acquisition | n. Syn. acquirement; attainment (익히 비난 정품 인증) act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something |
adolescent | n. (스칼렛) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity; |
adverse | a. Syn. unfavorable; hostile (불리한) in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose |
aesthetic | a. Syn. artistic; elegant (미학) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affiliate | v. Syn. associate; incorporate (제휴 등록) associate; incorporate |
afflict | v. Syn. plague; suffer; torment (괴롭히다) cause pain, suffering or distress |
aggravate | v. Syn. worsen; exacerbate (악화) worsen; make worse or more troublesome |
agitation | n. Syn. anxiety; disturbance (동요) anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance |
alleviate | v. Syn. relieve; moderate; reduce (경감) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part |
amends | n. (보상) compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation |
anonymous | a. Syn. unknown; nameless (익명) having no name; having unknown or unacknowledged name |
appraisal | n. Syn. assessment; evaluation (평가) assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth |
articulate | a. Syn. effective; distinct (또렷하게 표현할) expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language |
ascertain | v. Syn. discover; insure (확인하다) find out for certain; discover with certainty; make sure of |
ascribe | v. Syn. refer; attribute; assign (돌리다) inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality |
assault | n. Syn. attack; onslaught (폭행) attack; onslaught |
assert | v. Syn. declare (주장) declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly |
asset | n. Syn. properties; advantage (자산) properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality |
assimilate | v. Syn. absorb (동화) incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble |
attorney | n. Syn. lawyer (변호사) lawyer; one who is appointed by another to act in his place or stead; proxy |
augment | v. Syn. increase (확대) make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity |
authentic | a. Syn. genuine; real; valid; trustworthy (정통) not counterfeit or copied; valid; trustworthy |
avail | v. Syn. profit; promote (소용) turn to advantage of; be of service to; profit; promote |
avert | v. Syn. prevent (막기) prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away |
baffle | v. Syn. frustrate; perplex (배��) frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of |
barren | a. Syn. desolate (기술 불모) desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking |
batch | n. (배치) quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together |
bizarre | a. Syn. fantastic (기괴한) fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance |
bleak | a. Syn. cold; cheerless (의기소침한) cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable |
blunder | n. Syn. error (이 끊긴) serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion |
blunt | a. Syn. insensitive (이 무딘) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive |
bonus | n. (보너스) an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation |
brace | n. (브레 이스) something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod; |
brittle | a. (접근) easily broken; having little elasticity |
capsule | n. Syn. pill (캡슐) small container; pill in form of small rounded gelatinous; shortened version of a written work |
casualty | n. (사상자) serious or fatal accident; someone injured or killed in an accident |
ceramic | a. (도자기) of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings. |
cereal | n. (시리얼) grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food. |
commentary | n. (논평) written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material |
commitment | n. (헌신) pledge, undertaking; act of binding yourself to a course of action |
commute | v. (출퇴근) obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; travel regularly from a place of residence to another place |
compatible | a. Syn. harmonious (가능) harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes |
competence | n. (경쟁) quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually |
compile | v. Syn. assemble; gather; accumulate (컴파일) put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources |
compulsory | a. Syn. mandatory; obligatory (의무) mandatory; obligatory; required by rule |
concede | v. Syn. admit; yield (꾸미다) admit; yield; give up physical control of another |
conceive | v. Syn. design; consider (임신) form or develop in the mind; devise; become pregnant with; begin or originate in a specific way |
concession | n. (양보) act of yielding; point yielded; acknowledgment or admission |
concise | a. Syn. succinct; terse (간결한) brief and compact; expressing much in few words |
confer | v. (부여) bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over |
configuration | n. (구성) arrangement of parts or elements; outline |
conform | v. (준수) comply with; follow; fit; meet |
confusion | n. (혼동) mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order |
consecutive | a. Syn. successive; sequential (연속) following one after another without interruption; sequential |
consensus | n. Syn. Agreement; accord (합의) general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole |
conserve | v. Syn. retain; preserve (보존) retain; protect from loss or harm; preserve; use carefully or sparingly, avoiding waste |
conspicuous | a. Syn. noticeable; prominent (이채) noticeable; prominent; easy to notice; obvious |
constituent | n. Syn. component; element; ingredient (구성) component or part; citizen, voter |
constrain | v. Syn. restrain; confine (제약) restrain; keep within close bounds; confine |
consultant | n. (포함) an expert who gives advice |
contaminate | v. Syn. taint; pollute; defile (오염) make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile |
contemplate | v. Syn. ponder; meditate (명상) look at attentively and thoughtfully; observe deep in thought |
contempt | n. Syn. disgrace (경멸) state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace; disobedience to, or open disrespect of |
