英文單字 2013 3/18~2013 3/22

單字筆記2013 3/18
單字1:fatuous
來源:the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little.
定義:Idiotic

單字2:gravity
來源:She does not know the gravity of her illness.
定義:Seriousness

單字3:hazard
來源:A soldier's life is full of hazards.
定義:Risk

單字4:ignoble
來源:To betray a friend is ignoble.
定義:Low in character or purpose

單字5:inborn
來源:She has an inborn talent for music.
定義:Implanted by nature

單字筆記2013 3/19
單字1:indigenous
來源:a plant indigenous to New Zealand
定義:Native

單字2:instill
來源:instill respect for the law in the younger generation
定義:To infuse

單字3:marine
來源:Seals and whales are marine animals.
定義:Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea

單字4:lucrative
來源:a lucrative investment
定義:Highly profitable

單字5:observant
來源:A careful driver is observant of the traffic rules.
定義:paying strict attention

單字筆記2013 3/20
單字1:ordeal
來源:The parents went through a terrible ordeal when their child was kidnapped.
定義:Anything that severely tests courage, strength, patience, conscience, etc.

單字2:outlaw
來源:He was accused of giving shelter to a hunted outlaw
定義:A habitual lawbreaker

單字3:palliate
來源:treatments that can palliate the painful symptoms of the disease
定義:To cause to appear less guilty

單字4:perusal
來源:That article deserves careful perusal.
定義:The act of reading carefully or thoughtfully

單字5:ravage
來源:The whole area was ravaged by forest fires.
定義:To lay waste by pillage, rapine, devouring, or other destructive methods

單字筆記2013 3/21
單字1:She visited the Regent of Hungary.
來源:regent
定義:n. One who is lawfully deputized to administer the government for the time being in
the name of the ruler

單字2:tantalize
來源:She was tantalized by the possibility of earning a lot of money quickly.
定義:to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach

單字3:sufferance
來源:I'm here on sufferance.
定義:Toleration

單字4:treble
來源:His wage is treble mine.
定義:Multiplied by three

單字5:unaffected
來源:the unaffected delight of a child
定義:Sincere

單字筆記2013 3/22
單字1:variable
來源:The weather here is variable.
定義:Having a tendency to change

單字2:verity
來源:the local tourist bureau is less concerned with the verity of the legend than the fact that it attracts visitors to the area
定義:the quality or state of being true or real

單字3:vitiate
來源:The impact of the film was vitiated by poor acting.
定義:to make faulty or defective

單字4:forcible
來源:The police had to make a forcible entry into the house.
定義:Violent

單字5:foretell
來源:We can't foretell how the world will end.
定義:To predict


上課單字:
單字:paradox
定義:a tenet contrary to received opinion


單字:metaphor
定義:an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor

單字:abolish
定義:to end the observance or effect of

單字:caricature
定義:1: exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics

        2: a representation especially in literature or art that has the qualities of caricature 

單字:synchronize
定義:to happen at the same time