英検1級アルティメットコース:第9週水曜日

  1. custody (detention, guardianship)

Mnemonic: “Custody” sounds like custodian → someone holding the keys. If you’re in custody, someone holds the keys to you.

Association: Picture a janitor locking a child in a giant locker during a custody battle.

Context: The parents fought over custody of their child.


  1. conscience (moral sense, inner voice)

Mnemonic: “Con-science” = “science together” → the knowledge that guides you inside.

Association: Imagine a tiny angel scientist in a white coat whispering right and wrong in your ear.

Context: Her conscience wouldn’t allow her to lie.


  1. consortium (group, association of organizations)

Mnemonic: “Con” (together) + “sort” (type) → different types of companies together.

Association: Picture a group of CEOs holding hands and dancing in a circle.

Context: A consortium of banks funded the project.


  1. charade (pretense, sham)

Mnemonic: Sounds like “charity parade”, but fake → a show.

Association: Imagine a clown parade pretending to be serious politicians.

Context: The meeting was a complete charade.


  1. charlatan (fraud, fake expert)

Mnemonic: “Charlatan” sounds like charmer → a fake charmer.

Association: Picture a magician selling miracle hair tonic that makes people bald.

Context: The doctor turned out to be a charlatan.


  1. catastrophe (disaster)

Mnemonic: “Cat” + “astro” → a cat falling from space = disaster.

Association: Imagine a giant cat crashing into Earth like a meteor.

Context: The earthquake was a catastrophe for the city.


  1. calamity (misfortune, disaster)

Mnemonic: “Calamity” sounds like calamari (squid) → imagine squid raining from the sky = disaster.

Association: People running from falling squid → calamity.

Context: Losing his job was a personal calamity.


  1. complicity (involvement in wrongdoing)

Mnemonic: “Com-” (together) + “plicit” (fold, weave) → woven into crime.

Association: Imagine two criminals knitting the same sweater of crime.

Context: He was arrested for his complicity in the robbery.


  1. condemnation (strong disapproval)

Mnemonic: “Con” (together) + “damn” → everyone shouting “damn you!”

Association: Picture a crowd booing a politician and throwing tomatoes.

Context: The new law met with public condemnation.


  1. commutation (reduction, exchange, substitution)

Mnemonic: “Commute” → traveling, changing places.

Association: Imagine a prisoner’s death sentence being “commuted” to a bus ride home.

Context: The governor granted a commutation of his sentence.


  1. constituency (voters, people represented)

Mnemonic: Think “constitution” → people under it.

Association: Imagine a politician carrying his voters in a giant backpack.

Context: He promised to serve his constituency faithfully.


  1. conscription (military draft)

Mnemonic: “Script” → forced to follow a script → military draft.

Association: Imagine people being dragged onstage to act in a war movie they never auditioned for.

Context: The country introduced conscription during the war.


  1. conversion (change, transformation)

Mnemonic: “Convert” → switch form.

Association: Imagine a toaster suddenly converting into a spaceship.

Context: His sudden conversion to another religion surprised everyone.


  1. consecration (making sacred)

Mnemonic: “Sacred” is inside the word.

Association: Imagine a bishop sprinkling holy water on a cheeseburger to make it sacred.

Context: The consecration of the new church was attended by thousands.


  1. conformist (follower, rule-abider)

Mnemonic: “Conform” → to fit in.

Association: Imagine a row of penguins all dressed the same, marching in step.

Context: He was criticized as a conformist who never questioned authority.


  1. coalition (alliance, union)

Mnemonic: “Co” (together) + “all” → all together.

Association: Imagine different superheroes forming a coalition to fight boredom.

Context: Several parties formed a coalition to pass the reform.

今回の単語:連想法

  1. cortex(皮質、大脳皮質)

🔑 連想: 「コルテックス」=「コルテ=衣服」+「テックス=テキスタイル」→ 脳を包む「衣のような層」
👉 脳の外側の“皮”をイメージ。


  1. cognition(認知、知識獲得)

🔑 連想: 「コグニ=コグニック」→「認識する」→ 「脳がノートに知識を書き込むイメージ」
👉 学習や理解の“頭の動き”を思い浮かべる。


  1. cluster(房、集団)

🔑 連想: 「クラスター爆弾」→ 小さなものがたくさん集まっている → 「ブドウの房」も思い出す。


  1. coffer(金庫、財源)