contend | v. (주장) strive in opposition; contest; dispute; struggle for |
contradict | v. Syn. confront; oppose (반대) confront; oppose |
contrive | v. (꾸미다) form by an exercise of ingenuity; devise; invent; design |
controversial | a. Syn. controvertible; disputable (논쟁) controvertible; disputable |
controversy | n. Syn. contention; argument (논쟁) contentious speech act; argument |
converge | v. Syn. approach (수렴) approach; tend to meet; come together |
convict | v. (죄수) find or declare guilty |
cordial | a. Syn. gracious (코디얼) gracious; showing warm and friendliness |
corps | n. (군단) an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together |
corrode | v. (부식) destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away |
corrupt | a. Syn. spoiled; tainted (부패) changed from sound to putrid state; spoiled; tainted |
costume | n. Syn. dress; attire (의상) dress; attire; aset of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season |
courtesy | n. (예의) polite behavior; act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of fact |
cripple | n. Syn. handicap; maim; disable (장애인) person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limb |
criterion | n. (임계) standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test |
crucial | a. (원유) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance |
culminate | v. (절정에 달하다) reach the highest or most decisive point; rise to summit |
cumulative | a. (누적) increasing by successive addition |
curb | v. (보도) bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain |
curt | a. (커트) having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner |
cynical | a. (냉소) skeptical of motives of others; selfishly calculating; negative or pessimistic |
deficit | n. Syn. shortfall; shortage (적자) inadequacy or insufficiency; sum of money falls short of required amount; shortage |
degenerate | v. Syn. deteriorate (타락한) become worse; decline; fall |
deliberate | v. Syn. consider; ponder (고의) consider; think about carefully; weigh |
denote | v. Syn. signify; indicate; show (상징) indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically |
denounce | v. Syn. condemn; criticize; announce (비난하다) condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner |
depict | v. Syn. portray; describe (축도) represent in a picture or sculpture; portray in words; describe |
designate | v. Syn. nominate; assign; name (지정) indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to |
despise | v. (경멸) dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn |
deteriorate | v. Syn. decline (저하) become worse; decline |
diffuse | v. (확산) spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely |
dilemma | n. Syn. predicament (딜레마) predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options |
dilute | v. Syn. weaken; attenuate (희석) weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water |
discern | v. Syn. detect; perceive (분별) detect; perceive |
discrepancy | n. Syn. difference (차이) lack of consistency; difference |
discrete | a. Syn. separate; distinct (이 매각하다) separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts |
disguise | n. (위장) dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception |
dismay | v. Syn. discourage; frighten (골칫거리인이) destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm |
dispatch | n. Syn. expedition; sending off (파견) act of sending off something; property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste |
disperse | v. Syn. scatter (분산을 얼룩말) move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known |
disposition | n. Syn. temperament; nature; tendency (처분) natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something |
disrupt | v. Syn. upset; interrupt (혼란) upset; throw into confusion or disorder |
dissipate | v. Syn. waste; scatter (낭비) spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse |
distil | v. (증류) drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream |
disturbance | n. Syn. disorder; turmoil (소동) disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder |
divine | v. (신성) perceive intuitively; foresee future; have nature of or being a deity |
drastic | a. Syn. radical; severe (과감한) radical; taking effect violently or rapidly |
dubious | a. Syn. questionable (모호한) questionable; filled with doubt |
dwell | v. Syn. reside; inhabit (면만) live as a resident; exist in a given place or state |
eccentric | a. Syn. irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre (편심) departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern |
edible | a. Syn. eatable (식용) eatable; substance that can be used as food |
ego | n. (자아) self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; exaggerated sense of self-importance |
elicit | v. Syn. provoke (유도) draw out; bring forth or to light; generate or provoke as response or answer |
elite | n. (엘리트) a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status |
eloquent | a. Syn. expressive; persuasive (웅변) vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive |
embark | v. Syn. commence (승선) commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey |
empirical | a. (경험적) derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
endow | v. Syn. grant; award (부여) grant; award; give qualities or abilities to |
enhance | v. Syn. increase; improve (음란 강화) make better or more attractive; increase; improve |
ensue | v. Syn. follow (뒤이어 일어나다) pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence |
entail | v. Syn. require; necessitate; involve (수반) imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in ornamental way |
entity | n. (단체) real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence |
entrepreneur | n. Syn. businessperson; enterprise (기업) person who organizes and operates a business; contractor |
envisage | v. (직시하다) look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way |
epoch | n. Syn. era (시대) particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable |
equilibrium | n. Syn. balance (평형) mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives |
erosion | n. Syn. corrosion (침식) corrosion; a gradual decline of something |
