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English Vocabulary and Etymology

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week12

*vocabulary

• conductor(n): 

1)someone whose job is to sell tickets on a bus, train or other public vehicle.

2) someone who directs the performance of musicians or a piece of music

• main course主菜 fixings,garden sauce配菜

• ten-course banquet十道菜的澎湃饗宴

• The ivy league常春藤盟校

• commensurate(a): in a correct and suitable amount compared to something else

for example:a salary that is commensurate with skills and experience

idiom: be commensurate with

• denominational(a)connected with a particular religious denomination

Opposite to non-denominational

• denotation(n): literal meaning
• connotation(n): a suggested meaning
• impair(v):  to spoil something or make it weaker so that it is less effective.

for example:A recurring knee in jury may have impaired his chances of winning the tournament.

       impaired(a):cannot be fixed.

for example:She suffers from impaired vision/hearing.

• intoxicated(a): with poison
• existentialism存在主義

*prefix

• mag---enormous

       magnificent(a): very good, beautiful, or deserving to be admired

for example:a magnificent view

                 a magnificent piece of writing

                 They live in a magnificent Tudor house.

       magnanimous(a): very kind and generous towards an enemy or someone you have defeated.

for example:The team's manager was magnanimous in victory, and praised the losing team.

       magnanimously(adv)

• dia---through

       diarrhea,dialobic,diabetes糖尿病,diagnosis,dialect,dialogue,

diameter

• vice,virtue副的,邪惡的

       vice president

• candi---outspoken,sincere

       candidate

• di---seperate things into two parts of it

       divorce,diversity↔university(“uni” stands for”one”)

• inte---amount

       intercollegiate(a): involving competition between different colleges:

for example: intercollegiate sports/athletics/basketball