Summary Woordenschat Semester 2 English Proficiency II

Summary Second Semester EPII

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Unit 17.................................................................................................................... 2
Unit 29.................................................................................................................... 3
Unit 31.................................................................................................................... 4
Unit 41.................................................................................................................... 5
Unit 43.................................................................................................................... 6
Unit 44.................................................................................................................... 7
Unit 45.................................................................................................................... 9
Unit 47.................................................................................................................. 10
Unit 48.................................................................................................................. 12
In Class Vocabulary.............................................................................................. 14
Wish you weren’t here....................................................................................... 14
Under the weather............................................................................................ 15
Eye-rolling......................................................................................................... 16
Bringing it home................................................................................................ 17
This is America.................................................................................................. 18
Going to battle.................................................................................................. 19
The ghost in the machine.................................................................................. 20
Facing an existential crisis................................................................................. 20

,Unit 17
Word Meaning

e.g. For example

i.e. That is

Etc. And so on

NB Note carefully

Et al And others

Ibid. In the same place as the preceding
footnote

Cf Compare

Op. cit. See previously quoted work by author

Ed(s). Editor(s)

Vol. Volume

p./pp. Page/pages

Anti- Against

Bi- Two, twice

Co-, col-, com-, con- With

Contra-, counter- Against, opposing

Eco- Relating to the environment

Hyper- Having too much

Il-, im-, in-, ir- Not

Inter- Between, connected

Mal- Badly

Multi- Many

Over- Too much

Pre- Before

Post- After

, -able Can be

-ant Having an effect

-cy State or quality

-ee Person affected by something

-hood State, condition

-ify Give something a quality

-ism/-ist Belief/person with that belief

-ise, -ize Bring about a state or condition

-less Without

-ocracy/-ocrat Type of ruling body, person ruling

-proof Protected against, safe from


Unit 29
Word Meaning

Disciplines Subject

Paradigm shift A time when the accepted way of doing
or thinking about something changes
completely

Thought Thinking in general

Movement Group of people sharing aims or beliefs

Reaction to Process of change stimulated by
something else, often moving in the
opposite direction

Essence The most important quality or
characteristics

To assert To say that something was true

To generalise To present as something that is always
true

To interpret To decide what the meaning is

Valid Appropriate/which can be accepted

Concept Principle, idea