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Knead

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(v.) mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); 반죽하다
ex. knead dough

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Germ

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(n.) earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; 세균

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Epicure

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(n.) connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; (adj.) epicurean; (cf.) Epicurus; 미식가

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Benign

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(adj.) harmless; 온화한

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Celibate

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(adj.) abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; (n.) celibacy; 독신생활

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Aloof *

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(adj.) emotionally distant or detached; 쌀쌀한

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Induct

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(v.) place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; 취임시키다

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Cessation

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(n.) a top or interruption; 중지

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Circumlocution *

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(n.) evasive speech, speaking around a subject; 핑계, 둘러 말함

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Diverge

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(v.) vary; go in different directions from the same point; (adj.) divergent: differing; deviating; 분기하다, 빗나가다

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Placid

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(adj.) serene, calm, tranquil; 온화한

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Proclivity

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(n.) inclination; natural tendency (esp. towards something bad); 성향

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Propagandist

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(n.) someone who spreads ideas; 선전가

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Dominate

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(v.) to rule over, to control

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Credulous

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(adj.) gullible, easily deceived; 속기 쉬운

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Disheartened

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(adj.) saddened, disappointed; 낙담한

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Compress

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(v.) to force into less space; to squeeze; to contract; to put into fewer words; 압축하다

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Supernumerary

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(n.) (adj.) person or thing excess of what is necessary; extra; 정원 외의 (사람이나 사물)

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Fancied

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(v.) imagined; (adj.) unreal; 상상의

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Stingy

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(adj.) miserly, unwilling to spend money; 적은

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Philanthropic

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(adj.) benevolent, generous; 인정이 많은

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Spectrum

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(n.) range or wavelength of colors

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Modulate

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(v.) to tone down in intensity; to change the intestate or tone of; to regulate; 변조하다, 조정하다, 조절하다

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Conservative

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(n.) (adj.) one who believes in staying the same, traditional; 전통적인 (사람)

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Blemish
(n.) mark or stain; 흠
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Anomalous
(adj.) odd; not fitting the pattern; 변칙의, 변태적인
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Stump
(n.) base of a tree trunk left after the rest had been cut down
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Levitate
(v.) to rise and to float in the air (especially by magical means); (cf.) light
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Manifesto
(n.) statement of values; 선언서
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Malady
(n.) illness; 질병
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Neurotic
(adj.) extreme suspicion or paranoia; 신경증
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Browse
(v.) to graze; to feed on growing grass; (n.) an act of skimming or glancing at casually; 먹다; 쳐다보다
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Nostalgia
(n.) longing for the past
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Effective
(adj.) effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; 유력한
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Foolhardy *
(adj.) foolishly brave or daring; 무작정한
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Arbitrary *
(adj.) unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; ex. arbitrary ruler
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Intimacy
(n.) closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiarity; 친밀, 정교
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Uninhibited
(adj.) having no inhibitions; free in behavior and feelings; 억제되지 않은
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Craft
(n.) skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; (adj.) crafty: Cleary deceived
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Retaliation
(n.) repayment in kind (usually for bad treatment) (v.) retaliate; 앙갚음
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Vicar
(n.) parish priest; representative; 교구 목사
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Fop
(n.) dandy; man excessively concerned with his clothes
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Sanctuary
(n.) a sacred place or place of refuge; 성역, 안식처
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Exacting
(adj.) arduous, difficult; 힘든
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Optometrist
(n.) one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects; 검안사
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Provender
(n.) dry food for livestock; fodder
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Molt
(v.) to shed or cast off hair or feathers
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Predicament
(n.) difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma
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Contagious
(adj.) passed on through touch; infectious
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Horizontal
(adj.) going left and right
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Mundane *
(adj.) common, everyday
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Ungainly
(adj.) clumsy; awkward; 꼴사나운
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Unctuous
(adj.) oily, insecure
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Perquisite
(n.) any gain above stipulated salary; ex. perquisites such as free meals and a car; 임시수입
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Paraphrase
(v.) to summarize
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Splenetic
(adj.) peevish, easily irritated; 기분이 언짢은
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Captious
(adj.) faultfinding; too critical; 흠잡기 잘하는
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Thespian
(n.) actor, one who works in the theater
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Combustible *
(adj.) easily burned; (n.) (cf.) combustion; 타기 쉬운
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Purported
(adj.) supposed, seemingly on surface; 알려진
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Interlude
(n.) a break between two acts
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Exuberance *
(n.) overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness; 풍부
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Agnosy
(adj.) ignorance; 무식함
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Ordain
(v.) decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; 신 또는 운명 따위가 정하다
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Groove
(n.) long narrow channel made in a surface to guide the movement of something
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Criteria
(n.) standards used in judging; (cf.) criterion; 기준
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Cunning
(adj.) clever in deceiving; sly; (n.) cleverness in decking; deceit; 교활한
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Frolic
(v.) to play and jump about happily; frisk; ex. frolicking young lambs; 장난치며 놀다
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Accrete
(v.) to increase, to grow
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Extravagant
(adj.) needlessly wasteful or luxurious
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Ken
(n.) range of knowledge; ex. beyond one's ken
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Peripatetic
(adj.) walking about from place to place (to work); moving; ex. peripatetic school of philosophy; 떠돌아다니는
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inaugurate
(v.) begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; (n.) inauguration; 취임시키다
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Flounder
(adj.) struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter (as in water, mud, snow, etc); 버둥거림
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Figment
(n.) invention; something invented; imaginary thing; 꾸며낸 것
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Herd
(n.) group of animals; crowd; one who looks after a herd; 떼
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Spin
(v.) rotate swiftly; make (thread) by twisting (cotton, wool, etc)
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Casual
(adj.) happening by change, irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest
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Sepulcher
(n.) tomb; (v.) to place in a sepulcher; (adj.) sepulchral
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Deserts
(n.) what someone deserves
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Vivi
(n.) life
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Scrap
(n.) a small piece, leftover
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Descry
(v.) discern, to notice; 어렴풋이 알아보다
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Resonant
(adj.) echoing; resounding (sounding loudly); deep and full in sound; producing resonance
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Seduce
(v.) to lead astray, to lead away (sexually)
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Grueling
(adj.) exhausting; ex. grueling marathon race
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Raiment
(n.) clothes; garments
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Psuedolatry
false worship
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Seethe
(v.) be violently disturbed; boil (of liquid); move about wildly as if boiling; 들끓다
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Rooster
(n.) cock; adult male chicken
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Civillian
(n.) a common citizen (not in army)
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Capacious
(adj.) having wide spaces
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Abash
(v.) humiliate, humble, embarrass; 무안하게 하다, 당황하게 하다
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Expectorate
(v.) to coupe up and spit out something; 뱉다
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Contention
(n.) assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition; 투쟁
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Genus
(n.) division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species; 종류
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Détente
(n.) lessening of hostilities or tension; 긴장 완화
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Impending
(adj). nearing; approaching; about to happen
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Stodgy
(adj.) dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; ex. stodgy book; 지루하게 늘어놓은
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Elixir
(n.) cure-all; panacea; something invigorating; 연금약액
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abstract
adj. existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence
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analogous
adj. corresponding; similar
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astute
adj. intelligent and clever
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capricious
adj. apt to change suddenly
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condone
v. to excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
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deject
v. to lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
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disingenuous
adj. insincere
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elucidate
v. to make clear by explanation
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exacerbate
v. to increase the harshness or bitterness of
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generalization
n. an opinion or conclusion formed from only a few facts or examples

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