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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