Vocabulary Test 42

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

Select one entry that when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

 

1. Despite his occasional ______________, the professor was, all in all, a tolerant man who avoided judgment of others' views.

 

a. epigram

b. intrepidness

c. perspicacity

d. fulmination

e. equanimity

 

 

2. After research began to overwhelmingly support the connection between the consumption of transfats and heart disease and the city's electorate began an outcry against their use, it seemed ________ that lawmakers would refrain from banning them from restaurants.

 

a. improbable

b. plausible

c. precarious

d. tacit

e. furtive

 

 

답 힌트:

1. tolerant 과 not judgemental 의 반대말을 찾아 본다.

• epigram: a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying 경구(警句), 짧은 풍자시
• intrepidness: bravery 무서움을 모름, 용맹함, 대담함.
• perspicacity: the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness. 통찰력; 총명, 명민
• fulmination: an expression of vehement protest. A violent explosion or a flash like lightning 폭발; 맹렬한 비난, 질책; 성난 부르짖음
• equanimity: mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation. (특히 힘든 상황에서의) 침착, 평정

2.  tricky 한 문제이다.  과연 lawmakers (입법자들)이 모든 식당에서 transfat 사용을 금지할 가능성이 높을지를 생각해야 한다.

• improbable:  unlikely to be true or to occur/ unlikely but real or true
• plausible:  seeming reasonable or probable.
• precarious: 불안정한, 위태로운 not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse. Dependent on chance; uncertain.
• tacit: 암묵적인, 무언의 understood or made known (as by an act or by silence) though not actually expressed.
• furtive: 은밀한, 엉큼한 done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed

 

 

답:

1. d

2. a

 

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2012