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abnegation  Speak Example sentences
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[추정] excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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[쓴맛] the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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[거절] repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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[비웃다] ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
adjunct  Speak Example sentences
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[표현할] dull, slow-moving, and stolid, like an ox; placid and dull
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[괴롭히다] short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon
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[외래] something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior
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[비난] express strong disapproval of; disparage
allay  Speak Example sentences
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[완화] calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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[노쇠] state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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[괴롭히다] short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon
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[추정] excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
anticlimax  Speak Example sentences
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[해제하] the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise
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[외접시키다] limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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[연마할] sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner
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[deducible가] capable of being derived by reasoning from known principles or facts
bestial  Speak Example sentences
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[검열관 같은] critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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[양위] give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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[상하 양원제의] composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
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[짐승] beastlike; brutal; lacking in intelligence or reason
buttress  Speak Example sentences
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[외접시키다] limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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[휘두르다] move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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[부벽] support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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[도망] leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
cajole  Speak Example sentences
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[부추 기다] influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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[양위] give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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[검열관 같은] critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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[상하 양원제의] composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches
cartographer  Speak Example sentences
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[격세 유전 정보] resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after the passage of two or more generations
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[판결] hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
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[지도 제작자] one who makes maps or charts
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[demoniac] extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon
cavil  Speak Example sentences
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[트집 잡기] criticize for petty or frivolous reasons; raise trivial objections
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[신으로 모심] elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
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[인접] be next to; be contiguous to; border on
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[순응] accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
circumscribe  Speak Example sentences
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[쓴맛] the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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[비난] express strong disapproval of; disparage
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[외접시키다] limit narrowly; confine; draw a line around; encircle
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[제약] restrain; keep within close bounds; confine