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# Merriam Webster's Vocabulary Builder Note
###### tags: `English`
## Unit 1
### BENE
Latin for ==$well$==. A *benefit* is a ==good result== or ==effect==


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1. benediction 
    : &#8227; A **prayer** that ==ask for God's blessing==, especially a prayer that conclude a **worship^*^ service**.
    &#8227; A prayer asking God for help and protection for someone.
    
>* In the night of benediction, **they** glow bright as gold.
       

* `bene`+`dict`+`ion`
* `good,well`+`speaking`+`noun`
    - Latin root $dictio$ is for `speaking`

:::info
:book: ++worship++ (v.) To have or show a **strong feeling of respect and admiration** for God
:book: ++darted out++ : to move quickly or suddenly
:::

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2. benefactor
    : &#8227; ==Someone who helps another person==, especially by **giving money**.
    
>* Exhibitions held at most institutions were largely or entirely made up of objects donated by local private **benefactors**.

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3. beneficiary
    : &#8227; A ==person or organization that benefits== or is expected to benefit ==from something==, especially one that receives money or property when someone dies.
    
>* Her wife was the chief beneficiary of her will.
>* Living in a trailer in near-poverty, she received word in email that her father had died, naming her as the sole **beneficiary of** his life-insurance policy. 

* `beneficiary` is often used in connection with life insurance.
* `beneficiary` shows up in other context as well.
     * **Restaurant may be a `beneficiary`** when the one across the street closes down and its whole lunch crowd starts coming in.

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4. benevolence
    : &#8227; Kindness, generosity
    
>* His sunny, calm tone suggested a man of deep benevolence.
>* The company has a record of benevolence to good causes.
>* Delivery of humaneness - of compassion, kindness, sensitivity, and benevolence - is a powerful tool.

- `bene`+`volentia`
- `well, good`+`to wish` 

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### AM
come from the Latin $amare$, ==$to$ $love$==. The Roman god of love was known by Cupid and Amor, and $amigo$ is Spanish for "friend".

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1. amicable 
    : &#8227; Friendly, peaceful
    
>* Their relation with their in-law were generally amicable, despite some bickering during the holidays.
>* They stayed together almost a year and parted amicably.

- `amicable` often describe **relations between two groups**.
    - ex. United States and Canada, sharing the longest border
-  Often speak `amicable meeting` ,`amicable settlement`
-  When describe more personal relation :
    -  indicate a rather **formal friendliness**
    -  after quarreling, **amicable good-byes**
    -  couples, **parted amicably**
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2. enamored
    : &#8227; Charmed or fascinated; ==inflamed with love==.
    

    
>* …he would be **enamored of** a particular wine for a while, and then switch to a new one that caught his fancy.
>* William quickly became **enamored of** the town's rustic surroundings, its slow pace, and its eccentric characters.
>* Wild mushrooms were my first love. Long before I became **enamored with** green plants, I was stalking mushrooms …
>* He complaint that he isn't enamored of the new boss.

- `en`+`amore`+`d`
- `in, into`+`love`+`adj.`
:::info
:bulb: both **of** and **with** are commonly used after **enamored**.
:::

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3. amorous
    : &#8227; Having or showing ==strong feelings of attraction or love==.
    &#8227; Strongly moved by love and especially sexual love.

>* The opera centers around the amorous adventures/exploits of its handsome hero.
>* Amanda had rejected his **amorous advances**.
>* It turned out that the amorous Congressman had gotten his girlfriend a good job and was paying for her apartment.

- `amorous` when used for positive meaning :
    - a couple smooching on a park bench
    - a young couple who are always hugging and kissing.
- `amorous` used a bit **sarcastically** :
    - When a tabloid newspaper gets hold of some scandalous photos and called the participant `the amorous pair`
- `amorous novel`
    - of or relating to **love**

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4. paramour
    : &#8227; A ==lover==, often ==secret==, not allowed by law or custom.

