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Gre,Teps,Toeic 어휘연구 (2) : ABASH

◇상황
어떤 이유로 창피스러워지는 상황

 

◇의미
to cause another person to feel embarrassed or ashamed
to destroy self-confidence and composure.

 

◇예문
▪He was abashed at his own ignorance
▪He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

 

◇발음
ash cash abash 모두 ash로 유사 발음

 

◇유의어
confound, discomfit, disconcert, discompose, nonplus

 

◇반의어
encourage, calm

 

▶confound 
   주로 A와 B를 혼동 할 때 confound 가 사용된다.
   즉 카페라떼와 카푸치노를 혼동하는 것과 같은 상황에 사용된다.

1)confuse  : confound means with end
2)abash :  He was confouned at the sight of the teacher.
3)frustrate : to confound a plot
4)make worse :


 

▶discomfit = disconcert = discompose = nonplus

▪This ruse(계략) will discomfit the enemy.

▪The lawyer was disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary.

▪Taught by former experience, I was not to be discomposed now.

▪The principal was at a nonplus.


 

※단어정리
abash discomfit discompose disconcert nonplus confound
ruse