Words with Interesting Etymologies

... familiar acquaintance, to one who engages in idle talk, to the talk itself. 139 CHAPTER 33 Words with Interesting Etymologies cmp04.qxd 7/21/05 12:27 PM Page 139 Both are legal terms. The former is ... are more words to describe people who fall on the wrong side than on the other. Here we look at five such words. scrofulous (SKROF-yuh-luhs) adjective 1. Of, pertaining to, or affect...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 16:20

... becloud, especially with or as with drink. muffle v. To deaden the sound of, as by wraps. mulatto n. The offspring of a white person and a black person. 5000 Collegiate Words with Brief Definitions ... articulate or enunciate with special impressiveness upon a word, or a group of words. emphatic adj. Spoken with any special impressiveness laid upon an act, word, or set o...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 12:15

... field of words or lexical and semantic field of words is the whole words can be classified into sets according to their meaning. The following set of words is a lexical field, because all the words ... meaning of speech, words to communicate well. 5. Lexical and semantic field of words Many linguists have given out their own definition about lexical and semantic field of words...

Ngày tải lên: 15/04/2013, 15:11

... When you do something gracefully, you do it with elegance and beauty. A ballerina dances gracefully. happily When you do something with pleasure or joy, you do it happily. She ... places. napkin After you eat, you can clean your face with a napkin. nectarine A nectarine is a sweet, juicy fruit with smooth skin; it is related to the peach. noodle...

Ngày tải lên: 16/04/2013, 23:27