Day 2 (121-240) Flashcards
(120 cards)
apprise
알리다
inform, tell, notify, advise
More pertinent to our endeavor is that it is the home of solar system Astrographic’s solar radio antenna, which we use to apprise the rest of the Solar System of the status of this adventure.
approbation
승인
approval, praise, acceptance, endorsement, appreciation, commendation
Finally, Susan has earned the approbation of a tough crowd, the fashion industry.
appropriate
- 전용하다
- 혼자 가지다
- 허락없이 가지다
- embezzle
- preempt
- steal
They were caused by failure of the central government to appropriate funds to keep the local agencies running.
appurtenance
부속물, 보조품
addition, apparatus, appendage, attachment, component
However, there is one appurtenance to the dam that has long been obsolete, and that is the stretch of US Highway 93 that crosses the Colorado River.
apropos
적절한, 알맞은
appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apposite, apt, applicable, suitable
Thatg’s an apt description and totally apropos for those members.
arable
경작가능한
farmable, cultivable, fertile, productive
During the war, both sides sowed mines to sever access to arable land and to strangle transportation.
arbiter
- 중재자
- 권위자
- arbitrator, intercessor
- authority, expert, pundit
A political relationship has been devised that can cause government to become an official arbiter of religious orthodoxy for the nation.
arbitrary
무작위의, 멋대로의
capricious, whimsical, unpredictable, dictatorial
The present form of government in France is not arbitrary, a thing that Louis Napoleon can correct or alter.
arcane
비밀, 신비의
mysterious, secret; enigmatic, esoteric, cryptic, obscure, abstruse, recondite
“I’m in the pink!” they reply-ironically using an arcane bit of Edwardian slang for “feeling good.”
archaic
오래된, 고풍스런
obsolete, out of date, old-fashioned, outmoded, behind the times, bygone, anachronistic, antiquated
His speech was archaic, muddled by a thick accent and mixed with a few words Snow couldn’t understand, but their languages were close enough that the two could communicate.
archetype
원형
quintessence, essence, representative, embodiment, prototype, stereotype
Indeed, while Victoria’s style is an archetype to some, a caricature to others,
ardent
열의에 찬
passionate, fervent, zealous, fervid, avid
Famy was well educated and an ardent admirer of American democracy.
arid
매우 건조한
dry, dried up, waterless, moistureless
In the arid summer heat on prairie rangeland, a dead body doesn’t so much rot as it become petrified.
arraign
비난하다, 기소된 내용을 캐묻다, 조사하다
blame, charge, criminate, incriminate, inculpate, indict
Heroic drama on Oriental themes gave still more direct opportunities to investigate or arraign imperial authority or absolutist power.
arrest
- 멈추게하다, 체포하다
- 관심 따위를 끌다
- stop, halt, check, block, hinder
- attract, capture, catch, hold, engage
If increases in arrest rate cause decrease in drug use, we should at least observe an occasion, even if the association by itself is not sufficient to prove causality.
arrogant
거만한
haughty, conceited, self-important, overbearing, pompous, bumptious, presumptuous, imperious
Our minds can go no further. The human imagination is capable of no further expression of beauty than the carved owl of Athene, the archaic, marble serpent, the arrogant selfish head of the Acropolis Apollo.
articulate
분명하게 발음, 의미를 전달하다
eloquent, fluent, effective, persuasive, lucid, expressive
It is commonplace that a problem stated is well on its way to solution, for statement of the nature of a problem signifies that the underlying quality is being transformed into determinate distinctions of terms and relations or has become an object of articulate thought.
artless
자연스러운, 가식이 없는
natural, ingenuous, naive, simple, innocent, childlike, guileless, unaffected
The deceptively naive tone of the second novel masks an unsettling complexity of vision, its artless depiction of childhood concealing acute feeling, beneath the narrator’s ostensible concerns.
ascendant
상승하는, 올라가는, 우세해지는
rising, flourishing, prospering, burgeoning
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
ascertain
확인하다, 명백히하다
find out, discover, discern, understand, comprehend, verify, confirm
It is not impossible to ascertain if these same changes might occur with a larger population of students.
ascetic
금욕적인, 금욕적인 사람
austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, self-disciplined
A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.
asperity
(말, 태도) 신랄함
sharpness, abrasiveness, roughness, acerbity, astringency
The company has noted his asperity when dealing with its competitor.
aspersion
비방
abuse, calumny, defamation, detraction, invective, obloquy, vituperation
Before casting aspersion at properly attired people, I suggest that you do something about the outright sloppy appearance.
assail
맹렬히 공격하다
attack, assault, criticize, censure, pillory, revile
She felt at the right moment when an new idea would suddenly assail her, an idea that seemed so memorable and original and fresh that she was certain it had never been thought of by anyone else.