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英文字彙與字源學 week eleven

• thrilled
• undergo- do

• Skyscraper-A skyscraper is a very tall building in a city. 

• Star watching

• Stalker- A stalker is someone who keeps following or contacting

      someone else, especially a famous person or a person they used to

      have a relationship with, in an annoying and frightening way. 
• Scrap(v.)- If you scrap something, you get rid of it or cancel it. 
• deprivation of something 

     epitome of

     ubiquitous- If you describe something or someone as ubiquitous, you

     mean that they seem to be everywhere.  

     ub-negative

• In a row 連續

• huff-: If you huff, you indicate that you are annoyed or offended about something, usually by the way that you say something. 

• placate- If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.

• be accustomed to
• Movie: catch me if you can 

  behind the bar

  deleterious

  alienation

  Commotion

  Capital hill

• re-: again    ex. retro
• -gress: to go    ex. progress, transgress
• be-    ex. befriend, bewitch, bewilder
• movie: bedazzled 

   dazzle(v.)

     charm(v.)(n.)

     tavern 小酒館（英）

     movie: 將計就計

     entrapment(n.)
• mal/male-something bad       ex. malevolent, malicious, malignant
• bene-: good    ex. beneficial, benefit, beneficiary (be beneficial to)
• muffin top
• -eum    ex. coliseum
• Conscious(adj.)
• Conscience(n.)
• To beat a dead horse
• back to the drawing boards
• pec-        ex. Henpecked, Special, Spacious, Specious
• pro-: in favor of     ex. Proponent      ex. Protagonist ó antagonist
• ob-: something negative     ex. Obstacle
• Hydrometer
• ephemera蜉蝣