Day 4 - (7~8) Flashcards
(67 cards)
1
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Abstruse
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hard to understand
2
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affront
A
insult; “in your face”
3
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alleviate
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to relieve
4
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allocate
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to distribute; to assign
5
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bluster
A
being loud and aggressive
6
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bombast
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pompous speech
7
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brawny
A
having muscle; strength
8
Q
castigate
A
criticize severely
9
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cerebral
A
brainy; smart
10
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contiguous
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side by side; touching
11
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corrugated
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shaped with folds or waves
12
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cosmopolitan
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sophisticated
13
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epitome
A
perfect example
14
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exorbitant
A
excessive
15
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expatriate
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to move away from the mother country
16
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expedient
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providing an immediate advantage
17
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expedite
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to speed up
18
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fallacy
A
false idea
19
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discal
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related to financial matters
20
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flagrant
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glaringly bad
21
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flaunt
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to show off
22
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fledgling
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inexperienced; immature
23
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flippant
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frivolously disrespectful
24
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laud
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praise
25
lavish
to spend freely
26
mercenary
fighting or doing anything for money
27
orthodox
adhering to established principles
28
oscillate
to swing back and forth
29
palliative
relieving symptoms without effecting a cure
30
partisan
a person who supports a person or idea
31
rhetoric
art of speaking or writing
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squander
to waste
33
tangential
irrelevant
34
vestige
remaining bits of something
35
vex
to annoy
36
vie
to compete
37
vigilant
constantly alert; watchful
38
anthology
collection
39
antipodal
situated on the opposite of earth; exactly opposite
40
antithesis
a direct opposite
41
autocratic
ruling with an absolute monarch; bossy
42
autonomous
acting independently
43
contraband
smuggled goods(밀수품)
44
contretemps
embarrassing occcruence; a mishap
45
debase
to lower quality or value
46
debilitate
to weaken; to cripple
47
debunk
to expose the nonsense of; criticize
48
decry
to put down; to denounce
49
defame
ruin the good name of; damage the reputation
50
defile
to make filthy or foul; to violate
51
defunct
no longer in effect or in existence
52
degenerate
to break down
53
degrade
to lower in dignity or status
54
defected
depressed; disheartened
55
deplete
to decrease the supply of; to exhaust; to use up
56
deplore
to regret
57
deride
to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
58
disparate
different; unequal
59
exonerate
to free completely from blame
60
magnanimous
forgiving; generous
61
malapropism
humorous misuse of a word that sounds similar to the word intended but has a different meaning
62
malignant
causing harm
63
peripatetic
wandering; traveling continuously
64
posterity
future generations; descendants; heirs
65
posthumous
occurring after one's death; published after the death of the author
66
replete
completely filled; abounding
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vocation
an occupation; job
