今日の英単語

1100 WORDS You Need to Know Week 12 Day 5 Review

1 anathema  2 diatribe  3 expunge  4 flamboyant  5 fortuitous

6 fractious  7 ilk  8 incoherent  9 inhibition  10 integral

11 jaunty  12 nominal  13 ostentatious  14 placard  15 prestigious

16 remuneration  17 schism  18 timorous  19 truncated  20 utopia

21 wear one's heart on one's sleeve

22 wash dirty linen in public

23 save face

24 Indian summer

VOCABULARY CARTOONS

・demur…to object, ro make exception  (de- 'away, completely' + morari 'delay')

・denounce…to condemn; to expose critically  (de- 'down' + nuntiare 'proclaim,

                       announce' , from nuntis 'messenger')
・desiccate…to dry out completely; dehydrate  (de- 'thoroughly' + siccare 'to dry')

(ODE / Etymonline)

今日の英単語

1100 WORDS You Need to Know Week 12 Day 4

・timorous…fearful  (timer 'fear' , from timere 'to fear')

・truncated…cut short  (truncat- 'maimed身体障害の' , from the verb truncare)

・jaunty…sprightly, gay  (mid 17th cent. <in the sense 'wlell-bred,, genteel'> :

                 from French gentil)

・fractious…quarrelsome  (late ME : via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin

                     fractio<n-> 'breaking <bread>' , from frangere 'to break')

・ostentatious…showy  (ob- 'in front of' + tendere 'to stretch')

・Indian summer…warm autumn weather

VOCABULARY CARTOONS

・demonic…one who works devilishly (a demon for work), having a persistent 

                     force or drive; fiedish悪魔のような  (Greek daimōn 'deity, genius')

Review

1 dauntless  2 dearth  3 debacle  4 debase  5 decree

6 deduce  7 defame  8 deft  9 demagogue  10 demonic

(ODE / Etymonline)

今日の英単語

1100 WORDS You Need to Know Week 12 Day 3

・expunge…erase  (ex- 'out' + pungere 'to prick')

・flamboyant…showy colorful  (mid 19th cent. : from French literally 'flaming,

                         blazing' , present participle of flamboyer, from flambe 'a flame')

・anathema…something greatly detested  (Greek ana 'up' + tithenai 'to put,

                        to place')

・schism…split  (Greek skhisma 'cleft裂け目' , from skhizein 'to split')

・utopia…place of perfection  (based on Greek ou 'not' + topos 'place')

・to save face…to avoid disgrace

(ODE / Etymonline)

今日の英単語

1100 WIRDS You Need to Know Week 12 Day 2

・prestigious…illustrious  (prae 'before' + stringere 'to tie or bind')

・placard…poster  (late 15th cent. <denoting a warrant or license> : from Old

                  French placquart, from plaquier 'to plaster, lay flat' , from Middle Dutch

                  placken)

・integral…essential  (in- 'expressing negation' + the root of tangere 'to touch')

・remuneration…reeward, pay  (re- 'expressing intensive force' + munus,

                            muner- 'gift')

・nominal…slight  (late 15th cent. <as a term in grammar> : from Latin nominalis,

                    from nomen, nomin- 'name')

・to wash deirty linen in public…to openly discuss private affairs

VOCABULARY CARTOONS

・defame…to libel or slander; take away a good name  (dis- 'expressing removal

                  + fama 'report')

・deft…skillful, dexterous  (ME : variant of daft, in the obsolete sense 'meek')

・demagogue…a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and

                         prejudices of the people  (Greek dēmos 'people' + agōgos

                         'leading' <from agein 'to lead'>)

(ODE / Etymonline)

今日の英単語

1100 WORDS You Need to Know Week 12 Day 1

・diatribe…bitter criticism  (Greek diatribē (spending of time, discourse' , from 

                   dia 'through' + tribein 'rub')

・inhibitrion…restraint  (in- 'in' + habere 'hold')

・fortuitous…accidental  (mid 17th cent. : from Latin fortuitus, from forte 'by

                      chance' , from fors 'chance, luck')

・incoherent…disjointed  (in- 'not, opposite of' + coherent, com 'together' +

                       haerere 'to adhere, stick')

・ilk…kind, sort  (OE ilca 'same' , of Germanbic origin; related to alike)

・to wear one's heart on one's sleeve…to make one's feelings evident

VOCABULARY CARTOONS

・debase…to lower in quality, character, or value  (de- 'down' + the obsdolete

                 verb base, expressing the notion 'bring down completely)

・decree…an order having the force of law  (de 'down, from, off, etc.' + cernere

                 'to separate')

・deduce…to come to a conclusion by reasoning from the evidence  (de- 'down'

                  + ducere 'lead')

(ODE / Etymonline)

今日の英単語

1100 WORDS You Need to Know Week11 Day 5 Review

1 coerce  2 comprehensive  3 conjecture  4 corroborate  5 domicile

6 elapse  7 fruitless 8 garbled  9 inundate  10 lax

11 lurid  12 meticulous  13 obviate  14 phlegmatic  15 poignant

16 quip  17 rash  18 sanguine  19 sporadic  20 zealous

21 to feather one's nest

22 fair-weather friends

23 to sow one's wild oats

24 windfall

VOCABULARY CARTOONS

・dauntless…fearless, unintimidated  (daun, ME : from Old French danter, from

                     Latin domitare, frequentative of domare 'to tame' + -less)

・dearth…scarcity; lack  (dear, OE deore 'precious, valuable,; costly, expensive,

                 beloved, etc, + -th)

・debacle…a sudden calamitous downfall; collapse or failure  (early 19th cent. :

                   from French débâcler 'unleash' , from de- 'un-' + bâcler 'to bar'

                   <from Latin baculum 'staff'>)

(ODE / Etymonline)

今日の英単語

1100 WORDS You Need to Know Week 11 Day 4

・rash…too hasty, reckless  (late ME ,also in Scots and northern English

              in the sense 'nimble素早い, eager'> : of Germanic origin)

・conjecture…guess  (con- 'together' + jacere 'throw')

・obviate…do away with, eliminate  (ob 'in front of, against' + viam, accusative

                   of via 'way')

・lurid…sensational  (mid 17th cent. <in the sense 'pale and dismal in color> :

              from Latin luridus; related to luror 'wan or yellow color')

・quip…joke  (mid 16th cent. : perhaps from Latin quippe 'indeed, forsooth本当に')

・wondfall…unexpected financial gain

(ODE / Etymonline)