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amenity
Detail    speak
n. 어메니티 pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions
This spacious travel amenity kit lets you bring all the comforts of home.
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amid
Detail    speak
ad. 가운데 in the middle of; among; surrounded by
He and other leaders are more optimistic than eight years ago when Easley began his term amid a recession.
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ammunition
Detail    speak
n. 탄약 military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
I will carry these two rifles myself; the ammunition is all there except that bag in the corner.
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amnesia
Detail    speak
n. 기억 상실 partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness
Selective amnesia is a politically valuable trait.
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amount
Detail    speak
n. 금액 total of two or more quantities; aggregate; sum
The amount of money sent home by migrant workers to their families in Latin America has reached more than $62 billion.
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ample
Detail    speak
a. 충분한 more than enough in size or scope or capacity; relatively large
They insist that food is being provided to the Palestinians in ample supplies and that the only way to weaken Hamas is to maintain the blockade.
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amplification
Detail    speak
n. 증폭 addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
A few remarks added in amplification and defense.
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amplify
Detail    speak
v. 증폭 broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
Charlie Brown tried to amplify his remarks, but jeers from the audience drowned him out.
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amuse
Detail    speak
v. 즐겁게 occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
I've been using this anecdote to amuse my civilian friends for years!
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analogous
Detail    speak
a. 유사한 comparable; similar or alike
She called our attention to the things done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same.
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analogy
Detail    speak
n. 비유 the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
This analogy is almost always noted without further comment, although it may be taken further.
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analyze
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v. 분석 diagnose; study, or examine something in detail to discover more about it
Historians follow a few basic rules to help them analyze primary sources.
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anarchist
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n. 무정부 주의자 a person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
Denying she was an anarchist, Katya maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it entirely.
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anatomy
Detail    speak
n. 해부학 detailed analysis;  the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged
You have to know something about anatomy if you want to draw the human body well.
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ancestor
Detail    speak
n. 조상 forefather; forebear; forerunner or predecessor
He said it was a very old name in that neighborhood, that the house's ancestor was wealthy.
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ancestral
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a. 조상 inherited or inheritable by established rules
On the key issue of land rights, it called for a mechanism to study ancestral links to the land.
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ancestry
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n. 조상 family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
David can trace his ancestry as far back as the seventeenth century when one was a court trumpeter somewhere in Germany.
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anchor
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v. 앵커 secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate
We set the post in concrete to anchor it in place.
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anecdotal
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a. 일화 having the character of an anecdote; of a short story of any interesting or humorous incidents
Below I will investigate the reasons why anecdotal evidence is unreliable and unacceptable evidence of scientific claims.
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animated
Detail    speak
a. 애니메이션 having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in the form of cartoon
On entering his room, I found Holmes in animated conversation with two men.
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