>* He had been coming to the house for two year before her brother realized that he was actually the paramour of their shy and withdrawn sister.

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### BELL
Latin word meaning ==$war$==.

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1. antebellum
    : &#8227; ==Exiting before a war==, especially before the American Civil War.
    
>* Many homes and churches of the antebellum South can still be visited today.
>* When WWI was over, the French nobility^*^ found it impossible to return to their extravagant^*^ way of life.

- `antebellum` often summon up images of **ease, elegance, and entertainment that disappear in the postwar years.**

:::info
:book: ++nobility++ (n.) The people of the highest social rank in a society, considered as a group
:book: ++extravagant++ (adj.) **Spending too much** money, or using too much of something
:::

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2. bellicose
    : &#8227; Warlike, ==aggressive==, **quarrelsome**

>* The general made some bellicose statements about his country's military strength.
>* The Senate Republics, outraged by their treatment, were in a good mood.

- `bellicose` describes an attitude that **hopes actual war**:
    - generally **applied to nations and their   leader.**
- Noun `bellicosity` usually makes the rest of the world very uneasy.

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3. belligerence
    : &#8227; ==Aggressiveness==, combativeness, eager to fight
    
>* The belligerence in William's voice told them that the warning was a serious threat.
>* Terrorism is a new and unprecedented form of belligerence, a new form of war.

- Belligerent : 
    - `belligerent` could be `noun.` or `adj.`
        - `noun.`: a nation or people engage in a war or a conflict
        - `adj.`  : aggressive

:::info
:bulb: $bellicose$ v.s. $belligerence$
&emsp; `bellicose` : generally **applied to nations and their   leader.**
&emsp; `belligerence` : **can be used at every level** from personal to the global
:::

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4. rebellion
    : &#8227; ==Open defiance^*^ and opposition==, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority.
    
>* A student rebellion that afternoon in room 13 resulted in the new substitute teacher racing out of the building in tears. 
>* Far from threatening democracy, the four rebellions may indeed have helped in its consolidation^*^.

- `rebellion` usually **involves a group**

:::info
:book: ++defiance++ (n.) behavior in which you refuse to obey someone or something
:book: ++consolidation++ (n.) the process of becoming or being made stronger and more certain

:::

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### PAC
$PAC$ &nbsp;is related to the Latin word ==$agree$==, and&nbsp;==$peace$==. 

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1. pacify
    : &#8227; To ==soothe== anger or agitation^*^
    &#8227; To subdue by armed action
    
>* She resigned from her position to pacify her accusers.
>* It took the police hours to pacify the angry demonstrators.
>* Her soft lullabies could always pacify the unhappy infant.

- Someone stirred up by a strong feeling can usually `be pacified` by some words and the removal of its cause.
- Unhappy baby are given `pacifier` for sucking.
- An army can often **bring peace** by pure force, without soothing anyone's emotion.

:::info
:book: ++agitation++ (n.) A persistent and sustained attempt to arouse public feeling or influence public opinion
:::

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2. pacifist
    : &#8227; ==A person== who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes.
    
>* The newspaper's editorial board has clearly staked out a pacifist position on the current conflict

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3. pact
    : &#8227; An ==agreement== between two or more people or groups.
    &#8227; A treaty or formal agreement between nations.
    
>* The girls made a **pact** never to reveal what happened on that terrifying night in the abandoned house.

- `pcat` is generally used in the field of international relations :
    - ex. arms pact
    - ex. trade pact
    - ex. fishing-rights pact
- `pact` may also be used for any solemn agreement or promise **between two people**.

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4. *pace*
    : &#8227; Contrary to the opinion of - usually used as an ==expression of deference^*^ to someone's contrary opinion==.
    
>* She had only three husband, ***pace*** some Hollywood historians who claim she had as many as six.
>* ***Pace*** everyone with a smartphone, I think e-mail is best written and read-and the wilds of the Internet best explored-in the privacy of one's own domicile.
>* The cost of the program, *pace* some commentators^*^, will not be significant.