🔑 連想: 「コーヒー(coffee)の缶を金庫に隠す」→ 宝物庫のイメージ。


  1. constriction(締め付け、抑制)

🔑 連想: 「ストリクト(厳しい)」が入っている → 「きつく縛られる感じ」。
👉 ヘビが胴体を締め付けるイメージ。


  1. captive(捕虜、捕らわれた人)

🔑 連想: 「キャプティブ」=「キャプチャーされた人」→ 捕まったイメージ。


  1. clamor(叫び、叫喚、大きな騒ぎ)

🔑 連想: 「クラマー」=「クラッカー+ハンマー」→ ハンマーでクラッカーを割る大音量。


  1. contrivance(工夫、仕掛け、策略)

🔑 連想: 「トリック(trick)」と似ている → 「仕掛け」「策略」。
👉 便利グッズ発明のイメージ。


  1. dictum(格言、権威ある言葉)

🔑 連想: 「dict=言う」→ dictator(独裁者)と同じ語源 → 「偉そうな人の決まり文句」。


  1. dispensation(特別許可、分配)

🔑 連想: 「ディスペンサー(自動販売機)」→ 物を配る → 「分配」「特別な許し」。


  1. deferment(延期)

🔑 連想: 「defer=延期する」+「-ment(名詞化)」
👉 「出発を延期する」イメージ。


  1. determent(抑止、阻止)

🔑 連想: 「deter=やめさせる」+「-ment」
👉 「泥棒を deter → determent(抑止)」


  1. delegation(代表団、委任)

🔑 連想: 「delegate=任せる」→ delegationは「任された人たち」
👉 国連に行く「日本代表団」をイメージ。


  1. deliberation(熟考、審議)

🔑 連想: 「libra=天秤」→ バランスを取って考える → 「熟慮、議論」。


  1. detention(拘留、居残り)

🔑 連想: 学校で「detention=放課後に居残り」→ 拘束される。


  1. debacle(大失敗、総崩れ)

🔑 連想: 「デバッカル」=「デバッグ失敗」→ 大崩壊。
👉 舞台の幕(curtain)が崩れ落ちて大失敗。

ここからはコロケーションで覚えましょう

cortex(皮質、大脳皮質)prefrontal cortex(前頭前皮質)
cerebral cortex(大脳皮質)
visual cortex(視覚野)
cognition(認知、知覚)human cognition(人間の認知)
cognitive development(認知発達)
cognition process(認知過程)
cluster(集団、房)star cluster(星団)
cluster of buildings(建物の集まり)
cluster analysis(クラスター分析)
coffer(金庫、財源)treasury coffers(財務省の金庫)
coffers of the city(都市の財源)
coffers filled with gold(金で満たされた金庫)
constriction(締め付け、抑制)blood vessel constriction(血管の収縮)
economic constriction(経済の締め付け)
tight constriction(きつい締め付け)
captive(捕虜、囚人)take captive(捕虜にする)
held captive(拘束されている)
captive audience(拘束された観客=逃げられない観客)
clamor(叫び声、騒ぎ)public clamor(公衆の騒ぎ)
clamor for justice(正義を求める叫び)
political clamor(政治的な騒動)
contrivance(仕掛け、工夫、策略)mechanical contrivance(機械的仕掛け)
ingenious contrivance(巧妙な工夫)
literary contrivance(文学的な仕掛け)
dictum(格言、訓示)famous dictum(有名な格言)
legal dictum(法的判決文)
authoritative dictum(権威ある言葉)
dispensation(特別許可、分配)special dispensation(特別許可)
religious dispensation(宗教上の特別措置)
financial dispensation(財政上の分配)
deferment(延期、猶予)military deferment(兵役延期)
tax deferment(税金支払い猶予)
temporary deferment(一時的な延期)
determent(抑止、阻止)determent from crime(犯罪の抑止)
effective determent(効果的な抑止)
deterrent and determent(抑止力と阻止)
delegation(代表団、委任)official delegation(公式代表団)
delegation of authority(権限委任)
international delegation(国際代表団)
deliberation(熟考、審議)careful deliberation(慎重な熟考)
deliberation process(審議過程)
lengthy deliberation(長時間の審議)
detention(拘留、居残り)police detention(警察の拘留)
school detention(学校の居残り)
preventive detention(予防的拘留)
debacle(大失敗、総崩れ)financial debacle(金融破綻)
political debacle(政治的失敗)
military debacle(軍事的大敗)

以上が水曜日の内容です。

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