M-W Vocabulary builder: Unit 5

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Mal
(malady - illness) malodorous  malpractice, malefactor- benefactor
malign: the two girls maligned each other with vulgar languages.
malicious: She hurled malicious accusations at her husband's new paramour.
malevolent: The two countries hold each other as malevolent foes.
malnutrition: nowadays in developed countries, malnutrition often stems from bad eating habits, and people with malnutrition are often fat.

cata
catalyst 催化剂
catalogue
cataclysm: earthquakes, hurricanes, as well as world wars are cataclysms that reshaped people's lives.
catacomb: underground, interconnected tomb/cemetery
catatonic - I was lecturing away on the stage, oblivious to the catatonic stupor in the students.

prot/proto
prototype: The best practice for design innovation is to come up with a quick and dirty prototype, put it to use and tinker with the design gradually.
protocol: If you were to participate in this forum, you should observe the protocols of participation here.
. check 1point3acres for more.protoplasm 原生质 cytoplasm细胞质
protagonist (hero正面角色) vs. antagonist (负面角色）

ante
antebellum: prior to (the Civil) War
antedate: Just because event A antedates event B, does not make event A the antecedent of event B, nor the cause of event B.
antechamber: the spare room in front of my bedroom now serves as an antechamber where my friends sometimes stop by.
antecedent 代词所指; 前辈 (~ precursor)
anterior (front)＜－＞　posterior  (interior, exterior )

ortho
orthodontics
orthopedic (correction of the skeleton)
orthodox (conventional) He rebels against all tradition and embraces all kinds of unorthodox thoughts.
orthography the spell check functions nowadays almost make orthography obsolete.

rect
rectify: rectify an unfortunate situation,  even though we have a strict protocol against spammers, we give ample opportunities to newcomers to earn credits on this forum, to rectify an impression that we do not welcome newcomers.
rectitude (probity, moral integrity)
rectilinear (Modern architecture employs more rectilinear features than traditional architecture).
directive - we received a direction to all board masters regarding cleaning up of spam.

eu
euphemism - "hitting the head" is a euphemism for "going to the restroom", since in the old times when boats go by sail, the bathroom is usually located in the anterior of the boat, in order for the smell not to spread to the rest of the boat.
eulogy - His protracted eulogy send the audience into a catatonic state
eugenics  - Eugenics employed by the Nazis brought about cataclysm to the Jewish.
euphoria - the successful IPO swept up the long term supporters

dys
dysfunctional
dysplasia
dyslexia
dystopia <-> Utopia, 1984 is a typical novel of dystopia
dyspeptic - Badly under cooked food make me dyspeptic. She has always been a dyspeptic, complaining and grouchy all the time.


Latin borrowings:
a priori (infer from general to specific) - a posterior
a fortiori (if second rate programmers get employed for such a salary, then, a fortiori, first class hackers should get even better employment)
bona fide - we established a filtering mechanism to and enforced a deposit to find bona fide buyers.
carpe diem - live like there is no tomorrow
caveat emptor (buyer beware), caveat lector (reader beware)
corpus delicti - You may have the witness testimony, but without (material evidence) corpus delicti, the jury will never convict.
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