7/11 Troublesome Vocabulary Test

<A name="[문서의 처음]"></A>  오늘 시험 본 어휘~^^*     specific : particular, precise and clear detain : keep in official custody          - delay, hold up / confine, imprison frugal ; economical, simple, costing little invigorate : give strength or energy to             - revitalize, energize, refresh embellish : ornament / invent exciting details for a story enthrall : hold spellbound % spellbound : If you are spellbound by something or someone,                you are so fascinated that you cannot think about anything else. augment : add to or increase          - top up, supplement, enlarge, multiply affluent : wealthy grit : 1. n. particles of stones or sand        2. v. clench the teeth in determination/spread grit on road impecunious : Someone who is impecunious has very little money. = poor    infamous : having a bad reputation           - notorious, ill-famed, of ill-repute intrepid : fearless timorous : timid          - fearful, afraid, scared, cowardly vertigo : dizziness caused by looking down from a height          - giddiness, light-headeness languor : tiredness or laziness          - torpor, weariness, idleness, indolence devout : deeply religious / earnestly sincere         - godly, allegiance, fidelity slovenly : careless and untidy agnostic : a person believing that nothing can be known about God`s existence impious : not reverent ( toward a god ) illicit : unlawful or forbidden dwarfish :  난쟁이 같은; 유난히 작은(pygmyish), 오그라져서 작은(stunted)            2 <지능이> 발달하지 않은 %% 영영사전에 이런 단어 없음 근데, 영한사전에 있음...ㅜㅜ profuse : plentiful copious prolific redundant : no longer needed or useful             no longer in employment           - inessential, unwanted, surplus clarity : clearness           - clear up, throw light on, simplify irate : angry relentless : oppressively constant / harsh or inflexible             - merciless, implacable, cruel, strict     금요일날 시험 보게 될 어휘~^^*     <A name="[문서의 처음]"></A> grateful : thankful and appreciative guile : craftiness         Guile is the quality of being good at deceiving people in a clever way. duplicity : deceitfulness           - deception, dishonesty, double-dealing candor : frankness, honesty, truthfulness, sincerity sophistry : clever not misleading arguments rigor : 1. being thorough and accurate         2. strictness or severity         3. harshness of weather devious : underhand / ( of a route ) indirect stiff : 1. not bending or moving easily         2. formal in manner         3. severe or strong / difficult pitiful : 1. deserving or arousing pity           2. very small or inadequate erratic : irregular or uneven          - unpredictable, changeable, inconstant hazy : misty / indistinct / vague oblique : slanting / not explicit or direct aberrant : unusual and not socially acceptable skeptical : not easily convinced / having doubts cynic : a person who believes that people always act from selfish motives stoic : a calm and uncomplaining person optimism : a tendency to take a hopeful view of things pandemonium : uproar bellow : 1. shout angrily in a loud, deep voice.          2. a loud deep sound made by a bull / a deep shout ignominy : disgrace or humiliation plight : in a difficult or distressing situation that is full of problems.         - predicament obtrusive : noticeable in an unpleasant way. obstruct : hinder the movement or progress of          - barricade, shut off, choke, hinder pensive : deep in thought abrasive : causing abrasion / harsh           - cutting, acerbic, biting, sharp obtuse : 1. slow to understand          2. ( of an angle ) more than 90 but less than 180     다른거 신경쓰지 말고 공부하삼~!ㅋ