erroneous | a. Syn. mistaken; wrong (말세) containing or derived from error; mistaken |
escort | n. (호위) one who conducts someone as attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey |
essence | n. (에센스) most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
ethics | n. Syn. morals; principles (윤리) morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct. |
ethnic | a. Syn. racial (소수 민족) relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage |
evoke | v. Syn. bring out; arouse (연상) bring out; arouse; call forth |
exemplify | v. Syn. embody (예시) serve as an example of; embody |
exempt | a. (면제) not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation |
exotic | a. Syn. strange (이색) from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual |
expertise | n. Syn. skill (규정) specialized knowledge; expert skill |
explicit | a. Syn. definite; outspoken (조명 담금질) precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken |
exposition | n. (박람회) exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information; opening section of a fugue |
exquisite | a. Syn. excellent; flawless (아름다운) excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating |
extinct | a. Syn. nonexistent; vanished; dead (멸종) no longer existing or living; vanished; dead |
extinguish | v. (소화) quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy |
fabricate | v. Syn. build (조작) build; put together out of components or parts |
facet | n. Syn. side (일면) small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface |
facilitate | v. Syn. promote; expedite (촉진) help bring about; make less difficult |
feeble | a. Syn. weak; frail (거미) lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail |
flap | n. (플랩) flat, usually thin piece attached at only one side; act of waving or fluttering; blow given with something flat; slap |
fling | v. Syn. discard (날뛰는) throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt |
fluctuate | v. Syn. waver; shift (변동) rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly |
flutter | v. (떨림) vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner |
foam | n. (거품) white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids |
foil | v. Syn. hinder (호일) prevent from being successful |
formidable | a. Syn. menacing; threatening (무서운) arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat |
formulate | v. Syn. policy; theory (공식화) decide upon and express in words |
fort | n. Syn. fortress; stronghold (요새) a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post |
fossil | n. Syn. remnant (화석) remnant; remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age |
foster | v. Syn. rear (육성) rear; promote the growth of; help develop |
foul | n. Syn. disgusting; filthy (파울) act that violates of the rules of a sport |
fracture | v. Syn. break; crack (골절) break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse |
fraud | n. (사기) getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive |
fringe | n. Syn. margin; periphery (프린지) margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band |
frustrate | v. Syn. thwart; defeat (좌절) make null; bring to nothing; prevent from taking effect or attaining fulfillment |
galaxy | n. (은하계) large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities |
gaol | n. Syn. jail (교도소) place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment |
garment | n. (의류) any article of clothing, as coat or gown |
gear | n. (기어) toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction |
glide | v. Syn. slide; slip (글라이드) slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner |
gloomy | a. Syn. dusky; dim (우울) imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded |
gorgeous | a. Syn. beautiful; magnificent (화려한) dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent |
gossip | n. Syn. rumor (잡담) rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions |
graze | v. Syn. feed (스친) scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage |
grease | n. (그리스) oil; fat; state of being covered with unclean things |
grief | n. (슬픔) pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness |
grieve | v. (절망) cause to be sorrowful; distress |
grim | a. (어두운) unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding |
hamper | v. Syn. obstruct (타락) put at disadvantage; prevent progress or free movement of |
hatch | v. Syn. breed (해치) breed; emerge from the egg |
haul | v. Syn. transport; drag (정규직) draw slowly or heavily; pull or drag forcibly; shift direction |
haunt | v. Syn. torment; bother; disturb (괴롭힐테야) be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb |
heal | v. Syn. cure (치유) cure; make or get healthy again |
heave | v. Syn. lift; raise; hoist; throw (쉬다) cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; lift; raise; hoist; throw |
heir | n. Syn. descendent; offspring (후손) person who inherits some title or office |
heritage | n. Syn. legacy; bequest; tradition (문화 유산) legacy; something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition |
hierarchy | n. Syn. class; order (계층) arrangement by rank or standing; series in which each element is graded or ranked |
hinder | v. Syn. stunt; inhibit; hamper; impede (방해) put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress |
hinge | n. (경첩) a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other |
hitherto | ad. (역사) to this place; to a prescribed limit; up to this time; as yet; until now |
homogeneous | a. Syn. uniform; similar (균질) of the same or similar nature or kind |
hose | n. (호스) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas |
hover | v. Syn. float; waver; vacillate (마우스를 가져가면) hang about; wait nearby; remain floating |
humidity | n. Syn. dampness; moisture (습도) dampness; moisture |
hurl | v. Syn. throw; cast; toss (헐링 스틱) throw with great force; cast; toss |
hypothesis | n. Syn. assumption; theory (가설) assumption; theory |
hysterical | a. (히스테리) marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic |
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