week 18 字源

final exam

week 17 字源

com : with; together
ex：complement, companion

thanks for your compliment！謝謝你的讚美

tedious= boring

safety pin


consent= agree

-lift：higher
shoplift

discreet<=>indiscreet
cautious      reckless



Harriet Tubman：an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and, during the American Civil War, a Union spy. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.

sub-、sup-：under
ex：subway、superior

ad-：forward
ex：advance、adventure


checkmate：a game position in chess (and in other board games of the chaturanga family) in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture) and there is no way to remove the threat. Checkmating the opponent wins the game.

(a step)move：(棋局)一步

week 16 字源

archy-：order
ex：hierarchy

stigma：a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.


Francis of Assisi：an Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history


Saint Peter：one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, leaders of the early Christian Church


Stephen Crane：an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism

contro-：opposite、against
ex：controversy

leave office 下台


ex-：out
ex：expire

law firm：法律事務所

obs-：negative
ex：obsequious、obstacle

offer=job
ex：i got an offer.

week 15 字源

utility：water and electric
utilize：use
ex：utilitarian

feeble：Having little intensity or strength; faint


pledge(v)：a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something

frag：broken
ex：fragmentary、frame、fragile
 Hamlet
"frailty thy name is woman"=>it refer to his mother
"to be or not to be that is the question"=>"be" means survive

scrip-：writing
ex： subscribe、prescription


rosary：Similar beads used by other religious groups.

im-：negative
ex：immaculate conception

ubi-：all around
ex：ubiquitous

atrophy
without

CP值：credit performance

week 14 字源

Dead Poets Society：a 1989 American drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. Set at the conservative and aristocratic Welton Academy in the Northeastern United States in 1959, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.

O Captain! My Captain!：is an extended metaphor poem about the death of American president Abraham Lincoln.

nihil : empty; not                            
ex： annihilate, nihilism

omni -: all
ex：omniscient, omnipotent

mono-： one
ex：monogamy, monotheism

bi-： two
ex：bicycle, bigamy

tri-：three
ex： triangle, trigonometry

quar-：four
ex：quarter

penta- ：five                                    
ex： pentagon, pentagram

oct-： eight                                      
ex：octopus, October

October is the eighth month in Rome calendar.

computer illiterate：poor at computer

Cabinet：a council of high-ranking members of government

NATO phonetic alphabet：he most widely used radio telephonic spelling alphabet

week 13 字源

situation comedy：A humorous radio or television series featuring the reactions of a regular cast of                                  characters to unusual situations, such as misunderstandings or embarrassing                                          coincidences.
statesman vs politician

statesman：A man who is a leader in national or international affairs.

politician：a person actively engaged in politics, esp a full-time professional member of a deliberative assembly


march：The steady forward movement of a body of troops.


parade：an ordered, esp ceremonial, march, assembly, or procession, as of troops being reviewed


demonstration：The act or process of providing evidence for or showing the truth of something


A Farewell to Arms：a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I.

protester：To express a strong objection to (something)
Protestant：christian believe in Jesus
Catholics ：A member of a Catholic church, especially a Roman Catholic.

-er、-or、-ist、-ian、-ant：people's profession

juv-：you
juvenile court：A court having jurisdiction over matters involving children below a certain age, especially those who may be delinquent, in need of supervision, subject to adoption, or charged with committing a criminal offense, but are not be tried in adult criminal court.

rejuvenate：reborn

“Alone”

BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were—I have not seen
As others saw—I could not bring
My passions from a common spring—
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow—I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone—
And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone—
Then—in my childhood—in the dawn
Of a most stormy life—was drawn
From ev’ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still—
From the torrent, or the fountain—
From the red cliff of the mountain—
From the sun that ’round me roll’d
In its autumn tint of gold—
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass’d me flying by—
From the thunder, and the storm—
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view—

Edger Allan Poe：Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre.

merry：happy
ex：merry-go-around



The Waste Land is a long poem by T. S. Eliot. It about journey of the Magi.

carol out：報佳音

week 12 字源

be commensurate+with

connotation<=> denotation
                           de-：down；away from

dia-：through
ex：diabolic (adj.) ：means very cruel; wicked; demonic
        diarrhea (n.) ：an illness in which you pass solid waste from your body too often and in a liquid                                   form
        dialect (n.) ：a way of speaking a language that is used only in a particular area or by a                                              particular group

let go of it = give up

repair<=>impair

inter-：amount
ex：integral、intercollegiate


existentialism：despite profound doctrinal differences, shared the belief that philosophical thinking begins with the human subject—not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual.


make a scene：to make a public display or disturbance

yen for someone or something=to long for someone or something.

SOP=Standard operating procedure