week 13（31-33）

Breakfast at Tiffany's 

Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and written by George Axelrod, loosely based on Truman Capote's novella of the same name. Starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney.

Hepburn's portrayal of Holly Golightly as the naive, eccentric socialite is generally considered to be the actress's most memorable and identifiable role. Hepburn regarded it as one of her most challenging roles, since she was an introvert required to play an extrovert.

                                            

➤an- : something negative

ex:（1）anomaly n. : irregularity, abnormality

      ⇨Siamese twins are considered a birth anomaly.

     

   （2）antonym n. : a word that means the opposite of another word

       ⇨Two antonyms of "light" are "dark" and "heavy".

➤ab- : from, away from 

ex:（1）abjure v. : renounce, abstain from

      ⇨In vain, the entire family tried to importune him to abjure gambling.

     （2）absence n. [ + from ] : a time when someone is not at work

       ⇨She never speaks ill of anyone in his or her absence. 

     （3）above n. / adj. / ad. / prep. : higher than, more than, or at a level greater than

       ⇨In the company, Dick ranks above Tom. 

➤con- : together, strengthen

ex:（1）concomitant n. / adj. : accompanying, attending

      ⇨There are many concomitant dangers to obesity. 

     （2）condone v. : excuse, pardon

      ⇨Do you expect me to condone that reprehensible act with such celerity.

     （3）connoisseur n. [ + in / of ] : expert

      ⇨The connoisseur scoffs at the dilettante, who has only a veneer of knowledge.

➤pro- : many, much, in favor of 

 

ex:（1）propagate v. : produce, multiply, spread

      ⇨I must inveigh against your attempt to propagate the belief that your political system will result in a panacea for all problems.

     （2）profound n. / adj. : deep, intense

       ⇨It is easy to construe a superficial remark to be a profound one.  

     （3）prodigious adj. : extraordinary, enormous

      ⇨The enemy made a prodigious effort to repress the uprising.

     （4）propensity n. [ + for / to / towards ] [+to-v] : disposition, inclination, beat

       ⇨Some girls have a propensity for swarthy men who wear gaudy clothes.

➤de- : down, away from

ex:（1）deleterious adj. : bad, harmful

        ⇨The gist of the report was that smoking will have a deleterious effect on health.

      （2）debilitate v. : weaken

       ⇨We should be prudent in our play or work during very hot weather, because the sun has the power to enervate and debilitate those that scoff at its effects.