字彙與字源學～單字筆記（week15)

1.   peripatetic (adj.)

    - If someone has a peripatetic life or career, they travel around a lot,

   living or working in places for short periods of time.

   Ex: Her father was in the army and the family led

   a peripatetic existence.

2.   credence(n.)

   - If you give credence to a theory or story, you believe it.  

   Ex: You're surely not giving any credence to this story of Hyde’s?

3.   embroil(v.)

   - If someone embroils you in a fight or an argument, they get you

   deeply involved in it.  

   Ex: Any hostilities could result in retaliation and further embroil UN

   troops in fighting.

4.  tangible (adj.)

   - If something is tangible, it is clear enough or definite enough to be

   easily seen, felt, or noticed. 

   Ex: There should be some tangible evidence that the economy is

   starting to recover.

5.  magnanimous (adj.)

   - if you are magnanimous , you behave kindly and generously

   towards someone, especially after defeating them or being treated

   badly by them. 

   Ex: He was a man capable of magnanimous gestures.

6.  monotheism (n.)

   - belief in a single God.

   Ex: Judaism came into being in accordance with monotheism.

7.   pseudonym (n.)

    - A pseudonym is a name, which someone, usually a writer, uses

    instead of his or her real name.  

    Ex: She writes under a pseudonym.

8.   adaptation (n.)

    - An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television program

    that is based on it. 

    Ex: This is an adaptation of a novel for the scenario.

9.  generic (adj.)

   - You use generic to describe something that refers or relates to a

   whole class of similar things.  

   Ex: Parmesan is a generic term used to describe a family of hard

   Italian cheeses.

10. comparison (n.)

    - When you make a comparison, you consider two or more things

    and discover the differences between them.  

    Ex: There are no previous statistics for comparison.

11.  unreliable (adj.)

     - If you describe a person, machine, or method as unreliable, you

     mean that you cannot trust them. 

     Ex: He had an unreliable car.

12.   reliance(n.)

     - A person's or thing's reliance on something is the fact that they need

     it and often cannot live or work without it.  

     Ex: A child has reliance on his or her mother.

13.  blurry (adj.)

     - A blurry shape is one that has an unclear outline. 

     Ex: The lines are pretty blurry at this point.

14.  hazy (adj.)

    - hazy weather conditions are those in which things are difficult to

    see, because of light mist, hot air, or dust. 

    Ex: The floodlights were hazy behind the slanting rain.

15.  smoggy (adj.)

     - A smoggy city or town is badly affected by smog. 

     Ex: Tianjin is rather smoggy.

16.  misty (adj.)

     - On a misty day, there is a lot of mist in the air.

     Ex: The air was cold and misty.

17.  synonym (n.)

     - A synonym is a word or expression, which means the same as

     another word or expression.  

     Ex: The term 'industrial democracy' is often used as a synonym for

     worker participation.

18.  antonym (n.)

      - The antonym of a word is a word, which means the opposite.  

     Ex: Sad is an antonym of happy.

19.  dominate (v.)

     - To dominate a situation means to be the most powerful or important

     person or thing in it.  

     Ex: No single factor appears to dominate .

20.  dominion (n.)

      - dominion is control or authority.  

     Ex: They truly believe they have dominion over us.

21.  dominate (v.)

      - To dominate a situation means to be the most powerful or important

     person or thing in it.  

     Ex: No single factor appears to dominate.

22.  domination (n.)

      - social control by dominating.

     Ex: The country came under foreign domination.

23.  dyslexia (n.)

     - If someone suffers from dyslexia, they have difficulty with reading

     because of a slight disorder of their brain.  

     Ex: The movie is an uplifting account of one man's battle

     with dyslexia.

24.  medieval (adj.)

     - Something that is medieval relates to or was made ​​in the period of

    European history between the ends of the Roman Empire in 476 AD

    and about 1500 AD.  

    Ex: In medieval times the church held sway over many countries.

25.  meticulous (adj.)

     - If you describe someone as meticulous, you mean that they do

     things very carefully and with great attention to detail. 

     Ex: The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to

     detail.