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II. Knowledge needed to Know a Word: 2.1 Form: spoken and written Spacious (having a lot of room): A spacious stadium was built a year ago. Specious (seemingly right but not so in fact): He does not like that specious girl. Condemn: 1.To express very strong disproval of 2.To state the punishment for (a guilty person) Contemn: To treat or regard with contempt ingenious: (apprec.) showing cleverness at making things 聪明的，巧妙的 an ingenious gadget idea excuse person ingenuous: (derog.) (of a person or their behavior) simple, direct and inexperienced; naive Only the most ingenuous person would believe such a feeble excuse. They pray for you on Sunday, but prey on you on Monday. 2.2 word structure: prefix, suffixes, roots and so on. Industrial: of industry or people who work in it: an industrial nation Industrious: hard-working Economic: connected with trade; profitable: The airline says that this route is no longer economic, so they are going to discontinue it. Economical: using money, time, etc. without waste Be economical with the truth: (humor) to lie indirectly; not to tell the whole truth Most politicians learn to be economical with the truth. Historic: important in history Historical: connected with history Company Pannier Pantry pantryman Apanage 2.3 syntactic pattern of the word in a phrase and sentence: eat one’s words: to admit that something one has said was wrong; take back humbly something one has said: He said that no one could beat him at tennis, but he had to eat his words after losing several games. go back on one’s words break one’s promise Eat one’ salt: be treated or entertained by ( Arabs used to treat guests with salt): I can’t speak against a man when I have eaten his salt. 2.4 meaning: dog: If you dog someone, you follow them very closely and never leave them: He has been dogging me all day long. If problems or injuries dog you, they keep affecting