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brevity
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브뤠 비 티 1, 간결함
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broach
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브로우취 v.to open up a subject for discussion, often a delicate subject:Henrietta was proud of her new dress, so no one knew how to broach the subject with her of how silly grandmothers look in leather.
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bucolic
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뷰 칼 릭 2, 전원적인
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burgeon
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벌 전 1, to expand; to flourish:The burgeoning weeds in our yard soon overwhelmed the grass.
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burlesque
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벌 레스크 2, 해학적인
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cacophony
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커 캐 퍼 니 2, 불협화음
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cadence
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케이 던쓰 1, 억양
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cajole
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커 조울 2, to persuade someone to do something he or she doesn't want to do:I didn't want to give the speech, but Joel cajoled me into doing it by telling me what a good speaker I am. As it turned out, he simply hadn't been able to find anyone else.
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callow
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캘 로우 1, adj. immature:The patient was alarmed by the callowness of the medical staff. The doctors looked too young to have graduated from high school, much less from medical school.:To be callow is to be youthfully naive, inexperienced, and unsophisticated.; A teenager might show callow disregard for the feelings of adults.; Driving fast cars and hanging out in the parking lot at the 7-Eleven are callow pursuits.
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candor
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캔 덜 1, 허심탄회함
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capitalism
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캐 퍼 털 리 점 1, 자본주의(체제)
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capitulate
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커 피 츌 레잍 2, to surrender; to give up or give in:On the twentieth day of the strike, the workers capitulated and went back to work without a new contract.:So few students paid attention to Mr.Jones that he had to recapitulate his major points at the end of the class
Recapitulate:to summarize |
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capricious
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커 프리쉬 어스 2, 변덕스러운
caprice:Penny attempted a quadruple somersault off the ten-meter diving board as a caprice. It was a painful caprice.:A caprice[커 프리스 2] is a whim. |
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castigate
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캐스 터 게잍 1, 혼내다
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catalyst
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캐 털 리스트 1, 촉매제
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categorical
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캐 터 고 러 껄 3, 무조건적인:A categorical denial is one without exceptions--it covers every category:Crooked politicians often make categorical denials of various charges against him. Then they go to jail.: I categorically refuse eto do anything whatsoever at any time, in any place, with anyone.
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catharsis
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커 딸 씨쓰 2, 카타르시스 purification that brings emotional relief or renewal:To someone with psychological problems, talking to a psychiatrist can lead to a catharsis. A catharsis is a sometimes traumatic event after which one feels better. A catharsis is a cathartic. Some people find emotional movies cathartic--watching one often allows them to release buried emotions. Cathartic can also be a noun.:Young Teddy swallowed the contents of a bottle of shoe polish, so his mother gave him a raw egg as a cathartic to make him vomit.
cathartic:하ː제(下劑)[명사] 설사를 하게 하는 약. 사제(瀉劑) |
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catholic
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캐뜨 릭 1, universal; embracing everything:Da Vinci was a catholic genius who excelled at everything he did.
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caustic
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커 스틱 1, 부식성의 like acid; corrosive:Paint remover is a caustic substance; if you spill it on your skin, your skin will burn. The caustic detergent ate right through Henry's laundry.:The teacher's caustic criticism of Sally's term paper left her in tears.
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celibacy
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쎌 러 버 씨 1, 금욕
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censure
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쎈 슈어 1, v. to condemn severely for doing something bad:The Senate sometimes censures senators for breaking laws or engaging in behavior unbecoming to an elected official.:Censure can be a noun.:The clumsy physician feared the censure of his fellow doctors, so he stopped treating anything more complicated than the common cold.
A Senate that made a habit of censuring senators might be said to be censorious. To be censorious is to be highly critical--to do a lot of censuring. |
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cerebral
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써 뤼 브뤌 2, 써 뤄 브뤌 1, adj. brainy; intellectually refined:Your cerebrum[써 뤼 브뤔 2] is the biggest part of your brain. To be cerebral is to do and care about things that really smart people do and care about.
