Unit 1
Derivation:
pity—pitiful—pitifully
discreet a. –discreetly ad. –discretion/discreetness n. –indiscreet—indiscretion reserve n. –reserved a.
composed a. --discomposed adj. --composure n. --composedly adv. --composedness n. malicious a.—malice n. –maliciousness n. –maliciously ad. assurance n. –assure v.—assuring a.
distinct a. distinctive a. distinction n. indistinctive a. relax v. –relaxing a. –relaxation n.
humiliation n.—humiliating a. –humiliate v.
strategically ad. → strategic a. → strategy n. –strategist n. embarrass v. → embarrassing a. → embarrassment n. maneuver v./n. → maneuverable a.
mature a. → maturity n. Antonym: immature a. → immaturity n.
Phrases:
nothing more than
set out in the direction of set out on sth.
draw one’s attention to break out settle in/into tip somebody off
jump/ keep/pass/stay/ steer clear of dine on/off sth. in relief
my heart goes out to somebody live/survive to tell the tale live up to scribble down grope for
sneak in / out / away / off run with the crowd try on die down
distress oneself
Unit 2 Derivation:
precise a. precisely ad. precision n.
classic a. classical a. classicist n. classicism n. conceivable a. conceive v. conception n.
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survive v. survival n. survivor n.
compete v. competition n. competitor n. competitive a. inquire v. inquiring a. inquiry n.
conceivably ad. conceivable a. conceivability n. conceive v. conceived a. conceivement n.
conceiver n. conceiving a. n.
embarrass v. embarrassing a. embarrassed a. embarrassment n. embarrassingly ad.
embarrassedly ad. embarras n.
replacement n. replace v. replaceable a. replaceability n. replacive a. n. replacer n. executive n. a. execute v. execution n.
confine v. confinement n. confined a. confineless a. confining a. abolish v. abolition n. abolishment n. abolished a. abolishing a.
innumerable a. numerable a. innumerate a. n. innumeracy n. innumerability n. boredom n. bore v. bored a. boring a.
discontent v. discontented a. content a. n. discontentation n. discontenting a. discontentedly ad. discontentive a. widow n. widowed a.
nerve n. –nervous a. –nerveless a.
preside v.→ president n. → presidency n.
marry v. → marital a. → marriage n.—extramarital a. company n. → accompany v. → companion n.
Phrases:
grab at/for something stay up phrasal verb
straighten out phrasal verb
pick somebody/something ? out phrasal verb die of care for
Unit 3
Derivation:
sedate v. a. sedation n. sedately ad. sedative n. compact a. compactly ad. compactness n. contort v. contorted ad. contortion n. ludicrous a. ludicrousness n. ludicrously ad. extravagant a. extravagance n.
thought n. thoughtful a. thoughtless a. thoughtlessly ad. thoughtlessness n. deficient a. deficiency n. dodge v. dodger n.
exasperate v. exasperated a. exasperating a. exasperation n. triumph n. compare triumphal and triumphant thrive v. thriving a.
eccentric a. eccentric n. eccentricity n. negotiate v. negotiation n. negotiable a.
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agree v .→ agreeable a. → agreement n. ridicule v. ridiculous a.
acquaint v. → acquaintance n. → acquainted a. woe n. woeful a. woefully ad.
Phrases: go about go through settle on out of/in step
go about one’s business
pull up pull in pull out be habituated to doing sth./ sth. pop out
pace sth. Off/out be deficient in in this/that regard
bring sth. Home to somebody entertain an idea/hope/thought etc woe to / betide sb dig up
thrive on sth.
Unit 5
Derivation:
volunteer n. v. –voluntary a.
deceive v. deceptive a. deception n. deceit n. preoccupation n. preoccupied a. preoccupy v. prevaricate v. prevarication n.
lubricate v. lubrication n. lubricant n. cynic n. cynical a. cynicism n. suspect v. suspicious a.
participant n. a. participate v. participation n. serial a. n. series n.
admission n. admit v. admitted a.
respondent a. n. respond v. respondence/ respondency n. 反应;一致consultant n. consult v. consultancy n. consultable a. inspect v. inspection n.
initial a. initiate v. initiative n. initiation n. ethics n. ethicist n. ethical a. unethical a.
consequence n. consequent a. consequently ad. consequential a. collapse v. n. collapsible a. collapsed a. collapsibility n. feign v. → feigned a.
spare v. → sparing a. → unsparing a. → unsparingly ad.
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confound v. → confounded a. → confoundedly ad. tangle v. → tangle n. → entangle v. will n. willful a.
Phrases:
profess to do/be something
spare somebody the trouble/difficulty/pain etc (of doing something) spare somebody's feelings preoccupation with
blurt something out phrasal verb wear down phrasal verb
speculate on/about (why/what etc) set sb. up rule of thumb spin the truth cover up specialize in
compliment sb. on sth. devote to
Unit 7
Derivation:
obscure a. obscurely ad. obscurity n.
perceive v. perception n. perceptible a. imperceptible a. apprehensive a. apprehension n. apprehend v. fervent a. fervently ad. fervency n.
overwhelm v. overwhelming a. overwhelmingly ad. scorn n. scornful a.
detach v. detached a. detachment n. substitute v. n. substitution n.
acquaint v. acquainted ad. acquaintance n.
oblige v. obliging a. obligatory adj. obligation n. obligingly adv. confidential a. confidentiality n. confidentially adv. impulse n. impulsive a. impulsively ad. solitude n. solitary a. neglect v. negligence n.
indulge v. indulged a. indulgent a. indulgence n. rapture n. rapt a. rapturous a. rapturously ad.
Phrases: such as it is better off indulge in
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grounds for (doing) something have grounds to do something
be overwhelmed by/with something save up for care about reach for peer about deal in
go into raptures with detachment
make one’s acquaintance stock in trade
be in a /no position to do sth in a rapture
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