difficult ['dɪfɪkəlt] 词频1 词根: di

adj. 困难的;难做的;难解的;不易相处的;

💡 dif不+fic做+ult表名词→不好做→困难的

"The short story is a difficult art form to master."

近义：rough, troublesome, complicated, arduous, intricate, labored 反义：uncomplicated, basic, cushy, doss, easy, facile

trace [tres] 词频1 词根: tr-

vt. 跟踪，追踪;追溯，探索;探索;查找; vi. 沿着一小径或道路前进;可以追溯的; n. 痕迹，踪迹;微量，极少量;[植]（脉）迹;痕迹;

💡 trace(draw)→回溯

"Trace an analogy between pastoral poetry and landscape painting."

近义：hound, scribe, sketch, sleuth, spoor, track

truth [trʊθ] 词频1

n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;

💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理

"He adjured them to tell the truth."

近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness

history ['hɪstri] 词频1

n. 历史，历史学;发展史;履历，经历;（某地的）沿革;

💡 histor过去发生的事 + y 表名词→ 历史；个人经历

"The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"."

近义：archives, papers, past, background, record, records

matter ['mætɚ] 词频1

n. 事件;（讨论、考虑等的）问题;重要性;物质; vi. 要紧，重要;化脓;有重大影响;有重要性;

"Now we come to the crux of the matter ."

近义：import, signify, weigh, count, amount, issue

find [faɪnd] 词频1

v. 发现;找到;查明;发觉; n. 发现物;被发现的人;

💡 翻的(谐音): 找东西是要“翻的

"We searched in all quarters but still couldn't find it."

近义：learn, realize, locate, perceive, sense, spot 反义：ignore, neglect, overleap, overlook, overrule, pass