12/9(WEEK 14)

1.elaborate:made or done with great care or with much detail : having many parts that are carefully arranged or planned

*origin:Latin elaboratus, from past participle of elaborare to work out, acquire by labor, from e- + laborare to work

*example:They made elaborate preparations for his visit.

2.florid:very fancy or too fancy

*origin:Latin floridus blooming, flowery, from florēre

*example:Gave a florid speech in honor of the queen's visit

3.corpulent:fat

*origin:Middle English, from Latin corpulentus, from corpus

*example:A corpulent, elegantly dressed opera singer came out and sang, and we knew it was over

4.fade: to lose strength or freshness : to become weaker

*origin:Middle English, from Anglo-French *fader, from fade feeble, insipid, from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, alteration of Latin fatuusfatuous, insipid

*example:The flowers were fading in the vase.

5.urbane:polite and confident

*origin:Latin urbanus urban, urbane

*example:The dialogue is witty and urbane.

12/10

1.echelon:a level in an organization : a level of authority or responsibility

*origin:French échelon, literally, rung of a ladder, from Old French eschelon, from eschele ladder, from Late Latin scala

*example:We heard stories of corruption in the upper echelons of the firm.

2.jovial: full of happiness and joy

*origin:1592

*example:The audience was in a jovial mood.

3.condescend: to show that you believe you are more intelligent or better than other people

*origin:Middle English, from Anglo-French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere, from Latin com- + descendere to descend

*example:I will not condescend to answer the sore loser's charge that I cheated in order to win the race.

4.sinister:having an evil appearance : looking likely to cause something bad, harmful, or dangerous to happen

*origin:Middle English sinistre, from Anglo-French senestre on the left, from Latin sinistr-, sinister on the left side, unlucky, inauspicious

*example:There was something sinister about him.

5.fraternal: of or relating to brothers

*origin:Middle English, from Medieval Latin fraternalis, from Latin fraternus, from frater brother

*example:He belonged to a fraternal organization.

12/11

1.swoon: to become very excited about someone or something

*origin:Middle English swounen, probably back-formation from swouning, swowening, from iswowen, aswoune, from Old English geswōgen in a swoon

*example:She almost swooned from fright.

2.convivial:of or relating to social events where people can eat, drink, and talk in a friendly way with others

*origin:Late Latin convivialis, from Latin convivium banquet, from com- + vivere to live

*example:The hiking club attracts a wide range of convivial people who share a love of the outdoors

3.exclaim:to say (something) in an enthusiastic or forceful way

*origin:Middle French exclamer, from Latin exclamare, from ex- +clamare to cry out

*example:“Here he comes!” someone exclaimed.

4.jaunt:a brief trip taken for pleasure

*origin:1592

*example:A four-day jaunt to the mountains

5.crisp:dry, hard, and easily broken

*origin:Middle English, from Old English, from Latin crispus; akin to Welsh crych curly

*example:I put on a crisp shirt and tie.

12/12

1.intrigue: the activity of making secret plans

*origin:French intricate affair, from Italian intrigo, from intrigare to entangle, from Latin intricare

*example:A novel of intrigue and romance

2.obstinacy:  the quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue

*origin:14th century

*example:The mindless obstinacy of those people who continue to insist that the earth is flat

3.implore:to make a very serious or emotional request to (someone)

*origin:Middle French or Latin; Middle French implorer, from Latin implorare, from in- + plorare to cry out

*example:Don't go. I implore you.

4.weep: to cry because you are very sad or are feeling some other strong emotion

*origin:Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan; akin to Old High German wuoffan to weep, Serbian & Croatian vapiti to cry out

*example:He wept at the news of her death.

5.lyric:the words of a song

*origin:1581

*example:A song with a beautiful lyric

12/13

Class notes

1.I’m here for the boots(酒)

2.he was naturalized :歸化

3.Aphrodite:維納斯

4.unite title is “very” improtant

New words

1.quaver:of your voice : to produce sound in an unsteady way especially because you are afraid or nervous

*origin:Middle English, frequentative of quaven to tremble

*example:Her voice quavered during the speech.

2.dissension: disagreement that causes the people in a group to argue about something that is important to them

*origin:Middle English, from Anglo-French discension, from Latindissension-, dissensio, from dissentire

example:The incident has caused a lot of dissension within the police department.

3.flank:the area on the side of an animal (such as a horse) between the ribs and the hip

*origin:Middle English, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German hlanca loin, flank

*example:She gently patted the horse's flank.

4.reluctance: the opposition offered in a magnetic circuit to magnetic flux; specifically :  the ratio of the magnetic potential difference to the corresponding flux

*origin:1629

*example:The mice showed an odd reluctance to eat the cheese we had put out for them

5.sober:having or showing a very serious attitude or quality

*origin:Middle English sobre, from Anglo-French, from Latin sobrius ; akin to Latin ebrius drunk

*example:The story is a sober look at drug abuse.