Vocabulary Test 30

Kahala, Hawaii

 

Match the new words with their meanings.

 

1. waspish

2. wiseacre

3. xenophobe

4. yammer

5. yokel

 

a. jingoist

b. grumbling

c. bumpkin 

d. a person who makes annoyingly conceited claims to knowledge

e. bad-tempered, cross, irritable, grumpy 

 

 

답: 

1. waspish -> e. bad-tempered, cross, irritable, grumpy,  readily expressing anger or irritation, acting spitefully 성질이 더러운, 화를 잘 내는

2. wiseacre -> d. a person who makes annoyingly conceited claims to knowledge, a person with an affectation of wisdom or knowledge, regarded with scorn or irritation by others; one who professes to know everything, a know-it-all. /ˈwīzˌākər/ 되게 아는 체하는 사람

3. xenophobe -> a. jingoism, a person having a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries. One who fears anything foreign or different; one who regards people, places, or customs that differ from one's own as inherently dangerous. 외국인[것]을 싫어하는 (사람)

4. yammer -> b. grumbling, talking foolishly or incessantly, complaining loudly, to whine.  시끄러운 소리를 내다, 지껄여대다; 야단치다, 슬픈 목소리로 울다, 훌쩍이다, 불평을 하다, …이라고 지껄여대다

5. yokel -> c. bumpkin, an uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside, a rustic person.  (무식한) 촌놈, 무지렁이, 시골뜨기

 

다음책에서 단어를 골랐습니다:

 The Big Book of Words you should know by David Olsen, Michell Bevilacqua, and Justis Cord Hayes (2009)