JAN9, 2009 Volume 1 -- prefix, #9 (9

lintelleUID: 2297267

The moderator will post one multiple choice question everyday, and post the answer key and detailed explanation to the very question on the 2nd floor of the thread on the next day. Participants should try to answer the question in the following 24 hours after the questions are posted. First 3 people with the correct answer will be rewarded 5 GTB.

The multiple choice questions are mainly designed to build up your vocabulary, sometimes idiom questions will emerge as well.

His enthusiasm was _______.
A) conservative
B) contagious
C) confidential
D) conducive

lintelleUID: 2297267

B) contagious

con-:
with, together

conservative:
1. opposite to great or sudden social change; showing that you prefer traditional styles and values
2. (of an estimate) lower than what is probably the real amount or number

contagious:
1. a contagious disease spreads by people touching each other
2. [not usually before noun] if a person is contagious, they have a disease that can be spread to other people by touch

confidential:
1. meant to be kept secret and not told to or shared with other people
2. (of a way of speaking) showing that what you are saying is private or secret -- confidential tune
3. [only before noun] trusted with private or secret information
ROOT: fid
to trust, to rely on
word family: confide v.

conducive:
making it easy, possible or likely for sth to happen


[ 本帖最后由 lintelle 于 2009-1-11 05:49 编辑 ]

艾惟UID: 2502625

B
他的激情具有感染性。

firhadayUID: 2287086

B~呵呵，GTB拿来~~~:loveliness: