M-W Vocabulary builder: Unit 8

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port
portable, transport, porter, export
portage (carry a boat from one body of water to another)
portfolio (of stocks, of art/design)
comport (a new policy of adding credits to anyone who asks does not comport with our policy to promote meaningful contribution through the credit system). (My friend's kids comported themselves well when visiting).
deportment/comportment (graceful deportment), deport oneself with dignity, like a gentlement, confidently, well....

pend
appendix
pendant : she wears a golden pendant with a lock of hair from her baby girl.
append : new outputs from the program will be appended to the bottom of the old log file.
appendage (less important part) feminists detest the fact that women were treated like appendages to their husbands in social situations in the old days.
suspend: i tried to suspend my judgment and watch the detective show; however the plot was so ridiculous that i couldn't even pretend to enjoy it.
suspension of belief, hold sth in suspense (whether additional seats at the new test taking center will be added is still being debated over, meanwhile they suspended the new construction .

pan
pantheon (to all gods), pandemic/epidemic
panacea (a cure all) Googling is regarded as the panacea for lack of knowledge on the application process on this forum.
pandemonium : (loud uproar)
pantheism (does not believe in god taking the human form, no personal connection, and makes no distinction between the creator and the creation)
panoply: today i saw on huaren someone posting a panoply of impressive collection of ereaders and tablets.

extra
extraterrestrial (ET) extragalactic extravagant extravaganza extraordinary
extradite 赖昌星 was extradited from Canada for embezzlement
extrapolate - Extrapolations based on historical stock performance assume that the same principles that worked before will work equally well in the future, which is not true.
extravert/extrovert/introvert/extroverted/extroversion
extraneous: experiments designed to rule out extraneous factors is the only scientifically sound method of establishing causality.

phot
photography, photocopy
photon
photosynthesis 光合作用
photoelectric 光电
photovoltaic  用太阳光、辐射等发电

luc
Lucifer 大天使（罪恶）
lucid You may feel lucid enough to drive after a couple of beers but driving under the influence is illegal.  A lucid dream happens when you know you are dreaming and can control what happens in the dream.
elucidate  - multiple pointers and cynosures scattered all around this forum are meant to elucidate the complex credit system employed on this forum.
lucubration - many new graduate students took their teaching or research assistant-ships as a sinecure and were thus unprepared for the lucubration of their graduate studies
translucent It is considered inappropriate to wear a translucent blouse to work but our new employee did it anyway.


mort
mortuary 殡仪馆
postmortem
memento mori - the worthless stocks that we can still see from listed in the portfolio is a memento mori of the internet bubble.
mortality - people gain sense of mortality as they age. the new chemotherapy has been proved to significantly decrease mortality rate of nonsmall cell lung cancer among asian females with a certain gene signature.
moribund (dying)
amortize After amortizing the car loan we get to pay monthly installments and will be able to pay off the loan in three years.
mortify - he was mortified to find that the speaker was on when he made the rude statement.

troph (nourishment)
atrophy (spinal muscular atrophy is a rare debilitating disease that renders afflicted kids immobile)
. ----hypertrophy
dystrophy
eutrophication (湖泊等被污染后造成藻类过分繁殖)

aeolian harp 管沙风琴
mnemonic devices (aiding memory)
cynosure 小熊座 center of attention, guide

Socratic 打破沙锅问到底的提问方式
Platonic

solecism (faux pas 失利）
laconic 言简意赅
sapphic (lesbian)

sinecure 闲职 (词根是cure - procurement etc)
cynosure (小熊座 center; guide）