week 1 英文單字

week 1

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One of the most famous (or infamous) frauds in the history of science is known as the Piltdown Man, remains of a supposed primitive hominid found in 1912 by an amateur paleontologist named Charles Dawson and a professional paleontologist named Arthur Smith Woodward.

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The Piltdown Man was an immediate sensation.

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The reaction to the finfings was mixed.

1.infamous
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin infamis, from in- + fama fameim/in- not
Example: innocence
He was sure of Jack's innocence.

2.primitive
Etymology: Middle English primitif, from Latin primitivus first formed, from primitiae first fruits, from primus first prim
Example: primal
They still not loss their primal innocence.

3.amateur
Etymology: French, from Latin amator lover, from amare to love
amat/am- love

4.immediate
Etymology: Middle English immediat, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin immediatus, from Latin in- + Late Latin mediatus intermediateim
in- not
Example: impregnable
Some one who is in impregnable position is very difficult to defeat or remove.

5.reaction
re- again
Example: react
How did she react to the news?