2016.07.04, English, "Vocabulary Builder" Unit 23

text comes from a Latin verb this means ' toweave'.

textile: [' teksta?l] adj. textile n. Textiles;

Texture: [' Tekst?? R] n. texture; texture; structure; essence, Essence

Context: [' K?ntekst] N. Contexts, environments, backgrounds. contextual: [k?n ' Tekst??? L] adj. Context, back-and-forth relationship

pretext: [' Pri?tekst] n. Excuse

Subtext: [' S?btekst] N. Latent meaning, subtext

Textual: [' tekst?u?l] adj. of the text,

Plac/plais come from the Latin placere, ' to Pease or is agreeable to '. or placare, ' to soothe or calm '. Pleasant, pleasurable, pleasing.

complaisant: [k?m ' ple?z?nt] adj. Polite, attentive, supple. complacent: [k?m ' ple?snt] adj. contented, Complacent, proud

placebo : [pl? ' Si?bo?] N. Placebo, comforting words

placidity: [pl? ' S?d?ti] N. Calm. Placid: [' plæs?d] adj. quiet, peaceful.

implacable: [? m ' plæk?bl] adj. Difficult to forgive, difficult to reconcile, stubborn. The negative prefix im- indicates that it is difficult to do something.

Aut/auto comes from the Greek for ' same ' or ' self '. Autograph, autopsy

automaton: [?? ' Tɑ?m?t?n] N. Automatic machine, robot. plural automata

autodidact: ['?? To?d?dækt] N. self-scholar. didactic: taken from the Greek, refers to teaching.

autonomy: [?? ' Tɑ?n?mi] N. Autonomy. nomos: Is Greek for ' law '.

Autism: ['?? T?Z?M] n Autism, self-centred, autism

Grat comes from gratus, the Latin word meaning ' pleasing, welcome, agreeable '. or from gratia, meaning ' grace, agreeableness, or pleasantness '.

gracious: [' ɡre??? S] adj. kind, noble

Gratitude: [' ɡræt?tu?d] N. Thanks for the mood

grateful: [' ɡRE?TFL] adj. grateful, thankful

ingrate: [? n ' gre?t] N. Ungrateful people

gratify: [' ɡræt?fa?] V. To make satisfied, make Happy v. reward

gratification: [? ɡræt?f? ' Ke?? N] N. Contentment, Joy

gratuity: [ɡr? ' Tu?? TI] N. Gift, gratuity, Liho

gratuitous: [ɡr? ' Tu?? T?s] adj. free, for no reason.

ingratiate: [? n ' ɡre?? IE?T] vt. To flatter, to please

2016.07.04, English, "Vocabulary Builder" Unit 23