GRE單字整理3.

access
1. n. a way of entering or reaching a place
2. n. the opportunity or right to use something or see something
3. v. to open a computer file in order to add or get information
4. v. reach


accessible(+to sb,sth)
ac(ad=to)+cess(cede)+ible(able)
1. adj. that can be reached, entered, used, seen etc
2. adj. easy to understand
3. adj. of a person who is easy to talk to and get to know

Example: Our boss is a friendly, accessible man.



accessory
ac(ad=to)+cess(cede)+ory(pertaining to)
1. n. 配件、配飾
2. n. 同謀、幫凶

Example: I bought a suitcase pluse its accessories.


字根、字尾補充
cede(ceed v, cess n) means go or yield.
Example:

• pre(befor)+cede: happen before something or come before something
• precess
• pro(forward of support)+ceed: to carry on or continue any action or process after stopping. v.
• pro(foward of support)+cess n. 過程
• ex(out)+ceed v. more excellent then someone, or go beyond some limits.
• ex+cess n.
• con(togeter, with)+cede acknowledge as true, just or proper; admit.
• ac(to)+cede
• success
• succeed

acclaim
ac(ad=to)+claim(shout)
1. v. to praise or welcome somebody/ something publicly.
2. n. praise and approval for somebody/something, especially an artistic achievement

Example: His peers acclaimed his new theory.

acclimate
ac(+to~)+clim(slope or lean)+ate=ac+climate(general weather condition)
1. v. to get use to a new place, situation or climate.

Example: They must acclimate themselves to the new teaching method.

acclivity
ac(to)+cliv(slope)+ity(condition)
n. upward slop

acclivity <> declivity

Example: The old car can't possibly go up the acclivity

accolade
ac+colade(collar)
n. praise award; something is down or said about them which shows how much people admire them.

Example: He received accolade on the commencement.

accomplice=accessory=abettor
ac+com+plice(fold)
n. accessory
Example: The accomplice in the crime has escaped.

accord
ac+cord(heart;mind)
1. n. a formal agreement
2. v. give somebody/something authority, status or a particular kind of treatment
3. to agree with or match something
Example: I am tatally in accord with your suggestion

accost
ac+cost(side, rib)
v. to go up to somebody and speak to them, especially a stranger and in a way rube or threatening.

Example: I don't know the man who accost me.

accouter
ac+couter(couture)
n. equip

Example: These fighters are accoutered with the best rockets.

accretion
ac+cre(crue=grow)+tion
n. the "process" of new layers being slowly added to something

Example: His accretion of money is amazing.

accrue
ac+crue(grow)
v. to increasing over a period of time

Example: The interest on your deposit accrues annually.

acerbity
acerb(sour, unripe, bitterly harsh)+ity
adj. sharpness( of wards, etc)

Example: His speech is marked with acerbity.

acetic
acet(sour)+ic
adj. sour, tart

Example: The cheese is too acetic for me.

acidulous
acid+ulous
adj. with a sour tast

字根、字尾補充
-ulous with the meaning "inclined to do", "habitually engaging in" the action specify by the initial element.

We can understand by "with+something".

Example: Her acidulous comments offend her colleagues.