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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