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141 Cards in this Set
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contentious
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likely to be controversial
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exorbitant
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exceeding the bounds
highly exceesive |
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inconsequential
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insignificant
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cursory
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going rapidly over something w/o noticing detail
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fleeting
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transitory
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lax
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not strict or severe
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sumptous
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opulent, luxurious
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impunity
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freedom from regulation or oversight
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belie
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to show to be false
archaic "to lie about" |
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callous
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무관심
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relics
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a surviving trace of something
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dogma
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stanardized belief
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peculiar
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strange, queer, odd, uncommon
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soporific
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causing or tending to cause sleep
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hindsight
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recognition of the realities, possibilities
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derivative
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not original, secondary
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uplifting
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inspirational
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lucrative
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profitable
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pronounced
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strongly marked
clearly indicated |
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endow
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to provide with a permanent fundor source of income
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avant garde
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advanced group in the field
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minute
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extremely small
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prohibitive
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serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something
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sophomoric
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아는체하는 건방진
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sonorous
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resonant sound
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ameliorate
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to make better
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ebullient
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열광적인
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implacable
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달래기 힘든, 무자비한
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gargantuan
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gigantic
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inept
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서투른, 부적절한
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largess
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generocity
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boorish
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unmannered
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inane
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우둔한
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prestine
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pure
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probity
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honesty
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jocular
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익살맞은, 우스꽝스러운
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phlegmatic
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무기력한, 계으름, impassive
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parsimony
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extreme economy frugality
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feisty
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full of energy
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suave
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mannered
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sagacious
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신중한
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pliant
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pliable
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adulterate
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not pure
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somber
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어두껌껌한
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taciturn
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말이 없는
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minuscule
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작은
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depravity
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moral coruption
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venrable
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존경
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raucous
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rowdy
strident harsh 귀에 거슬리는 소리 |
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abeyance
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suspension or temp inactive
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circumspection
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cautious
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dross
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waste matter
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euthanasia
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안락사
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ilk
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family or class or kind
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malapropism
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act or habit of misusingword
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mendiant
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begging, 거지
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nomanclature
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set or system of name
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presentiment
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예감, 육감, premonition
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symbiosis
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공생
mutual benefit |
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travesty
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희작, parody,서투른 흉내
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verisimilitude
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있을법한
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canny
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careful
prudent |
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gnostic
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pertaining of knowledge
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perspicacious
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having keen (sharp) mental perception and understanding
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prattle
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to talk foolish or simple
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savant
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learned scholar
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antediluvian
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extremely old
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antiquated
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고풍의
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archaic
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고대의, 고풍의
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callow
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immiture, greenhorn
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dotard
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old weak mind person
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fledgling
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experienced, mature
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nascent
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생기려고 하는
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natal
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pertaining to person's birth
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neonate
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new born child
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novitiate
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novice
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primeval
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pertaining to first age
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primordial
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최초의
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precocious
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mature
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renascent
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being reborn
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senescent
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growing old
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superannuated
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old
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tyro
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novice
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abstruse
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어려운
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craven
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겂많은
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desultory
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일관성 없는, 산만한
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hackneyed
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진부한, worn out by over use
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lachrymose
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슬픈, 변덕 스러운
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mercurial
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변덗러운
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meretricious
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어색한, 저속한,
gaudy, falsely attractive |
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sacrosanct
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신성한, extremely sacred
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superannuated
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obsolete, too old to use
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amorphous
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lacking definite form
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aver
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사실임을 밝히다
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belie
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to show to be false
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dilatory
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tendecy to delay or procrastinate
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exculpate
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clear from blame
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flaccid
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soft and limp
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laudatory
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expressing praise
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mendacious
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telling lies
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nebulous
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흐린, 불투명한
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plebeian
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평민
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tacit
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말로나타내기않는, 무언의
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vilify
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헐뜻다, 비방하다
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mettle
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용기, 원기, 기개
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obviate
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재거하다
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate |
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aristocratic
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귀족 정치
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explicit
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명백한, 뚜렸한, 숨김없는, 솔직한
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disparaging
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험담하는, 비난하는
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punctual
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시간을 잘지키는
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necessitate
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필요로하다
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curb
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구속, 속박
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accretion
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inc by natural growth
growth in size or extent |
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boon
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해택, 은혜, 이윤
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dearth
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부족, 결핍
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effrontery
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뻔뻔스러운
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innuendo
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풍자, 빈정대는말
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machination
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나쁜일의 음모
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neophyte
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초심자, 신참자
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pulchritude
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몸매의 아름다움, 육체미
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supplicant
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탄원, 애원하는
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taxonomy
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분류
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toady
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아첨
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tome
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크고 묵직한책
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arid
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건조한 매마른
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burgeon
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싹트다
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curtail
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축소, 짧게 줄이다
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desiccate
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건조시키다
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fallow
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묵히고 있는, 사용하지 않는
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fecund
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땅이 기름진
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foliate
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잎이 있는 식물
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germinate
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싹이트다
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gestation
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pregnancy 잉태
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moribund
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다 죽어가는
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parch
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바짝 마르다
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prolific
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열매를 많이 맺는, 새끼를 많이 낳는
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stifle
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숨막히게 하다
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stultify
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바보처럼 보이게 하다
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stunted
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발육이 멎은
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turncate
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나무, 꼭대기 끝을 자르다
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verdant
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초록의, 푸릇푸릇한
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