GRE 단어장/5일차

abjure

정답 보기/접기 (신념 또는 주장을) 버리다 포기하다 a: to renounce upon oath /He abjured his allegiance to his former country. b: to reject solemnly / She abjured her old beliefs. c: to abstain from : AVOID / abjure extravagance 예문 his description annoys some of the serious players who work and train for months, who develop rare skills, and who abjure alcohol during the competition. His new book, Because Our Fathers Lied, is a valiant and abrasive attempt to sift through a legacy his father refused to abjure. The potential to abjure the will of the people in order to advance a partisan agenda seems vast.

chary

정답 보기/접기 조심하는, 신중한 ( discreetly cautious: such as ) a: hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks a government chary of getting involved in foreign entanglements b : slow to grant, accept, or expend a person very chary of compliments 예문 He’s not as guarded or chary as he was immersed in the Boston Baseball Experience, where one wrong step or word can spark furor. Knox was a bit chary on specifics, but no athlete allows that many injections without asking questions. Beautiful is a strong word, and artists, critics and scholars are chary of it.