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SAT Vocab #1
Master of SAT Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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probity | Complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness; honesty 정직 |
covert | not openly practiced or shown; covered; hidden; secret 은밀한, 비밀의 |
dupe | ⓥ to deceive or trick 속이다 ⓝ an easily deceived or tricked person 쉽게 속는 사람 |
enshroud | to cover; enclose 덮다, 싸다 |
exorbitant | going beyond what is reasonable; excessive 지나친 |
vindicate | to clear of blame, suspicion, or doubt/ to justify or prove the worth of 비난, 혐의, 의심을 풀다 |
fawn | to seek favor through slave-like flattery; flatter excessively 알랑거리다, 지나치게 아부하다 |
feign | to give or take on a false impression of; pretend …인 척하다, 가장하다 |
furtive | done by stealth; secret; stealthy 남몰래 하는, 몰래, 은밀한 |
hyperbolic/hyperbole | exaggerated /exaggerated figure of speech 과장된/ 과장법 |
illicit | not sanctioned of prohibited by custom or law; illegal; unlawful 인정받지 못하거나 금지된, 불법적인 |
pretentious | pretending to be important, intelligent of cultured 척하는, 우쭐해하는, 허세부리는 |
substantiate | to establish by proof or competent evidence 실증하다 |
abscond | to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself 종적을 감추다, 도주하여 숨다 |
anachronistic/anachronism | out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical order 시대에 뒤진/ 시대착오 |
candor | freedon from prejudice; fairness; impartiality/honest forthrightness 편견이 없는, 공정함, 정직, 솔직 |
toady | a person who flatters of defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant 아첨꾼 |
surreptitious | done by clandestine or stealthy means; acting stealthy 몰래 행해진; 몰래 하는 |
rectitude | conduct according to moral principles; strict honesty; uprightness of character 행동(도덕적인 원칙에 따른), 정직, 방정 |
spurious | not genuine; false; counterfeit 가짜의, 허위의, 위조의 |
prevaricate | to quibble or confuse the issue in order to evade the truth; avoid telling the truth 얼버무리다, 진실을 말하지않다 |
perfidy/perfidious | deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery 고의적인 배신, 배반 |
mendacious | lying, untrue 거짓말을 하는, 진실이 아닌 |
hypothesis | something taken to be true for the purpose of argument of investigation; theory requiring proof; assumption 가설, 이론, 억측 |