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，彌漫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 冗余，冗員network redundancy
　　downsize 裁員 (~ lay off)
　　ballot 投票 (= vote)
　　impartial 不偏不倚的 (<> partial)
　　lobby 大堂(n.) 游說(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 配音錄制
　　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，鑒賞家^ entrée, a la carte