21. indent² [in-, in + dent] : (v) to make a dent, or slight hollow, in

• In localities where the coastline is deeply indented and cut into, or if there is a fringe of islands along the coast in its immediate vicinity, the method of straight baselines joining appropriate points may be employed in drawing the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.
  [UN Convention one the Law of the Sea, Article 7 Straight baselines 1]

22. indentation : (n) 
① an indenting or being indented
② a notch, cut, or inlet on a coastline, etc.
③ a dent, or slight hollow

23. indention : (n) 
① a dent, or slight hollow
② the making of a dent

24. indenture : (n) a written contract or agreement: originally, it was in duplicate, the two copies having correspondingly notched edges for identification

25. rodent [rodens < rodere, to gnaw, 갉아먹다] : (n) any of a very large order (Rodentia) of gnawing mammals, including rats, mice, squirrels, beavers, etc., characterized by constantly growing incisors adapted for gnawing or nibbling; esp., in popular usage, a rat or mouse/ 설치동물

설치동물은 한결 같이 이빨이 나왔죠? 우리가 "로~(ro)"하고 발음할 때 입이 튀어나오는 것처럼 입과 이빨(dent)이 나왔죠? 그래서 같이 묶어 보았습니다.

26. rodenticide : a poison used for killing rodents, esp. rats and mice

27. identity [identas, coined after LL. essentitas (meaning essence)] : (n) 
① the condition or fact being the same or exactly alike; oneness/동질성
② the condition or fact of being a specific person or thing; individuality/정체성, 주체성

• Your identuty is who you are.

• She whipped off the mask to reveal his identity.

• " The party sees neo-conservatism as a way to distinguish itself from other political entities and a way to avoid claims that it has no ideological identity," said Seo Jun-young, a long-time ULD(자민련) watcher.

• The identity of the murdered woman has not yet been established.

본 단어를 포함하여 identify, identification은 비록 "dent"라는 spell이 들어 있어도 tooth를 의미하는 dent- 어근과는 전혀 관계가 없습니다. 그러나 "정체성(identity)"란 "내가( I ) 어떤 사람인지를 사람들의 뇌리에 확실히 박아(dent) 놓은 것"이라고 생각해 볼 수도 있고 이러한 사람 마다의 ID(Identification)을 보고 우리는 그의 신원을 알 수 있으므로(identify) 암기의 편의상 동 단어들을 같이 포함시켜 보았습니다.

28. ID card/ identity card : (n) a card with one's name, photograph, signature, etc. which proves one's identity

• An identity card is a card with a person's name, age, and other information on it, which people in some countries have to carry in order to prove who they are.

29. identity crisis [coined by E. Erikson(1902-), U.S. psychoanalyst] : 
(n) the condition of being uncertain of one's feelings about oneself, esp. with regard to character, goals, and origins, occurring esp. in adolescence as a result of growing up under disruptive, fast-changing conditions

• She experienced a loss of identity/ an identity crisis after giving up her carrier to get married.(=felt as if she lacked self-confidence and had no particular purpose in life)

30. identical : (adj)
① [(to, with)] exactly alike

• Things that are identical are exactly same, or are so similar that they seem the same.

• two sisters with identical voices

• Your voice is identical to hers.

② the same

• This is the identical hotel we stayed at last year.

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