수직VOCA Master (수직보카) 영한 Unit 29

anecdote

n. 일화
Then in a revised edition of Lives in 1568, complete with portraits of the artists, he combined biographical anecdotes with critical comment.

euphemism

n. 완곡 어구(표현)
Why do people use euphemisms?

stale

adj. 진부한, 김빠진, 상해가는
Mental rehearsal is disastrous cognitive static when it becomes trapped in a stale routine that captures attention.

elusive

adj. 정의하기 어려운
What should writers do when they’re teased by intriguing but elusive ideas?

capitalize

v. 자본화하다, (~on)이용하다
More and more classical organizations take the initiative to capitalize on this, the future is beginning to look promising.

cradle

n. 요람
In Scandinavia the welfare state has earned the famous characterization 'cradle to grave'.

epic

n. 서사시/ 장대한
Music can convey the scope of a film, effectively communicating whether the motion picture is an epic drama or a story that exists on a more personal scale.

drape

v. 주름 잡다, 걸치다, 가리다, 장식하다
Ancient Greek and Roman costume is essentially draped.

slum

n. 빈민가
Even more serious examples include describing rotting slums as ‘substandard housing’.

warlike

adj. 호전적인, 전쟁의
Even though the Egyptians were warlike, they found time for peaceful games.

inland

adj. 내륙에 있는/ 내륙으로
I had accepted a job offer from Dr. Gilbert, who had opened a medical clinic at an inland village last year.

mumble

v. 중얼거리다
Jackson mumbled.

stink

n. 악취/ 악취를 풍기다
Being happy means that you realize that there are times that you will be unhappy and recognize that life sometimes stinks.

abolish

v. 폐지하다
Costa Rica became the first Latin American country to abolish slavery.

greasy

adj. 기름투성이의
No, it’s too greasy. How about Korean food instead?

haired

adj. 머리털이 있는
I knew she was tall, short-haired, and in her fifties, but how would I know her name?

boom

v. 쾅하고 울리는 소리/ 쾅하는 소리를 내다
The storm boomed and roared outside the long-range aircar as it fought for altitude.

lifeline

n. 생명선, 생명줄
Adding to their importance is that many of the lifeline systems serve vital roles in disaster recovery.

luncheon

n. 오찬
The time of the luncheon has also been moved to 12: 15 to give our speaker in the morning session more time.

gleam

v. (희미하게)빛나다
Everest looms as a three-sided pyramid of gleaming ice and dark rock.

intrude

v. 방해하다, 침범하다
Mental rehearsal becomes trapped in a stale routine that captures attention, intruding on all other attempts to focus elsewhere.

lease

n. 임대차 계약, 임대/ 임대[임차, 대여]하다
I have lived in this apartment for the last ten years and the lease has been renewed three times.

sabotage

v. 방해하다, 파괴하다/ 방해 행위
Anxiety also sabotages academic performance of all kinds.

halve

v. 이등분 하다, 반으로 줄다
Have you heard the saying “A problem shared is a problem halved”?

hurriedly

adv. 다급하게, 허둥지둥
Alice got up late this morning and hurriedly went out of her apartment.

pledge

n. 맹세, 약속/ 맹세하다, 약속하다
Millions of people, watching Jim’s concert on television, were asked to phone in pledges of money to give to African relief.

utensil

n. 도구(기구), 가정용품
I’ll check if all the cooking utensils and seasonings are in place.

embassy

n. 대사관
In his residence near the embassy, he had one room known as “the shepherd’s room”.

erroneous

adj. 잘못된
I made it up in response to my erroneous belief that what I was all worked up about was really important.

zip

v. 쌩[휙] 하고 가다, 지퍼를 잠그다
Biologists can zip over in small boats.

menace

v. 위협하다
Disease, enemies and starvation are always menacing primitive man.

anarchy

n. 무정부 상태, 난장판
Anarchy can consist of “mutual aid” or a “war of all against all” that proceeds in the absence of any rule of law.

arousal

n. 각성, 자극, 흥분
According to this view, the peculiar sounds of laughter have a direct effect on the listener, inducing positive emotional arousal that mirrors the emotional state of the laugher, perhaps by activating certain specialized brain circuits.

compost

n. 퇴비/ 퇴비를 만들다
The type of ‘imperfect’ produce was often tossed on the compost heap or left in the ground.

interchange

n. 교차점/ 교체하다
The right and left sides of your face are interchanged.

jobless

adj. 실업자들/ 실직 상태인
What about all the young people in our town who are jobless?

subtract

v. 빼다
Now, subtract your current age.

futile

adj. 헛된, 쓸데없는
After several futile attempts to teach the role of theme, or the prominent repeated melody, in classical music, the teacher was at wit’s end.

winding

adj. 구불구불한
With its tiny winding lanes and hidden temples, Jaisalmer is straight out of The Arabian Nights.

shuffle

v. 이리저리 움직이다, 섞다
We then shuffle the pieces around to see how they fit together.

vend

v. 팔다
That’s right―a vending machine from which you can get prescription drugs!

verdict

n. 의견(결정), 평결
Making better decisions when picking out jams or bottles of wine is best done with the emotional brain, which generates its verdict automatically.