1. I like the learning environment of your college.
Stage 1
从未见过
Stage 2
见过不知其意
Stage 3
能认识
Stage 4
理解精确含义
词汇学习的阶段
Stage 5
说、写会用
Politics and music have always fascinated Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State in U.S.A.
I like the learning environment of your college.
The learning environment at your college has
always fascinated me.

2. 一. 联想法 二. 词根词缀法 famine flee (fled, fled) exhausted stroll ambition
基本构词法：（前缀）+词根+（后缀）

3. aggressive ag+gress+ive
aggression
aggressor
gress, grad=to walk:
progress
digress
regress
grade
gradual

4. combination com+bi+nat+ion
com, con, co, col, cor=together:
complete
cooperate
colleague
bi=two, double:
bicycle
nat=born:
nature
native
combine
combine A with B
native speaker
Native American

5. reinforcement re+in+force+ment
re=again:
repeat
recite
-ment:
movement
treatment
judgment
-en:
lengthen
threaten
weaken
sharpen
reinforce
strengthen

6. peer peerless peer pressure -less: careless helpless priceless
valueless
peerless
peer pressure

7. fictional fict+ion+al
fict, fig=to feign:
fictitious
fictive
figment
nov=new:
novelty
novice
innovate
renovate
fiction
non-fiction
novel

8. minimal min=small: minority minute adj. miniature minimum minimize
maximum
maximal

9. note v.
not=to mark:
notice
noticeable
notation
notable
noted

10. belittle be+little
belittlement
be=to make:
befool
befriend

11. humiliate hum=man, ground, water: human humanity humble posthumous
humid
humiliation
humility

12. verbal verb+al
verb=word:
proverb
adverb
a verbal agreement

13. proposal pro+pos+al pos=to place, to put: propose position post
deposit
compose
propose

14. exceptional ex+cept+ion+al
ex=out:
exit
expose
except
cap, cep, cip=to take:
accept
capacity
capture
captivate
exception
no exception
exceptionally
exceptional
extraordinary
notable
outstanding

15. purely pure+ly pur=pure: Puritan purify -fy: satisfy simplify classify
pureness

16. beneficial bene+fic+ial
bene=well, good:
benevolent
benign
fic, fec, fac=to do:
factory
effect
faculty
benefit

17. correlation cor+re+lat+ion
lat(e)=to carry, to bear:
relative
dilate
elated
cor, com, con, co, col= together:
combine
colleague
coexist
correlate
correlative

18. aliment al(i)+ment ol, ul, al=to nourish: prolific adult adolescence
alimentary canal
adolescent

19. incidence in+cid+ence
cid, cad=to fall:
accident
deciduous
coincidence
incident

20. acid acid, acr= sour, sharp: acrid acrimony acid rain acidulous
acidify

21. devoid vac, van, void =empty: vacation vacant vacuum vanish
evanescence
devoid of
e.g. a well devoid of water

22. atom a+tom
atomic
atom(ic) bomb
atomic power

23. molecule mole+cule molecular -(c)ule: macromolecule minuscule globule
macro-=large:
macroeconomics

24. syndrome syn, sy=together: synthesis photosynthesis synonym onym=name:
antonym
anonymous
AIDS=
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
SARS=
Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome

25. stem
stem from
Their errors stem from carelessness.

26. multiple multiple choice multiplicity multi=many, much: multiply
multicolor
multilingual
lingu=language:
linguistics
bilingual
trilingual
multiple choice
multiplicity

27. anthropology anthrop+ology
anthrop=man:
anthropoid
philanthropist
-ology:
biology
psychology
ape
gorilla
chimpanzee

28. parasitic para+sit+ic
para=beside:
parallel
paraphrase parameter
parasite

29. nutrient
n(e)utr=neither:
neutral
neutron
nutrition
nutritious

30. charismatic
charisma

31. irresistible ir+re+sist+ible
sist, sta, stitut, st
=stand:
stable
stage
assist
consist
constitute
ir-:
irregular
irrelevant
irresponsible
resist
resistant

32. prey
pray prey
peer pear
aria arid
creek creep

33. primitive prim, prin=first: primary prime primal primeval prima donna
prime minister

34. confusion con+fus+ion
confusing
fuse=to pour:
refuse
diffuse
infuse
confuse

35. encounter en+counter counter, contra =against: CS=Counter-Strike
counteract
counter-clockwise
en:
enable
encourage
enslave
encounter
meet
face
confront
come across

36. immigrate im+migr+ate
migr=to remove:
migration
emigrate
emigrant
immigration
immigrant

37. virulent
virus
virulence

38. observe ob+serv(e) observation observatory Greenwich Observatory
serv=to serve, to keep:
conserve
preserve
-ory:
factory
laboratory
dormitory
observation
observatory
Greenwich Observatory

39. isolate isol+ate insul=island: insulate peninsula -ate: decorate
fascinate
immigrate
isolation
isolated

40. barrier
bar=bar:
bar
barrel
embargo
barrier
obstacle
behind bars

41. epidemic epi+dem+ic dem=people: democracy democrat demography
epi, ep=among, upon:
episode

42. decline de+cline de=down, apart: decompose decrease decode
clin=to bend:
incline
climax
decline
decrease
fall
drop

43. virgin
Virginia
Virgo

44. establishment e+stablish+ment
sta, sist, stitut, st=stand:
irresistible
stable
stage
assist
consist
constitute
establish
found

45. estimate estimate evaluate assess appraise value overestimate
underestimate

46. theme
theme park
theme song

47. constrain con+strain strain, string =to draw tight: stringent
overstrain
restrain
restrict
constrained to do
constraint

48. calcium (Ca)
calc=lime:
calculate
calculator
calculus
calcify

49. skeleton
C.f. bone
skeletal

50. tissue tis=text=to weave: textile text context texture
C.f. handkerchief
toilet paper
text message

51. commonplace
commonsense
commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

52. reproduce re+produce re=again: repeat recite recall reform
reproduction
reproductive

53. arctic -ic: athletic antarctic academic Arctic Antarctica antarctic
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