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박민아쌤 단어 (2주)
단어 88개
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English
9th Grade
03/27/2012

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dearth
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a lack of; scarcity
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divert
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to change the direction of; to alter the course of; to amuse
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enthrall
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to thrill
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heed
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to listen to
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hindrance
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an obstruction; an annoying interference or delay
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irascible
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irritable
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merger
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a joining or marriage
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pragmatic
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practical; down-to-earth; based on experience rather than theory
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rigorous
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strict; harsh; severe
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solemn
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serious; grave
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alleviate
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to lessen; to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable
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negligence
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carelessness
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conspicuous
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standing out; obvious
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advocate
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to speak in favor of; to support
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ascetic
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hermitlike; practicing self-denial
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profound
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deep; insightful (the opposite of superficial)
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ironic
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satiric; unexpected
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dogmatic
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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; arrogantly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute
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condone
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to overlook; to permit to happen
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dissent
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disagreement
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volition
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will; conscious choice
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voluntary
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willing; unforced
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didactic
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instructive; intended to instruct
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disparate
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different; incompatible
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disparage
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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way
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ephemeral
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short-lived; fleeting; not lasting
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compliant
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yielding; submissive
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prosaic
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dull; unimaginative; like prose
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profuse
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flowing; extravagant
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expedient
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providing an immediate advantage; serving one's immediate self-interest
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fastidious
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meticulous; demanding
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belligerent
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combative; quarrelsome; waging war
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astute
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perceptive; intelligent
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languish
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to become weak, listless, or depressed
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censure
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to condemn severely for doing something bad
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stagnation
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motionlessness; inactivity
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mitigate
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to lessen the severity of something
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reprehensible
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worthy of blame or censure
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engender
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to create; to produce
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exemplary
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outstanding; setting a great example
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neutral
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unbiased; not taking sides; objective
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relegate
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to banish; to send away
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anecdote
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a brief, entertaining story
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scanty
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inadequate; minimal
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fallacious
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false
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acclaim
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praise; applause; admiration
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uniform
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consistent; unchanging; the same for everyone
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incoherent
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jumbled; chaotic; impossible to understand
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repress
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to hold down
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articulate
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speaking clearly and well
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solicit
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to ask for; to seek
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reproach
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to scold
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condescend
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to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
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orthodox
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conventional; adhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion; by the book
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indolence
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laziness
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congenial
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agreeably suitable; pleasant
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preclude
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to prevent; to make impossible
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apprehensive
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worried; anxious
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elaborate
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detailed; careful; thorough
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arrogant
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feeling superior to others; snooty
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elusive
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hard to pin down; evasive
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efface
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to erase; to rub away the features of
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taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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acquiesce
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to give in; to agree
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atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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dubious
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doubtful; uncertain
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flagrant
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shocking; outstandingly bad
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concise
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brief and to the point; succinct
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immutable
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unchangeable; permanent
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static
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stationary; not changing or moving (not radio fuzz)
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credulous
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believing; gullible
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blasphemy
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irreverence; an insult to something held sacred; profanity
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coalesce
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to come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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lax
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careless; not diligent; relaxed
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cryptic
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mysterious; mystifying
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levity
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lightness; frivolity; unseriousness
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ambivalent
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undecided; blowing hot and cold
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innate
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existing since birth; inborn; inherent
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sycophant
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one who sucks up to others
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amiable
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friendly
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esoteric
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hard to understand; understood by only a select few; peculiar
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extraneous
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irrelevant; extra; unnecessary; unimportant
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tedious
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boring
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caustic
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like acid; corrosive
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inadvertent
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lax; careless; without intention
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exhaustive
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thorough; complete
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incongruous
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not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate
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