수직VOCA Master (수직보카) 영한 Unit 25

duplicate

n. 이중, 복제품/ 복제하다, 두 배로 하다
We hear about the wonderful changes people can make in their lives, and we want to duplicate those results.

encyclopedia

n. 백과사전
“Why don’t you find some information from the encyclopedia over there?” he added.

inn

n. 여관
A traveler came to an inn late at night.

zoological

adj. 동물학의
The zoological garden is the only piece of ‘wilderness’ that most people will ever see.

shave

n. 면도/ 면도하다
My husband says that, thanks to me, he can shave quickly.

shortcoming

n. 단점
shortcomings of telecommuting

yearn

v. 갈망하다
Remember most people do yearn for friendship, just as you do.

quarrel

n. 싸움/ 싸움을 하다
Her attention was distracted by a rough, noisy quarrel taking place at the ticket counter.

shrug

v. 어깨를 으쓱하다
Today, more and more parents shrug their shoulders, saying it’s okay, maybe even something special.

contemplate

v. 곰곰이 생각하다
If you got up this morning and started contemplating the shape of your toothbrush or questioning the meaning of toast, you probably would not make it to work.

debris

n. 잔해, 부스러기
A fisherman caught a piece of the airship’s debris in his net.

linear

adj. 직선의, 선으로 된
Processing a TV message is much more like the all-at-once processing of the ear than the linear processing of the eye reading a printed page.

sob

v. 흐느껴 울다, 흐느끼어 말하다
She sobbed, “I can see not just the branches, but each little leaf.”

sparkle

v. 반짝이다
Small branches fell into the pools, hindering the rushing flow of sparkling water.

stance

n. 입장, 태도
The sense of tone and music in another’s voice gives us an enormous amount of information about that person, about her stance toward life.

vow

n. 맹세, 서약/ 맹세하다
Silently, I made vows that would keep me from sharing my mother’s fate.

drawback

n. 결점, 문제점
Some experts say, however, that organic farming has some drawbacks.

contempt

n. 경멸
The dictionary defines courage as a ‘quality which enables one to pursue a right course of action, through which one may provoke disapproval, hostility, or contempt.’.

tablet

n. 알약, 명판
An independent laboratory has finally uncovered a naturally occurring substance that can be taken orally in tablet form.

nostalgia

n. 과거에 대한 동경, 향수
It is clear to me that we become prone to feelings of nostalgia.

perfume

n. 향기, 향수
The perfume of wildflowers fills the air as the grass dances upon a gentle breeze.

thrift

n. 절약
Without diligence and thrift nothing will happen, and with them everything.

triple

v. 3배로 만들다
India, once written off as a hopeless case, has almost tripled its food production in the last 30 years.

vapor

n. 증기/ 증발하다
Salt cannot leave the sea by evaporation because the water vapor leaves it behind.

blast

v. 폭발시키다, 솟아오르다
Powered by three engines, which would blast past the current land speed record of 763 mph, set in 1997.

bullet

n. 총알
What’s faster than a speeding bullet and isn’t named Superman?

notation

n. (수학, 음악 등에서)표기법, 기호
Perhaps most significant was the invention of a precise and unambiguous notation.

courtesy

n. 예의바름
They want not only efficiency but courtesy and consideration.

dignity

n. 위엄성, 품위, 존엄
Kings ensured that they presented themselves as impressively as possible, with all the glory of their dignity and power.

sip

v. 한 모금 마시다, 홀짝이다
I sat in a corner sipping the soup slowly, casually listening to country fellows’ chatting.

apt

adj. 적절한, ~하는 경향이 있는
So-called ‘Generation-Y’ is more apt to take an interest in classical music.

metabolism

n. 물질대사, 신진대사
What you do in the 15 to 30 minutes after eating your evening meal sends powerful signals to your metabolism.

riddle

n. 수수께끼
The riddle was not solved until the 1970s, when the deep ocean openings were discovered.

tray

n. 쟁반
Motorists pull up to a gas station where an attendant is enclosed in a glass booth with a tray for taking money.

limp

adj. 기운이 없는/ 다리를 절다
He’s been limping for two days.

peninsula

n. 반도
Hidden as it is in the northwest corner of the Iberian Peninsula, few tourists make the trip.

resilient

adj. 회복력이 있는, 탄력이 있는
They found them to be incredibly resilient.

skim

v. 대충보다, 훑어보다
We skim over the surface thoughtlessly.

stroll

v. 이리저리 돌아다니다, 거닐다
He goes on to describe his daily routine of strolling through the village.

synthetic

n. 합성물, 합성 섬유/ 종합적인, 합성의
Modern humans are changing the global environment by the worldwide movement of synthetic chemicals through the food chain.

vomit

v. 토하다
The doctor will need to know how old the patient is and whether they have vomited after eating the plant.

wreck

n. 난파선, 잔해, 사고/ 부수다
It meant that a wreck or a rock was buried there.