2016.10.13

 

🎪 1100 Words I need to know 🎪

🎓 Week 7~9

 

 

 

 

💠 Virulent (adj.): virus "poison"

1. full of hate and violent opposition

➡ A particularly virulent strain of flu has recently claimed a number of lives in the region

1. A virulent disease or poison is dangerous and spreads or affects people very quickly

   ➡ She is a virulent critic of US energy policy

   👉 Related: (n.) Virulence / Virulency

 

💠 Vexation (n.):

1. worry or anger

➡After several unsuccessful attempts to start his car, he swore in vexation.

1. something that is worrying or annoying

    👉 Related: (adj.) Vexatious

   (n.) Vexatiousness

                       (adv.) Vexatiously

in- : not, opposite of, without

💠 Implacable (adj.): in- "not, opposite of" + placabilis "easily appeased"

1. used to describe (someone who has) strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change

     ➡ an implacable enemy

    👉 Related: (adv.) Implacably

 

💠 Impresario (n.): in- "into, in, on, onto" + prehendere "to grasp"

1. a person who arranges different types of public entertainment, such as theatre, musical, and dance events

    ➡ London's leading theatrical impresario

 

Mal- : bad, word-forming element meaning "bad, badly, ill, poorly, wrong, wrongly"

 

💠 Malnutrition (n.):

1. physical weakness and bad health caused by having too little food, or too little of the types of food necessary for good health

➡ Many of the refugees are suffering from severe malnutrition.

      👉 Related: 

 

malfunction	malefic	malediction	malassimilation
malevolent	malformation	malapropos	malassimilation

 

💠 Malignant (adj.): male "badly" + -gnus "born"

1. A malignant disease or growth is likely to get worse and lead to death

    ➡ The process by which malignant cancer cells     multiply isn't fully understood.

1. having a strong wish to do harm

     ➡ He developed a malignant hatred for the land of his birth

     👉 Related: (adv.) Malignantly

                        (v.) (adj.) Malign

 

💠 Malady (n.): male "badly" + habitu "have, hold"

1. a disease
2. a problem within a system or organization

    ➡ All the rose bushes seem to be suffering from the same mysterious malady.      ➡ Apathy is one of the maladies of modern society.

 

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

 

💠 Extortion (n.): ex "out" + torquere "to twist"

1. to get something by force or threats, or with difficulty

    ➡ He had been extorting money from the old lady for years.

    👉 Related: (n.) Extortion / Extortionist

                       (adj.) Extortionate

                       (v.) Extort

 

💠 Exacerbate (n.): ex- "thoroughly" + acerbus "harsh, bitter,"

1. to make something that is already bad even worse

     ➡ This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities.

     👉 Related: (n.) Exacerbation

💠 Excruciating (adj.): ex- "out, out from; thoroughly" + cruciare "cause pain or anguish to"

1. extremely boring or embarrassing

   ➡ an excruciating pain in the lower back

    2. extremely painful

         ➡ His confession, when it came, was excruciating.

         👉 Related: (adv.) Excruciatingly

                             (v.) Excruciate

💠 Emaciated (adj.): ex- "out" + macies "leanness"

1. very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

 

    ➡There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of the magazine.

    👉 Related: (n.) Emaciation

                       (v.) Emaciate

Sub- : under, behind, from under, below, beneath, at the foot of, a little, somewhat

(of time) within, during

(figuratively) subject to, in the power of

💠 Succumb (v.): sub- "under, beneath" + -cumbere "take a reclining position"

1. to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat

 

➡I'm afraid I succumbed to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake.

   2. to die or suffer badly from an illness

➡to die or suffer badly from an illness

👉 Phrase: Succumb to

👉 Related: (adj.) Succumbed

En- : near, at, in, on, within

 

💠 Entourage (n.): en- "in" + tour "a circuit"

1. the group of people who travel with and work for an important or famous person

     ➡ The star arrived in London with her usual entourage of dancers and backing singers.