Jihyun Kim April 2010

[Jihyun Kim]

4/5/10


ad nauseum = take do something
quid pro guo = give and take


acquiesce-aquiesce to the demand/giving it o somebody buu i dont want to.
beguile-beguiled by the devil/guile=deceit;liying someone
deference-show deference to elders/showing respectful to someone
elicit-elicit answers from students/draw out by discussion
florid-florid complexion/flowery, lively, healthy, decorated
indict-indict the suspect/charge
mercenary-selfish and mercenary/interested in money or gain; care
pondeous-ponderous lecture, ponderous burden/weighty, unwieldy
reserve-jude's air of reserve/self-control, seriousely
susceptible-susceptible to colds/easily influenced,easily more affected



acquire-acquire wealth/to gain for oneself
belie-his size belies his strength/give false impression
degrade-degrade the blacks/lower in rank
eloquence-eloquence of the speaker/speaking very well
foolhardy- don't be foolhardy/rash,bold
indifferent-feel indifferent toward the poor/don't care
methodical-methodical approach to the problem/systematic
pragmatic-pragmatic consideration/preactical
resigned-resigned to die/given up in his life
sustain-sustain an injury, sustain life/doing practice,to keep going

GRAMMAR

CS=compound subject
CP=compound predicate(verb)

[Jihyun Kim]

#2 paragraph
T-Keroro is leader of the frog units, but he is failure character!

F- He made new invention for his business, but every times he using a machine apologizes for his greed to make more stuff; his machine is to be out of order every times.

O-It shows he couldn¡¯t make plan flexibly and he doesn¡¯t have a management¡¯s talents to be leader.

F-When he came to the earth, his goal was desire to conquer the earth, but he just played with his friends, and made a machine for his business; he spend time for just play.

O-It shows he doesn¡¯t have a time for his desire, and trying to do some thing, but it is always couldn¡¯t successes. It means he doesn¡¯t have a leadership.

C-Keroro can not desire to conquer the earth ever forever.



Keroro is leader of the frog units, but he is failure character!He made new invention for his business, but every times he using a machine apologizes for his greed to make more stuff; his machine is to be out of order every times. It shows he couldn¡¯t make plan flexibly and he doesn¡¯t have a management¡¯s talents to be leader. When he came to the earth, his goal was desire to conquer the earth, but he just played with his friends, and made a machine for his business; he spend time for just play. It shows he doesn¡¯t have a time for his desire, and trying to do some thing, but it is always couldn¡¯t successes. It means he doesn¡¯t have a leadership. Keroro can not desire to conquer the earth ever forever.


4/7/10

Et tu Brute?
Brutus?
-Julia never betrayed Brutus./best friend never betray you
e plu ribus unum
out/many/one=out of many we from one.

GRAMMAR

appositive
= renamed the different noun.

Ex: Jisoo, studying for a test, forgot to eat.
------------------
participial phrase


participial phrase


Ex)
Mr.K [Who is really good looking] is a really cool dude.

[Jihyun Kim]

4/12/10
Allegory of the cave
--------
symbolic story
plato
------
(socrates
plato )

[heretic heresy]

Vocab.
adroit-adroit handling of the ball/very good using with hands
benevolent-the benevolent priest/bebe=good, volo=will,wish/generous/
delineate-delineate the riot in pictures/to draw a picture of something, describe, portray
elucidate-elucidate the theory/elucid=clear/explain, make it clear
frivolous-frivolous point, frivolous lawsuit/useless,lacking in seriousness
indigenous-the ingigenous people/native
meticulous-meticulous housekeeper/very thorough and paying attention to everything,very careful
prattle-baby preattled on/babble
resolution-New Year's resolution/determination to do something,celebration
sycophant-I'm sick of sycophants/yes man


adulation-adulationof the fans/going crazy,admiration
benign-benign sun; benign tumor<->malignant/kindly
denounce-denounce the crime/condemn publically
elusive-elusive quarterback/hard to catch, hard to understand
frugality-the frugal gourmet/economy, you can uses little money
indiscriminate-you should read indiscriminately/not caring what kine
misanthrope-evil misanthrope/mis=hate/hate of the man of mankind
precarious-precarious investment/uncertain,risky
resolve-a firm resolve/determination,resolution, determination to do something
taciturn-taciturn cowboy/tacit=silent/habitually silent, talking little,person doesnt like to talk

adversary-defeat the adversary/opponent,enemy
bequeath-bequeath the family fortune/thru a will(À¯¼­)
deplore-i deplore laziness/regret
emaciated-emaciated children in Africa/thin and wasted
furtive-furtive glances/stealthy, sneaky
indolent-indolent couch potato/lazy
miserly-miserly old man/very stingy(not wasting money), mean
preclude-preclude the possibility/make impossible,
respite-no time for respite/rest
taint-tainted food/something bad, anything wrong with bad

