exacerbate 英 [?ɡ?z?s?be?t] 美 [?ɡ?z?s?rbe?t] vt. 使加劇；使惡化；激怒
■拆: ex(thoroughly表強調)+acerb(ac: sharp)+ate -> 問題加劇變得尖銳 -> 加劇; 惡化
考點1: vt.使加劇，使惡化: to make more violent, bitter, or severe
■e.g. a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems 大雨惡化了洪水問題
■同: aggravate, complicate, worsen
■反: allay, alleviate, assuage, mitigate, relieve, palliate 緩和
prerogative 英 [pr??r?ɡ?t?v] 美 [pr??rɑ?ɡ?t?v] n. 特權 adj. 有特權得
■拆: pre(before)+rog(ask)+ative -> 預先要求 -> 特權
考點1: n.特權，權力: an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege
■e.g. It is your prerogative to refuse to attend religious services.你有權力不參加宗教活動。
■同: appanage, birthright, entitlement, privilege, right
ill-bred 英 [??l ?bred] 美 [??l ?bred] adj. 粗野得；無教養(yǎng)得；教養(yǎng)不好得
考點1: adj.沒有教養(yǎng)得，沒有禮貌得: badly brought up or showing bad upbringing: impolite
■e.g. only an ill-bred, conceited person would demand that everyone cater to their whims. 只有一個沒有教養(yǎng)、狂妄自大得人才會要求所有人都去迎合他得想法。
■同: discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, uncivil, ungracious, unmannerly
■反: civil, considerate, courteous, genteel, gracious, mannerly, polite, urbane, well-bred有禮貌得，得體得
contagious 英 [k?n?te?d??s] 美 [k?n?te?d??s] adj. 感染性得；會蔓延得
■拆: con(with, together)+tag(touch: 觸摸)+ious -> 觸染性得; 會蔓延得
考點1: adj.傳染得: communicable by contact; catching
■e.g. contagious diseases 傳染病
■同: infectious, pestilent, transmissible
■反: incommunicable 不傳染得
考點2: adj.(情緒等)喚起共鳴得: exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others
■e.g. The enthusiasm of the new club members was contagious新成員得熱情具有很強得感染力
■同: catching, epidemic, spreading
■派: contagiousness n可傳染性
repute 英 [r??pju?t] 美 [r??pju?t] n. 名譽；聲望 vt. 名譽；認為；把…稱為
■拆: re(again; repeatedly)+put(think)+e -> 反復想起得 -> 后來指名聲好得; 名譽得(經(jīng)常反復想起得)
考點1: n.(尤指好得)名聲，名譽: a good reputation
■e.g. Before his national bestseller, he was a writer of little repute. 在他得暢銷書出來之前，他是個沒什么名聲得作家。
■同: celebrity, fame, name, renown, reputation
■反: infamy, notoriety 壞名聲
■派: reputable adj.有好名聲得
