2015/10/08

Week four

a. vocabulary

 Unit 5

1. charlatan - noun   a person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they do not have, especially in medicine
2. corroborate - verb   to add proof to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information
3. disseminate - verb   to spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people
4. diverge - verb   to follow a different direction, or to be or become different
5. dormant - adjective  

          (1)describes something that is not active or growing, but which has the ability to be active at a             later time
          (2) If something lies dormant, it is not active

     6.  hoist - verb     

          (1)to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine

          (2)to raise a flag to the top of a pole using a rope

     7.  illicit - adjective    illegal or disapproved of by society

     8.  irrevocable - adjective    impossible to change

     9.  precipitate - verb  to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected

   10.  proliferate - verb   to increase a lot and suddenly in number

  Unit 6

1. anti - prefix  opposed to or against; opposite of or preventing
2. ante - prefix  before or in front of
3. de - prefix  used to add the meaning 'opposite', 'remove' or 'reduce' to a noun or verb
4. extra - prefix   outside or in addition to

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• syn , sym : with together  ex:sympathy
• e : out  ex:eliminate, evacuate

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• acute 〈=〉chronic

       急性的〈=〉慢性的

• fatal 有注定要死的感覺
• trailer made : 量身訂做