- Use it when **correcting an opinion that many people believe.**
- `pace` mean `peace to them`, that is, to the people I mentioning , I don't want to start an argument, ==I just want to correct the fact==.


:::info
:bulb: pronunciation &#8227; **'PAY-see**
:bulb: It's **used only by intellectual**, and often printed in *italics*, so the reader doesn't mistake it for another word.
:bulb: [Further explanation](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/43593/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-word-pace)
:::
:::info
:book: ++deference++ (n.) Respect and politeness

:book: ++commentator++ (n.) One who reports and discusses news (as on television)
:::

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### CRIM
It comes from the words for ==$fault$ $or$ $crime$==, or ==$accusation$==.

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1. criminology
    : &#8227; The ==study of crime==, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment.
    
>* His growing interest in criminology led him to become a **probation officer**^*^.

:::info
:book: ++probation officer++ (n.) The **action of suspending the sentence** of a convicted offender and giving the offender freedom during good behavior under the supervision of a probation officer
:::

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2. decriminalize
    : &#8227; To ==remove or reduce the criminal status== of (crime).
    
>* An angry debate over decriminalize doctor-assisted suicide raged all day in the statehouse.
>* the campaign to decriminalize marijuana

- `Decriminalization` of various ***victimless crimes***
- `Decriminalization` is not the same as *legalization*

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3. incrimination
    : &#8227; To ==show evidence== of involvement in a crime or a fault
    
>* The muddy tracks leading to and from the cookie jar were enough to incriminate them.

- `in`+`crimina`+`tion`
- `into,in`+`crime`
- `incrimination` doesn't always refer to an actual crime.
    - ex. A virus has been *incriminated* as the cause of a type of a cancer.
    - ex. Video games have been incriminated in the decline in study skill among young people.

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4. recrimination
    : &#8227; Arguments between people who are ==blaming each other==.
    &#8227; The making of such an accusation.
    
>* Their failure to find help led to endless and pointless recriminations over responsibility for the accident.

- `re`+`crimina`+`tion`
- `back`+`crime`
- ex. Divorces and child-custody battle involve ***recrimination*** between husband and wife.

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### PROB
Come from Latin words for ==prove and proof==, and ==honesty or integrity^*^==
:::info
:book: ++integrity++ (n.) the quality of being **honest** and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change
:::

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1. approbation
    : &#8227; A ==formal== or official act of ==approving==; praise, usually given with pleasure or enthusiasm.
    
>* The senate signaled its approbation of the new plan by voting for it unanimously.

- noun of `approve`, but it's stronger than mere`approval`
- `approbation` example : 
    - an official commendation^*^ for bravery.
    - A man being reelected to office ++by a wide margin++^*^ indicates **public approbation.**

:::info
:book: ++commendation++ : Praise, or an official statement that praises someone.
:book: ++by a wide margin++ : A large amount if something
:::

:::info
:bulb: approbation ‣ /ˌaprəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/
:::

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2. probate
    : &#8227; The process or ==proving== in court that ==the will of someone== who has died is ==valid==, and of administering the estate of a dead person.
    
>* When her father died, she thought she would be able to avoid probate, but she wasn't that lucky.

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3. probity
    : &#8227; Complete ==honesty==.
    
>* Her probity and integrity are beyond question.

- `probity` is a quality generally hopes for in its elected officials.
- People surrounded with an aura^*^ of probity
    - ex. **Warren Buffet**, man whom many American would entrust^*^.

:::info
:book: ++entrust++ (v.) To give someone a thing or a duty for which they are responsible
:book: ++aura++ (n.) A feeling or character that a person or place seems to have
:::

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4. reprobate
    : &#8227; A person of thoroughly ==bad character==.
    
>* Every time I see you, you're drunk, you old reprobate!
>* His wife finally left him, claiming he was a probate who would disappear a week at times, gambling and drinking away all his money.

