Reading for the Real World 3/e-Book 3 Unit 01 (K)

absorb

흡수하다
A sponge is used to absorb water and liquids.

co-conspirator

공모자
Three other co-conspirators have pleaded guilty to similar charges.

credibility

신용, 진실성
After getting caught lying on his resume, Hugh did not have any credibility with his co-workers.

criteria (pl.)

기준, 척도
The criteria that they use to evaluate products and services in one of their roles may be quite different from those used in another role.

dampen

축축하게 하다, 풀죽게 하다
dampen your shirt with water so the ink does not stain your shirt.

embalm

향료 처리하여 보존하다
Today, most bodies are embalmed to preserve them for religious ceremonies.

excavate

발굴하다
The scientists excavated the area for dinosaur bones.

fabricate

날조하다, 조작하다
The evidence was totally fabricated.

fossil

화석
fossils of dinosaurs were found.

gravel pit

자갈 채취장
This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.

harbinger

조짐, 전조
His election as general secretary was a harbinger of doom for the country.

hoax

날조, 꾸며낸 것
The story about the unicorn found in Ireland was only a hoax.

hominid

사람과(科)의 동물
Neanderthals and homo sapiens are both hominids.

howl

울부짖다
But Liz howled and the hippopotamus howled.

infect

감염시키다
If the ear mites are very painful and infected, the vet may give the animal an antibiotic.

organ

기관, 장기
The most famous human organ is the heart.

paleontologist

고생물학자
paleontologist often study dinosaurs.

patronage

후원, 장려
Our small market enjoys the patronage from many people in our community.

perpetrator

가해자, 범인
The perpetrator was apprehended for stealing

plausible

그럴듯한
It is plausible that Jack isn’t here today because he is sick.

plunder

약탈하다, 빼앗다
The pirates plundered the small ship and then sunk it.

prominent

현저한, 두드러진
Here the window plays a prominent part in the design.

rekindle

다시 불러일으키다
Ten years later, they meet by chance, and rekindle their friendship.

sensation

돌풍, 선풍, 느낌
Beyonce is the new pop sensation in the U.S.

sepulcher

무덤, 묘
The king is buried in the royal sepulcher.

succumb to

~에 굴복하다
Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette.

suicide

자살
She says she wants to commit suicide because she does not want to continue living.

symbolic

상징적인
These chimps had already been taught the symbolic concept of simple numbers.

torso

몸통
The man had the bulky upper torso of a weightlifter.

vociferously

큰소리로 외치며
He vociferously opposed the state of emergency imposed by the government.