英文單字 2013 3/11~2013 3/15

單字筆記2013 3/11
單字1:trivial
來源:Don't waste your time on these trivial things.
定義:of little worth or importance

單字2:tiresome
來源:She can be a very tiresome child at times.
定義:Wearisome

單字3:tenant
來源:Do you own the house or are you a tenant?
定義:An occupant

單字4:symmetrical
來源:A new house of any size was now almost invariably symmetrical.
定義:Well-balanced

單字5:taciturn
來源:Disinclined to conversation
定義:temperamentally disinclined to talk

單字筆記2013 3/12
單字1:subjugate
來源:The emperor's armies subjugated the surrounding lands.
定義:to bring under control and governance as a subject

單字2:submerge
來源:Torrents of water rushed down the mountain and submerged the farmland.
定義:To place or plunge under water

單字3:succulent
來源:a buffet table set with an array of succulent roasts
定義:Juicy

單字4:solvent
來源:They need the money to stay solvent.
定義:Having sufficient funds to pay all debts.

單字5:reverent
來源:They all maintained a reverent silence.
定義:Humble

單字筆記2013 3/13
單字1:reassure
來源:The coach's confidence reassured the whole team.
定義:To give new confidence

單字2:recapture
來源:The soldiers recaptured their trench.
定義:To capture again

單字3:reck
來源:He little recked what might happen.
定義:To have a care or thought for

單字4:prolong
來源:People have all along been seeking to prolong life.
定義:To extend in time or duration

單字5:acid
來源:Some acids burn holes in wood and cloth.
定義:A sour substance

單字筆記2013 3/14
單字1:acquaint
來源:Philip became acquainted with Kathy.
定義:To make familiar or conversant

單字2:absorb
來源:Cotton gloves absorb sweat.
定義:To drink in or suck up, as a sponge absorbs water

單字3:baffle
來源:He tried hard to baffle our plan.
定義:To foil or frustrate.

單字4:bide
來源:Bide here for a while.
定義:To await

單字5:brittle
來源:This material is highly brittle.
定義:Fragile

單字筆記2013 3/15
單字1:drowsy
來源:These tablets will make you drowsy.
定義:Heavy with sleepiness

單字2:diurnal
來源:a love as constant and certain as the diurnal tides
定義:having a daily cycle

單字3:eject
來源:The police ejected the noisy group from the restaurant.
定義:To expel

單字4:embark
來源:They embarked on a campaign to get people to vote.
定義:To make a beginning in some occupation or scheme.

單字5:cruiser
來源:We embarked on a cruiser.
定義:a vehicle that cruises


上課單字:
單字:rosary
定義:often capitalized : a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of meditation on usually five sacred mysteries during recitation of five decades of Hail Marys of which each begins with an Our Father and ends with a Gloria Patri

 

單字:mosaic
定義:a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns; also : the process of making it

單字:predecessor
定義:one that precedes; especially : a person who has previously occupied a position or office to which another has succeeded

單字:emeritus
定義:one retired from professional life but permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held

單字:anthropologist
定義:the science of human beings; especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture