八大變態(tài)GRE難詞的答疑

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abhor 憎惡,厭惡:恐懼或憎恨;痛恨
    (ab-away-遠離,hor-horror-恐怖——遠離恐怖的事情,對恐怖事情的厭惡、憎惡)
    accede 同意, 加入, 同意
    (from ad- "to" + cedere "go, move"——靠近、同意(如果不同意,就遠離、疏遠))
    accolade 贊美, 騎士爵位的授予, 連譜號
    (ac-加強語氣,col-collar-領(lǐng)子、脖子,給…戴項圈——授予爵位,就是把榮譽戴在你脖子上,另外,collar領(lǐng)子、脖子,來源于 column 柱子)
    acme 頂點, 極致
    1570, from Gk. akme "(highest) point," from PIE base *ak- "sharp"
    詞源翻譯:ac=ang-尖銳,ac-尖銳的,Ac-尖的,A-象形,m-加在“c、g”后面的綴生輔助發(fā)音字母,e-無義。
    affiliate (使……)加入, 接受為會員, 使隸屬于
    fil-詞根:兒子,從屬
    為什么 fil-兒子
    descendant 子孫,后代(descend-下降)
    fil 兒子(fil=fall-下落)
    agile 敏捷的,輕快的(ag=act-動,行動,ile-ible=able——能動的、好動的)
    alabaster 雪花石膏
    (bust-半身像、胸像、婦女的胸部、半身雕像;使爆裂——burst的簡化字——女性胸部當然是爆了 ——ala-alike-象,bast=bust-雕像-與雕像相關(guān)的——石膏)
    alacrity 敏捷, 活潑, 爽快
    a-否定前綴,lacr-lac-缺乏、遲緩,ity-后綴。
    amalgam [采礦]汞合金, 汞齊
    1471, "soft mass formed by chemical manipulation," from M.L. amalgama, "alloy of mercury (esp. with gold or silver),"
    詞源翻譯: am+alg+am——把汞弄到一起——alg簡化自ally, am=a+ mercury
    ameliorate 改善, 改進
    meliorate- 改善、變好
    mel通假 well
    amenity 怡人:使人愉快或吸引人的性質(zhì);使人愉快
    1432, "quality of being pleasant or agreeable," from O.Fr. amenité, from L. amoenitatem (nom. amoenitas) "delightfulness, loveliness," from amoenus "pleasant," perhaps related to amare "to love."
    am-愛,en-使動,使接受愛意,對別人愛,ity-后綴。
    acolyte 侍僧, 助手
    c.1315, "inferior officer in the church," from M.L. acolytus, from Gk. akolouthos "following, attending on," lit. "having one way,"
    詞源翻譯不出來
    拙劣聯(lián)想:acolyte——矮個賴特——一個矮個子的賴特兄弟——侍僧、跟班的