abhor: (절기하다) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate | abrasive: (연마재) rubbing away; tending to grind down |
abrogate: (폐기) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority | absolution: (사면) act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest |
abstain: (기권) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice | abstemious: (정신) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
abstruse: (난해한) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. | accolade: (영예) award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
acquiesce: (동의하는 것) assent; agree without protesting | acrid: (매운) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
acrophobia: (고소 공포증) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places | acuity: (카메오) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
adamant: (단호) extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding | adroit: (교묘한) skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
adulation: (추정) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise | adversity: (역경) state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune |
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 | alacrity: (민활) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
alchemy: (연금술) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming | allay: (완화) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
alleviate: (경감) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part | aloof: (교묘한) apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote |
amass: (쌓다) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit | ambiguity: (모호함) state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty |
ambiguous: (모호한) unclear or doubtful in meaning | ambivalence: (양가 감정) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
ambulatory: (외래) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary | ameliorate: (개량하다) make or become better; improve; grow better |
amiable: (이던가요) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly | amity: (친선) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
amorphous: (비정질) formless; lacking shape or definition | analgesic: (진통) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
analogous: (유사한) comparable; similar or alike | anarchy: (무정부) absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion |
anecdote: (일화) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography | animosity: (원한) bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act |
annex: (별관) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit | annex: (별관) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
anomaly: (예외) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order | antagonism: (대립) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
antediluvian: (대홍수 이전) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times | anthology: (선집) book of literary selections by various authors |
antiquated: (골동품) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged | apathetic: (냉담한) feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent |
apathy: (무관심) lack of caring; indifference | apocryphal: (외경의) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
appease: (유화) bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve | apprehensive: (우려) capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive |
arable: (경작할) fit for growing crops, as by plowing | arbitrary: (임의) randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle |
arcane: (비밀의) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated | archaic: (고풍의) no longer current or applicable; antiquated |
bigot: (옹졸한) hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics | bilk: (떼어 먹다) defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
billowing: (넓���다) swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms | blasphemy: (모독) act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity |
blatant: (뻔뻔스러운) flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive | blighted: (blighted) suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
blithe: (즐거운) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted | bolster: (강화) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
boorish: (촌티 나는) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners | bourgeois: (부르주아) middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional |
braggart: (자랑) boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person | brevity: (짧음) quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression |
broach: (브로치) introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce | brusque: (퉁명스러운) abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly |
bulwark: (지상파) earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends | bureaucracy: (관료) over-regulated administrative system |
burgeon: (눈) grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly | burnish: (윤기) make shiny by rubbing; polish |
buttress: (부벽) support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence | cajole: (부추 기다) influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
caldron: (가마솥) large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron | callow: (깃털이 아직 나지 않은) youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
candid: (몰래) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial | candor: (공평 무사를) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
cantankerous: (심술궂은) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious | capacious: (널찍한) capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy |
capitulate: (항복) surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply | carping: (트집잡는) fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure |
cartographer: (지도 제작자) one who makes maps or charts | castigate: (징계하다) criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication |
catharsis: (카타르시스) purging or cleansing of any passage of body | caucus: (잡기) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy |
caustic: (가성) capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action | cavalcade: (커널 불타 오르듯이 붉은 기운 기마대) ceremonial procession or display; succession or series |
celerity: (민첩함 정보) swiftness of action or motion; speed | censorious: (검열관 같은) critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure |
censure: (비난) expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame | cerebral: (대뇌) relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional |
certitude: (확신) state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence | chary: (조심스러운) cautious; sparing or restrained about giving |
chicanery: (발뺌) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry | chimerical: (괴물 같은) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
choleric: (화 잘내는) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger | circuitous: (에움길의) being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct |
circumlocution: (핑계) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing | |
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