- related verb `reprove`^*^ , which originally mean `someone condemned to hell`.
- Now it has been said in a tone of `joshing affection`^*^ , usually to describe someone of ==doubtful morals but good humor==.

:::info
:book: ++reprove++ (v.) To tell someone that you disapprove of their bad or silly behavior
:book: ++josh++ (v.) To joke, often in order to tease someone (in a humorous way)
:::

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:::warning
**Page 12 Quizzzz vocabularies**

:book: ++fraud++ : The crime of getting money by deceiving people

:book: ++acquit++ : To decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime

:book: ++trial++ : The hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a legal matter

:book: ++scoundrel++ : A person, especially a man, who treats other people very badly and has no moral principles

:book: ++utter++ : &#8227; To say something or to make a sound with your voice
&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&emsp;&ensp; &#8227; Complete or extreme
:book: ++rascal++ : A person, especially a child or a man, who does things that you disapprove of, but who you still like

:::


### GRAV
Comes from Latin word meaning ==$heavy, weighty, serious$==.

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1. grave
    : &#8227; Requiring serious thought or concern.
    &#8227; Serious and formal in appearance or manner.
    
>* We realized that the situation was grave and that the slightest incident could spark all-out war.

- Something `grave` possess `gravity`

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2. gravitas
    : &#8227; ==Seriousness== and importance of manner, causing ==feelings of respect== and trust in others.
    
>* He's an effective enough politician but somehow he lacks the statesmanlike gravitas of a world leader.
>* The head of the committee never failed to carry herself with the gravitas she felt was appropriate to her office.
>* At their father's funeral they showed the same solemn gravitas at which they had often laughed during his lifetime. 

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3. gravitate
    : &#8227; To move or ==be drawn toward something==, especially by natural tendency or as if by an invisible force.
    
>* On hot evenings, the town's social life gravitated toward the lakefront, where you could stroll the long piers^*^ eating ice cream or dance at the Casino.

- Ex.
    - young people `gravitate toward` a role model
    - moths `gravitate to` a flame
    - A conversation might `gravitate toward` politics.

:::success
:camera: ++piers++ : [click me](https://i.imgur.com/wJpPjje.jpg)
:::

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4. aggravate
    : &#8227; To make(an injury, problem, etc.)more serious or severe.
    &#8227; To annoy or brother.
    
>* She went back to the soccer team before the knee was completely healed, which naturally aggravate the injury.
>* It really aggravates me when the car won’t start, after all the money we put into it.
>* Even the smallest motion would aggravate the pain in his shoulder.

- `ag`+`grav`+`ate`
- `do, act, drive`+`serious`+`verb.`

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### LEV
Comes form Latin adj. $levis$, meaning ==$light$== , and the verb $levare$, meaning ==$to$ $raise$ $or$ $lighten$==

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1. alleviate
    : &#8227; To ==lighten , lessen, or relieve==, especially physical or mental suffering.
    
>* Cold compresses alleviated the pain pf physical injury, but only time could alleviate the effect of the insult.
>* The neighboring nation organized an airlift of supplies to alleviate the suffering caused by the drought.

- to `alleviate` is ==not== to cure.

:::info
:book: ++anguish++(n.) Extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering.
:::

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2. elevation
    : &#8227; The ==height of a place==.
    &#8227; The act of ==result of lifting== or raising someone or something.
    
>* Her doctor is concerned about the elevation of her blood pressure since her last visit.

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3. cantilever
    : &#8227; A ==long piece of wood, metal==,etc., that sticks out from a wall to support something above it.

>* The house deck, supported by cantilevers, jutted^*^ out dramatically over the rocky slope, and looking over the edge made him dizzy.

- Ex. Grand Canyon **Skywalk**.