A cerebral discussion is one that is filled with big words and concerns abstruse matters that ordinary people can't understand.:Sebastian was too cerebral to be a baseball announcer; he kept talking about the existentialism of the outfield. |
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chagrin
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셔허 그륀 2, 창피
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charisma
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커 뤼즈 머 2, 카리스마
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charlatan
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슈알 러 턴 1, 허풍선이(허풍선―이(虛風扇―)[명사] 허풍을 마구 치는 사람. 허풍선.)
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chasm
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캐 점 1, a deep, gaping hole; a gorge:Mark was so stupid that his girlfriend wondered whether there wasn't a chasm where his brain should be.:The bad guys were gaining, so the hero grabbed the heroine[히 로우 인 1]and swung across the chasm on a slender vine.
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chastise
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췌스 타이즈 2, 야단치다
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chicanery
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쉬히 케이 너 뤼 2, trickery; deceitfulness; artifice, especially legal or political:Political news would be dull were it not for the chicanery of our elected officials
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chimera
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카이 미어 뤄 2, an illusion; a foolish fancy:Susan's dream of becoming a movie star was just a chimera.:Could you take a picture of a chimera with a camera? No, of course not. It wouldn't show up on the film. Its apparent similarity to chimney is just a chimera.
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choleric
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칼 러 뤽 1, 다혈질의
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chronic
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크롸 닉 1, constant; lasting a long time; inveterate[병, 습관등이 만성적인]:Someone who always comes in last could be called a chronic loser. Chronic is usually associated with something negative or undesirable:chronic illness, chronic failure, chronic depression. You would be much less likely to encounter a reference to chronic success or chronic happiness, unless the wrtier or speaker was being ironic. A chronic disease is one that lingers for a long time, doesn't go away, or keeps coming back.
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chronicle
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크롸 너 껄 1, 연대기:a record of events in order of time:a history:Sally's diary provided her mother with a detailed chronicle of her daughter's extracurricular activities.
Chronicle can also be used as a verb.:The reporter chronicled all the events of the revolution. Chronology and chronicle are nearly synonyms:both provide a chronological list of events.Chronological means in order of time. |
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circuitous
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썰 큐 어 터쓰 2, 멀리돌아가는 roundabout; not following a direct path:The ~ bus route between the two cities went here, there, and everywhere, and it took an extremely long time to get anywhere.:The salesman's route was circuitous--it wound aimlessly through many small towns.:A circuitous argument is one that rambles around for quite a while before making its point. A circuitous argument is very similar to a circular argument, which is one that ends up where it begins or attempts to prove something without offering any new information.
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circumlocution
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썰 컴 로우 큐 션 4, 완곡한표현
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circumscribe
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썰 컴 스크롸입 선을 긋다:to draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restric:The Constitution clearly circumscribes the restrictions that can be placed on our personal freedoms.:A barbed-wire fence and armed guards circumscribed the movement of the prisoners.
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circumspect
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썰 컴 스펙트 1, 용의주도한
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circumvent
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썰 컴 벤트 3, to frustrate as though by surrounding:Our hopes for an early end of the meeting were circumvented by the chairperson's refusal to deal with the items on the agenda.:The angry school board circumvented the students' effort to install color television sets in every classroom.
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civil
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예의바른; Civil rights are rights established by law: Civil service is government service.
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clemency
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클렘 언 씨 1, 너그러움:The governor committed an act of clemency when he released all the convicts from the state penitentiary[페 너 텐 셔 뤼 3 교도소]:Mild weather is called clement[온화한] weather.
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clique
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클리잌 파벌:an exclusive group bound together by some shared quality or interest:The high school newspaper staff was a real clique; they all hung out together and wouldn't talk to anyone else. It was hard to have fun at that school if you weren't a member of the right clique. The cheerleaders were cliquish as well.
