Methodology When we learn a new subject, the first step is to learn words or concepts in this subject. It is like that you need to expand your vocabulary in the field first, then to understand and use these terms / jargons to analyze and solve questions in this field. This, naming a thing, is […]
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Words: People
Kinds of People egoist: me first, “what’s in it for me?” egotist: the height of conceit. egocentric altruist: let me help you. introvert: leave me alone, “what do other people think of me?” extrovert: let’s do it together ascetic (monk, hermit): self-denial, lonely contemplation alter ego alter (other): alternate, alternative, alteration altercation, morbid ambi-: ambivert, […]
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a praying or calling human figure balance, even, symmetric extend GRE eclectic: clect ≈ collect edifying: ed = dwelling; fy = do, construct, build egalitarian elucidate: ~ the points elusive embellish empirical: ~ evidence enarmored engrossing ephemeral: ~ thunderstorm epitomize: Stressing one night before the exam epitomizes the struggles of university life. erratic: e […]
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MARK token, take, tool, tell, table, ten, tend, tax, technology, temper, terror, test, turn, tract, 当你看到十字图形，可以作为记号 上帝： the 记录事情，故事，tabl, them, thes, 记录时间，temp 温度：therm 这个东西是属于某人的，土地的界限打下的桩子。 “拥有，持有” have, hold 把事物汇总记录，分开记录： tom, thes, Table (tabl), tabl (plank, board): table, tablet, tabular, tabulate, tableau, tableaux, tableau vivant, tabloid, On the table, off the table, under the table. tain/ten/tin, tend/tent/tens, […]
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HEAD, KING, RA: Ruler + Ox rad (ray): radio, radish == ray, root head/king is a glowing figure in a country and a root for a tribe, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, David. radius, radar, X-ray, radio, rayon radiate, irradiate, radiant, radiance, radiation, radiator, radioactive, radiology, radial, rud (root, unskilled, untaught): rude, rudiment, erudite, erudition, […]
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the eye of a needle, a knot, or even a monkey with its tail hanging down quaint (know, learn): quaint, acquaintance, quant (how much): quantity, quantum, quantify quer , quar, (complain, protest) quarrel, querulous, quarrelsome quest (ask, seek): quest, request, inquest, conquest, quir, quer, (seek, strive for): query, inquire, require, enquire, conquer, quiesc (rest): quiescence, […]
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SNAKE, overlay, compact, 叠放，压缩-紧密 narrative nebula net nevertheless, nonetheless: however, even so, despite that Nontrivial normative nostalgia nuances nucleus NA: narc (numbness, deadness, self obsessed) narcotics, narcissus, narcissism nasc (be born) 压缩紧密的状态 – 》 大， 牛，高的方向发展。 像种子，胎儿发育。 nascent, renascent, Renaissance nat (born) natural, preternatural, naive, innate, natal, prenatal, neonate, neonatal, postnatal, cognate, nav/nau = ship […]
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MY, ME, MOM – mother is like water, nurturing her children MAN – GRE words mire, mired machination / machinations: crafty schemes or plots magma magnate: VIP makeshift: improvised, related to a temporary substitute malleable manifest mantle max out mediated by mercurial: fickle, flighty militarism modest moreover mores: customs, manners, or morals of a particular […]
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Verb -e: 延展 relate, grieve, -ate (to make have a certain quality): emulate, oscillate, precipitate, rejuvenate, expropriate, interpolate, adjudicate, exonerate, fulminate, disseminate, amalgamate, commiserate, desiccate, extenuate, subjugate, cogitate, extirpate, prognosticate, recapitulate -er (to do something with repeating motions ): waver, dissever, banter, welter, linger, bewilder, engender, master, batter, render, encumber, decipher, muster, cluster, sever, loiter, […]
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An open hand key, kit, kid, ken keep, kind, king, kill, kick, keen, kiss, kite, kiwi, kiln, kale, know, knee, knit, knot, knob, kiosk, kayak, karma, kitty kine (moving): kinetic, kinesthesis, telekinesis, psychokinesis,
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