:::info
:book: ++jut++ : To (cause to) stick out, especially above or past the edge or surface of something
:::

:::success
:camera: &#8227; [click me](http://civilmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cantilever-Beam.jpg)
:::


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4. levity
    : &#8227; ==Lack== of appropriate ==seriousness==
    
>* With Dud, Russell maintains a sense of levity even when things get dark.
>* A brief moment of levity amid the solemn proceedings


- `synonym` : $frivolity$

:::info
:book: ++stern++ : Severe, or showing disapproval
:::

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### Words from Myth & History P.17
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1. ***cicerone***
    : ‣ A guide, especially one who takes tourists to museum, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen.
    
>* On Crete they sought out on a highly recommended cicerone, hoping to receive the best possible introduction to the noteworthy historical sites.
    
    
:::info
:book: ++orator++ : someone who is good at public speaking
:book: ++eloquent++ : giving a clear, strong message
:::

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2. ***hector*** 
    : ‣ To bully or harass by bluster or personal pressure.
    
>* He would swaggger around the apartment entrance with his friends and hector the terrified inhabitants going in and out.
    
:::info
:book: ++bluster++ : to speak in a loud, angry, or offended way, usually with little effect
:book: ++slay (p.p&#8227;slain)++ : to kill in a violent way
:book: ++rowdies++ : a noisy and disorderly person.
:::



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3. hedonism
    : ‣ An attitude of way of life based on the idea that pleasure and happiness should be the chief idea.

>* In her new spirit of hedonism, she went out for a message, picked up champagne and chocolate truffles, and made a date that evening with an boyfriend.


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4. nestor
    : ‣ A senior figure or leader in one's field.
    
>* The guest of honor was **a nestor among** journalist, and after dinner she shared some of his wisdom with the audience.

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5. ***spartan***
    : ‣ A senior figure or leader in one field.
    
>* When he was single, he had lived a spartan life in a tiny, undecorated apartment with one chair, a table, and a bed.

:::info
:book: ++resort++^(1)^ : a place where many people go for rest, sport, or another stated purpose

:book: ++resort++^(2)^ : the fact that you have to do something because there is no other way of achieving something

::: 

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6. ***stentorian***
    : ‣ Extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound.
    
>* Even without a microphone, his stentorian voice was clearly audible n the last rows of the auditorium. 

:::info
:book: ++proclamation++ : an official announcement
::: 

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7. ***stoic***
    : ‣ Seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain.
    
>* She bore the pain of her broken leg with such stoic patience that most of us had no idea she was suffering. 

:::success
:movie_camera: [click me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OCA6UFE-0) to watch more about $stoicism$

:::

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8. ***sybaritic***
    : ‣ Marked by a luxurious or sensual way of life.
    
>* When I knew that they were living a sybaritic existence-hopping from resort to resort, each more splendid than the last-but a year later the money ran out.

:::info
:book: ++sensual++ : expressing or suggesting physical, especially sexual, pleasure or satisfaction
:book: ++diverted++^(1)^ : to cause something or someone to change direction
:book: ++diverted++^(2)^ : to use something for a different purpose
:book: ++diverted++^(3)^ : to take someone's attention away from something
::: 

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:::warning
**Page 20 Quizzzz vocabularies**

:book: ++commissioner++ : an important official who has responsibility in a government department or another organization

:book: ++revolt++^(1)^ : If a large number of people revolt, they refuse to be controlled or ruled, and take action against authority, often violent action.
:book: ++revolt++^(2)^ : to make someone feel unpleasantly shocked or disgusted
:book: ++long-winded++ : A long-winded speech, letter, article, etc. is too long, or uses too many words. 
:::

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## Unit 2
### MANIA
In Latin mean ==$madness$==, and the meaning passed into English unchanged.
Word $mania$ can mean ==a mental illness==, or ==an excessive enthusiasm==.

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1. kleptomania
    : ‣ A mental illness  in which a ==person has a strong desire to steal thing==.
    
>* Kleptomania lead its suffers to steal items of little value that they don't need anyway.

