Day 8 Flashcards by Kristen Sohn

caldron

large kettle; 가마솥

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indignity

treatment that causes loss of respect; 경멸

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sanction *

to approve; to ratify
permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance

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proliferation *

rapid growth; spread; multiplication

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requite

to make return for; to repay; to reciprocate; to revenge
requital

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lance

to pierce with a lance; to cut into
spearlike weapon; 창

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prank

mischievous trick

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mitigated

made less severe

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illusion

misleading vision

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simul

like, resembling

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steadfast

unswerving, loyal, reliable

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wrinkle

small ridge on a smooth surface (face or cloth)

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accost

to approach and speak first to a person

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unregenerate

making no attempt to change one’s bad practices

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cataclysm

debacle, disaster

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douse

plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; 물에 쳐박다

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megalomania

mania for doing grandiose things; 과대망상증

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lounge

stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

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unanimous

in full agreement, one mind

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pompous

filled with excessive self-importance

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idolatry

worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion

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noxious

harmful

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lateral

of or coming from the side

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depraved

immoral, lacking basic values

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validated

proved right

iridescent

exhibiting rainbow like colors

muse (N)

inspiration

flighty

capricious; often chasing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive

maladroit

clumsy, bungling

cache

hidden stash or safe place

pejorative

disparaging, insulting

retrench

to cut down expenses; economize

fledgling

beginner, tyro

loiter

to dawdle, waste time

transcendental

going beyond common thought or ideas; known only by studying thoughts or intuition

contumacious

stubbornly rebellious or disobedient

defrock

strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock

chide

scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong); 꾸짓다

incipient

imminent, about to occur

muster

gather; assemble (troops)

munificence

generosity

sound

physically, emotionally, or mentally strong

stickler

perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right

reactionary

opposed to progress or change

badinage

teasing conversation; banter; joking talk

interstice

narrow space between things

spectrophobia

fear of ghosts fear of mirrors and the reflections

antagonism *

strong feeling of dislike or hatred

impair *

to handicap, to prevent, to disable

strife

conflict

pugn

to fight

graphic

pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described

disillusioned

freed wrong ideas

sagacity

wisdom

novice

beginner

flaccid

flabby; lacking firmness; weak

flutter

wave (the wings) lightly, rapidly and irregularly; vibrate rapidly

quart

a measure of volume (two pints)

idyll

short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country)

invective

verbal abuse or attack

nominal

in name only, insignificant, tiny

reverential

showing respect

esteem

respect, value

perservere

to triumph over adversity

padre

chaplain (in the armed forces)

fleeting

temporary, short lived

cursory *

superficial

blunt

having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque to make or become less sharp

beleaguered

confused, distraught

inception

beginning or birth

elysian

relating to paradise; blissful

cohesive

logical, unifying

credibility

believability

martial

warlike; of war

delineated

outlined

feral

not domestic; wild

abut

border upon; adjoin

dauntless

fearless, intrepid

optimist *

person who looks on the bright side

guarded

wary, careful

gingerly

very carefully

cornice

projecting molding on building (usually above columns or pillars)

antibody

something which fights against deceases or viruses

ashen

ash-colored; deadly pale

nondescript

plain, nearly unnoticeable, featureless

fruitful

producing results; profitable; prolific; producing in abundance

vassal

slave, servant

evasiveness

trying to avoid something

inadvertent

unintentionally, accidentally

beatitude

blessedness; state of great happiness

synchronize

to arrange to bring together, to coordinate

monotonous

dull; repetitive

provincial *

narrow minded, unsophisticated

vapid

empty, vacuous

superfluous *

excessive; overabundant; unnecessary

cater

provide food and drink for; cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)

brittle

easily broken; difficult

impenetrable

not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding; impossible to understand

recess

pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place

declivity

downward slope