Prefix, root, suffix
-ant: a person or thing does a specified thing
consultant:a person who gives professional advice or services to companies for a fee
example: They've hired a computer consultant to assess how the company con upgrade its system.
pollutant: a substance that makes land, water, air, etc.,dirty and not safe or suitable to use
example: Over time, the heavy industry has filtered the pollutants out of the water.
observant: good at watching and listening
example: Good reporters are keenly observant of everything around them.
fra-:brittle, shattered
fragile:easily broken or damaged
example:Be careful! This is a fragile thing.
fraction:a small part of something
example:In the reaction, the fraction acts as an agent.
fracture:the result of breaking something
example:She suffered a wrist fracture when she slipped on the ice.
abandon: to leave and never return
example:They abandon the car.
abrupt:very sudden and not expected
example: She was offended by his abrupt manner.
abrade: to damage something by rubbing, grinding, or scraping
example:The cook is trying to abrade carrot into threads.
zeal-: knowledge; passionate ardor in pursuit of an objective or course of action
zealous:feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person
example: The salesman seems very zealous to please.
zealotry:excess of zeal
example: For most of the family, religious zealotry was not a motive.
de-: down, away from
deafen :to make someone unable to hear
example: We were deafen by the explosion.
deaden: to make something weaker or less noticeable
example:The dentist deadened the nerve with novocaine.
decisive: able to make choices quickly and confidently
example:He gave a decisive answer.
ob-/op-:toward, against, across, down
obstacle:something that makes it difficult to do something
example:He overcame the obstacles of challenges.
opponent:rival
example:She is a formidable opponent in the race or senator.
opposite:located at another side
example: The two boys lived on opposite sides of the street.
pro-:many, much, in favor of
proponent:a person who argues for or supports something
example:He is one of the proponents of this project.
prolific:producing a large amount of something
example:The last few pages of the document are prolific of mistakes.
proliferate:to increase in number or amount quickly
example:Rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet.
ad-:to, toward
advantage: a good quality or feature
example: The advantage of this project overwhelms its disadvantage.
admit: to allow
example: This ticket admits one person.
advance:to move forward
example: The car advanced slowly down the street.
voc-: voice, say, call
vocation:a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work(such as religious work)
example: This isn't just a job for me; it's a vocation.
vocal:spoken, oral
example:All vowels are vocals.
vocative:showing the person or thing to spoken to
example:It possesses two regular substantive declensions and six cases, the vocative being in common use.
para-:alongside, beyond; altered; contrary; irregular, abnormal
paragraph:a part of piece of writing that usually deals with one subject
example:Please read paragraph two.
paradise: a very beautiful, pleasant, or peaceful place that seems to be perfect
example:This shop is an antique collecting paradise!
parable:a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson
example:He told the children a parable about the importance of forgiveness.
en-/em-:near, at, in, on, within, into
encourage:to make someone more determined, hopeful, or confident
example: They encourage us in our work.
enlarge: to make something larger
example: We had the photograph enlarged.
empower:to give power to
example: Modern science and technology empower human to control natural forces more effectively.
e-: out
evacuate:to remove someone from a dangerous place
example:The village was evacuated because of the flood.
evaporate:to change from a liquid into a gas
example: Let the liquid start to evaporate.
establish:to begin or create
example: She established a reputation as a hard worker.
gen-:birth, start, beginning
generate:to produce
example:Windmills used to generate electricity.
gene:a part of cell that controls or influences the appearance, growth, etc.
example:She inherited a good set of genes from her parents.
general:not specific
example:They have issued a general warning.
voc-: voice, say, call
vocation:a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work(such as religious work)
example: This isn't just a job for me; it's a vocation.
vocal:spoken, oral
example:All vowels are vocals.
vocative:showing the person or thing to spoken to
example:It possesses two regular substantive declensions and six cases, the vocative being in common use.
para-:alongside, beyond; altered; contrary; irregular, abnormal
paragraph:a part of piece of writing that usually deals with one subject
example:Please read paragraph two.
paradise: a very beautiful, pleasant, or peaceful place that seems to be perfect
example:This shop is an antique collecting paradise!
parable:a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson
example:He told the children a parable about the importance of forgiveness.
en-/em-:near, at, in, on, within, into
encourage:to make someone more determined, hopeful, or confident
example: They encourage us in our work.
enlarge: to make something larger
example: We had the photograph enlarged.
empower:to give power to
example: Modern science and technology empower human to control natural forces more effectively.
e-: out
evacuate:to remove someone from a dangerous place
example:The village was evacuated because of the flood.
evaporate:to change from a liquid into a gas
example: Let the liquid start to evaporate.
establish:to begin or create
example: She established a reputation as a hard worker.
gen-:birth, start, beginning
generate:to produce
example:Windmills used to generate electricity.
gene:a part of cell that controls or influences the appearance, growth, etc.
example:She inherited a good set of genes from her parents.
general:not specific
example:They have issued a general warning.
New Words
．run for office:to stand as a candidate for an office.
．compulsive:having power to compel
example:His compulsive clowning around can sometimes be annoying.
．censor: a person who supervises conduct and morals
example: Government censors deleted all references t the protest.
