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Rant away, shout

Shout, rant away lads, Nobody is listening

Live off

She's still living off her parents.


I hate living from paycheck to paycheck though

Genuine=authentic

He made a genuine attempt to improve conditions

Prostate 전립선, Prostrate 엎드리다, lying flat, lying down, Prostitute 창녀

For months, he was prostrated with grief.

Antipathy, hostility, ill/bad feeling, antagonism 반감

Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.

Authoritarian, dictatorial

If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.

Hypocritical <> sincere

If you accuse someone of being hypocritical, you mean that they pretend to have qualities, beliefs, or feelings that they do not really have.

Audacious, bold, brave, daring, impudent, shameless

Someone who is audacious takes risks in order to achieve something.

Exhort, urge


If you exhort someone to do something. You try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it.

The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government.

Forfeit


If you forfeit something, you lose it or are forced to give it up because you have broken a rule or done something wrong.

If you cancel flight, you will forfeit your deposit.

Irrevocable, final, irreparable

If a decision, action, or change is irrevocable, if cannot be changed or reversed.

Shun


She was shunned by her family when she remarried.

If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them.

Nosedive, plummet


Oil prices took a nosedive in the crisis. Building costs have nosedived.

If prices, profits or exchange rates nosedive, they suddenly fall by a large amount

Impede, hinder, hamper


The bad weather seriously impeded our progress

If you impede someone or something, you make their movement, development or progress difficult.

Connotes, imply, involve, denote

If a word or name connotes something, it makes u think of a particular idea or quality

Disparate, different, contrasting, dissimilar, unlike

He had no speech prepaid, so he only made disparate remarks

Mishap, accident, problem, trouble, difficulty, adversisty


We reached home without mishap


They met with a slight mishap on the way

A mishap is an unfortunate but not very serious event that happens to someone.

Onslaught, assault, attack offense

An onslaught on someone is very violent, forceful attack against them

Incarcerate, imprison, confine, detention

If people are incarcerated, they are kept in a prison or other place.

Grapple, wrestle


The new government has yet to grapple with problem of air pollution.

If you grapple with a problem or difficulty, you try hard to solve it.


If you grapple with someone, you take hold of them and struggle with them as part of a fight. You can also say that two people grapple

Respectively, each, individually, separately 각각

Julie and mark, aged 17 and 19 respectively.

Reclusive, solitary, secluded, isolated


He lived alone in a small apartment and became increasingly reclusive

A reclusive person or animal lives alone and deliberately avoids the company of others

Underlie, underlying


These ideas underlie much of his work

If something underlies a feeling or situation, it is the cause or basis of it.

Ration, distribution, allowance, allocation, quota, fixed amount


Rations are food which is given to people who do not have enough food or to soldiers.


As part of the diet, allow yourself a small daily ration of sugar.

When something is rationed by a person or government, you are only allowed to have a limited amount of it. Usually because there is not enough it.

Vicinity, neighbourhood, nearness, closeness, proximity


Surrounding district(area)


Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar square.

If something is in the vicinity of a particular place, it is near it.

Bigoted


She's so bigoted that she refuses to accept anyone who doesn't think like that.

Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them even when they are proved to be wrong.

Descent, going down, descending downward climb하강<>ascent


Ancestry, system 혈통


A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.

Aggregate


The scores were aggregated with the first round totals to decide the winner.

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Readily, willingly, freely


All ingredients are readily available from your local store.

If you do something readily, you do it in a way which shows that you are willingly to do it.

Inundate, overwhelm,


swamp, flood


We have been inundated with offers of help

If you say that you are inundated with things such as letters, demands, or requests, you are emphasising that you receive so many of

Discrepancy, inconsistency


There were wide discrepancies in the evidence.

If there is a discrepancy between two things that things ought to be the same, there is a noticeable difference between them

Setback차질,failure, breakdown


The team suffered a major setback when their best player was injured


It's just a temporary setback, so don't let it get you down

A setback is an event that delays your progress some of the progress that you have made.

Unrequited love <> requited love

If you have ubreqiutes love for someone, they do not love you.

Intrigue


He was intrigued by her story.

If you are intrigued by something, especially something strange, it interests you and you want to know more about it.

Captivity


He was held in captivity for three years

Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed.

Conspicuous, noticeable, outstanding


Its yellow skin makes it highly conspicuous

If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily

Infiltrate


The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies

If people infiltrate a place or organisation, or infiltrate into it, they enter it secretly in order to spy on it or influence it.

