Day 21 Flashcards
(100 cards)
1
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fortitude
A
strength of character or mind
2
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ossified
A
become fixed and rigid
3
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requisition
A
a request for supplies (for official purposes)
4
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invoke
A
to call upon a greater power
to summon
5
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dereliction
A
neglect of duty; abandonment
6
Q
billow
A
to swell out
7
Q
marred *
A
spoiled, ruined
8
Q
caveat
A
warning or explanation
9
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nugatory
A
worthless, futile
10
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faux
A
fake
11
Q
anticlimax
A
letdown in thought or emotion
12
Q
deliberate
A
consider, ponder
13
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fritter
A
waste (time or money on unimportant things
14
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carnal
A
fleshly, sensual, concerning the desires of the body
15
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bugaboo
A
bugbear, object of baseless terror
16
Q
perplexing
A
puzzling
17
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phonetics
A
study of sounds of words
18
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epaulet
A
ornament worn on the shoulder (of a uniform)
19
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paroxysm
A
sudden outburst
20
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civilization
A
cultural development of mankind
21
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kinesthetic
A
relating to motion
22
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uproarious
A
marked by commotion or uproar, very noisy
23
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modicum
A
a small part
24
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reproach
A
scold, disapprove
25
insidious
treacherous, stealthy, sly, working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner
26
edify *
to inform
27
corpulent
very fat
28
discerning *
having good judgement
29
recluse *
hermit, loner; 독고...?
30
carcinogenic
causing cancer
31
cathartic
purgative, medicine that causes the bowels to empty
32
pliant
malleable, flexible, easily influenced
33
matrimony
marriage
34
perusal
careful reading
35
poised
calm, self-controlled
36
lionize
to glorify, to treat like a hero or celebrity
37
incorporeal
without a material body
38
hypersensitive
overly sensitive or weak to something
39
luminescence
brightness
40
medium
element that is a creature's natural environment
41
gustatory
affecting or relating to the sense of taste
42
interior
the inside
43
retort
quick sharp reply
44
dutiful
obedient
45
corroborating
giving supporting evidence
46
cosmic
relating to the universe
47
vertiginous
suffering from dizziness
48
transience
temporary, short-lived nature
49
perversion
corruption of what was first intended; turning from right to wrong
50
voc/vok
to call, voice
51
cloister
monastery or convent; 수도원
52
bedizen
dress with vulgar finery
53
flick
light stroke as with a whip
(v.) move with a light quick blow
54
vertigo
feeling of dizziness
55
deconstruct
analyze, take apart
56
unseemly
unbecoming, not proper in behavior, indecent
57
kaleidoscope
a toy which creates symmetrical shapes
a complex or shifting pattern
58
frugal
living economically, without wasting resources
59
mobile
movable, not fixed
60
telescope
an instrument which allows you to see far away things
61
implacable
cannot be appeased, relentless
62
cession
yielding to another, ceding (to give up (power or territory)
63
converge *
approach, tend to meet, come together
64
unerringly
infallibly, making no mistakes
65
hydraulics
use of water to create energy
66
notorious
infamous, having a bad reputation
67
finicky
too particular, fussy, difficult to please, too concerned with unimportant details
까다로운, 몹시 신경쓰는
68
pariah *
outcast 추방된 사람
69
subsist
survive
70
canard
lie, fib
71
disquisition
formal systematic inquiry, explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; 논문
72
antidote *
cure for a poison
73
incompatible
not able to be used, likely to be rejected
74
oblique
indirect, evasive (avoiding)
75
advent
arrival
76
contort
to twist out of shape
77
natation
swimming
78
mode
prevailing style, current fashion, manner, way of doing something
79
interim
meantime
80
shard
small piece
81
oblivious
unaware
82
unbearable
intolerable, difficult to stand
83
sublimate
refine, purify, replace natural urges with socially acceptable activities; 승화시키다
84
grandiose
grand, slendid
85
reassure
to give confidence, to relieve of doubt
86
rampart
bulwark, fortification or defense
87
hostility
unfriendliness, hatred, enmity
88
paradox
statement that looks false but is actually correct
89
practical
based on experience
90
statecraft
art of governing
91
ostracize
tannish from a group
92
embellish *
to decorate
to exaggerate
93
temperance
self-control
94
redondant *
unnecessary
95
bent
determined
96
agglomerate
to pile together, to collect
97
craftiness
slyness, trickiness
98
blithe
carefree, thoughtless
99
erode
eat away, wear away gradually by abrasion
100
subpoena
writ (written command issued by a court) summoning a witness to appear in court
