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composure
n. mental calmness
continence
n. self-restraint; sexual chastity
curmudgeon
n. churlish, miserly individual; 심술궂은 구두쇠
delude
v. deceive
diffuse
adj. wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
distort
v. twist out of shape
elegy
n. poem or song expressing lamentation
exorbitant
ad. excessive
fetter
v. shackle; 족쇄를 채우다
forte
n. strong point or special talent
gustatory
adj. affecting the sense of taste
hurtle
v. crash; rush
implicate
v. incriminate; show to be involved
insurgent
adj. rebellious
jocose
adj. given to joking
lexicographer
n. compiler of a dictionary
malediction
n. curse
meteroic
adj. swift; momentarily briliant
mote
n. small speck
novelty
n. something new; newness
optimum
adj. most favorable
paraphernalia
n. equipment; odds and ends; apparatus
perpetrate
v. commit an offense
plaudit
n. enthusiastic approval; round of applause
prevail
v. induce; triumph over
pterodactyl
n. extinct flying reptile
render
v. deliver; provide; represent
revile
v. attack with abusive language; vilify
staid
adj. sober; sedate
supplant
v. replace; usurp
thematic
adj. relating to a unifying motif or idea
trenchant
adj. forceful and vigorous; cutting
unkempt
adj. disheveled; uncared for in appearance
viand
n. food
whimsical
n. capricious; fanciful
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GRE 17
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2010-10-02T00:52:34Z
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