- `Klepto` come from the Greek word, meaning **to steal**.

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2. dipsomaniac
    : ‣ A person with an extreme and ==uncontrollable desire for alcohol==.
    
>* She didn't like the word **alcoholic** being applied to her, and liked dipsomaniac even less.
    
- `dipsa` come from the Greek word, meaning **thirst**
- Some experts reserve `dipsomania` for someone involved in ==frequent episode of binge^*^ drinking an blackout.==

:::info
:book: ++binge++ : an occasion when an activity is done in an extreme way, especially eating, drinking, or spending money
:::

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3. megalomaniac
    : ‣ A mental disorder marked by feelings of great personal power and importance.
    
>* When the governor started calling for arming his National Guard with nuclear weapons, the voters finally realized they had elected a megalomaniac. 

- `megalo` mean ==large== in Greek
- `megalomaniac` is generally thrown around as an insult and rarely refers to real mental illness.

:::info
:book: ++grandeur++ : /ˈɡræn.dʒɚ/ The quality of being very large and special or beautiful
:book: ++afflict++ :  If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it.
:book: ++paranoia++ : An extreme and unreasonable feeling that other people do not like you or are going to harm or criticize you
:::

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4. egomaniac
    : ‣ Someone who is extremely self-centered and ignores the problems and concerns of others.
    
>* He's a completely unimpressive person, but that doesn't keep him from being an egomaniac.

:::info
:book: ++grandiose++ : larger and containing more detail than necessary, or intended to seem important or great
:::

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### PSYCH
comes form Greek work $psyche$, meaning ==breath, life, soul==

:::info
:book: ++prescribe++ : (of a doctor) to say what medical treatment someone should have.
:::

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1. psyche
    : ‣ Soul, personality, mind
    
>* Analysts are constantly trying to understand the nation's psyche and why the U.S. often behaves so differently from other countries.
>* Peru is a very traditional country, and embedded in its psyche is a love of ceremony.

:::info

:book: ++redeem++ : To make something or someone seem less bad

:::

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2. psychedelic
    : ‣ (of a drug) causing effects on the mind, such as feelings of deep understanding or unusually strong experiences of color , sound, taste, and touch

>* In her only psychedelic experience, back in 1970, she had watched with horror as the walls began crawling with bizarrely colored creatures.

:::info
:book: ++hallucination++ : an experience in which you see, hear, feel, or smell something that does not exist, usually because you are ill or have taken a drug
:book: ++fungus++ (UK pl.&#8227; fungi ) :  any of various types of organisms that get their food from decaying material or other living things

:::

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3. psychosomatic
    : ‣ ==Caused by mental or emotional== problems rather than by physical illness.
    
>* Her doctor assumed her stomach problem were psychosomatic but gave her some harmless medication anyway.    

    
- psycho`soma`tic mean ==$body$== in Greek

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4. psychotherapist 
    : ‣ One who treat mental or emotional disorder or related bodily ills by psychological.
    
>* He's getting medication from a psychiatrist, but it's his session with the psychotherapist that he really values.

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### CEPT
comes from the Latin verb meaning ==$take, seize$==
(the words below are harder to find its meaning)

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1. reception (receiving)
    : &#8227; The ==act of receiving== 
    &#8227; A ==social gathering== where guests are formally welcomed.
    
>* Although the reception of her plan by the board of directors was enthusiastic, it was months before anything was done about it.

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2. intercept (seize)
    : &#8227; To stop, seize, or interrupt(something or someone)before arrival.
    
>* The explosive had been intercepted by policed just before being loaded onto the jet.

- `inter-` means ==$between$==

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3. perceptible (noticed)
    : &#8227; Noticeable or able to be felt by the sense.
    
>* Her change in attitude to ward him was barely perceptible, and he couldn't be sure he wasn't just imagine it.

