ephemer al adj. short ‐lived
epiphyte n. non ‐parasitic plant growing on another epitaph n. grave inscription EP/EPI ①on, upon,
over
②side →not centric epithet n. descriptive nickname hypo crisy n. critics insincerity
hypo therm ia n.毛病 warm subnormal temperature HYPO/HYP under, belong hypo thet ical adj. 放置 assumed therm al adj. keeping warm thermocouple n. temperature gauge
thermo nuclear adj. nuclear reaction requiring high heat THER M/THE RMO warm, temperatur e
thermo cline
n.
area between warm and cold water
re bel n./adj./v. oppose by force ante bell um adj. before the war bellic ose adj. quarrelsome belliger ence n. aggressiveness BELL
war
belliger ent
adj inclined or eager to fight paci fy vt. to make peaceful pacif ist n./vt.者 one who oppcoses war pact n. solemn agreement PACT/PEASE ① agree
② fasten
ap pease
vt.+ to calm by satisfying
hostage n. person held by party in a conflict hospice n. A shelter or lodging for travelers hostel n. inexpensive lodging place HOSP/HOST host
in hospit able
adj.- un friendly
param our n.人 lov er in an adulterous relationship. in imi cal adj.- injurious or harmful in effect en amor ed adj.+ fell for
AM/IM
love
amat eur
n. A person who engages in…(not p) re crimina tion n.
counterattack in crimin ate vt.+ accuse
de criminal ize vt.- reduce penalty for CRIM
crime
crimin ology
n.学科 study of illegal behavior re prob ate v./n./a.-rascal prob ity n.人格 utter honesty dis prove v. Demonstrate (证实不) PROB /
PROV
prove / test
ap probation
n.+ ap proval gravid adj. pregnant gravit as n.抽象 solemn dignity gravit ate v. move toward as if drawn GRA V
Heavy(心理/物理)
grav ity
n. seriousness al levi ate vt.+ relieve elev ate vt. lift, raise
leaven ing n. something that lightens LEV
Light →raise, rise
lev ity
n.
lack of seriousness
agit ate v. shake up
lit ig ate v. (letter) argue in court pro dig al adj./n.+ lavish AG
increase add
synagogue
n. temple ad vent n.+ arrival pro ven ance n.+ origin venture some adj.主动 daring VEN/VENT
walk, go
venue
n. place re cep tion n. receiving in cipi ent adj. beginning
per cept ible adj.+ noticeable/obvious/apparent CAP /CEP /CIP
hold, take
sus cept ible
adj./n. (sub) easily influenced in finite simal adj./n.- tiny (small) af fin ity n.人格+ attraction/sympathy de fini tive adj.- ultimate FIN
last →terminal →
boundar y →limit finite adj. limited
ad ja cent adj.+ near/touching/bordering near by con jec ture n./v.合 suppose/conclude/guess de jected adj.- downcast/depressed/forlorn JAC/JEC
cast
tra jec tory
n. curve/path /line
de tract v.- de crease/di minish/minimize pro tract ed a .推迟 lengthened/continued/extended re trac tion n.否 withdrawal/dis avowal/de nial TRACT
draw
in tract able
adj.- un controllable/stubborn/un touchable con duc ive n. helpful de duc tion n.- sub traction seduc tion n. temptation DUC
lead
in duce
vt.- persuade con sequen tial adj. significant exe cute vt. produce ob sequ ious adj.- flattering SEC /
SEQU
follow
sequen tial
adj. ordered
amphibian adj./n. living both on land and in water amphitheater n. stage surrounded with tiered seats ambigu ous adj. having more than one ambi ent adj./n. surrounding ambiva lent adj. wavering
AMBI / AMPHI
both sides →around
ambul ance
n.
equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or injured
Ⅲ
poly chro matic
adj. having or exhibiting many colors. poly centric adj. having several central parts polyg amy
n. plural marriage
POLY many much poly phony
n. phone music with more parts sounded primo genit ure
n. first-born or eldest child (gene) prim ord ial adj. original (ordinary) primparous adj. parents →bear PRIM first prim ary
adj. first or highest in rank
homonym n. word spelled or sounded the same homo gene ous adj. consistent throughout homo logous adj. of similar origin
HOM/HOMO uniform, same
homo phone
n. word that sounds like another dif frac tion n. breaking up of light waves (break)dis sen sion n. disagreement (sense) dis semin ate v. spread widely (seed) DIS (DI, DIF, DIV , DE) ① away ② apart
dis sip ate
v. scatter (吮)
herb ivore n. glass an animal feeds chiefly on plants omni vore n. all takes in everything available carn ivore n. a flesh -eating animal VOR
eat
insect ivore
n. feeds mainly on insects carn age n. a massacre carna tion n. clove pink
carni val n. a festival marked by merrymaking CRAN
flesh
incarna tion
n. a bodily manifestation creed n. principles
credul ity n. superficial/easy acceptance credi table adj. well-down CRED
believe
trust
cred ence
n. trustfulness af fid avit n. sworn document
di ffid ent adj. timid, shy (←→confident) fiduc iary adj./n. trust-based FID
believe trust
per fid y
n. bad faith con cur rent
a./adj. simu ltaneous cur sory adj. hasty (cure) dis curs ive adj. rambling (amble ) CURR/CURS run, walk pre curs or
n. for erunn er ex pedient
adj./n. convenient PED food child ex pedite
adj./v.
speed up
im pediment n.- obstacle pedestrian
adj./n.
ordinary
de flec t v. turn aside flex or n. muscle genu flec t v. kneel (gene) FLEC/FLEX bend
in flec tion
n. change in pitch poster ior
adj. on the back
post hum ous adj. occurring after death (human, humid, water, earth ) postmo dern adj./n. using past styles anti-modern POST after, back post mor tem
adj./n.死
after the event
Ⅳ
malevol ent adj. wishing evil malici ous adj. mean
mal ign adj./v. speak ill (design, sign) MAL bad
ill evil
mal nour ish ed
adj. fed poorly cataclysm
n. natural disaster cata comb n. underground cemetery cata lys t n. agent of change (loose) CATA down catato nic
n./adj. mot ionless (move) protago nist n. hero or heroine protocol n. rules of behavior protoplasm n. cell contents PROT/ PROTO
in front of the first
prototype
n. madel
anteri or adj. towards the front antechamb er n. waiting room ante date n./v. to date before ANTE
in front of before
ante meridiem
adv. before noon orthodox adj. conventional
ortho dont ics n. dentistry for crooked teeth ortho ped ics n. 学科 treatment of skeletal defects ORTH/ ORTHO
direct, straight
ortho graphy
n.语言文字correct spelling recti tude n.品德 integrity recti fy vt. make right
rectilin ear adj. moving in a straight line RECT
direct, straight
rect or
n. headmast er
eu geni c
adj.+ promoting superior (gene) EU good, well euphem ism
n.
polite term
eupho ria n. great happiness evangel ism
n. crusading zeal dysfunctio nal n. impaired
dys lex ia n. reading disorder (read) dys pep tic n./adj. beset by indigestion (digest) DYS/DIS against
dys trophy
n.奖品 muscular deterioration ab rog ate vt. neglect, abolish, ignore ar rog ate v. claim, seize, grab
de roga tory adj. critical, unflattering, scornful ROG
ask request
pre roga tive
n. right, power, privilege in quisi tion n. interrogation, inquiry per qui site n. privilege, bonus, right ac quisi tive adj. grasping, grabby, greedy QUIS
ask request
re quisi tion
n./vt. purchase order, request, demand com ple ment n./vt. number required, counterpart de plete vt. draw down, drain im ple ment
n./vt./v + put into practice, put to use PLE PLI PLY
① fold
② multiply ③ full re plete
adj. abundantly, full
metr ic
adj. relating to poetic rhythm,
relating to a measuring system odo me ter n. distance measurer (distance) sym metri cal adj. balanced (same) MATR measure tachometer
n.
speed measurer
Ⅴ
audi tor n. financial examin er audi tory adj. relating to hearing audi tion n. a critical hearing AUD
hearing
in audi ble
adj. im possible to hear dis son ant adj. un harmonious
re son ance n. continuing or echoing sound son ic adj. involving sound
SON
sound
ult rasound
n. diagnostic technique (alt →out) ab err ant adj. deviating from the proper err ant adj. roving
erra tic adj./n. having no fixed ,wandering. ERR stray →walk
errone ous
adj. mistaken
ac cede
v. to give one's consent ante ced ent
n./adj. one that precedes another. CED/CES pace, walk, progress con ces sion
n.
the act of conceding
pre ced ent
n. an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances vis age n. appearance vis-à-vis
n./prep./ad v. compared to vision ary adj./n. 人 prophet VID/VIS
appear, look, vision visita tion
n. official call au spici ous n.+ favorable, promising con spicu ous adj. 一起 noticeable intro spec tion n. 自己 self-examination SPIC/
SPEC
look, watch
per spicaci ous
adj. 提前 shrewd
equ ivoc ate
vi. 等 to avoid making an explicit statement
ir revoc able adj.- impossible to retract or revoke pro voke v. to incite to anger or resentment VOC/VOK sound, voice voci fer ous
adj. vehement outcry (carry) caco phony n. discordant sound (disorder) phone tic adj. representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols poly phon ic adj. 多 two or more phonetic values, music of polyphony PHON sound
sym phon y
n. complex sonata (same) cura tive n./adj. heal ing curat or n. caretak er pro cure v. obtain
CUR cure →care
sine cure n. 罪恶 easy job, effortless perime ter n.
boundary perio don tal adj. around a tooth peripate tic n./adj. wandering PERI around periphe ral
n./adj. supplementary
sensation al adj.抽 outstandingly overconfident senti ent adj./n. receiving perceptions senti ment n. opinion colored by emotion SENT/ SENS
sense
sensu ous
adj. gratifying the senses sophis try
n. false reasoning sophisticat ed adj. highly complex sophomo ric adj. immaturely overconfident SOPH wisdom theo soph y
n.
doctrine of God and the world
Ⅵ
TEND/ stretch, tendent ious
adj.
marked by a strong implicit point of view
por tend
v. pro to serve as an omen or a warning of; presage dis tend v. to swell out or expand from TENT extend ex tenu ate
vt. palliate, to make thin or emaciated ap pend age n. an adjunct ex pend vt. to lay out; spend pro pens ity n. predilection
PEBD/ PENS
hang
stipend
n. a fixed and regular payment pana cea
n. a cure-all pandemon ium n. a very noisy place panegy ric
n. an encomium
PAN general all complete panoply
n. ceremonial attire with all accessories extrane ous adj. irrelevant, extrinsic
extramun dane adj. occurring or existing outside of the universe extrapol ate v. estimate by projecting known information. EXTRA
ex tra
extro vert
n. an individual interested in others (shift) p hos p horesc ent adj. glowing
photo geni c n. visually appealing (gene ) phot on n. elemental 光子
PHOS/ PHOT
light
photo synthe sis
n. production of organic matter (综合) e lucid ate vt. ex clarify luc ent adj. brightly clear lucubra tion n. hard study
LUC
light
trans luc ent
adj. passing diffused light im mortal ity n. endless life
mori bund a./n.about to die (boundary) mortic ian n. funeral director
MOR/ MORT
dead
morti fy 物质
v. to cause to experience wounded pride inter nec ine adj. ruinous or fatal to both sides necro sis n. death of cells noxi ous adj. injurious to health NEC NIC NOX damage injury
per nici ous
adj. deadly (throw out) in her ent a.+in herited inco her ent a.-confused co hes ion n. unity HER HES
stick
ad her ent
n.+follower
subter fug e
n. underhanded (plot) FUG flee escape fugue n./v.musical form fugi tive 人 a./n.escapee
centri fuge
n. moving outward cosme tic n./a.for the sake of appearance COSM order harmony cosm ology
n.
