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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Word Roots: T
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 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 navigation, nausea, nauseate, nautical, nautical chart, nautical mile, aeronautics, astronautics Beijing University of Aeronautics and […]
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MY, ME, MOM – mother is like water, nurturing her children MAN – MA water + ox mal (bad, evil) : L – ox goad or cattle prod malice (n.), malfeasance, maleficent, maladaptive, maladjusted, malcontent, malediction, malefaction, malefactor, malformation, maladroit, malapropism malevolent, malign (adj.), malignant, malaise, malady, malaria, malinger (feign illness) dismal machin (plan, trick, […]
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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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H – Heta: fences or posts 围栏, 庇护: hug (embrace), hat (cap), hut, home, hood, hair, house, hog hour (高日小寸), 梯子/高: hot, high (tall), hall, height (altitude), head, Helmet, human, huge, happy, horse, hope, heart, humor, honest, health, heal, honor 出气: Hi, hey, hello, horn, hit, hard, hash, hack, hale, harm, harsh, heave, hammer, hate […]
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F, Y, V, U, W: Waw I. Digamma – finger, club, hook 手指: frisk We were all frisked in the airport. Lambs frisked in the fields. forge, fend, five, four , fix, farm, feel, food, factory, figure, fight, finish, future, force, fort, festival, flirt, find, II. F 流动感 / 拟声词 onomatopoeia = onoma (name + […]
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