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)