decryption of the universe
cosmopoli tan n./a.sophisticated cosmos
n. universe
con scientious
adj. scru pulous, observable
omni science n. universal knowledge (all, complete) pre scient
adj. having for esight SCI know understa nd unconscion able
a.-in excus able 意识 ad junct n./a.add ition dis junction
n. break in junction n.-order JUNCT connect join junta
n. group parti san n. supporter participle n. verb part im part ial adj. fair PART
local limit → part im part
vt. dis close e miss ary 人 n. ex agent
manu mis sion n. emancipation, release, liberate (hand) mis sive n. letter MIT MIS
send
re mitt ance
n. payment
com pel vt. drive irresistibly (force) ex pel v. drive out
im pel vt. force by moral pressure PEL PULS
drive
re puls ion
n.
disgust
Ⅶ
dis putati ous
adj.- argumentative im pute vt.- attribute puta tive adj.+ assumed PUT think re put ed
adj.- believed eu logy n.+ high praise mono logue n. speech (single) neol ogism n. new word LOG word →
speech
gene alogy
n. family history par terre n. theater area (part) sub terranean adj. under the ground terrar ium n.地点contained TERR earth
terres trial
adj. earthly aqua mar ine n. blue-green gem mar ina n. small harbor marin er n. seaman MAR sea
marit ime
adj. near the sea PATH affinity ap athetic
adj.-
indifferent
em pathy n. in pity path ology n. patho biology ①
attraction, same ②sympathy emotion, suffering ☆ socio path n. antisocial behavior im pun ity n.- exemption from punishment pen al adj. prescribing punishment pen ance n./vt. voluntarily to show sorrow PEN/ PUN
punish
puni tive
adj. punishing
matern ity n./adj. motherhood, motherliness matri culate v./n. enroll, sign up at school
matri line al adj. through the mother’s (female)family MATR/ METR
mother metropoli tan
adj. urban, city ad moni sh vt. scold, gently correct moni tory adj./n. cautionary, giving warning moni tor vt./v./n watch, regulate
MONI warn
criticize
pre moni tion
n. forewarning, early suspicion in canta tion n.- ritual chant cantata n. sung composition cant or n. sing er CANT sing des cant
v. added melody allude vi. refer
col lus ion n. illegal cooperation ludicr ous adj. laughable LUD/ LUS
play, game pre lude
n. introduction phantasm n. an apparition
phantasmagoria n. a constantly changing scene
phen omen on n. a occurrence that is perceptible by the senses. PHAN/ PHEN
appear diaphan ous
adj. to be transparent or translucent a ver vt.- assert
ver ify vt. confirm, substantiate
veri similar adj. appearing to be true or real; probable VER just ver ity
n. factual, or real per turb v. upset, dis turb turb ine n. engine, turning engine turbu lent adj. churning, seething TURB turn turb id
adj. confused, murky
de volution n.- handing down, degeneration e volution n. process of development, progress voluble adj. talkative, fluent
VOLU/ VOLV
roll wind twist con voluted adj. winding, circulation, complicated con fec tion n. candy fac ile adj. easy ol fac tory adj. sense of smell FAC/ FEC/ FIC
do make act
pro fic ient
n.
expert
usu fruct n./vt. the right to use usu ry n. illegally high rate utilita rian adj./n. interests of utility UT/US use util ity
n.
usefulness
Ⅷ
ad umbr ate
vt.+ partially
pen umbr a n. near shadow (part) umber
n./a./vt brownish color UMBR shade ① alike ② 不完全像
umbr age
n. resentment di vest v.- get rid of in vesti ture n.+进installing in office trans vest ite n. cross-dress er (shift) VEST cloth
tra vest y
n./vt. imitation
apo theo sis n.抽 perfect example (pose) a theis tic adj.- non god believing pan thei stic adj. accepting all gods (all) THE/ THEO
god
theo cracy
n. king state ruled by religion de ity
n. supreme being dues ex machine dramatic device divin ity n. godliness DE/DIV
god
divinat ory
adj. prophetic
demo graph ic adj. describing populations (graph) en demi c n. native pan demi c adj. widespread DEMO
people
demo tic
adj. common
vox populi n public opinion (voice) popul ist n. believer in the people popul ace n. masses POPUL
population
popul ous
adj. numerous
acro polis n. citadel of an ancient Greek city (high) megalo polis n. a single urban complex (huge) polit ic adj. suave
POLIS/ POLIT
city
polit icize
vt./vi to engage in or discuss politics circuit ous adj. taking a roundabout circumferen ce n. the boundary line of a circle circum spect adj.看 prudent
CIRCU/ CIRCUM
around
circum vent
vt.走 to surround (an enemy, for example) ac cord - n./vt/vi make an agreement con cord ance n. agreement CORD/ CORE
heart
cord ial
n./adj.
