diff --git a/words.md b/words.md index 8ebd62b..a2cdca1 100644 --- a/words.md +++ b/words.md @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ Some Words + the writing is on the wall > mean that there are clear signs that something will fail or no longer exist - - The writing is on the wall for the local football club: bankruptcy seems certain.s + - The writing is on the wall for the local football club: bankruptcy seems certain. + monarch > (n)a king or queen @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ Some Words - They found the television cameras too intrusive. + embodiment -> (n)someone of sth that represents or is very typical of an idea of quality. +> (n)someone or sth that represents or is very typical of an idea of quality. - He is the embodiment of evil. - A baby is the embodiment of vulnerability. @@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ Some Words - the corruption of public morals + ethical -> (adj)relating to principles of what is right and wrong, moral. +> (adj)relating to principles of what is right and wrong, moral.
> (adj)morally good or correct - The use of animals in scientific tests raised difficult ethical questions. @@ -513,5 +513,55 @@ Some Words > (n)a formal statement by a government about its future plans - traditional doctrine of divine power - - Marxist doctrine - - the announcement of the Truman Doctrine. + - the Marxist doctrine about perpetual revolution + - the announcement of the Truman Doctrine + +## 11th, Sep + ++ cockroach +> (n)(also roach)a large black or brown insect that lives in dirty houses, especially if they are warm and there is food to eat. + ++ idiom +> (n)a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate words. For example, 'under the weather' is an idiom meaning 'ill'. + + - familiar idioms and metaphors, such as 'turning over a new leaf' + ++ ethnicity +> (n)the state or fact of belonging to a particular ethnic group. + + - He said his ethnicity had not been important to him. + ++ discourse +> (n)a serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject
+> (n)serious conversation or discussion between people + + - a discourse on art + - Candidates should engage in serious political discourse. + - "I do not know."And thus ended their discourse. + ++ assimilation +> (n)the process of understanding and using new ideas. +> (n)the process of becoming a accepted part of a country or group. + + - The assimilation of ethnic Germans in the US was accelerated by the two world wars. + - Poor assimilation of vitamins and nutrients can cause health problems. + ++ mouthpiece +> (n)the part of a musical instrument, telephone etc that you put in your mouth or next to your mouth. +> (n)a person, newspaper etc that expresses the opinions of a government or a political organization. + + - He shouted into the mouthpiece. + - This newspaper is just a Republican mouthpiece. + ++ literacy +> (n)the state of being able to read and write + + - a new adult literacy campaign + - Many adults have problems with literacy and numeracy. + ++ ascribe +> (v)to claim that something is caused by a particular person, situation etc.
+> (v)to claim that something has been written, said, made etc by a particular person + + - The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in pollution. + - a quotation that's often been ascribed to Marilyn Monroe