abase: (떨어뜨 리다) humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem | abash: (무안하게하다) embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |
abate: (사냥) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity | abbreviate: (생략) make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase |
abdicate: (양위) give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim | aberrant: (탈선) abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm |
abet: (선거권을 주다) aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage | abeyance: (휴지) suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension |
abhor: (절기하다) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate | abject: (비열한) being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status |
abjure: (맹세하고 버리다) renounce upon oath; abandon forever | ablution: (목욕 재계) washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite |
abnegation: (거절) repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others | abode: (앉은) act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place |
abolish: (폐지가) cancel; put an end to; destroy completely | abominable: (히말라야) detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad |
aboriginal: (원주민) being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native | abortive: (불임) unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless |
abrasive: (연마재) rubbing away; tending to grind down | abridge: (줄여) condense; shorten; reduce length of written text |
abrogate: (폐기) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority | abscond: (도망) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution |
absolute: (절대) perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain | absolve: (덜다) let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation |
abstemious: (정신) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate | abstinence: (금욕) restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire |
abstract: (추상) theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand | abstruse: (난해한) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
abusive: (학대) coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use | abut: (접하다) border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent |
abysmal: (심해) bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad | abyss: (심연) enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell |
academic: (학술) related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education | accede: (콩코드) agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede |
accelerate: (가속) move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected | accessible: (정중한) easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with |
accessory: (장난 액세서리) additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item | acclaim: (주목) applaud; announce with great approval |
acclimate: (순응) accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt | acclivity: (치받이) upward slope, as of hill |
accolade: (영예) award of merit; expression of approval; praise | accommodate: (숙박) do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for |
accomplice: (공범자) partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing | accord: (협정) settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states |
accost: (인사) approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request | accretion: (증가) growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion |
accrue: (발생) increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time | acerbity: (쓴맛) bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
acetic: (아세트산) having properties of vinegar; sour | acidulous: (새콤한) slightly sour in taste or in manner; sharp; caustic |
acknowledge: (인정) declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks | acme: (절정) the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal |
acne: (여드름) skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents, characterized by red pimples, caused by inflammation | acoustics: (호출 정보) science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
acquiesce: (동의하는 것) assent; agree without protesting | acquittal: (석방) state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty |
acrid: (매운) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent | acrimonious: (통렬한) bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner |
acrophobia: (고소 공포증) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places | actuarial: (계리) calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
actuate: (...에 대하여 방해 구를 두다) put into motion or action; activate | acuity: (카메오) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
acumen: (통찰력) mental keenness; quickness of perception | acute: (급성) quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe |
adage: (금언) wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom | adamant: (단호) extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding |
adapt: (적응) make fit for; change to suit a new purpose | addendum: (부록) something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book |
addiction: (중독) compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something | addle: (썩다) muddle; drive crazy; become confused |
adept: (주특기) expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude | adhere: (준수) stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with |
adherent: (자기편) person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause | adjacent: (인접) adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near |
adjunct: (외래) something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior | admonish: (타이르다) warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided |
adorn: (장식) enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments | adroit: (교묘한) skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
adulation: (추정) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise | adulterate: (섞음) make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
advent: (도래) coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important | adventitious: (우연의) accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically |
adversary: (적수) opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition | adverse: (불리한) in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose |
adversity: (역경) state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune | advocacy: (옹호) support; active pleading on behalf of something |
advocate: (열변을 토하다) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something | aesthetic: (미학) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affable: (완화) easily approachable; warmly friendly | affected: (와플) speaking or behaving in artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked |
affidavit: (진술서) written statement made under oath | affiliation: (제휴) partnership; alliance; association in the same family or society |
affinity: (유사성) natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage | affirmation: (긍정) positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath |
affliction: (고통) cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress | affluence: (풍요) abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth |
affront: (모욕) insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect | agenda: (의제) items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered |
agglomeration: (응집) collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass | aggrandize: (강화하다) increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
aggregate: (골재) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to | aghast: (깜짝 놀라) struck by shock, terror, or amazement |
agility: (민첩성) mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly | agitate: (선동) cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb |
agnostic: (불가 지론) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality | agrarian: (농민) pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters |
alacrity: (민활) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness | alchemy: (연금술) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming |
alcove: (반침) nook; small, recessed section of a room | alias: (별명) assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily |
alienate: (이간) cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally | alimentary: (영양의) providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion |
alimony: (위자료) payment by a husband to his divorced wife, or vice versa | allay: (완화) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
allege: (주장) state without proof; assert to be true | allegiance: (충성) loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion |
allegory: (우화) symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form | alleviate: (경감) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part |
alliteration: (...에 대신하다) repetition of beginning sound in poetry | allocate: (할당) assign; distribute according to plan |
alloy: (합금) combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate | allude: (언급) refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion |
allure: (매력) attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive | aloft: (높이) in or into a high place; high or higher up |
altercation: (언쟁) noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy | altruistic: (이타) unselfishly generous; concerned for others |
amalgamate: (아말감) combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury | amass: (쌓다) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
ambidextrous: (양손 잡이) capable of using either hand with equal ease | ambience: (분위기) particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment |
ambiguous: (모호한) unclear or doubtful in meaning | ambivalence: (양가 감정) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
amble: (산보) moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely | ambrosia: (제단) something with delicious flavor or fragrance; fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut |
ambulatory: (외래) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary | ambush: (매복) disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station |
ameliorate: (개량하다) make or become better; improve; grow better | amenable: (의무) responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable |
amend: (수정) change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors | amenities: (시설) convenient features; courtesies |
amiable: (이던가요) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly | amicable: (우호) exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome |
amiss: (어긋 나서) out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty | amity: (친선) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
amnesia: (기억 상실) partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness | amnesty: (사면) general pardon granted by government, especially for political offenses |
amoral: (도덕에 관계없는) lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong. | amorous: (요염한) moved by sexual love; loving |
amorphous: (비정질) formless; lacking shape or definition | amphibian: (양서류) able to live both on land and in water |
amphitheater: (원형 극장) oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena | ample: (충분한) more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large |
amputate: (절단) cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune | amulet: (부적) object worn, especially around neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm |
analgesic: (진통) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness | analogous: (유사한) comparable; similar or alike |
analogy: (비유) similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity | anarchist: (무정부 주의자) person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
anarchy: (무정부) absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion | anathema: (저주) solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
ancestry: (조상) family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage | anchor: (앵커) secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate |
ancillary: (부수) serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary | anecdote: (일화) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
anemia: (빈혈) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality | anesthetic: (마취) substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling |
anguish: (가입하다) agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering | angular: (연마할) sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner |
animated: (애니메이션) having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon | animosity: (원한) bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act |
animus: (아니무스) feeling of enmity or ill will; attitude that informs one's actions; disposition | annals: (연보) chronological record of the events of successive years |
annex: (별관) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit | annihilate: (몰살) destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence |
annotate: (주석) comment; make explanatory notes | annuity: (연금) annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year |
annul: (무효) make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing | anodyne: (솔기) source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain |
anoint: (적셔) apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration. | anomalous: (변칙) deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule |
anomaly: (예외) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order | anonymity: (익명) state of being nameless; one that is unknown or unacknowledged |
antagonism: (대립) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor | antecede: (antecede) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order |
antecedents: (음조) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background | antediluvian: (대홍수 이전) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times |
anthem: (빈약한 닦지) song of praise or patriotism; song of devotion or loyalty | anthology: (선집) book of literary selections by various authors |
anthropoid: (���인원) manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance | anthropologist: (인류학) one who studies history and science of mankind |
anthropomorphic: (의인화된) having human form or characteristics | anticlimax: (해제하) letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise |
antidote: (해독제) medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts | antipathy: (반감) strong feeling of aversion; dislike |
antiquated: (골동품) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged | |
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