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coalesce
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코우 어 레쓰 3, 합쳐지다:When the dough coalesced into a big black blob, we began to wonder whether the cookies would be good to eat. 연합하다:The people in our neighborhood ~ed into a powerful force for change in the community.
coalition 연맹:The southern coalition in Congress is the group of representatives from southern states who often vote the same way. |
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coerce
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코우 얼쓰 2, 강요하다:Darth Vader tried flattery, Darth Vader tried gifts, Darth vader even tried to coerce, but Darth Vader was never able to make Han Solo reveal the hidden rebel base.
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cogent
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코우 전트 1, 설득력있는:The lawyer's argument on his client's behalf was not ~, so the jury convicted his client. The jury was persuaded by the cogency of the district attorney's argument.
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cognitive
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칵 너 팁 1, dealing with how we know the world around us through our senses; mental:Scientists study the cognitive apparatus of human being to pattern how computers should gather information about the world.
Cognition is knowing. |
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cognizant
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칵 너 전트 1, 인식하고있는:To be cognizant of your responsibilities is to know what your responsibilities are.
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coherent
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코우 히어 런트 2, 조리있는:A coherent explanation is an explanation that makes sense; holding together:A coherent wad of cotton balls is one that holds together.
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colloquial
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컬 로우 쿠위 얼 2, 구어체의
colloquialism:colloquial expression colloquy:a conversation; conference |
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collusion
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컬 루 젼 2, secret cooperation; conspiracy 공모:The increase in oil prices was the result of collusion by the oil-producing nations.
to collude is to conspire. |
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commensurate
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커 멘 써 륏 2, 알맞은 with:Ryan's salary is commensurate with his abilities.비례하는:The number of touchdowns scored by the team and the number of its victories were commensurate.
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compelling
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컴 펠 링 2, forceful; causing to yield: A compelling argument for buying a videocassette recorder is one that makes you go out and buy a vidieocassette recorder.; The recruiter's speech was so compelling that nearly everyone in the auditorium enlisted in the army when it was over.:To compel someone to do something is to force him or her to do it.:Our consciences compelled us to turn over to the authorities the money we had found.
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compendium
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컴 펜 디 엄 2, a summary; an abridgment: A yearbook often contains a compendium of the offenses, achievements, and future plans of the members of the senior class
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complacent
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컴 플레이 썬트 2, 득의양양한
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complement
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캄 플러 먼트 1, 보완하다:The flower arrangement complemented the table decorations.
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complicity
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컴 플리 써 티 2, 공모:Complicity among the students made it impossible to find out which of them had pulled the fire alarm.
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comprise
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컴 프라이즈 2, ..가 ~로 이루어지다:A football team comprises eleven players on offense and eleven players on defense:
We cannot say "a football team is comprised of players" |
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conciliatory
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컨 씰 리 어 토어 뤼 2, adj.making peace; attempting to resolve a dispute through goodwill:To be conciliatory is to kiss and make up:Come on--be conciliatory!:The formerly warring countries were conciliatory at the treaty conference. After dinner at the all-you-can-eat pancake house, the divorced couple began to feel conciliatory, so they flew to Las Vegas and were remarried.
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concord
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칸 컬드 1, harmony; agreement:Nations that live in concord are nations that live together in peace:The war between the neighboring tribes ended thirty years of concord:The faculty meeting was marked by concord; no one yelled at anyone else:Discord is the opposite of concord.
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concurrent
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컨 커 뤈트 2, happening at the same time; parallel:High prices, falling demand, and poor weather were three concurrent trends that made life especially difficult for corn farmers last month.
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concur
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컨 컬 2, 동의하다 agree:The assistant wanted to keep his job, so he always concurred with his boss.
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condescend
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칸 더 쎈드 1, to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize:I was surprised that the president of the company had condescended to talk with me, a mere temporary employee.:Many grown-ups make the mistake of condescending to young children, who usually prefer to be treated as equals, or at least as rational beings.
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