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36 Cards in this Set
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Corrigible
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capable of being set right, correctable, reparable
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Countenance
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to approve or tolerate
*it can also be a noun, it means mien(태도, 몸가짐, 처신), face, composure. |
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Cozen
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to deceive, beguile, hoodwink
*related word, see guile(교활; 배반) |
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Craven
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contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage.
겁많은, 소심한; 비열한, 비겁한 |
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Credulous
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tending to believe too readily, gullible
쉽게 믿는, 잘 속는 |
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Crescendo
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gradual increase in intensity, particularly in music
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Culpable
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deserving blame
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Cynicism
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attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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Damp
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to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling
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Daunt
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to intimidate or dismay(당황하게)
을 위압하다 *dauntless means fearless |
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Dearth
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smallness of quantity or number, scarcity, lack 부족
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Debacle
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rout(대패), fiasco, complete failure
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Decorum
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politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior
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Deleterious
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injurious, harmful (danger)
해로운 |
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Demur
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to question or oppose 반대하다
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Denigrate
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blacken(어둡게 하다), belittle(을 작게 하다), sully(을 더럽히다), defame, disparage
[명예 따위]를 손상시키다 |
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Denouement
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an outcome or solution, the unraveling of a plot
해결; 결말, 결과 |
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deprecate
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to disparage([명예]을 손상시키다) or belittle
강력히 반대 |
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Depredate
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to plunder(약탈하다), pillage(강탈하다), ravage or destroy, to exploit in a predatory manner
강탈[약탈]하다 |
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Derision
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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment비웃음
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Derivative
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unoriginal, obtained from another source
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Desiccate
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to dry out or dehydrate, dull
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Desuetude
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disuse
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Desultory
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random, thoughtless, a lack of plan or purpose
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Detraction
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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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Diaphanous
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transparent, gauzy(비쳐 보이는)
속이 비치는, 투명한 |
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Diatribe
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harsh denunciation (고발)
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Die
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a tool used for shaping
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Digress
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to stray from the point, to go off on a tangent(옆길로 새는) (michael)
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Dilate
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to become wider or more open
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Dilatory
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causing delay, procrastinating
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Dilettante
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one with an amateurish interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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Din
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loud sustained noise
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Dirge
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mournful song or poem for the dead
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Disabuse
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to undeceive(잘못을 깨닫게 하다), to set right
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Discomfit
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to defeat, put down
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