gracious, a tonic
dis cord ant
adj.- inconsistent culp able adj. blameworthy
excu lp ate v. to clear of guilt or blame excuse mea culp a n. my acknowledgment of a personal error or fault CULP blame
guilt
in culp ate
vt.- to in criminate inter dic tion
n. forbidden juris dic tion
n. authority or control edict n. decree
DIC speech word male dic tion
n. the calling down of a curse co gni tive adj. relating to cognition
dia gno sis n. the opinion derived from such an evaluation inco gnito (incog) a./adv.with one's identity disguised or concealed - GNI/
GNO
know, understand
pro gno sis
n. a forecast or prediction in ept adj.- awkward ad ept + adj./n. proficient, expert aptit ude n.抽 ability, natural talent APT/ EPT
skill, fit
ad apta tion
n.+ process of change arti san n. skilled craft man (super) arti fice n. slyness
arti fact n. man-made object art ful adj. skillfully sly ART art
skulduggery
art less
adj. naive cadav er n. corpse casual ty n. serious injury de cad ent - adj./n. self-indulgent CAD/ CID/ CAS
fall
re cidi vism
n.物质backsliding con cise
adj. short ex cise n./vt. cut out in cis ive adj. direct CIS cut, kill pre cis ion
n.
accuracy
Ⅸ
apo cryp hal adj. fake crypt ic adj. mysterious crypto graphy n. code writing CRYPT/ CRYPH
hide
crypt
n. tomb abs cond vi. flee
abs temi ous adj. self-controlled (touch, hold, have) abs tract ion n. theory (draw) Ⅱ AB/ABS
-
abs tru se
adj. difficult (poke) PED child ped agogue
n.
an educator (drive)
pedo phil ia n. love attraction felt by an adult toward children pedag ogy n.抽 education
en cyclo ped ic adj. thorough encyclopedia pediatri cian n.人 revival
ped ant
n.人 show off → boring teacher in nat e adj.+ present from birth nasc ent adj. beginning, incipient re naiss ance n. revival NASC/ NAT/ NAI
bear, born
cog nat e
adj. related
trans ference
n. act or process of transferring (shift) de feren tial adj.- yielding, showing strong respect fert ile adj. productive in fer ence n. implied conclusion FER carry pr oli fer ate
v. multiply (nutrition) trans figur ation n. glorification (figure) trans fus e vt. transfer (slosh) trans ient adj./n. passing
TRANS shift
trans cen dent
adj. supreme (claim) com pon ent n./adj. part dis posi tion n. personality re posi tory n. storage container PON/POS place
super impose
v. place over (high) sus tenta tion n. a support sus tenta tive adj./n. suspensory ten able adj. reason able
ab stin ence n.- refraining from indulging an appetite, nourishment TEN/ TIN/ TAIN
touch hold have
tenaci ous
adj. strong, sticking in determi nate
adj.- un certain in termin able adj.- eternal termi nal adj./n. fatal
TERM limit, last termin ology
n. vocabulary (language) mono gam ous adj. one husband with one wife mono graph n. limited subject monolith ic n. uniform
MONO
single
mono thei sm
n. believe only one God
Unitar ian n./adj. a monotheist who is not a Christian uni son n./adj. concord
unilater al adj. undertaken by only one side
UNI
single
uni cam eral
adj. consisting of a single legislative cham ber e vinc e vt .外 reveal in vinc ible adj. un conquerable VINC/ VICT
conquer
pro vinci al
adj.
