수직VOCA Master (수직보카) 영한 Unit 5

advocate

v. 지지하다, 옹호하다/ 옹호자
A mediator who ‘takes sides’ is likely to lose all credibility, as is an advocate who seeks to adopt a neutral position.

chief

n. 최고위자/ 주된, 최고의
A fire chief needs to issue his orders with absolute clarity.

ridiculous

adj. 우스운, 바보같은, 터무니없는
Some players, such as hard hitting, six-time Wimbledon champ Pete Sampras, call the change “simply ridiculous.”

drill

n. 드릴/ 뚫다, 훈련하다, 훈련받다
Their use ranges from the drill in a dentist’s office to saws for cutting rocks, and to glass cutters.

prospect

n. 가능성, 전망, 예상
She is not willing to accept feedback about her management style and refuses to even consider the prospect of changing her management style.

vague

adj. 희미한, 모호한
He felt dissatisfied with a vague “conception of the brain.”

crawl

v. 기어가다, 굽실거리다
The babies crawl onto the mother and stay there for about one week.

dynamic

adj. 역동적인, 활기있는/ 역학, 강약법
Our mind is strengthened by contact with dynamic and well-ordered minds.

strict

adj. 엄격한, 엄밀한
These were costly lessons to learn, but now stricter regulations are in place.

astonish

v. 깜짝 놀라게 하다
The results were astonishing.

deposit

n. 퇴적물, 예금/ 퇴적시키다, 예금하다
Egyptian civilization was built on the banks of the Nile River, which flooded each year, depositing soil on its banks.

liquid

n. 액체
From the Chinese point of view, the spleen likes dryness and warmth in food and dislikes excess of liquids and cold.

raw

adj. 원래의, 날것의, 가공하지 않은
Particularly those who have spleen problems should not consume raw and cold foods in excess.

era

n. 시대
Music for motion pictures often serves to authenticate the era or to provide a sense of nostalgia.

etc.

adv. ~등등
The most preferred type of websites is Search Engines, whereas the least preferred type of websites is Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, etc.

usage

n. 사용
The relative ranking of the Internet usage rates by occupation remained unchanged.

kingdom

n. 왕국
It was the site of the ancient kingdom of Nepal.

stem

n. 줄기
The banana tree is the largest plant on earth without a woody stem.

tempt

v. 유혹하다, 충동질하다
It is tempting to think “if only he had managed to walk to the village, he would have been rescued.”

contradict

v. 모순되다, 부정하다
Your body is contradicting your words.

rigid

adj. 엄격한, 완고한, 경직된, 굳은
Some empires were big, but the rigid social control required to hold an empire together was not beneficial to science, just as it was not beneficial to reason.

alert

adj. 기민한/ 주의하다/ 경계
One ground squirrel will sound an alarm call that alerts other squirrels to run for cover.

attain

v. 얻다
Some experiences can be enjoyable if we have worked hard to attain them.

formula

n. 공식
What was his magic formula?

exert

v. (힘을)쓰다, 발휘하다, 가하다
The social clock still exerts pressure to keep pace with your peers.

venture

n. 벤처(사업), 모험/ 과감하게 하다
When photography ventured to represent living things, they had to be immobilized.

fold

v. 접다
They are easily folded and take up little space.

herd

n. (짐승의)떼
Afterward she cooks a huge breakfast and either takes the herd to the meadow or cards some wool.

aspiration

n. 열망
Coins reflect both a country’s history and its aspirations.

boost

v. 끌어 올리다, 드높이다
Monocropping vast fields with the same genetically uniform seeds helps boost yield.

luxurious

adj. 화려한, 사치스러운, 아주 편안한
Woven silk ties are the most luxurious of all.

split

v. 쪼개다, 분열시키다, 찢다
Latin American nations developed societies split by class conflict between rich and poor.

spontaneous

adj. 자연적인, 자발적인
The individual’s participation in mass behavior patterns is not a spontaneous reaction to random forces.

therapy

n. 치료
The problems of musical therapy for two-year-olds.

aesthetic

adj. 미적인, 미학적인
The school offered scholarships for high school students to ‘deepen and extend their intellectual, aesthetic, and moral interests.’

salary

n. 급여, 봉급
She gave Betty two months’ salary.

worldwide

adj. 전 세계적인
Hunting for food has always been part of human life worldwide.

discriminate

v. 구별하다, 차별하다
Insects generally do not discriminate between organic and conventional as well as we do.

ratio

n. 비율
Our self-esteem is determined by the ratio of our actualities to our supposed potentialities.

retain

v. (계속)보유하다, 유지하다, 간직하다
Once you’ve learned it, you’ll probably retain it as well as a younger person.

shade

n. 음영, 그늘/ 그늘지게 하다
The passenger saw nothing but pretty pictures, painted by the sun and shaded by the clouds.

territory

n. 영역, 영토
Different departments protected their territory.