．coarse:having a rough quality
example: The fabric varies in texture from coarse to fine.
．candid:white; pure; sincere, honest, upright
example: His words are always more candies than candid.
．exponent (def:someone who supports a particular cause, belief, etc.)
vs. proponent (def:a person who argues for or supports something)
．duty (def: something that you must to do)
vs. responsibility (def: something that you should do because it is morally right, legally
required, etc.)
．name calling (def:the act of using offensive names to insult someone)
vs. roll calling(def: the act of saying each of the names on a list to find out who is present)
vs. responsibility (def: something that you should do because it is morally right, legally
required, etc.)
．name calling (def:the act of using offensive names to insult someone)
vs. roll calling(def: the act of saying each of the names on a list to find out who is present)
>>name calling >>roll calling
．peruse:to read in a very careful way
example:He perused the newspaper over breakfast.
．mastiff:a large dog
example:He keep a mastiff.
．histrionics:behavior that is too emotional or dramatic
example:She was used to her mother's histrionics.
．squeamish:easily shocked
example:I used to be squeamish about eating raw fish.
．poignant:causing a strong feeling of pain, sadness
example:A poignant story of a love affair that ends in tragedy.
．coerce:to make someone do something by using force or threats
example:He was coerced to sign the document.
．obviate:eliminate
example:Obviate the possibility of a mistake.
．ilk:kind
example:The club attracts punk rockers and others of that ilk.
．remuneration:an amount of money paid to someone for the work that person has done
example:She was given generous remunerations for her work.
．jaunty:lively in manner or appearance
example:He struck a jaunty pose for the camera.
Extra Information
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar, known as Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician, general, and notable author of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.Caesar's victories in the Gallic Wars, completed by 51 BC, extended Rome's territory to the English Channel and the Rhine. Caesar became the first Roman general to cross both when he built a bridge across the Rhine and conducted the first invasion of Britain.
Hamlet
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare at an uncertain date between 1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet.
Hamlet:
Heaven and earth,
Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him
As if increase of appetite had grown
By what it fed on, and yet, within a month—
Let me not think on't—Frailty, thy name is woman!—
Hamlet, in his first soliloquy, recalls tender scenes between his mother, Queen Gertrude, and her deceased husband. To Hamlet, his mother is the archetypal woman. Her incestuous inconstancy moves him to exclaim, "Frailty, thy name is woman!" It's not so much that Hamlet is a misogynist as that his mother's sexuality has poisoned his own, as we shall see in his relations to Ophelia.
The Devil's Advocate
Hubris
Hubris describes a personality quality of extreme or foolish pride or dangerous over-confidence. In its ancient Greek context, it typically describes behavior that defies the norms of behavior or challenges the gods, and which in turn brings about the downfall, or nemesis, of the perpetrator of hubris. Hubris is generally considered a sin in world religions. C. S. Lewis writes, in Mere Christianity, that pride is the "anti-God" state, the position in which the ego and the self are directly opposed to God: "Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind."
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia ) is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri.It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul's journey towards God.At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse".
>>Here Charon comes to ferry souls across the river Acheron to Hell.
Icarus
In Greek mythology, Icarus is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Often depicted in art, Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Icarus' father warns him first of complacency and then of hubris, asking that he fly neither too low nor too high, so the sea's dampness would not clog his wings or the sun's heat melt them. Icarus ignored his father's instructions not to fly too close to the sun, when the wax in his wings melted and he fell into the sea.
Musee Des Beaus Arts (by W. H. Auden )
Labyrinth
The labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur eventually killed by the hero Theseus.In English, the term labyrinth is generally synonymous with maze.
>>Roman mosaicpicturing Theseus and the Minotaur.
I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia ) is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri.It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul's journey towards God.At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse".
>>Dante gazes at Mount Purgatory in an allegorical portrait
>>Paradiso, Canto 3: Dante and Beatrice speak to Piccarda and Constance of Sicily, in a fresco by Philipp Veit
Icarus
In Greek mythology, Icarus is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Often depicted in art, Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Icarus' father warns him first of complacency and then of hubris, asking that he fly neither too low nor too high, so the sea's dampness would not clog his wings or the sun's heat melt them. Icarus ignored his father's instructions not to fly too close to the sun, when the wax in his wings melted and he fell into the sea.
Musee Des Beaus Arts (by W. H. Auden )
About suffering they were never wrong,
The old Masters: how well they understood
Its human position: how it takes place
While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;
How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting
For the miraculous birth, there always must be
Children who did not specially want it to happen, skating
On a pond at the edge of the wood:
They never forgot
That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course
Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
The old Masters: how well they understood
Its human position: how it takes place
While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;
How, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting
For the miraculous birth, there always must be
Children who did not specially want it to happen, skating
On a pond at the edge of the wood:
They never forgot
That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course
Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away
Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may
Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,
But for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone
As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green
Water, and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen
Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,
Had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on.
Quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may
Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,
But for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone
As it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green
Water, and the expensive delicate ship that must have seen
Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,
Had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on.
Labyrinth
The labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur eventually killed by the hero Theseus.In English, the term labyrinth is generally synonymous with maze.
>>Roman mosaicpicturing Theseus and the Minotaur.I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
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