 25

barbaric

Answer 25

a. 미개한

: uncivilized, not cultivated, barbarous

cf) civilized, cultivated