vocabulary on the phone

shrewd [ʃruːd]
①상황 판단이 빠른 
②기민한, (판단이) 재빠른

tattle [|tӕtl]
고자질하다; 일러바치다
ex)He fears his sister would tattle.

selfie
스스로 자신의 모습을 찍은 사진, 주로 소셜 미디어에 올리기 위한 용도로 찍음.

altruistic [æ̀ltruːístik]
이타적인(opp. egoistic, selfish)

ephem·eral [ɪ|femərəl] 
수명이 짧은, 단명하는
ex) When negative things happen to us throughout the day we tend to hold on to them, while the good things are more fleeting and ephemeral.

vandalize : 파괴하다
prankster : 장난꾸러기, 까불이
ex.) Google Maps was vandalized by pranksters.
(This example extracts from cnn.)

herald : 선구자
demise[dimaiz] : 서거, 사망, 소멸, 종지;양도
ex.) Still, perdicting the death of the ubiquitous device may be as premature as heralding the demise of the PC, television, or even radio.
(This example extracts from cnn.)

deceit [disi:t] : 속임;책략;사기

ex.)He had been widely pilloried* for jacking* up the price of a drug used to treat AIDS patients by more than 5,000%. And now he has been indicated on criminal charges that he bilked* a company out of millions of dollars.
(This example extracts from cnn.)

*pillory : 강력히 비난받다; n.칼
cf.) pillar : 기둥(=column)
philosophy : 철학
※ be in the pillory: 웃음거리가 되다
ex.) I was pilloried for not answering questions last time.
ex.) Will Hillary Clinton Be Pilloried by the Benghazi Committee.
벵가지(리비아 북부의 항구도시)
*jack up : 대폭 인상하다, (값,임금)올리다
*bilk : 떼어먹다, 사기치다
bilk sbd out of sth: ~에게서 ~을 떼먹다
ex.)a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars.
(투자자들에게서 수백만 달러를 사취한 사기꾼)