Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder

本书为98年reprint。Unit 23 第2组quizzes B部分词汇august, auxiliary, augment, authorize，均未在本单元中出现，其中auxiliary可参见Unit 7 pp.135 peripheral第二条释义。应该是词根auto与aug混淆了，好奇写作过程中是如何发生这种错误的，希望新版中已经改掉了，改日去书店验证一下。至于以上四个词，可以参见 http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/august 该页面Word History一段摘录如下: You probably would not think of a nickname as anything august but these two words share their origin. Today's Good Word goes back 5000-6000 years to Proto-Indo-European *aug- "to increase". Latin retained the form intact in words like augere "to increase", which underlies our borrowed words augment and auction. Latin auxilium (aug-silum) "aid, support" came to us, via French, as auxiliary. The Germanic languages did not keep the PIE root intact. As it wound its way through the ancient Germanic languages it became Old English eacan "to add, increase". Today that word is eke. Now, a nickname started out centuries ago as an ekename "an additional name", but that N on the "an" changed partners along the way to become a nekename and one to nickname.

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Complementary Words:•ante:before bell:war •bellicose•belligerence-aggressiveness-streetcar-electrify•rebellion-run its course:continue naturally until it has finished.•pacify-soothe-alleviate-subdue-nipple-neutralize-pacificationCape Horn：好望角[agitate vs disturb vs upset: mean to destroy capacity for collected thought or decisive action; interfere with one's mental process or emotional balance.agitate--by nerve or emotional excitement disturb--by worry, perplexity or fearupset--by disappointment, distress or grief.]•pacifist-persecute-prosecute-conviction•pact•appease-violate-stroke•hostage-truce•at the mercy of= in the power ofhospice-collapse-nun•inhospitable-shoot down-smuggle•amicable-amiable/ei/-bicker/squabble: argue over trivial matters•enamored-be enamored with/of[rustic vs rural:mean relating to or characteristic of the countryrural-- open country and farming || ant: urbanrustic-- constract with city life]•inimical-negate•paramourantagonistic?-pledge?-sublime-auditorium-arenacriminology-probation officerdecriminalize?incriminaterecrimination?-retaliation-child custodyapprobation-unanimously-commendation?-quarterback?disprove-refuteprobity-uprightness-aura: a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source.reprobate-scoundrel-rascal-on the verge of-lowlife-joshing affection?-boastful-sponging-drunkardacquit-repay; discharge completely from an obligation of accusationgravid-sow/au/-trough-bulkgravitas-strive-dignitygravitate-gawk(er)gravityalleviate-anguishelevate-sprained ankleleavening?-fermentlevity-frivolitymuffin?-gorilla(which ape vs chimpanzee?)cicerone-orator-long windedness?-eloquencehector-swagger-bluster?-slain-rowdy?hedonism-truffle-Epicureans-Utilitarians?nestor-Iliad?spartan-communal-frugality?stentorianstoicsybaritic-sensualfree of luxury?decriminalize vs discriminate(=distinguish)decree?-legalizeobnoxious-muffled-folksy-drawl-rattle-crave-jolly-

PAC is related to the Latin words for "agree" and "peace". The Pacific Ocean — that is, the "Peaceful Ocean" — was named by Ferdinand Magellan because it seemed so calm after he had sailed through the storms near Cape Horn. (Magellan obviously had never witnessed a Pacific typhoon.)

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