homogeneous 同質的 homo + gene +ous(＜＞ heterogeneous)^ homosexual, heterosexual
mainstream 主流 主流的
dialect 方言 (v.s. accent)
discrepancy 差異
misconception 誤解 (mis + concept + ion)= misunderstanding
barrier 障礙(物)~ bar, = barricade
discrimination 區別，歧視racial/sexual discriminationß discriminate (+against)
hierarchy 等級制度heir + arch(govern) + y
insularity 島國性質 (ß insular, ^island)british industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity.
microcosm 小天地 micro + cosm(os)
nostalgia = homesickness
patriot 愛國者 (＜＞ traitor)à patriotic, patriotism
compatriot 同胞 同胞的com + patriot
vernacular 本地的，本國的 本地話，本國話the vernacular languages of india
hispanic an american whose first language was spanish
immigration 移入~ immigrant, immigratev.s. emigration (~ emigrant, emigrate)
antipodes any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the earth“from north america to the antipodes”
permeate 滲透，瀰漫smoke permeated the house.
entrepreneur 企業家 (~ enterprise)à entrepreneurship
practitioner 開業者，從業者praction(practice) + er
celebrity a famous person= luminary, vip
proxy 代理人
anecdote 軼事 (à anecdotal)
notoriety 惡名 (ß notorious)
counterpart 對應人，對等物who’s george bush’s counterpart in china?^ counterculture, counterbalance
peer 同等的人 凝視，窺視(~ peep)
subordinate 下級 下級的＜＞ superior
tactics 戰術，技巧v.s. strategy (戰略，策略)marketing strategy v.s. selling tactics
nuance a subtle difference in meaning
benchmarking 類比分析
punctual 準時的，守時的 (à punctuality)
absenteeism 曠工absent à absentee à absenteeism
flextime 彈性工作時間flex(flexible) + time
harass 騷擾 (à harassment)mary said that gary had sexually harassed her.
redundancy 冗餘，冗員network redundancy
downsize 裁員 (~ lay off)
ballot 投票 (= vote)
impartial 不偏不倚的 (＜＞ partial)
lobby 大堂(n.) 遊說(v.)
shortlist (be) a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen à (v.)
equilibrium 平衡，均衡
questionnaire 調查表，問卷
quantitative 定量的 (＜＞ qualitative)
contingency 偶然性，偶然事件
incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur
ethical 倫理的，符合倫理的~ ethics, ＜＞ unethical
dubious 疑惑的，可疑的 (~ doubt)people were dubious about the result.
manifestation 顯示，證明 (ß manifest)
subtitle 字幕，副標題 (sub + title)^ subsidiary, submarine, subway (be: underground, tube), suburb(~ downtown, uptown, outskirts)
dubbing 配音錄製
vogue 時尚 ^ chic
bizarre 奇異的v.s. weird (怪異的)
mediocre 平庸的
dietitian 飲食學家 (~ diet)
connoisseur 行家，鑑賞家^ entrée, a la carte