- `per-` meaning ==$through$==
- whatever can ==be taken== in ==through== the sense

:::info

:book: ++perception++ : a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how things seem

:::

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4. susceptible (influence)
    : &#8227; ==easily influenced== or harmed by something
    &#8227; (especially of an idea or statement) able to be understood, proved, explained, etc. in a particular way

>* She impressed everyone immediately with her intelligence, so they're now highly susceptible ti her influence and usually go along with anything she propose.
>* A sickly child may be susceptible to colds.
>* A lonely elderly person may be susceptible to what a con man tells him on the phone.

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### FIN
comes from the Latin word for ==$end$== or ==$boundary$==
(its meaning is harder to trace in some of the other English word)

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1. confine (limit)
    : &#8227; To keep (something or someone) within limits.
    &#8227; To hold (someone) in a location.
    
>* He had heard the bad news from the CEO, but when he spoke to his employees he confines his remark to a few hints that sales had slipped.
>* The discussion at a meeting may is confined to a single topic.

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2. definitive (ultimate)
    : &#8227; not able to be changed or improved
    &#8227; Specifying perfectly or precisely
    
>* The team's brilliant research provide a definitive of the virus and its strange mutation patterns.
    
:::info
:book: ++mutation++ : the way in which genes change and produce permanent differences
:::
    
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3. finite (limited)
    : &#8227; Having ==definite limits==.
    
>* Her ambitions were infinite, but her wealth was finite.

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4. infinitesimal (very tiny)
    : ‣ Extremely or immeasurably small.
    
>* Looking more closely at the research data, he now saw an odd pattern of changes so infinitesimal that they hadn't been noticed before.

- something ==endlessly== small

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### JECT
Latin verb mean ==throw== or ==hurl==

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1. interject (interrupt)
    : &#8227; To interrupt a conversation with a comment or remark.
    
>* His anger was growing as he listened to the conversation, and every so often he would interject a crude comment.

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:book: ++crude++ : simple and not skilfully done or made
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2. conjecture (guess)
    : &#8227; To guess
    
>* There's been a lot of conjecture in the media recently about the marriage.

- `con` mean `together`

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3. projection (estimation, finance)
    : &#8227; An estimate of what might happen in the future based on what is happening now.
    
>* The president has been hearing deficit projections all week from the member of his economic team.

- Most projection of this kind are ==estimate of a company's sales or profits==.

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:book: ++deficit++ : the total amount by which money spent is more than money received

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4. trajectory (physic, curve)
    : &#8227; the curved path that an object follows after it has been thrown or shot into the air
    
>* the trajectory of a bullet/missile
>* a new book traces the long trajectory of the French empire.
             
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### TRACT
comes from $trahere$, the Latin verb meaning ==drag== or ==draw==
    
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1. traction (pulling force)
    : &#8227; The friction that allows a moving thing to move over a surface without slipping.
    
>* The spinning wheels were getting no traction on the ice, and we began to slip backward down the hill.

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:book: ++ridge++ : a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain

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2. retract 
    : &#8227; To pull back (sth.) into something larger.
    &#8227; To take back (something said or reply)
    
    
>* She was forced to retract her comment about her opponent after it was condemned in the press.

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3. protracted (drawn out)
    : lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary
    
>* No one was looking forward to a protracted struggle for custody of the baby.
>* A protracted rainy spell may rot the roots of vegetables.



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:book: ++spell++ : a period of time for which an activity or condition lasts continuously
:book: ++drawn out++ :  lasting longer than is usual or necessary
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4. intractable (difficult)
     : Not easily handled, led, taught, controlled.
     
     
>* Corruption in the army was the country's intractable problem, and for many years all foreign aid had ended up in the colonel's pocket.

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:book: ++colonel++ :  /ˈkɝː.nəl/ an officer of high rank in the army or air force

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### DUC/DUCT
come from Latin verb $ducere$, ==to lead==

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:book: ++duke++ : basically mean `leader`

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1. conducive
    : &#8227; Tending to promote, encourage 
    
>* She found the atmosphere in the quite café conducive to study and even to creative thinking.