adverse-adverse wind, adverse reaction/ad=to or toward, verse=turn/against you
blasphem - thou shalt not blaspheme/cursing, irreverence
depravity-depravity of the criminals/any wickedness
[deprived]
embellish-embellish the truth/embellish the dress/something added
garrulous-garrulous old men/lots of talking
induce-sleep inducing pills/bring about
misnomer-'Indian'was a misnomer/wrong name
precocious-precocious child/advanced in development
resplendent-resplendent new clothes/brilliant,glorious
tantamount-statement tantamount to a confession/equivalent in effect

advocate-Lincoln advocated freedom of the slaves/speak in favor of
blighted-blighted by the storm/destroyed by
deprecate-the teacher deprecated the use of slang/express disapproval of
emulate-emulate the tutor/imitate
glutton-gluttony is a deadly sin/ eatting too much
inert-remain inert in bed/not moving
mitigate-mitigate his anger/reduce moderate
predator-predator of the jungle/any animals chacing any animalseating another,
restraint-show some restraint/self control
temper-temper your temper/moderate,tone down

GARMMAR

Ex.20
-in the main clause, find subject and verb.

Ex.21
-dependent clause, find subject and verb.

Ex.22
compund-two main clause
complex- 1 indep,1dep.

Ex.23
find matching verb in the dependent clause.

Ex.24
Find the subject connecting with underlined subject.

[Jihyun Kim]

4.14.10

advocated
"eugenics" =
eu = good, geni=gene


Ex)Participial phrase

Doing something, person did something.
Licking a popcycle, Mr.K fell down.


Ex)
Laughing hysterically at the sentence that Mr.K wrote on the Ustream wideo for all the students to see and model after, Jeffrey fell of his chair

[Jihyun Kim]

4/19/10

If the glove don't fit,
you must acquit.


1. Criminal case People vs. OJ
Double jeopardy

2.Civil case
John Doe vs. OJ



GRAMMAR
Compound/complex (5)
S-V, and S-V
___, but ___
___, or ___
___; ___

[and]
1. He told me about his girlfriend, and he shows me her pictures.
2. She went to Las vegas on summer vacation, and she went to Sen Diego too with her parents.
3. Jisoo went to Washington D.C, and she bought some gifts for us.
4. Jennifer couldn't find her friends phone number, and she couldn't call to her friends.
5. Robbert listening to musing, and he reading a book "Sphere" too.
[but]
1.Berenice take a picture of her teacher, but she didn't show to teacher.
2.She got a new god for her birthday presentation, but she likes a cat.
3.He kicked the ball to the goal, but the ball hit his friend.
4.Jisoo written a note on the lecture note, but it was erased itself.
5.Beth


[Because S-V,] S-V (2)
S-V because S-V (2)

1. Because Beth was sick last week , she got low grade on the math test.
2. Because Alie doesn't like him, she is mean to Robbert.

1. She brought a gift for her firend because today is her friend's birthday.
2. He was remain alone at his house because his perants went Las Vegas yesterday.

[When S-V], S-V (2)
[If S-V], S-V
[Since s-v] , s-v
[Whenever s-v], s-v

surbordinating conjunctions
because
since
when
which
who
that
how
if
whoever
whenever
where

[Jihyun Kim]

4/21/2010


Summa Curn Laude = highest praise 3.7~4.0

Magna Cum Laude = great praise

Curnn Laude = honor roll / 3.5



Michael Crichton - State of Fear/ global warming
Global warming- some warm up the sun lights should going back,
but Co2 makes to block the wam up, so this lights remain around the Earth.
Ozon layer - the hairspray things destroying Ozon layer.

GRAMMAR

Ex: Jisoo fell from her chair, not paying attention.
Audrey forgot her homework, playing games all night.
THe fastidious dresser threw the gift away, angry about the cheap gift.


Beth talked with her friend in the class, not listening to teacher.
Mr.K gave us a lot of homework, watching us on the note.
Jisoo called me to meet today, bored at her school.
Mrs.Chang gave us snanks, loves us always.
Bob fell from the tree, he is so careless.

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4/26/10

Cogito Ergo Sum
I think therefore I am.

Rene Descartes - philosopher

Doubt - I Think
=====
All is dubitable
One thing is [indubitable]-(Thinking about it)
¡ØI am

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asthetic-asthetic value/pertaining to a sense of the beautiful
bolster-bolster the argument with facts/support
deride-people derided Noah/rid=laugh/scoff at, laughing at someone
endorse-endorse the candidate, endorse the check/dorse=back/ approve/support
gratify-she felt gratified by the praise/to please, happy
infamous-OJ's infamous trials/notoriously bad, famous but negative way.
mock-mock the teacher/redicule, make fun of someone.
predecessor-Clinton's predecessor/precess= to go/former occupant of a post, person who occupant
reticence-reticence of the suspect/tice=taci(turn)=silent/silent, reserve
tenacity-tenacity of the detective/not giving up, firmness
affable

