Please check up on this site from time to time for all matters concerning this course.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Worthy Words for the Week


本週增加了一個小小的要求:請寫出所選單字的簡單英文定義以及同義字(同義字必須是常見字彙,愈低階愈好)一個!

本週字彙:

delegate
unprecedented
poignant
nebulous
clandestine
tacit
allegation
gullible
benign
animosity
tenuous
complacent
abet
waive
mollify


Have fun!!

16 comments:

  1. Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm the first one again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ♥♥♥Hollywood Superstar Cynthia♥♥♥

    ★clandestine:
    Done in a private place or way; done secretly
    ☆Synonyms: sneaky, hush-hush
    ☆I took a clandestine peak at the price tag on the diamond necklace.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Louis

    unprecedented

    Synonyms:exceptional,unique

    He is an unprecedented person that he studied senior high school for six years and college for more than five years, and does not finish the study yet.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Dear Cynthia,

    You're soooooooooooo vain!

    Alvin

    ReplyDelete
  4. Timmy

    delegate : 1.To give authority to another 2.To give duties to another 3.duly elected representative
    Synonyms: designate, depute, assign, representative
    •The farm produces fruit for both the home and european export markets and allows workers to elect delegates to the union
    •Delegate a task to one person instead of a team, do it!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Money

    gullible:
    1.easily taken in or tricked
    2.easily deceived or cheated.

    Synonyms:
    credulous, trusting, naive, innocent, simple, green.

    It's a pity some are too gullible to see it.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Richard

    tacit:
    that is suggested or understood indirectly, rather than said in words

    Synonyms:
    unexpressed, unspoken, implicit

    By tacit agreement, the subject was never mentioned again.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Amanda

    complacent:
    pleased with a situation, especially something you have achieved, so that you stop trying to improve or change things - used to show disapproval

    Synonyms:self-satisfied

    There's a danger of becoming complacent if you win a few games.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Spe

    § mollify: to calm (someone) down
    >>>All attempts to mollify the extremists have failed.

    ----Synonyms:temper

    ReplyDelete
  9. Albert's word choice: waive

    Meaning:
    To give up (a claim or right) voluntarily;

    synonym:
    relinquish.

    Sentence:
    I hereby waive my right to go to class every day. LOL

    ReplyDelete
  10. Trysha Hsu
    poignant

    Meaning: keenly distressing to the feelings
    Synonym: dull, bland

    Sentence: Steinbeck's classic novel remains the most poignant portrait of that migration.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Kelly Chen

    tenuous: very weak or slight
    synonym: slight and weak

    The link between interest rates and investment is tenuous.

    ReplyDelete
  12. abet

    def.
    to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing


    synonyms-help, aid, assist; promote.


    sentence:
    Digital cameras abet the photographic equivalent of stream of consciousness.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Joan

    nebulous

    def.
    hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused.

    synonyms
    rare, misty, or hazy


    sentence
    As a new business, you don't have the marketing dollars to compete against this kind of nebulous competition.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Nicky
    animosity
    synonym:hostility
    definition:: ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility

    His open animosity towards us made our meeting very uncomfortable.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Philip :DDDDD

    "allegation"

    definition:

    statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove

    (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)

    synonym: assertion, affirmation

    Examples: SNSD would be standing before the Fair Trade Commission in court against the allegations submitted by former labelmates.

    ReplyDelete