| Term | Definition |
|---|
| protract | prolong; lengthen in time; draw out |
| erratic | likely to perform unpredictably/ unpredictable change |
| boastful | showing pride and self-satisfaction with yourself |
| crass | coarse; stupid/ _ behavior doesn't show consdieration to others |
| cravil | 하찮은 이로 이론을 제기하다. |
| dissuation | 설득하여 그만두게 하기 |
| amelioration | 개량, 의미의 향상 (역사적 변화에 따라 말이 한층좋은 의미를 가짐) |
| occlude | 구멍, 통로를 막다. |
| bilk | cheat/ They are charged with _ investors out of millions of dollars. |
| begrude | resent anothers success, 시샘하다, |
| examplary | worthy of imitation, commendable; serving as a model |
| eccentric | a person with an unusual or odd personality |
| lackadaisical | lacking purpose or zest, halfhearted/ The _ attitude of players/ He seems a little _ at times |
| corrigible | capable of being corrected or set right |
| nefarious | adj. Wicked in the extreme, immoral/ __ purpose/ 극악무도한, 불법의 |
| testy | 성미급한, 성잘내는, , irritable, short tempered/ characterized by impatience, exasperation |
| mutineer | open rebellion and refusal to obey authorities (especially by seamen or soldiers), 모반자, 폭도 |
| even-tempered | 침착한, 차분한 |
| impostor | 사기꾼, 남의 이름사칭하는 사람 |
| nonentity | 보잘것 없는 사람 |
| luminary | 발광체 , 인공조명, 저명인사 |
| postulate | (자명한 사실로) --을 가정하다. / if you postulate sth, you suggest it as the basis for a theory/ Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct |
| prevaricate | stray from or avoid the truth; equivocate/ 말을 얼버무리다. 완곡하게 속이다 거짓말하다. |
| apathetic | adj. showing or feeling apathy= indifferent=uninterested=lethargic |
| tight-lipped | 입을 굳게 다문 |
| mealy-mouthed | 완곡하게 말하는, 듣기 좋게 날하는 |
| imprecise | 부정확, 불명확한, 애매한 |
| disjointed | 관절이 탈구한 |
| embitter | -의 맛을 쓰게하다. |
| spur | strike with a spur/격려, 고무, 박차 |
| ascetic | 수행자, 고행자, 행자 |
| braggart | 허풍선이 , 호헌장담가 |
| harbinger | 선구자 |
| recalcitrant | marked by stubborn resistance to authority |
| rambling | (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects |
| onlooker | someone who watches and does not take part; an observer/ |
| tractable | easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)/ easily led and controlled |
| muffle | cover |
| recompense | compensate |
| nettle | irritate |
| mollify | if you molify sb, you do or say sth to make them less upset or angry. |
| lethargy | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy |
| disentangle | to free form tangles or complications |
| lethargic | if you are lethargic, you do not have much energy or enthusiasm/ She felt too miserable and lethargic. |
| repugnant | very distasteful, repulsive/ The odour of vitiamin in skin is repugnant to insects |
| prim | overly neat so that one behaves too correctly and too easily shocked by anything rude |
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