Лексикология английского языка. Иванова Н.К. - 25 стр.

23. Grass roots for “ordinary people; the rank and file”.
24. Guidelines for “principles; criteria guiding action”.
25. Image for “perceived reputation”, as in “his public image”, “image-building”.
26. Lifestyle for “habits; way of life”. A piece of marketing jargon.
27. Logistics for “detailed organization for carrying out a plan”; originally a military word .
28. Meaningful for “important”.
29. Mechanism for “procedure”, as in “mechanism for taking a tax rebate”.
30. Mileage for “advantage, potential”.
31. Ongoing for “current, in process”.
32. Optimal, optimum for “best”.
33. Paradigm / prdam / for “typical example”.
34. Parameter for “limit; boundary”, to work within parameters of time and money.
35. Perspective for “outlook”, as in “get a different perspective on things.”
36. Scenario for “possible state of affairs”.
37. Spin-off for “by-product”.
38. Track record for a person’s past performance
39. -wise is a suffix meaning “with regard to”. Adverbial compounds as careerwise, saleswise,
    taxwise, though concise, are nevertheless much criticized.
40. Workshop for any meeting for discussion or practical work, as in “theatre workshop”.
41. Yardstick for “ a standard; criteria”.
42. Yuppie (and even yuppiedom, yuppify). It stands for “young urban professional”, and crops
    up everywhere in such contexts as the housing, market, cars, clothes, food and drink.

(From Usage and Abusage by E.Partridge , 2000, p.366 –370)



2) WORDS OF GREEK AND LATIN ORIGIN

1. Match the everyday nouns of Germanic origin in group A with the corresponding adjectives of
Latin origin in group B.

A. brother, woman, friend, god, fun, year, mother, man, cat, dog, mind, brain, sight, touch, hand,
   house, earth, east.
B. maternal, canine, terrestrial, fraternal, manual, mental, divine, feline, oriental, cerebral,
   feminine, masculine, annual, amicable, visual, comic(al), tactile, domestic.


2. Usually there is a difference in meaning and use between the simple adjectives and the adjectives
of Latin/Greek origin. E.g. sunny day vs. solar energy.

Choose the adjective that best fits the meaning of these sentences.

1)   Animals which are active during the hours of darkness are called nightly/nocturnal animals.
2)   Animals which are active during the day are called diurnal/daily animals.
3)   There is now a walking/pedestrian precinct in the town/urban centre.
4)   Country/rural people often find it difficult to adjust to an urban/a town environment.