조만간 10년만에 토익 셤보러 간다… 2주 동안 공부했던 토익 단어 목록 정리
- comprehensive: including everything that is necessary; complete
- budgetary: related to a buget
- plain: simple, not complicated
- grant: 보조금. a sum of money given by the government, a university, or a private organization
- crops: a plant such as a grain; vegetable
- hilarious: very funny; extremely amusing
- inquisitive: eager to know a lot about people or things
- of all (people/things/places): use to express the idea that a particular (person/thing/place). (대단히 놀라움을 나타냄)
- Ex) Of all the subway lines, which one do you think is the busiest?
- 9개의 지하철 노선들 중에 어느 노선이 가장 붐빌까요?
- all 뒤에 of가 붙으면 뒤에 나오는 명사는 반드시 the나 소유격과 같은 한정사가 붙어야 합니다.
- 의미적으로 of뒤에 나오는 명사는 한정이 되어야 하기 때문입니다. 범위가 정해져야 하죠.
- all of the people (O)
- all of people (X) - 막연한 사람들 중 모두
- plain language: is communication your audience can understand the first time they read or hear it.
- rigorous: very strict and demanding
- anyhow: anyway
- dispute: a disagreement or argument
- festive: cheerful and exciting
- charity: 구호단체
- turn in: give something to someone in authority
- inquire: to ask for information
- recurring: happening or appearing againg
- glitch: an unexpected and usually minior problem
- opted: to choose one thing instead of another
- defective: having a problem or fault that prevents something from working correctly
- staff: a group of people who work for an organization
- streamline: to change something so that works better, esp. by making it simpler.
- Ex) The Company streamlined its operations and increased its profits.
- procurement: the act of getting/obtaining something by some action or effort.
- Ex) They are responsible for the procurement of materials and suppliers.
- embark: to begin (something what will take a long time or happen for a long time)
- Ex) The company has embarked upon a risky new project
- substantially: very much; a lot
- slightly: in a very small amout or degree; a little
- accommodate: to give what is needed to someone. 수용하다. 편의를 도모하다
- frustrated: annoyed, disappointed, or discouraged. 낙담한, 좌절된, 욕구 불만의
- remedy: to solve, correct, or improve something
- Ex) Something must be done to remedy the problem
- fine: an amount of money that has to be apid as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law
- as per: in accordance with
- take someone’s place: to do something instead of someone else.
- Ex) Joe resigned as chairperson in 1999 and I took this place.
- unforeseen: not predicted or expected; unexpected
- unfavorable: likely to cause problems or difficulties. 불리한, 적개심있는
- Ex) They say it’s going to be an unfavorable weather for a comping
- favorable: 호의적인
- allocate: to give something as a share of a total amount
- committed to: loyal or dedicated to someone/something. 저지르다. 약속하다. 전념하다. 헌신하다.
- Ex) She has committed her her life to serving the poor.
- in half: split in two
- promptly: in a prompt manner; without delay. 즉시
- authentic: not false or copied; genuine; real
- lasting: continuing to exist
- a source of pride: something that makes someone proud
- shred: to cut or tear something into small pieces
- 여기서 tear는 파괴하다. 분열하다의 뜻
- superb: of the very best quality; excellent
- Ex) I just had lunch at Viking’s and their seafood is superb!
- lementable: regrettable
- Ex) The region has a long and lametable history of fighting
- evasive: done in order to avoid something
- Ex) The pilot had to take evasive action to avoid the other plane
- immient: happening very soon
- Ex) These patients are facing imminent death
- reimburse: to give back the amount of money that someone has spent
- Ex) They’re going to reimbuerse me for the airfare
- pertain: to relate to or have a connection with something
- Ex) I enjoy books pertaining to the country’s history
- particulary: very or very much; especially
- Ex) The HR personnel is particulary intersested in people who are fluent in both Spanish and English
- formidable: strong and powerful
- Ex) There wre formidable obstacles to reaching a settlement of the dispute.
- spectator: a person who watches an event, show, game, activity, etc., often as part of an audience
- Ex) The accident attracted a large crowd of spectators
- strenuous: needing or using a lot of effort or energy
- ipediment: something that makes progress or movement difficult or impossible.
- Ex) The lack of funds is a major impediment to my research.
- obstacle: hindrance; something that makes it difficult to do something.
- Ex) Lack of study time is a major obstacle to her progress.
- applaud: to express approval of or support for something or someone.
- Ex) I applaud their efforts to clean up the city, but they must do more.
- stubborn: refusing to change your ideas or to stop doing something.
- Ex) She’s wrong, but she’s too stubborn to admit it.
- pursue: to try to achieve.
- ex) She pursued her goal of earning a law degree.
- regulation: an official rule or law that says how something should be done
- representative: someone who acts or speaks for or in support of another person or group.
- ex) I will send Brad to be our representative to Korea in the upcoming training in the USA.
- alleviate: to make pain or problems less severe
- strain: physical pressure; or, a feeling of stress and worry that you have because you are trying to do too much, are dealing with a difficult problem, etc.
- Ex) The bookcase collapsed under the strain. / He talked about the stresses and strains of owning a business.
- influx: the arrival of a large number of people or things.
- Ex) There’s been an influx of Korean manufactured smartphones last year.