GRE 단어장/2일차

Abash

정답 보기/접기 make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. (모욕하다, 부끄럽게 하다) But there is also a sort of confused, abashed one, often ironic, that acknowledges a problem and tries to work through a particularly American obliviousness. Here, furious parents throw open the cupboard to reveal their daughter’s abashed lover, as younger children look on wide-eyed and the family dog prepares to attack. (+ Unabashedly 양심의 가책도 없이, 부끄러움도 없이)

Ceremonious

정답 보기/접기 지나치게 격식을 갗춘 (1) 격식과 의식에 초점을 맟춘: devoted to forms and ceremony ceremonious courtiers (2) 행사에 초점을 맟춘,: of, relating to, or constituting a ceremony a ceremonious occasion (3) 형식적인 규칙과 전해지는 규범에 의거한 것들 according to formal usage or prescribed procedures the cold and ceremonious politeness of her curtsey

Chagrin

정답 보기/접기 화, 분함, 창피함, 창피함을 느끼게 하다. to vex or unsettle by disappointing or humiliating (창피함이나 실망감을 통해 사람을 동요시키거나 불안하게 하거나, 성가시게 하는 것) As many a woman has learned to her chagrin, pathological liars are brilliant at deception.- Katha Pollitt, Nation, 16 June 2003 In World War I, to his chagrin, Eisenhower again found himself on the sidelines, performing training duties stateside while Pershing, MacArthur, and Patton earned their battle ribbons.- U.S. News & World Report, 16 Mar. 1998 In 1628, to the chagrin of Governor William Bradford, the Pilgrims erected an 80-foot Maypole, danced around it, drank beer, and sang. -E. C. Krupp, Sky & Telescope, May 1994