local
victim ize
v. deceive
strato sphere n. upper atmosphere bio sphere n. life zone (biology) hemi sphere n. half-sphere (half) SPHER ball
spher ical
adj. globelike di vert v.- entertain
per verse adj. wrongheaded (thorough) a vert v.- avoid VERT/ VERS
change, shift
versa tile
adj. with many use am orph ous adj. shape less
anthrop omorph ic adj. human and god have the same character meta morpho sis n.离心change in appearance ,character, condition … MORPH
shape, figure
morph ology
n. branch of biology
form at n./vt plan or arrange in a specified form, computer forma tive adj. forming or capable of forming formal ity n. quality or condition of being formal FORM
shape, figure form
con form
vt/vi/a.agree, be similar, adapt
in doctrin ate v. fill with a point of view, instruct thoroughly doctrina ire n. by the rule, rigidly principled doc ile adj. easily led, tame DOC/ DOCT
teach
doctr ine
n. principle, teaching action in tui tion n.- insight, quick understanding tui tion n. instruction, instruction costs tutel age n. guardianship, safeguard TUT/TUI
direct
tuto rial
n./adj. small class, individual instruction duplic ity
n. being twofold or double, cheat duplex adj. twofold; double
diploma tic adj. suave, relating to diplomatics DI/DUO
double, doubt dichot omy
n. division into two opinions bilater al
adj. two-sided bipo lar adj. having two poles bi part i san adj. two major political part ies
BI/BIN
double, doubt bi week ly
n.
happening twice a week or every two week s
Ⅹ
topi cal
adj. of current interest topi ary adj./n. ornamentally pruned ec top ic adj. away from its usual place TOP place topo graphy
n. landscape features ec centric - adj./n. placed off-center CENTR/ CENTER
exactly middle
epi center
n.
central point (except)
ego centric adj. self-centered (self)
point
ethno centric adj. centered on one’s own group (nation) pre domi nant adj. strongest domi cile n./v. home domi nation n. control DOM rule
power
domi nion
n. kingdom ex hibitio nist n.- show-off habita tion n. dwelling habit ual adj. customary HABIT/ HIBIT
reside in in hibit
vt.- restrain pro crasti n ate v. put off pro dig ious adj. enormous
pro phy laxis n. disease prevention (physical) PRO + pro pit ious
adj. promising (bit) retroac tive adj. effective as of earlier retro fit n. modernize
retro gress v. revert to an earlier state promising PETRO again
back
retro spec tive
adj. review of a body of work con tempor ary n./adj. current ex temporane ous adj.- un planned tempor al adj./n. measurable by time TEMPOR time tempor ize
v. talk to fill time ana chron ism n.- something from the past chron ic adj. ongoing chron ology n. order of events
CHRON time syn chron ous
adj. happening at the same time tri cera tops
n. dinosaur
tri dent n. a three-pronged spear used for fishing (teeth) tri logy n. three dramatic works related in theme TRI three tri nit y
n. union of three divine persons in anim ate adj. dead animos ity n. enmity
mag nanim ous adj. generous in forgiving ANIM breed
animat ed
adj. living
figura tive
adj. metaphorical, ornate
fig ment n. something invented, made up, or fabricated e ffigy n.- a crude figure representing a hated person FIG figure con figura tion
n. form, arrangement of parts or elements per enn ial adj. continuing, everlasting
mill enn ium n. era of earthly paradise, thousand years annu ity n. yearly payment, annual payment super annua ted adj. worn out, aged ANN/ENN year
bi ann ual
n./adj.
twice each year
bi enn ial
n./adj. for two years
co ev al adj./n. simultaneous, of the same age long ev ity n. length of life, long life medi ev al adj. antiquated, of the Middle ages EV
age
prim ev al
adj. an cient, elder in corp orate a./vi/vt similar organization corp oral adj. bodily, army corpu lent adj. fat CORP body
corp oreal
adj. bodily
tang ible adj. discernible by the touch; palpable tangen tial adj. in the direction of a tangent tact ile adj./n. perceptible to the sense of touch TANG/ TACT
touch
in tact
adj. un injured; not impaired in any way code x n. handwritten book codi cil n. amendment codi fy vt. list CODI/ CODE
code
de code
vt.- explain as signa tion n. appointment re sign n./v. accept signa tory n. consigner SIGN mark
note
sign et
n./vt stamp
quart ile
n.
