文档介绍：英语词汇记忆法
Chapter 1
facetious  
facetious a 轻浮的,开不正经玩笑的( facet表面+ious=做表面化=轻浮的)
fac,fic=face,表示”脸,面”(p12-71)
face n 脸
facet n 平面,(东西的)一面(fac+et=像脸的一面=平面,表面)
facetious a 轻浮的,开不正经玩笑的( facet表面+ious=做表面化=轻浮的)
preface n 前言,序言(pre前面+face=前脸=前言)
surface n 表面(sur在…上面+face= =表在脸上面)
deface v 毁坏,诽谤(de弄坏+face=把脸面弄坏=毁坏)
efface v 擦掉,消除(ef出+face=把脸上的东西弄出去=擦掉)
ineffaceable a不能消除的,抹不掉的(in 不+efface抹掉+able)
superficial a 肤浅的,表面的(super在…上面+fic[=fac脸]+ial=在脸上面=肤浅的)
GRE词汇精选(红宝书)
ostentatious  
adj 卖弄的,自我夸耀的=pretentious
【记】os我死,ten10,tatious:我死了10次-吹牛的
【根】osten表面,tatious:表面装饰的不错-卖弄的
ostensible adj 表面的
ostensive  adj.  外表的; 清晰显示的
ostentation n.  虚饰, 卖弄, 虚有其表
optimum n (生物成长)最适宜的条件或环境(optim+um表示场地,如:museum博物馆)
optim=bext,表示”最好”(p37-141)
optimism n 乐观主义(optim+ism=向最好方面想的主义=乐观主义)
optimistic a 乐观的(optim+ist+ic)
【根】opt=to wish(希望)
best, optimal, superlative, unsurpassed.
detriment n 损害,不利(de坏+tri[=trit]+ment=磨坏了=损害)
trit=rub,表示”磨擦”(p39-210)
attriton n 磨擦,消耗
detriment n 损害,不利(de坏+tri[=trit]+ment=磨坏了=损害)
trite a 陈腐的(像被磨破了一样)
contrite a 悔恨的(con共同+trite=身心全部磨擦=悔恨交加的)
单词词源词典
detriment  
[15] Etymologically, detriment denotes damage caused by ‘wearing away’. The es via Old French from Latin dētrīmentum, a derivative of dēterere ‘wear away’(whose past participle is the source of English detritus [18]). This was pound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘away’ and terere ‘rub’(from which English gets attrition and trite). The generalized metaphorical sense ‘harm’ had already developed in classical Latin.
Link:  ATTRITION, DETRITUS, TRITE
vicarious  
adj 代理的,替代的(代替他人忍受或工作的)
【记】vicar(n 代理主教:代替神父或主教的神职人员),ious:代理的vi微,car车,ious:微型的小汽车有代替大车的趋势-代替的
【反】firsthand(adj 直接的;第一手的)"
单词词源词典
vicar  
[13] A vicar is etymologically a ‘substitute’ for or ‘representative’ of someone else: thus the pope is the vicar of God on Earth, and the vicar of a parish was originally someone who stood in for the parson or rector. The es via Old French vicaire from Latin vicārius ‘substitute,