17
affable-kids love their affable teacher/friendly, cordial
braggart-my brother's a braggart/boaster, thinks graat than everything
derivative-a derivative of the original formula/unoriginal, derived from another source
engender-confidence engenders sucess/gen=birth, origin/give birth to
gratuitous-gratuitous violence in movies/unnecessary,given freely
infer-what can you infer from the passage?/conclude, deuce, guess
mollify-mollify the angry customer/soothe, make them calm
predilection-predilection for classical music/preference,like it
retract-retract his statement/re=back,again tract=pull/ take back
tentative-tentative plan/temporary,hesitant,not finalized

18
affirm-OJ affirmed his innocence/confirm, maintain as true
brevity- brevity of a telegram/conciseness,shortness
despondent-despondent mood/sad,gloomy
enhance-enhance the program/improve,increase
gravity-gravity of the situation/seriousness,heavy
ingenious-what an ingenious idea/clever,genious
morose-sad and morose/sad, melancholy
presumptuous-presumptuous challenge/arrogant,taking liberties,assume
reverent-reverent worshppers/revere(relative word)/respectful
terse-terse and short/very short, pithy

19
agend-morning agend/outline of things to be done,schedule of things
cajole-cajoled into doing all the work/coax, sweet talking
despot-despotic ruler/tyrant,dictator,harsh
enigma-he's an enigma/puzzle,weired
gregarious-gregarious partygoers/greg=herd/sociable,out going person
inherent-inherent characteristic/natural
mundane-talk about mundane matters/worldly as opposed to spiritual
pretentious-pretentious teacher/arrogant,showy,pompous,pretending
rhetorical-rhetorical skills in speech/communication,question
threadbare-threadbare sweater/shabby and poor/poor looking

20
alleviate-alleviate the pain/levi=light/to lessen
calculated-calculated decision/delibertely plnned, thought about carefully
detached-feel detached from his family/calm and odjective,emotionally removed
enmity-enmity between the enemies/ill will,hatred
guile-guile and deceit/deceit, wilines
innate-innate talent for musi/nate=born[nativity]/inborn(born with)
munificent-munificent benefacter/very generous
+benefactor=phlianthrophist
prevalent-prevalent view/common, widespread
rigor-rigor of military training/hard,severity
trive-bees thrive in the summer/prosper, growing very well, flourish

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4/28/10
Latin
Sing. Salve = Hello!
Plur. Savete
( In Latin, did not have v sounds. V was pronounced with w sounds )

Garfiled

John a cute and lazy owner of Garfiled, is drinking a coffee at the afternoon. Garfiled is orange-brown fur and lazy cat, coming to John slowly. Coming to John. John turning his body to garfield ,and looking at him; John says to Garfield,"you naver show me any gratitude".

Snaping John's back hardly, Garfield still having emotionless face. It was Garfield's way to give gratitue to John. Coming out the cup of coffee, John suprised when Garfield his his back. And his hair stands up and his mouth comes out. Then Garfield says, "Good job, pal"

Messing up the table by the coffee, John is furious to Garfield. John, turning his face to Garfiled, is yelling at him "OW!". Garfield, shrugging his shoulder, is looks like he does not getting anthing; why John is furious? Garfield says " And that's the thanks i get?"




Math
Counting# - 1,2,3,....
Natural#- 1,2,3,....
Whole#- 0,1,2,3
Integer = -2,-1,0,1,2

[Jihyun Kim]

5/3/10

Lartin
Ars longa - art is long
vita brevis - life is short

Alma mater - soul mother "School"

Topic"IQ"
Intelligence Quotient
divition of mental age of physical age
mental age
----------- * 100
physical age

10
--- = 100 IQ
10

40~100~160


Antonyms

Drench=wet
-dry out
Stimulate=excite
-suppress
civil=nice,courteous
-rude
rupture=Kinda balloon
-union
dejection=being depress, sad
scrutiny=examine closely
groundless=no reason
-well-founded
bungle=messed up
-handle competently
competent=did very good
ostentatious-showy
-modest
vigilant=watchful
-inattentive
capitulation=surrender
-resistance
mutability=(muta=change) able to change
-constancy

Sentence completion (w/ key words)
1. keen - capable of distinguishing thousands of chemical odors.
2.definite conclusions, as settlements -B)
3.exemplifies, narratives,so effectively / would be additional - superfluous
4.importance, recognized, detractors,But suprisingly, positive influence - E)
champion-a person who support the idea
5.Natalie is altruistic, client = money care about money - C)

analogies
1.Nurienits:food
a)
2.lie:untruful
d)
3.shell:walnut
b)
4.renovate:building [nova=new]
c)
5.applause:ovation / applause<ovation
e)disturbance<tumult
6.annul:marriage/annul-cancel
c)
7.blueprint:building
a)
8.neophyte:experience/ neo=new
b)
9.progenitor:lineage
d)
10. maxim:terse
d)

GRAMMAR
Tense
present-do
past-did
future -will do

past perfact tense
had done

A B C
A-had,done
ex) before I ate the cake, I belw out the candle.
B-did
C-now


Before I saw the movie,
I had read the summary of the movie.

Before I drenched the my clothes,
I had woren the swimsuit already.