The value of the boundary at the 25th, 50th, or 75th percentiles of a frequency distribution divided into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population. quadr iplegic n./adj. disability
quad rille
n.
A square dance of French origin composed of five figures and performed by four couples. Music for this dance in 6/8 and 2/4 time. QUADR/ QUART
four
quad ruple
n./vt/vi fourfold
tetrahed ron n. a polyhedron with four faces
tetra cycline n. a broad-spectrum antibiotic C22H 24N 2O 8 tetrar ch n. one of four joint rulers, a subordinate ruler TESSAR/ TETR
four
tetrag on
n.
a four-sided polygon; a quadrilateral
Ⅺ
de capit ate v.- be head
capita lism n. free-market system capitul ate vi. surrender CAPIT head
re capitul ate
vi summarize
ANTHROP human
phil anthropy
n.
charitable act (love)
mis anthropic adj.- hating humans anthrop ology n. study of culture anthrop oid
n./adj. ape suc cumb vi.- give up re cumb ent adj. lying down in cub ate vt.+ brood CUMB/ CUB
lie
in cumb ent
adj.+ holding office dynam ic adj. energetic dynamo n. powerhouse dynas ty n. ruling family
DYNAM power
rule stage
hydro dynam ic
adj. relating to moving fluids (water) retro grad e
adj./v. grading again gradu ate n./v. a higher stage grada tion n. stage in a series GRAD stage de grad e
v.- lower in rank corr elat e
vt./vi. relationship
re lativi ty n. relationship between mass, energy, and time pre lat e n. high church official LAT carry col lat e
v. arrange in order
hypo criti cal
adj.下 characterized by hypocrisy crite rion n. standard hyper criti cal
adj.超 critical
CRIT critical ① key ② cross criti que
n. a critical discussion of a specified topic ob jurg ate vt. - to scold or rebuke sharply; berate jurisprud ence n. philosophy or science of law per jur y
n.- breach of an oath or a promise JUR just right law ab jur e
vt.- to renounce under oath; forswear pentagram n. pentacle, five-pointed star
pentameter n./adj. line of verse consisting of five metrical feet Pentateuch n. first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures pentathlon n. five track and field events,
PENT
five
pentagon
n. polygon having five sides and five interior quintessential adj. being the most typical
quintet n. composition for five voices or instruments QUINT
five
quintile
adj./n. 72° or one fifth of the zodiac
sym bio sis
n. relationship of mutual benefit or dependence bio psy n. examination from a living body bio de grad able adj. capable of being de composed
BIO life anti bio tic
n./adj. can destroy the growth of microorganisms gene ric
adj. general indi gen ous adj.+ native
con gen ial adj. having the same tastes GEN birth carcino gen ic
adj.
induce cancer
mal funct ion n.- work improperly function ary adj./n. bureaucrat ,official fung ible adj./n. exchange able FUNG/ FUNCT
do, make, affect, exchange
per funct ory
adj.- mechanical trans mut e
v. convert per muta tion n.+ rearrangement im mut able
adj. un change able MUT alter, very change com muta tion
n. replacement fracti ous adj. quarrelsome fragment ary adj. incomplete in fract ion n.- violation FRAG/
FRACT
break
re fract ion
n. dis tortion
tele geni ce adj. well-suited to television (gene) tele met ry n. long-distance measurement (meter) tele ologi cal adj. relating to design or purpose (ology) TELE far
tele path ic
adj. mind-reading (path) philate list
n. stamp collector phil ology n. study of language phil ter n. love potion PHIL love oeno phil e
n. wine lover ab nega tion
n.- self-denial neglig ible adj. small re neg ade n./a./vi re bel NEG negative - re neg e
vt/vi/n.
