2015/10/22

week six

ium - 框限起來的範疇   e.g.auditorium, stadium ,millenium

de - down, away from  e.g.depreciate

delegate 代表團

ten - 時間  e.g.tentative, temporary,contemporary

para - 平行並立  e.g.paradise

prim - 首要的，主要的  e.g.primary,primitive

bread winner : 養家活口的人

古詩中: art = are   thy = you

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unit 9

1. bolster : to improve something or make it stronger
2. depreciate : to become less valuable over a period of time
3. indiscriminate : acting without careful judgement
4. inquisitive : asking too many questions and trying to find out about what other people are doing
5. nebulous : not clear
6. relegate - to give somebody a lower or less important position, rank
7. replete - filled with something; with a full supply of something
8. sedentary - (of people) spending a lot of time sitting down and not moving
9. tenet - one of the principles or beliefs that a theory or larger set of beliefs is based on
10. terse - using few words and often not seeming polite or friendly

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unit 10

1. autonomy - the freedom for a country, a region or an organization to govern itself independently
2. bureaucratic -  involving complicated official rules which may seem unnecessary
3. mandate - the authority to do something, given to a government or other organization by the people who vote for it in an election
4. ostracize - to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to somebody
5. recourse - the fact of having to, or being able to, use something that can provide help in a difficult situation
6. raucous - sounding loud and rough
7. reiterate - to repeat something that you have already said, especially to emphasize it
8. tantamount - having the same bad effect as something else
9. tenacious - that does not stop holding something or give up something easily; determined
10. utopia - an imaginary place or state in which everything is perfect