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토익 영단어

29 May 2015

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.