go back
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ig nomini ous
adj. dis graceful mis nom er n. wrong name
nomenc lature n. naming system culture NOM name nomi nal
adj./n. in name only ex patri ate vt/vi/n.living abroad paternalist ic adj. exercising fatherly patri cian n./adj. aristo crat 人 PATER/ PATR
father
patri mony
n. heritage (money)
de lega tion
n.+ a group of people who are very important
visitors from another country or another place.lega cy n. heritage lega te n. official emissary LEGA appoint re lega te
v.- commit se greg ate
v.- isolate GREG herd, flack, e gregi ous
adj.-
flagrant
con grega tion n. a gathering gather
ag greg ate n./a./v.total
melli flu ous adj. flowing with sweet ness or honey fluctua tion n. wave
ef flu ent adj./n. something that flows out or forth (ex) FLU/ FLUCT
flow
af flu ence
n.+ wealth re prehens ible adj.- blame worthy
prehen sile adj. adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding com prehend vt.+ apprehend
PREHEND/ PREHENS
seize ap prehen sive
adj.+ afraid, capable of understanding temper ance
n. moderation or abstinence temper a n. egg-based paint temper n./v. mix or moderate TEMPER moderate in temper ate
adj. un restrained ex purg ate v. re move offensive purga tive adj./n. purifying purga tory n. place of misery PURG/PUR clean,
clear
purg e
n./v. re move im pure element
milli second
n. one thousandth (10-3) of a second. milli ped e n. diplopod (feet ) MILL million millenaria nism
n. every one thousand years semi conductor n. various solid crystalline substances semi colon n. mark of punctuation (;)
semi tone n. half step, half tone HEMI-/ SEMI
half
semi tropical
adj. partly tropical; subtropical. sub conscious adj. beneath the level of consciousness sub version n. secret effort to overthrow subliminal adj. not strong enough to be sensed SUB
- 下
sub jugate
vt. conquer
hyper ventil ate vt. breath deeply and rapidly hyper ten sion n. high blood pressure (tension) hyper bole n. extreme overstatement HYPER
+ 上
hyper act ive
adj. overly act ion pre cept n. general rule pre coc ious adj. maturing early (cook) pre dis pose vt. influence PRE PRO 前
pre requis ite
n./adj. requirement para meter
n. characteristic para gon
n. model of excellence para dox n. opposing truths PARA besides part para digm
n. example (design)
meta bol ism n. biological absorption processes
META
上下左右
meta phori cal
adj.
equation one thing with another ←→simile
meta physic s n. study of the nature of things met onym y
n.术语use of an associated term (name ) persev ere
v. keep going perme ate
vt./vi. spread throughout per empt ory adj. abrupt and final PER thorough throughout percol ate
n./v. seep
anti-communist n. opposed to communist ant agonist n. opponent
anti gen (gene) n. stimulates the production of an antibody anti pathy n. enmity
ANT/ ANTI
against counter
anti thesis
n. direct contrast; opposition contre temps n. unforeseen event contrav ene v. deny
contraindica tion
n.
A factor that renders the administration of a drug or the carrying out of a medical procedure inadvisable
contra band n./adj. illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling CONTRA
反
contrad ict
vt.
opposite of, deny
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acerb ic adj. sour or bitter
acri d adj. pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell. acri mony n. Bitter, sharp, ill-natured animosity ACERB/ ACRI
acid
ex acerb ate
vt. aggravate
as tring ent + adj./n. tending to draw together con strict v. cramp
pre stig ious adj. having prestige; esteemed STRING/ STRICT
draw tie tightly string ent
adj. severe
decon struc tion n. any text subvert their own meanings infra struc ture n. underlying base or foundation con stru e v. explain in strumen tal adj. + implemental ob stru ct v./n.-block, hinder struc ture n./vt. building
STRU/ STRUVT
build up put together
con struc tion
n. the art, trade, or work of building ap propri ate adj. fitting
ex propri ate vt. deprive of possession propriet ary adj./n. exclusively owned; private PROP/ PROPRI
own
proprie ty
n. etiquette, appropriateness TORT/ wind tort
n.
injury