- `condusive` is almost always followed by `to`

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:book: ++cozy++ (U.S) : comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because of being small and warm 

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2. deduction
    : &#8227; Subtraction
    &#8227; The reaching of a conclusion by reasoning
    
>* Foretelling the future by deduction based on a political or economic theory has proved to be extremely difficult.
>* Through a process of **deduction**, the detectives discovered the identity of the killer.
>* The interest I receive on my savings account is **paid after the deduction of tax.**

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3. induce (persuade, cause)
    : &#8227; ==Persuade==, influence
    &#8227; ==Bring about==.
    
>* induce a friend to  a concert. (gently)
>* To induce him to make the call we had to promise we would do it again.

- Inducing is usually gentle persuasion
- `inducement` are occasionally a bit menacing.
    - ex. Like Godfather's offer that you can't refuse.

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:book: ++menace++ : a dangerous quality that makes you think someone is going to do something bad
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4. seduction
    : &#8227; Temptation to sin, especially ==temptation to sexual intercourse==.
    &#8227; Attraction or charm.
    
    
>* The seductions of life in a warm climate have led many Britons to live abroad, especially in Spain.
>* The film depicts Charlotte's seduction by her boss.
>* Advertisement often seduce us into buying sth.
>* They arrive conclusion quickly by simple deduction.
    
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:book: ++intercourse++ : the act of having sex
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### SEQU
come from Latin verb $sequi$, meaning ==to follow==

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1. sequential
    : &#8227; Arranged in order or in a series.
    &#8227; Following in a series.
    
>* In writing the history of the revolution, his challenge was to put all the events of those fateful days in proper in sequential order.

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:book: ++fateful++ : having an important and usually negative effect on the future
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2. subsequent
    : &#8227; Following in time, order, or place;
    &#8227; later
    
>* Those explosions must have been subsequent to our departure, because we didn't hear anything.
>* Through all her subsequent love affairs, she never stopped thinking about the man who got away.
>* I subsequently(later) learned the real story.

- `TIME` : All our subsequent attempts to contact her failed.
- `ORDER` : The subsequent houses in the list looked even worst.
- `PLACE` : The subsequent villages on the river heading east become steadily more primitive.

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3. consequential
    : &#8227; Resulting
    &#8227; Important (will produce large consequences)
    
>* None of our discussion thus far has been consequential;next week's meeting will be the important one.

- consequential losses

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:book: ++thus far++ : until now
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4. non sequitur
    : A statement that does not follow logically from anything previously said.
    
>* Rattled by the question, his mind went blank, and he **blurted out** a non sequitur that **fetched a few laughs** from member of the audience.

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:book: ++rattle++ : to worry someone or make someone nervous
:book: ++blurt out++ :  /blɝːt/ to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are excited or nervous
:book: ++fallacy++ : /ˈfæl.ə.si/
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### Words from Mythology 

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1. Apollonian
    : Harmonious, ordered, rational, clam

>* After a century of Romantic emotion, some composers adopted a more Apollonian style, producing clearly patterned pieces that avoided extremes of all kind.

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:book: ++prophecy++ : a statement that says what is going to happen in the future, especially one that is based on what you believe about a particular matter rather than existing facts
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2. bacchanalian
    : Frenzied, orgiastic
    
>* The bacchanalian partying on graduation night resulted in three wrecked cars, two lawsuit by unamused parent, and more new experience than most of the participants could remember the next day.
    
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:book: ++orgiastic++ : An orgiastic activity involves wild, uncontrolled behavior and feelings of great pleasure and excitement.
:book: ++frenzied++ : uncontrolled and excited, sometimes violent
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3. delphic
    : Unclear, ambiguous, or confusing

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:book: ++oracle++ : 
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## Unit 3
### AMBI
means ==on both side== 