Shortcoming, failing, fault, weakness flaw

Someone's or something's shortcoming are the faults or weakness which they have

Lurking 숨어있는


Why are you lurking around outside my house?

A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.

Accomplice 공범

Someone's accomplice is person who help them to commit a crime

Conceivable,imaginable, thinkable


It is conceivable that I'll see her tomorrow.

If something is conceivable, you can imagine it or believe it

Ardent, fervent, passionate

Ardent is used to describe someone who has extremely strong feelings about somewhere or someone.

Nimble, agile You need nimble fingers for that job

Someone who is nimble is able to move their fingers, hands, or legs quickly and easily.

Catharsis, abreaction


Music is a creative outlet through which I can Express myself and gain some sense of catharsis.

Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.

Misgiving, qualms, doubt


I had grave misgiving about making the trip

If you have misgivings about something that is being suggested or done, you feel that it is not quite right, and are worried that it may have unwanted results.

Articulate, express, vervalize


She struggled to articulate her thoughts.

If you describe someone or something as articulate, you mean they are able to Express their thoughts and ideas easily and well

Revere, idolize, respect,look up to


We revere him as the greatest leader.

If you revert someone or something, you respect and admire them greatly.

Severity, harshness 격렬,혹독

Several drugs are used to lessen the severity of the symptoms.

Opacity <> transparency

Opacity is the quality of being difficult to see through.

Forbearance, patience, endurance, generosity, pardon forbear

If you say that someone has shown forbearance, you admire them for behaving in a calm and sensible way about something that they have a right to be very upset or angry about.

Aforementioned, aforesaid, above-mentioned

If you refer to the aforementioned person or subject, you mean the person or subject that has already been mentioned.

Unleash, let loose, release,set free


The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press.

Petrified, terrified, frightened


I'm petrified of snakes

If you are petrified, you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move

Shattered, exhausted, devastated, knackered, worn out


The experience left her feeling absolutely shattered.

If you are shattered by something


You are extremely shocked and upset about it

Ravenous, starving


What's for lunch I'm absolutely ravenous.

If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry

Covet, want, desire, be desirous of,

If you cover something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.

Covet, want, desire, be desirous of,

If you cover something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.

Adjacent, neighbouring, nearby


our farm land was adjacent to the river.


If one thing is adjacent to another, the two things are next to each other.

Improbable, unlikely, impossible <-> probable, likely


It seems improbable that the current situation will continue

Something that is improbable is unlikely to be true or to happen

Primacy


The government insisted on the primacy of the citizen's rights.

The primacy of something is the fact that it is the most important or most powerful thing in a particular situation.

Untenable, indefensible, undefendable, insuperable, unarguable <-> tenable


His position had become untenable and he was forced to resign.

An argument, theory, or position that is untenable cannot be defended successfully against criticism or attack.

Imperative, vatal


It is imperative to continue the treatment for at least two months

If it is imperative that something is done, that thing is extremely important and must be done.

Imperative, vatal


It is imperative to continue the treatment for at least two months

If it is imperative that something is done, that thing is extremely important and must be done.

Canvass, drum up, 선거운동하다 canvas 천


The party needs to canvass the uncommitted voters.

If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.

Stronghold, bastion


The southern part of the United states is the Republican stronghold.

If you say that a place or region is a stronghold of a particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.

Motif, theme


We chose some curtains with a flower motif.

A motif is a design which is used as a decoration or as part of an artistic pattern.

Dispersed, scattered


The seed are dispersed by the wind.

Things that are dispersed are situated in many different places, a long way apart from each other.


Police dispersed the protesters with tear gas.

Reinstate, restore, recall, return to a former position,return to power


There have been repeated calls to reinstate the death penalty.

If you reinstate someone, you give them back a job or position which had been taken away from them.

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.

Solitary, single, isolated


Solidarity, unity, unite,(bind, band) together

Demonstrations were held as a gesture of solidarity with the hunger strikes.


A solitary seagull winged it's way across the bay

Placid, calm, tranquil, peaceful, quiet

The atmosphere seemed placid.

Hiatus, pause, break, gap, rest


The miners' strike caused a hiatus in coal production.

A hiatus is a pause in which nothing happens, or a gap where something is missing

Intact, undamaged,


Most of the house remains intact even after two hundred years

Something that is intact is complete and has not been damaged or changed.