Vocabulary Test 31

Seoul, Korea 2005

 

Match the new words with their meanings.

 

1. wayfaring

2. weltschmerz

3. whelp

4. whippet

5. yabber

 

a. a short-haired, fast-running dog similar to a greyhound

b. The offspring of a female dog or of certain animals.

c. Tending to travel by foot

d. World pain, lingering sorrow that some believe, is given in life.

e. To jabber, to chatter meaninglessly.

 

 

 

 

답:

 

1. wayfaring -> c. Tending to travel by foot
adjective: (of a person) traveling on foot. (도보) 여행을 하는 (itinerant)
"a wayfaring stranger"

2. weltschmerz -> d. World pain, lingering sorrow that some believe is given in life. a feeling of melancholy and world-weariness. [VELT-schmayrtz] US [ |veltʃmerts ] GB [ |veltʃmeəts ]
염세, 비관적 세계관

3. whelp ->  b. The offspring of a female dog or of certain animals.

noun: a puppy. 강아지

verb:(of a female dog) give birth to (a puppy). 새끼를 낳다

4. whippet -> a. a short-haired, fast-running dog similar to a greyhound.
Any of a breed of small swift slender dogs used for coursing small game and racing.

(그레이하운드 비슷하게 생긴 날쌘 개. 흔히 경주용으로 쓰임)

5. yabber ->  e. To jabber, to chatter meaninglessly.

chatter. 수다(떨다) (talk, jabber)
"what's he yabbering about?"

 

 

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 The Big Book of Words You Should Know by David Olsen, Michelle Bevilacqua, and Justin Cord Hayes (2009)