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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