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erudite, astute, incisive, tenuous, spurious, intractable 같은 정확한 형용사로 정신, 성격, 논증, 문제를 묘사합니다.

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각 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 형용사를 고르세요.

  1. Only a truly ___ scholar, who had read widely in several languages and fields, could trace the origin of the phrase.
    • a) astute
    • b) erudite
    • c) sanguine
    • d) ephemeral
  2. The link between the two studies is ___: it rests on a single, unverified anecdote.
    • a) incisive
    • b) ephemeral
    • c) tenuous
    • d) magnanimous
  3. The disease is ___: symptoms are mild at first and the damage builds up unnoticed.
    • a) tacit
    • b) insidious
    • c) inscrutable
    • d) sanguine
  4. Despite the poor forecasts, Kofi remained ___ about the company's future.
    • a) inscrutable
    • b) spurious
    • c) tacit
    • d) sanguine
  5. Her analysis was ___: in a few sharp sentences it went straight to the heart of the problem.
    • a) ephemeral
    • b) insidious
    • c) incisive
    • d) tenuous
  6. Fame on social media can be ___: today's star is forgotten by next month.
    • a) tacit
    • b) sanguine
    • c) ephemeral
    • d) erudite
  7. The winner was ___ in victory, praising her rival's skill and offering to share the prize.
    • a) astute
    • b) magnanimous
    • c) spurious
    • d) insidious
  8. There was a ___ agreement among the staff that nobody would mention the incident again.
    • a) spurious
    • b) sanguine
    • c) tenuous
    • d) tacit

문장 완성하기

이 목록에서 단어를 하나씩 골라 각 문장을 완성하세요. 각 단어는 한 번씩만 사용합니다: astute, spurious, intractable, inscrutable, erudite, magnanimous, insidious, tenuous.

  1. The ___ investor sold her shares weeks before the market turned.
  2. The claim that the herb cures every illness is ___; no study has ever confirmed it.
  3. The boundary dispute between the two neighbours proved ___: years of patient mediation failed to bring them any closer.
  4. The old judge's face was ___; no one could tell what he was thinking.
  5. Her ___ lectures, full of references to philosophy, history and mathematics, attract students from every faculty.
  6. It was ___ of him to forgive the debt in full.
  7. The ___ spread of misinformation is hard to notice until it has changed opinions.
  8. Because the connection between the two events was extremely slight and ___, the committee refused to draw a conclusion.

정답

알맞은 형용사 고르기

  1. b) erudite깊은 학식은 erudite입니다. Astute는 학식이 있다기보다 기민하고 빈틈없다는 뜻입니다.
  2. c) tenuous매우 약한 연결은 tenuous입니다. Incisive는 연결이 아니라 날카로운 분석을 묘사합니다.
  3. b) insidious눈에 띄지 않게 서서히 퍼지는 해악은 insidious입니다.
  4. d) sanguine어려운 상황에서도 쾌활하게 낙관적인 것은 sanguine입니다.
  5. c) incisive문제의 핵심에 닿는 날카롭고 명료한 사고는 incisive입니다. Tenuous는 약하다는 뜻입니다.
  6. c) ephemeral짧은 시간 동안만 지속되는 것은 ephemeral입니다.
  7. b) magnanimous경쟁자에게 관대한 것은 magnanimous입니다.
  8. d) tacit말하지 않아도 이해되는 합의는 tacit입니다.

문장 완성하기

  1. astute / shrewd / canny / savvy빈틈없고 상황 파악이 빠른 것은 astute입니다.
  2. spurious / false / baseless / unfounded / groundless / bogus / dubious진짜처럼 보이지만 거짓인 주장은 spurious입니다.
  3. intractable / insoluble / unsolvable / irresolvable / unresolvable해결하려는 모든 시도에 꿈쩍하지 않는 문제는 intractable입니다.
  4. inscrutable / unreadable / impassive / expressionless / blank읽어 내거나 해석하기가 불가능한 것은 inscrutable입니다.
  5. erudite / learned / scholarly깊은 학식을 보이는 것은 erudite입니다.
  6. magnanimous / generous / gracious / noble / kind관대하고 너그러운 것은 magnanimous입니다.
  7. insidious / gradual / creeping / slow / subtle눈에 띄지 않게 서서히 퍼지는 해악은 insidious입니다.
  8. tenuous / weak / flimsy / fragile / thin아주 미약하고 허술한 연결은 tenuous입니다.