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Abasement (n)

• Meaning : humiliation, degradation 실추, 굴욕
• Example : Anna expected to have to curtsy to the King of Siam; when told to cast herself down on the ground before him, however, she refused to abase herself.

Billowing (adj)

• Meaning : swelling out in waves, fluttering, surging 바람이 부풀어 오르다, 연기나 구름이 피어오르다
• Example : Standing over the air vent, Marilyn Monroe tried vainly to control her billowing skirts.

Cower (v)

• Meaning : shrink quivering from fear 겁을 먹고 몸을 웅크리다
• Example : The gun went off and the people cowered behind walls and under tables.

Enhance (v)

• Meaning : increase, improve 높이다 향상시키다
• Example : This is an opportunity to enhance the reputation of the company.

Harangue (n, v)

• Meaning : long, passionate and vehement speech, trying to persuade someone to a opinion or an idea in a forceful way 장관설을 늘어놓다
• Example : I am not haranguing, just correcting a point of fact.

Labyrinth (n)

• Meaning : maze 미로
• Example : We lost our way in a labyrinth of streets.

Nullify (v)

• Meaning : to make invalid 무효화하다
• Example : Once the contract was nullified, it no longer had any legal force.

Plaintiff (n)

• Meaning : a person who brings a legal case against someone in a court of law 원고, 고소인
• Example : The jury found for the plaintiff.

Replete (adj)

• Meaning : to be full of , filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed 몹시 배가 부른, 가득한
• Example : The movie star's memoir was replete with juicy details about the love life of half of Hollywood.

Tangible (adj)

• Meaning : able to be perceived by touch 유형의, 감지할 수 있는
• Example : Though the financial benefits of his Oxford post were meager, Lewis was drawn to it by his intangible rewards; prestige, intellectual, freedom, the fellowship of his peers.

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Abrasive (adj)

• Meaning : rubbing away, harsh, rough 연마재의, 거친
• Example : Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away any shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener's patience.

Bilk (v)

• Meaning : cheat, swindle 돈 따위를 사취하다, 사람을 속이다
• Example : A con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars.

Covert (adj)

• Meaning : secret, hidden, implied 은밀한
• Example : Investigations of the Central Intelligence Agency and other secret service networks reveal that such covert operations can get out of control.

Engender (v)

• Meaning : cause, produce 감정 또는 상황을 야기하다
• Example : The issue engendered controversy.

Hangar (n)

• Meaning : large building to keep aircraft 격납고
• Example : The planes in the hangar are being repaired.

Knotty (adj)

• Meaning : intricate, difficult, tangled 얽히고설킨
• Example : What to Watson had been a knotty problem to Sherlock Holmes was simplicity itself.

Nuance (n)

• Meaning : subtle distinction, shade of difference in meaning or color 미묘한 차이
• Example : Jody gazed at the Monet landscape for an hour, appreciating every subtle nuance of color in the painting.

Plagiarism (n)

• Meaning : taking credit for someonme else's writing or idea 표절
• Example : There were accusations of plagiarism

Renown (n)

• Meaning : fame 명성
• Example : He won renown as a fair judge.

Tangent (n)

• Meaning : going off the main subject 접선 아슬아슬한
• Example : Lecturer was flying off on a tangent in his lecture.

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Abhor (v)

• Related   : Abhorrence
• Meaning : detest; hate 도덕적인 이유로 혐오하다
• Example :  She abhorred all forms of bigotry.

Bigotry (n)

• Meaning : stubborn intolerance 심한 편견
• Example : Brought up in a democratic atmosphere, the student was shocked by the bigotry and narrowness expressed by several of his classmates.

Counterfeit (adj)

• Meaning : fake, not genuine 돈이나 상품이 위조의, 모조의
• Example : Unfortunately, this bill is not completely counterfeit proof.

Enfranchise (v)

• Meaning : admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote) 선거권을 주다
• Example : Although blacks were enfranchised shortly after the Civil War, women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.

Hamper (v)

• Meaning : hinder, obstruct 방해하다
• Example : The heavy snowfall hampered their progress.

Kindle (v)

• Meaning : start a fire, inspire (불을) 붙이다
• Example : We watched as the fire slowly kindled.

Noxious (adj)

• Meaning : harmful 유독한 유해한
• Example : We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.

Placid (adj)

• Meaning : peaceful, calm
• Example : After his vacation in this placid section, he felt soothed and rested.

Remunerative (adj)

• Meaning : compensating, rewarding 보수가 좋은
• Example : I find my new work so remunerative.

Talisman (n)

• Meaning : lucky charm 부적
• Example : She wore the talisman to ward off evil.