暨南大学词汇学构词法考试.docx

Review:Processes of word formation:1. Derivation (prefixation and suffixation)2. Compounding3. Blending4. Back-formation5. Initialism ( abbreviation and acronyms)6. Clipping7. Aphesis8. Analogy9. Reduplication10. Words from proper names了解其构词过程并用英文解释其意思anonymousprocess:derivationmeaning:unknown by nameagnosticism process:derivationmeaning:Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God.agony auntprocess:compoundingmeaning:someone who writes an agony columnagony column process:compoundingmeaning:a part of a newspaper or magazine in which someone give advice to readers about their personal problems.ambidextrous process:derivationmeaning:able to use either hand equally wellantidisestablishmentarianismprocess:derivation?meaning:? rare opposition of the disestablishment of the Church of Englandbaby showerprocess:compoundingmeaning:a party given for a woman who is going to have a baby, at which her friends give her presents for the baby.boomerang kidprocess:compoundingmeaning:an adult child who returns home to live with his or her parents after being away for some timebridal showerprocess:compoundingmeaning:party for woman who will get married soonElectra complexprocess:Words from proper namesmeaning:a young girls unconscious sexual attraction to her fathereuphemise process:derivationmeaning:to speak ineuphemismsorreferto by means of a euphemismeuthanize process:derivationmeaning:to kill an animal in a painless way, usually because it is very sick or oldflatteryprocess:?meaning:praise that is not sincere, especially in order to obtain something from somebody.flim-flamprocess:reduplicationmeaning:information or ideas that are not true or seem very stupidFrankenfoodprocess:words from proper namemeaning:food that has been genetically modifiedgreed process:back-formationmeaning:a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needshenpeckedprocess:compoundingmeaning:a man who people say is henpecked has a wife who is always telling him what to do, and is too weak to disagree with herhyperprotectivenessprocess:derivationmeaning:too anxious to protect somebody from being hurt, in a way that restricts their freedomillegible process:derivationmeaning:difficult or impossible to readimpeccableprocess:derivationmeaning:without mistakes or faultsfetus-napperprocess:compoundingmeaning:?motherese process:derivationmeaning:a simple style of language of the type that parents use when speaking to their childMRI Process:abbreviationMeaning:Magnetic Resonance ImagingCPI, CPR, DPT, GREProcess:abbreviationCPI: consumer price indexCPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitationDPT: diphtheria-pertussis-tetanusGRE: Graduate Record ExaminationNarrowcasterProcess:analogyMeaning:the person who send information by television or the internet to a particular group of peopleOedipus complexProcess:words from proper nameMeaning:feelings of sexual desire that a boy has for his mother and the jealous feelings towards his father that this causesOPEC, APEC, TOEFLProcess:AcronymsOPEC:Organization of Petroleum Exporting CountriesAPEC:Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationTOFEL:The Test of English as a Foreign LanguageIELTS:The International English Language Testing Systemouster ousterprocess:derivationmeaning:the act of removing somebody from a position of authority in order to put somebody else in their placepecking orderprocess:compoundingmeaning:the arrangement of people according to their status or powerpharmerprocess:aphesis ?meaning:A recreational drug user whose primary drug category of choice is pharmaceuticals, either over-the-counter or prescription.play favoritesprocess:compoundingmeaning:show favoritism towards someone or somethingpolymath, polyhistorprocess:derivationpolymath:a person who knows a lot about many different subjectspolyhistor:a person with broad knowledgeProcrustean bedProcess:words from proper nameMeaning:an arrangement or plan that producesuniformity by violent and arbitrary measuresrepprocess:clippingmeaning:a person who speaks officially for a group of people, especially at workrehabprocess:clippingmeaning:the process of helping to cure somebody who has a problem with drugs or alcoholbluetooth process:words from proper namemeaning: a radio technology that makes it possible for mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices to be linked over short distances, without needing to be connected by wiressizeism process:derivationmeaning:discrimination based on a persons sizesleeping partner/policemanprocess:derivationsleeping partner: a person who has put money into a business company but who is not actually involved in running itsleeping policeman: a raised area across a road that is put there to make traffic go slowertantalizeprocess:words from proper namemeaning:to make you want something that you cannot have or dotelepathyprocess:blendingmeaning