暨南大学词汇学构词法考试.docx

Review:
Processes of word formation:
1. Derivation (prefixation and suffixation)
2. Compounding
3. Blending
4. Back-formation
5. Initialism ( abbreviation and acronyms)
6. Clipping
7. Aphesis
8. Analogy
9. Reduplication
10. Words from proper names

了解其构词过程并用英文解释其意思
anonymous
process: derivation
meaning: unknown by name
agnosticism
process: derivation
meaning: Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God.
agony aunt
process: compounding
meaning: someone who writes an agony column
agony column
process: compounding
meaning: a part of a newspaper or magazine in which someone give advice to readers about their personal problems.
ambidextrous
process: derivation
meaning: able to use either hand equally well
antidisestablishmentarianism
process: derivation?
meaning: ? rare opposition of the disestablishment of the Church of England
baby shower
process: compounding
meaning: a party given for a woman who is going to have a baby, at which her friends give her presents for the baby.

boomerang kid
process: compounding
meaning: an adult child who returns home to live with his or her parents after being away for some time
bridal shower
process: compounding
meaning: party for woman who will get married soon
Electra complex
process: Words from proper names
meaning: a young girl’s unconscious sexual attraction to her father
euphemise
process: derivation
meaning: to speak in euphemisms or refer to by means of a euphemism
euthanize
process: derivation
meaning: to kill an animal in a painless way, usually because it is very sick or old
flattery
process: ?
meaning: praise that is not sincere, especially in order to obtain something from somebody.
flim-flam
process: reduplication
meaning: information or ideas that are not true or seem very stupid
Frankenfood
process: words from proper name
meaning: food that has been genetically modified
greed
process: back-formation
meaning: a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs
henpecked
process: compounding
meaning: 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 her
hyperprotectiveness
process: derivation
meaning: too anxious to protect somebody from being hurt, in a way that restricts their freedom
illegible
process: derivation
meaning: difficult or impossible to read
impeccable
process: derivation
meaning: without mistakes or faults
fetus-napper
process: compounding
meaning: ?
motherese
process: derivation
meaning: a simple style of language of the type that parents use when speaking to their child
MRI
Process: abbreviation
Meaning: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
CPI, CPR, DPT, GRE
Process: abbreviation
CPI: consumer price index
CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation
DPT: diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus 
GRE: Graduate Record Examination
Narrowcaster
Process: analogy
Meaning: the person who send information by television or the internet to a particular group of people
Oedipus complex
Process: words from proper name
Meaning: feelings of sexual desire that a boy has for his mother and the jealous feelings towards his father that this causes
OPEC, APEC, TOEFL
Process: Acronyms
OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
TOFEL: The Test of English as a Foreign Language
IELTS: The International English Language Testing Systemouster
ouster
process: derivation
meaning: the act of removing somebody from a position of authority in order to put somebody else in their place
pecking order
process: compounding
meaning: the arrangement of people according to their status or power 
pharmer
process: aphesis ?
meaning: A recreational drug user whose primary drug category of choice is pharmaceuticals, either over-the-counter or prescription. 

play favorites
process: compounding
meaning: show favoritism towards someone or something
polymath, polyhistor
process: derivation
polymath: a person who knows a lot about many different subjects
polyhistor: a person with broad knowledge
Procrustean bed
Process: words from proper name
Meaning: an arrangement or plan that produces uniformity by violent and arbitrary measures
rep
process: clipping
meaning: a person who speaks officially for a group of people, especially at work
rehab
process: clipping
meaning: the process of helping to cure somebody who has a problem with drugs or alcohol
bluetooth
process: words from proper name
meaning: 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 wires
sizeism
process: derivation
meaning:  discrimination based on a person's size
sleeping partner/policeman
process: derivation
sleeping partner: a person who has put money into a business company but who is not actually involved in running it
sleeping policeman: a raised area across a road that is put there to make traffic go slower
tantalize
process: words from proper name
meaning: to make you want something that you cannot have or do
telepathy
process: blending
meaning: the direct communication of throughts or feelings from one person to another without using speech, writing, or any other normal method
workaholic
process: blending
meaning: a person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things