2016.09.29

 

🎪 1100 Words I need to know 🎪

🎓 Week 1~3

voraciousvoracio💠 Voracious (adj.): very eager for something, especially a lot of foodVery eager for something, especially a lot of food

➡He’s a voracious reader of historical novels.

👉 Related: Voraciously (adv.)

                   Voraciousness (n.)

                   Voracity (n.)

He's a voracious reader of historical nov💠 Steep (adj.):

      1. (of a slope) rising or falling at a sharp angle

    ➡ A steep slope:

a.  It's a steep climb to the top of the mountain, but the view is worth it.

b. The castle is set on a steep hill/hillside

      2. rise or fall that goes very quickly

➡ There has been a steep increase/rise in prices.

3. Too much, or more than is reasonable(especially of prices)

➡ They are having to face very steep taxes.

 4. To soak in a liquid

 👉 Related: Steepen (v.)

                    Steepness (n.)

                    Steep (v.)

 

💠 Enhance (v.):

1. to improve the quality, amount, or strength of something

➡ These scandals will not enhance the organization's reputation.

👉 Related: Enhancement (n.)

 

💠 Inadvertent (adj.):

1. not intentional, not properly attentive

➡ All authors need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people's ideas.

👉 Related: Inadvertently (adv.)

         Inadvertence(n.)

💠 Reprimand (v.):

1. to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them

➡ She was reprimanded by her teacher for biting another girl.

👉 Related: Reprimand (n.)

💠 Repudiate (v.):

1. to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good, or reasonable

➡ I utterly repudiate those remarks.

👉 Related: Repudiation (n.)

👉👉👉 She was reprimanded by her teacher for biting another girl.

💠 Reticent (adj.):

1. unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings

➡ He is very reticent about his past.

👉 Related: Reticence (n.)

         Reticently (adv.)

💠 Prognosticate (v.):

1. to give a judgment about what is likely to happen in the future, especially in connection with a particular situation

➡ He is in a good position to prognosticate on the future of commerce.

1. ( Medical ) to give a medical judgment about the likely or expected development of a disease

👉 Related: Prognostication (n.)

         Prognosticator (n.)

💠 Realm (n.):

1. an area of interest or activity

➡ Her interests are in the realm of practical politics.

1. a country ruled by a king or queen

➡ The matter was hotly debated in all the towns of the realm.

💠 Stipulate (v.):

1. to say exactly how something must be or must be done

➡ She agreed to buy the car, but stipulated racing tires and a turbo-powered engine

👉 Related: Stipulation (n.)

Auto- : self, one's own, by oneself

💠 Automation (n.): auto- "self" + matos "thinking, animated"

1. the use of machines that operate automatically

➡ factory automation

👉 Related: Automated (adj.)

         Automatic (adj.)

 

Pre- : before

 

💠 Pretext (n.): pre- "in front" + texere "to weave,"

1. a pretended reason for doing something that is used to hide the real reason

➡ The border dispute was used as a pretext for military intervention.

👉 Phrase: Pretext for…

 

Ad- : to, toward: in space or time; with regard to, in relation to

 

💠 Adroit (adj.): ad- "to" + droit, dreit "right,"

1. very skillful and quick in the way you think or move

➡ She became adroit at dealing with difficult questions

👉 Related: Adroitly (adv.)

         Adroitness (n.)

👉 Phrase: Adroit at…

  in- : not, opposite of, without

 

💠 Implore (v.): in- "on, upon" + plorare "to weep, cry out,"

1. to ask someone to do or not do something in a very sincere, emotional, and determined way

➡ She implored her parents not to send her away to school.

1. ( literary ) to ask for something in a sincere and emotional way

➡ She clasped her hands, and glancing upward, seemed to implore divine assistance.

👉 Related: Imploring (adj.)

         Imploringly (adv.)

         Imploration (n.)

💠 Indiscriminate (adj.): in- “ not, opposite of ”

1. not showing careful thought or planning, especially so that harm results

➡ The indiscriminate use of fertilizers can cause long-term problems.

👉 Related: Indiscriminately (adv.)

 

💠 Interminable (adj.): in- “not” + terminabilis "to limit, set bounds, end"

1. continuing for too long and therefore boring or annoying

➡ An interminable delay

👉 Related: Interminably (adv.)

 

💠 Intrepid (adj.): in- “ not ” + trep- "alarmed,"

1. extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations

➡ There is a team of intrepid explorers

👉 Related: Intrepidly (adv.)

 

💠 Infamous (adj.): in- “ not, opposite of ”

1. famous for something considered bad

➡ He's infamous for his bigoted sense of humor.

💠 Incipient (adj.): in- "into, in, on, upon" + -cipere "to take,"

1. beginning, commencing

➡ They are signs of incipient public frustration signs of incipient public frustration

👉 Related: Incipiently (adv.)

         Incipience (n.)

💠 Incongruous (adj.): in- "not, opposite of, without" + congruus "fit, suitable"

1. unusual or different from what is around or from what is generally happening

➡ It seems incongruous to have a woman as the editor of a men's magazine.

👉 Related: Incongruence (n.)

 

 

ex- : out of, from, upwards, completely, deprive of, without, former

💠 Eminent (adj.): ex- "out" + -minere "hill"

1. famous, respected, or important

➡ He is an eminent historian

👉 Related: Eminently (adv.)

 

Ad- : "to, toward, near, at" in space or time

     "with regard to, in relation to,"

💠 Accost: ad- "to" + costa "a rib, side"

1. to go up to or stop and speak to someone in a threatening way

➡I'm usually accosted by beggars and drunks as I walk to the station.

Re- : back to the original place; again, anew, once more, undoing

💠 Replete (adj.): re- "to fill; fill again, re-fill" + pleio- "to fill"

1. well supplied

➡ This car has an engine replete with the latest technology

1. full, especially with food

➡ After two helpings of dessert, Sergio was at last replete.

👉 Related: Repletion (n.)

 

Ab- : away, from, from off, down

💠 Abound (v.): ab- "off, away from" + undare "rise in     a wave,"

    1.     to exist in large numbersto exist in large numbers

   ➡Theories abound about how the universe began.

👉 Phrase: abound in/with sth

👉 Related: Abundance (n.)

                  Abundant (adj.)
 

Com- : with, together, together with, in combination, beside, near, by

💠 Condolence (n.): com- "with, together" + dolere "to     grieve"

1. sympathy and sadness for the family or close friends of a person who has recently died, or an expression of this, especially in written form

➡Dignitaries from all over the world came to offer     their condolences.

👉 Related: Condole (v.)

 

💠 Compound (n.): com- "to mix, combine,"

   1. ( chemistry ) a chemical that combines two or more elements

➡ Many fertilizers contain nitrogen compounds.

   2. something consisting of two or more different parts

➡Then there was his manner, a curious compound of humor and severity.

   3. ( language ) a word that combines two or more different words. It may be written either  as one word or as separate words

➡'Bodyguard' and 'floppy disk' are two examples of compounds.

   4. ( area )an area surrounded by fences or walls that contains a group of buildings

➡The gates opened and the troops marched into their compound.

👉 Related: Compound (v.) (adj.)