• A module is a part of a spacecraft which can operate away from the spacecraft.

72. mode [modus, manner, form] : a prevailing fashion or style (as of dress or behavior)

• A mode of life or behavior is a particular way of living or behaving.

73. mood [modus, manner, form] : 
① a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion; feeling

• Your mood is the state of your emotions at a particular time.
• He was always in a good mood.
• I wasn't in the mood for helping.
• The demonstration took place amid a mood of growing political despair.

② archaic, a fit of anger; rage

• If you are in a mood, you are angry and impatient.
• When Chris was in one of his moods, he was unpleasant to everyone.

74. model [modus, manner, form] :
(n) 
① a set of plans for a building; structural design

• A model is a three-dimensional copy of an object, usually one that is smaller than the object.

② a person or thing that serves as a pattern for an artist; esp. one who poses for an artist

• An artist's model is someone who poses for an artist.

③ one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise

• A fashion model displays clothes by wearing them, as a job.

④ a type or design of product (as a car)

• A particular model of a machine is a version of it.

(adj) 
① serving as or capable of serving as a pattern

• He is a model student.
• A model wife or a model teacher, for example, is an excellent wife or an excellent teacher.

② being a miniature representation of something

• a model airplane

(v) 
① to plan or form after a pattern
② to construct or fashion in imitation of a particular model

• If you model yourself on someone, you copy the way that they do things, because you admire them.
• Some countries modeled their constitution on that of the U.S.
• The children have their parents on which to model themselves.

③ to display by wearing, using, or posing with/ to work or act as a fashion model

• If you model clothes, you display them by wearing them.
• He models cardigans in knitting magazines.

74-1. role model

• "How does it feel to be in your position - to have accomplished all the incredible things you've done and to still be so young and beautiful? You're a role model for so many women."
  "You're very flattering," Lara laughed. "I don't have time to think about myself as a role model." 
  [The Stars Shine Down written by Sidney Sheldon]

75. modus operandi [modus, method, manner + operandi, to operate : how to operate] : a method of procedure /작동방법

• "Where's the bomb?" Angeli's voice was excited.
  Judd hesitated. "It's been dismantled."
  "It's been what?" Angeli asked increduously. :Who did that?"
  "Moody. He didn't think it mattered."
  "Didn't matter! What does he think the Police Department is for? We might have been able to tell who planted that bomb just by looking at it. We keep a file of M.O.s.
  "M.O.s?"
  "Modus Operandi. People fall into habit patterns. If they do something one way the first time, chances are they'll keep doing it the same."
  [The Naked Face written by Sidney Sheldon]

76. modus vivendi [modus, method, manner + vivendi, to live] 
① a feasible arrangement or practical compromise; esp. one that bypasses difficulties/잠정협정
② a manner of living; a way of living /생활방식

77. circle [circulus < circus +  -cle, a suffix meaning small] : 
(n) 
① a ring, halo; a closed plane curve every point of which is equidistant from a fixed point within the curve

• A circle is a round shape. Every part of its edge is the same distance from the center.
• The students sit in a circle on the ground.

② a circle formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that passes through it
③ an area of action or influence

• When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. Because she's weak she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her. She has a small mind, and she resents the abstract which is unable to grasp. She is occupied with material things, and she is jealous of the ideal. The soul of man wanders through the uttermost regions of the universe, and she seeks to imprison it in the circle of her account-book. 
  [The Moon and Sixpence written by William Somerset Maugham]

④ a group of persons sharing a common interest

(vt) to enclose in or as if in a circle
(vi) to circulate

• Hawks circled overhead looking for prey.

78. circus [circum, around < circus] : (n) 
① a large arena enclosed by tiers of seats on three or all four sides and used esp. for sports or spectacles (as athletic contests, exhibitions of horsemanship, or in ancient times chariot racing)
② an arena often covered by a tent and used for variety shows usu. including feats of physical skill, wild animal acts, and performances by clowns

• A circus is a traveling show performed in a large tent, with clowns, acrobats, and trained animals.

79. circlet [circle + -(e)t, a suffix meaning small] : a little circle

80. cycle [cyclus, circus, circle] : (n) 
① an interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is completed

• A cycle is also a series of events that is repeated again and again, always in the same order.

② one complete performance of a vibration, electric oscillation, current alternation, or other periodic process

• In an electrical, electronic, or mechanical process, a cycle is a single complete series of movements.

③ monocycle; bicycle (bike); tricycle; motorcycle

• A cycle is a bicycle or a motorcycle.

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