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1. madras
• materials that make shirt.
• You can buy madras for cheap price in dongdamoon
2.cowlick
• Hair that stands straight up.
• When I woke up, I had a cowlick hair.
3.unfathomable
• It can not be understood or explained.
• Chris’s speech is unfathomable.
4.savvy
• when they have a good understanding and practical knowledge of something.
• I didn’t savvy what he said.
5.aloof
• not very friendly and does not like to socialize.
• There is a kid who is aloof.
6.impersonally
• not very friendly and make you feel unimportant.
• He always talk to people impersonally.
7.ornery
• bad tempered and difficult.
• You don’t want to mess up with him because he is very ornery.
8.resigned• It’s when you accept unpleasant situation
with out complaining.
• I resigned my English project without complaining.
9.ruefully
• They feel regret or sorrow .
• I felt ruefully about beating a kid up.
10.Hermit
• person who lives alone away from the people.
• One day he decided to become a hermit.
11.premonition
• You have feeling that unpleasant things going to happen.
• I have premotion that we are going to have a pop quiz.
12.reluctantly
• you are not willing to do something.
• My little brother went to the hospital reluctantly.
13.sullen
• gloomy, sad.
• I was in sullen mood because I failed the class.
14.eluded
• You failed to obtain something
• I eluded to protect my stuff
15.imploringly• You very much want someone to do this
for you.
• I begged for him imploringly to do my homework.
16.gallant• They behave bravely and honourably.
• They were very gallant in the war.
17.indignant• You are shocked and angry.
• I was indignant that I got bad grade in my test.
18.testify• They give a statement of what they saw and
heard.
• It’s going to be very hard to testify that he is innocent.
19.jolt
• It moves suddenly and violently.
• I jolted him quickly right after he punched me.
20.keeled• specially shaped piece of boat under the
boat.
• There is keel under the boat.
21.inhalation
• The process or act of breathing in.
• I need to learn inhalation of oxygen.
22. Hysterics
• They are in state of uncontrolled excitement.
• When he was fighting, he went in to hysterics.
23.Mimicking
• Trying to copy and follow something.
• The little boy was mimicking the old man.
24.radiates
• They form a pattern that is like lines drawn.
• cool radiates from the air condition.
25.Mourning• It is a behavior which you show sadness
about person’s death.
• She was suffering in pain and mourning about his husband’s dance.
26.Aghast• You are filled with horror and surprise.
• I was aghast that my father had a terrible accident.
27. Exploits
• They are treating you unfairly by using your works.
• They said that he exploited chinese workers.
28. faltered
• It loses power or strength in an uneven way.
• Our Korea’s economy faltered.
29. resemblance• When they are similar to each other.
• There is significant resemblances between me and my dad.
30. divert
• Divert vehicles means to make them follow a different route.
• The boat diverts the courses of a river.
31.clenching
• You curl up your finger very tightly.
• I was clenching my fist, when I saw people beating up the kid.
32. grimacing
• you twist your face in an ugly way.
• I was grimacing after I saw a scary movie.
33. underprivileged• Have less money and fewer possessions.
• Slaves were underprivileged back then.
34. conformity
• behaving in the same way as most other people.
• There is no conformity between two gangs.
35. contempt
• you have no respect for them or think they are not important.
• He gave me the look of contempt.
36. escort
• person who travels with someone in order to protect them.
• You need escort while you are traveling the unknown place.
37. convinced
• you feel sure that something is true.
• I was convinced that he was one who committed the crime.
38. delirious
• unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way.
• They always fight first because they are delirious.
39. indignantly
• You are shocked and angry.
• I shouted indignantly to my dog.
40. circumstances
• conditions which affect what happens.
• I wish we could have met under better circumstances.
41. acquitted• they are formally declared not to have
committed the crime.
• He was acquitted of the charge.