artist ['ɑrtɪst] 词频1 词根: art

n. 艺术家;画家;能手;骗子;

💡 art艺术+ist表示从事某种职业的人→艺术家，画家

"He is considered the foremost British artist of this century."

近义：longhair, artiste, showman, entertainer, performer, soloist

doubt [daʊt] 词频1 词根: dou

n. 怀疑，疑虑;未确定; vt. 怀疑，疑惑; vi. 不确定，不能肯定或怀疑;

💡 doubt二→二种状态→怀疑

"a feeling of doubt and uncertainty"

近义：disbelieve, hesitation, hesitate, mistrust, question, stagger 反义：prove, reassure, verify, vouch, check, demonstrate

perfect ['pɝfɪkt] 词频1 词根: fac

adj. 完美的;正确的;优秀的;极好的; n. [语]完成时;

💡 per全部+fect做→全部做完→完美的；完全的

"Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman."

近义：improve, purify, refine, upgrade, better, meliorate 反义：incomplete, bad, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unfinished

confidence ['kɑnfɪdəns] 词频1 词根: con

n. 信心;信任;秘密; adj. 骗得信任的;欺诈的;

💡 con全部+fid相信，信念+ence名词后缀 →自信，信任

"She always has an aura of confidence."

近义：hope, reliance, trust, trustfulness, expectation, expectations 反义：misgiving, mistrust, suspicion, suspiciousness, disbelief, doubtfulness

talented ['tæləntɪd] 词频2 词根: talent

adj. 有才能的，有才干的;能干的;

💡 talent才能+ed有...的 →有才能的

"He may be a very talented designer, but as a manager he's a dead loss."

近义：privileged, skilled, endowed, endued, gifted 反义：incapable, incompetent, ineligible, unable, uncapable, undesirable

prize [praɪz] 词频1 词根: prize

n. 奖赏;战利品;值得努力争取的东西; vt. 珍视，珍惜;估价; adj. 获奖的，有望获奖的;理应获奖的;

💡 prehend, pris 抓住,夺取,获得#词根助记：战利品要靠自己抓取

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

近义：appraise, appreciate, assay, regard, relish, respect 反义：reject, remonstrate, underestimate, undervalue, reprove, downplay