수직VOCA Master (수직보카) 영한 Unit 16

deck

n. 갑판
The thought appealed to him as he powered up the aircar and it lifted a half-meter or so off the deck of the hangar.

lifelong

adj. 평생의
As a lifelong latecomer, that is how I cured myself.

mankind

n. 인류, 사람들
An Eskimo once told European visitors that the only true wisdom lives far from mankind.

bearable

adj. 견딜 만한
Euphemisms help smooth out the ‘rough edges’ of life, to make the unbearable bearable and the offensive inoffensive.

compact

adj. 빽빽한, 소형의
The individuals of the prey species are concentrated in compact units rather than dispersed over a much larger area.

famine

n. 굶주림, 기근
Who will conquer famine, farmers or scientists?

rod

n. 막대(기)
A pointed nylon rod was stroked across the bottom of the foot three times at intervals of a second.

steer

v. 조종하다, 움직이다
The rider sits on a saddle and steers by turning handlebars.

meditation

n. 명상
Possibilities include special breathing routines, exercise, meditation, and distraction.

problematic

adj. 문제가 있는, 해결하기 어려운
The processes of advocacy and mediation can overlap, perhaps with very problematic results, as one loses clarity over his or her role.

intrigue

v. 강한 흥미를 불러일으키다, 음모를 꾸미다/ 음모
Exactly how cicadas keep track of time has always intrigued researchers.

seasonal

adj. 계절적인
Seasonal variation prevents either group from excluding the other, and there is a shifting balance between the competing species.

magnificent

adj. 장엄한, 훌륭한, 웅장한, 멋진
A friend of mine and his wife were in Hawaii, standing on a beach, watching a beautiful sunset, hardly able to believe how magnificent the sight was.

nightmare

n. 악몽, 걱정거리
Even Snow White gave me a nightmare.

paragraph

n. 단락, 절
You read us a paragraph in a language that we knew nothing about, and I didn’t understand a word of it.

segment

n. 조각, 부분, 단편/ 분할하다
He showed them three line segments.

agenda

n. 의제(안건)
commercial media’s agenda

factual

adj. 사실의, 사실에 기반을 둔, 실제의
On tests of factual comprehension, these students performed no differently from other students.

flatter

v. 아첨하다, 우쭐해 하다
I am flattered to have been chosen to receive this scholarship.

rage

n. 격노(격렬한 분노)
Sometimes you may try to appeal to an emotion in your audience by imitating it: hysteria by being hysterical, anger by raging.

enlarge

v. 확대하다
It has now become the largest wish-granting organization in the world, enlarging the experiences of more than eighty thousand children.

intricate

adj. 복잡한, 얽힌
For a violinist, optimal experience is mastering an intricate musical passage.

marvel

n. 놀라운 일/ ~에 놀라다
When people in the future look back on 2005, what tool will they marvel that we functioned without?

presidency

n. 대통령 직, 회장 직
Mandela chose to leave the presidency.

scold

v. 꾸짖다
She kept telling herself that she would scold him.

aisle

n. 통로
Classical albums are in this aisle, right over here.

fluctuation

n. 변동, 오르내림, 파동
There are often fluctuations in the oil price due to the war in the Middle East.

worsen

v. 악화되다
Almost four out of five blacks believe race relations will worsen.

latitude

n. 자유, 위도
It was generally assumed that Virginia... would have the same climate as the Mediterranean region of Europe, since it lay at similar latitudes.

handicap

n. 장애, 불리한 조건/ 불리하게 만들다
It is one of the greatest handicaps to getting to know people quickly.

interdependent

adj. 상호 의존적인, 서로 의지하는
Today we are so interdependent that the concept of war has become outdated.

overseas

adj. 해외의
Some reasons include increasing amounts of contact brought on by overseas assignments in the business world.

drastically

adv. 급격하게, 철저하게, 과감하게
The barrier, by drastically restricting tidal flows, would have destroyed much of the marine environment on the Eastern Scheldt.

median

n. 중앙값
Golf and baseball both had median lifetime earnings above 6 million dollars.

orbit

n. 유역, 궤도/ 궤도를 돌다
Smooth sailing after the storm, the aircar arrived at the orbit of the Island of Paradise.

patch

n. 작은 지역, 조각, 패치
Elimination of all but small patches of habitat is especially damaging.

solemn

adj. 장엄한, 엄숙한, 진지한
Those solemn but sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in him.

antique

adj. 옛날의/ 골동품
Over the years various systems of grading coins have been developed by antique coin specialists.

enrich

v. 풍요롭게 하다, 강화하다
Art enriches our spirit.

proverb

n. 속담
Which of these contradictory proverbs shall we believe?

blur

v. 흐릿해지다/ 흐릿한 것
The roles do not become blurred and therefore potentially counterproductive.

dispersal

n. 분산, 확산
This male-biased dispersal creates an imbalance in the way males and females are related to those individuals around them.