2015年12月11日 星期五

etymology week 7

Vocabularies

liability-something that acts as a disadvantage; a drawback

clandestine-done in secret; kept hidden

incongruous-out of place; having parts that are not in harmony or that are inconsistent

contingency-a possible future event that must be prepared for or guarded against; possibility

indigenous-living,growing, or produced naturally in a particular place; native

superfluous- beyond what is needed, wanted, or useful; extra

prolific- producing many works, results, or offspring; fertile

exonerate to clear of an accusation or charge; prove innocent

egocentric- self-centered; seeing everything in terms of oneself

reinstate- to restore to a previous position or condition; bring back into being or use


Prefixes and Suffixes


-ism: doctrine, system, practice of  (Confucianism) 

fid-: trust, faith, loyalty (confident)


rect: straight, right (rectangle) 


an-,a-: without, lacking, not (anonymous)


prim-,prime-: first (in order of importance) (prime minister)


ver: true, real (very)


sym-,syn-:with, together (synthesis)


nov: new, original, fresh (renovate)


pan: all (panorama)


bibl- biblio-: book (bibliography)

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