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63 Cards in this Set
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penury |
severe poverty; stinginess |
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peon |
landless agricultural worker; bond servant |
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perceptive |
insightful; aware; wise |
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perdition |
damnation; complete ruin 죽은뒤에 계속되는 벌 |
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damnation |
지옥살이 |
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peregrination |
journey |
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peremptory |
demanding and leaving no choice 위압적인, 독단적인 |
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perennial |
something long-lasting |
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hardy |
강한, 강인한 |
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perfidious |
treacherous; disloyal 믿을 수 없는, 신뢰할수 없는 |
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treacherous |
기만적인, 신뢰할수없는 |
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perfidy |
배신 |
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perfunctory |
superficial; not thorough; lacking interest 행동이 형식적인 |
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peripatetic |
traveling about; moving from place to place |
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scrape together |
~을 어렵게 구하다 |
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perjury
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false testimony while under oath |
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incriminate |
~이 잘못한 것처럼 보이게 하다 |
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pernicious |
very destructive |
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perpetrate |
commit an offense 범행을 저지르다 |
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perpetual |
everlasting (오랫동안) 끊임없이 계속되는 |
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perpetuate |
make something last; preserve from extinction |
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perquisite |
any gain above stipulated salary 부수입 |
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personable |
attrative |
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perspicacious |
having insight; penetrating astute |
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perspicuity |
clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity 명쾌, 명확함 |
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perspicuous |
plainly expressed 명쾌한 |
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pert |
impertinent; forward 당돌한 |
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impertinent |
무례한 |
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perturb |
disturb greatly |
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peruse |
read with care 정독하다 |
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conflagration |
큰불, 대화재 |
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pervasive |
spread throughout |
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perverse |
stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable |
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pessimism |
belief that life is basically bad or evil |
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pestilential |
causing plague; baneful 역병을 일으키는, 지독히 성가신 |
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petrify |
turn to stone 석화시키다 |
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petty |
trivial; unimportant |
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petulant |
touchy' peevish 심술을 부리는, 심통사나운 |
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touchy |
사람이 화를 잘내는, 과민한 |
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peevish |
짜증, 화를 잘 내는 |
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pharisaical |
pertaining to the pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous 바리새인의, (신앙보다) 형식에 치중하는, 위선의, 독선의 |
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philistine |
narrow-minded person; uncultured and possibly only interested in material gain 속물적인, 교양없는 사람 |
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phlegmatic |
clam; not easily disturbed |
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phobia |
morbid fear |
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phoenix |
symbol of immortality or rebirth |
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physiological |
pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms |
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piecemeal |
one part at a time 조금씩 하면 되는, 단편적인 |
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piety |
devoutness; reverence for God |
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reverence |
숭배, ~에 대한 존경 |
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pine |
languish, decline; long for ~을 애타게 그리워하다 |
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pinnacle |
peak 정점, |
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pious |
devout; religious |
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piquant |
pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating 짜릿한, 흥미진진한 |
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pique (N) |
irritation; resentment |
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pique (v) |
provoke or arouse; annoy |
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pitfall |
hidden danger; concealed trap 위험, 곤란 |
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pith |
core or marrow; essence 핵심 |
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pithy |
concise; meaningful |
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pivotal |
central; critical |
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placate |
pacify; conciliate |
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placid |
peaceful' calm |
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plagiarize |
steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own |
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plaintive |
mournful 애처로운, 구슬픈 |