2015年10月22日 星期四

etymology week 5

Vocabularypredisposed: a natural preference or tendency, likely

reprehensible: deserving of blame, criticism, or disapproval 


fortuitous: happening by chance or accident, or at random; lucky


solace: comfort in sorrow or misfortune


liaison: a person who serves as a link between two parties or individuals


equivocate: to be deliberately vague in order to mislead


impeccable: flawless, perfect


solicitous: showing or expressing concern, care, or attention


propensity: tending toward or open to something beforehand


sham: a pretense or counterfeit; something meant to deceive


sanction: to authorize, allow, or approve


inundate: to cover, as by flooding; overwhelm with large numbers or amount


circumvent: to avoid something by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, [revemt, or                     to stop through cleverness  


reticent: quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out


robust: healthy and strong; vigorous 


cohesive: sticking together or holding together; unified


vociferous: noisy; expressing feelings loudly and intensely


attrition: a gradual natural decrease in number; becoming fewer in number


grievous: causing grief or pain; very serious or severe


oblivious: unaware; failing to notice 


dynamite; a type of explosive


paci-: peace, to comfort such as: pacifist, pacific


rival: enemy in a respectful way


tri-: three for instance: triangle, trinity, triplets


pec-: perfect for instance: impeccable 


filthy: dirty 


spec: to look for instance: inspect, retrospect


cir- round for instance: circular, circle, circumvent 





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