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42 Cards in this Set
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Freight, cargo, goods You can send it more quickly by air freight. |
Freight is the movement of goods by lorries, trains, ships, or aeroplanes |
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Aptitude, talent, ability His aptitude for dealing with children got him the job. |
Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and do it well An aptitude test is a test that is specially designed to find out how easily and how well you cando sth |
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Amicable, friendly, peaceful, <-> hostile<->hospitable,warm,cordial The two nations reached an amicable agreement. |
When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrying. |
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Seemingly, apparently, outwardly, externally, as you can see/tell, on the surface, to all appearances, 외견상으로,보아하니 |
Seemingly, he borrowed the money from the bank. |
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Saliva 침 When I just swallow my saliva, my throat hurts |
Saliva is the watery liquid that forms in your mouth and helps you to chew and digest food. |
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Abridged, shortened, omitted The book is abridged from the original work. |
An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it. |
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Sporadic, intermittent,scattered The sporadic attacks caused a lot of damage to the country. |
Sporadic occurrences of something happen at irregular intervals. |
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A Lofty ideal or ambition is noble, important, and admirable A lofty building or room is very high. |
If you say that someone behaves in a lofty way, you are critical of them for behaving in a proud and rather unpleasant way. As if ... |
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Substantial, significant, considerable He ate a substantial breakfast. |
Substantial means large in amount or degree. |
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Prerequisite, necessary, needed, required, Love is a prerequisite for marriage. |
If one thing is a prerequisite for another, it must happen or exist before the other thing is possible. |
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Exacerbate, aggravate The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs |
If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. |
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Renounce, give up, disown, abjure Thus many have chosen to renounce their Korean nationality to avoid military conscription. |
If you renounce a claim, or title,, you officially give it up. |
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Coalesce, merge, unite, combine, mingle, join together, blend, consolidate, amalgamate The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. |
If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a large group or system. |
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Seismic, earthquake A barley field on reclaimed land has seen 55 seismic tremors in the span of nine days. |
Seismic means caused by or relating by earthquake. |
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Cardiac, He died after suffering a cardiac arrest. |
Cardiac means relating to the heart. |
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Advent, appearance, emergence Since the advent of the internet, world has become much closer. |
The advent of an important event, invention, or situation is the fact of it starting or coming into existence. |
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Lethargic, weak, feeble Lack of exercise .makes you feel lethargic. |
If you are lethargic, you do not have much energy or enthusiasm. |
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Prowess, skill, ability, talent, bravery, courage The researchers try to show how music can improve the sporting prowess. |
Someone's prowess is their great skill at doing something. |
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Prejudice, bias, preconception The prosecution lawyers have been trying to prejudice the jury against her. |
If you prejudice sme or sth, you influence them so that they are unfair in some way. |
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Disparage, belittle, downgrade I don't mean to disparage your achievement. |
If you disparage smn or sth, you speak about them in a way which shows that you do not have a good opinion of them |
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Reparation, amends, compensation, recompense Offenders should be forced to make reparation to the community. |
Reparation is heip or payment that someone gives you for damage, loss, or suffering that they have caused you. |
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ravage, devastate, damage The huge dam was designed to stop deadly floods that regularly ravage China's farming community and to provide electricity to the booming chinese economy. |
A town, country, or economy that has been ravaged is one that has been damaged so much that it is almost completely destroyed. |
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Catapult새총 She was catapulted out of the car as it hit the wall. |
If smn or sth catapults or is catapulted through the air, they are thrown very suddenly, quickly and violently through it. |
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Convergence <> divergence |
The convergence of different ideas, groups or societies is the process by which they stop being different and become more similar |
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Reticent, introverted, uncommunicative, reserved She was shy and reticent. Smith was extremely reticent about his personal affairs |
Someone who is reticent does not tell people about things. |
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Arduous, onerous, hard She was now faced with an arduous journey into a remote country. |
Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort |
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Unforeseen, unexpected The project was running late owing to unforeseen circumstances. |
If sth that has happened was unforeseen, it was not expected to happen or known about beforehand |
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Vortex, whirlpool, whirlwind |
A Vortex is a mass of wind or water that spins round so fast that it pulls objects down into its empty centre. |
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Tinned, canned |
Tinned food is food that has been preserved by being sealed in a tin |
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Roast, grill, cook, barbecue How do you roast sweet potatoes |
When you roast meal or other food, you cook it by dry heat in an over a fire. |
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Masquerade,가장하다,가장무도회 Commercial advertisers masquerading as private individuals |
To masquerade as someone or something means to pretend to be that person or thing, particularly in order to deceive other people. |
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Unsolicited, uninvited, unsought Normally, I don't send out unsolicited advice, but this is an exception |
He did not take easily to unsolicited advice. |
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Shun, avoid, keep away from She was shunned by her family when she remarried. |
If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them |
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Watershed Pregnancy is a peculiarly watershed in a woman's life |
If something such as an event is a watershed in the history or development of something, it is very important because it represents the beginning |
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Wane, decrease, fade Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. |
If something wanes, it becomes gradually weaker or less, often so that it eventually disappears. |
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Subsidy,grant,allowance,donation A government subsidy was given to the homeless |
A subsidy is money that is paid by a government or other authority in order to help an industry or business, or to pay for a public service. |
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Mobilize, deploy, rally, bring into play They were unable to mobilize the resources they needed. He used the press to mobilize support for his party. |
If you mobilize support or mobilize people to do something, you succeed in encouraging people to take action, especially political action. If people mobilize, they prepare to take action. |
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analogy, similarity, resemblance, likeness, equivalence To draw an analogy/a comparison/ a parallel/ a distinction between two evemts |
If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they similar in some way. |
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Hypocrisy, insincerity, deception, pretence <> sincerity He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. |
If you accuse someone of hypocrisy, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have. |
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Mermaid여, merman남 인어 Hone, sharpen This experience really helped me hone my writing ability. |
If you hone sth, for example a skill, technique, idea, or product, you carefully develop it over a long time so that it is exactly right for your purpose |
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Mangle,ruin His hand was mangled in the machine. |
If a physical object is mangled, It is crushed or twisted very forcefully, so that it is difficult to see what it's original shape was |
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Manifest, demonstrate, show, appear Social tensions were manifested in the recent political crisis. The symptoms of the disease manifested themselves ten days later. |
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