ob=to
obfuscate
v. confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex.
Was the President’s spokesman trying to clarify the Whitewater mystery, or was he trying to obfuscate the issue so the voters would never figure out what went on?
構(gòu)詞：ob (to) + fusc (fuse) + ate (v)
oblivion
N. obscurity; forgetfulness.
After a decade of popularity, Hurston’s works had fallen into oblivion; no one bothered to read them any more.
構(gòu)詞：ob (to) + liv (forget) + ion (n)
oblivious
ADJ. inattentive or unmindful; wholly absorbed.
Deep in her book, Nancy was oblivious of the noisy squabbles of her brother and his friends.
ob, obs=away, not
oblique
ADJ. indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line).
Casting a quick, oblique glance at the reviewing stand, the sergeant ordered the company to march “Oblique Right.”
構(gòu)詞：ob (not) + lique (list)
obsolete
ADJ. outmoded.
“Hip” is an obsolete expression; it went out with love beads and tie-dye shirts.
構(gòu)詞：ob (to) + sole (only) + ete (a)
oc=to
occult
ADJ. mysterious; secret; supernatural.
The occult rites of the organization were revealed only to members, also N.
構(gòu)詞：ob (to) + cult（邪教）
omni=all
omnipresent
ADJ. universally present; ubiquitous.
On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is omnipresent.
構(gòu)詞：omni (all) + present（存在）
over=too much
overbearing
ADJ. bossy; arrogant; decisively important.
Certain of her own importance and of the unimportance of everyone else, Lady Brackneil was intolerably overbearing in manner. “In choosing a husband,” she said, “good birth is of overbearing importance; compared to that, neither wealth nor talent signifies.”
構(gòu)詞：over + bear (behave) + ring (a)
overweening
ADJ. presumptuous; arrogant.
His overweening pride in his accomplishments was not justified.
構(gòu)詞：over + ween (suppose) + ing
overwrought
源自 wring
ADJ. extremely agitated; hysterical.
When Kate heard the news of the sudden tragedy, she became too overwrought to work and had to leave the office early.
構(gòu)詞：over + wring (twist)
out=outside
outlandish
ADJ. bizarre; peculiar; unconventional.
The eccentric professor who engages in markedly outlandish behavior is a stock figure in novels with an academic setting.
構(gòu)詞：out + land + ish (a) = 異國的
outskirts
N. fringes; outer borders.
Living on the outskirts of Boston, Sarah sometimes felt as if she were cut off from the cultural heart of the city.
構(gòu)詞：out + skirts（裙子），用裙子外擺比喻外圍
outspoken
ADJ. candid; blunt.
The candidate was too outspoken to be a successful politician; he had not yet learned to weigh his words carefully
構(gòu)詞：out + spoken = speak everything out
out=old
outmoded
ADJ. no longer stylish; old-fashioned.
Unconcerned about keeping in style, Lenore was perfectly happy to wear outmoded clothes as long as they were clean and unf rayed.
構(gòu)詞：out (old) + mode (manner) + ed (a)
out=beat
outstrip
v. surpass; outdo.
Jesse Owens easily outstripped his competitors to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games.
構(gòu)詞：out (beat) + strip (do)
outwit
v. outsmart; trick.
By disguising himself as an old woman, Holmes was able to outwit his pursuers and escape capture.
構(gòu)詞：out (beat) + wit (wisdom)
para=pair, beyond, alongside
paradigm
=show
N. model; example; pattern.
Pavlov’s experiment in which he trains a dog to salivate on hearing a bell is a paradigm of the conditioned response experiment in behavioral psychology.
paradigmatic, ADJ.
構(gòu)詞：para (alongside) + digm (example)
parallelism
N. state of being parallel; similarity.
Although the twins were separated at birth and grew up in different adoptive families, a striking parallelism exists between their lives.
構(gòu)詞：para (alongside) + lel (each other) + ism (n)
paragon
N. model of perfection.
Her fellow students disliked Lavinia because Miss Minchin always pointed her out as a paragon of virtue.
構(gòu)詞：para (alongside) + agon (touch stone) = 用試金石檢驗
paranoia
N. psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution.
Suffering from paranoia, he claimed everyone was out to get him; ironically, his claim was accurate: even paranoids have enemies, paranoid. GRE，全稱Graduate Record Examination，中文名稱為美國研究生入學(xué)考試，適用于除法律與商業(yè)外的各專業(yè)。由美國教育考試服務(wù)處(Educational Testing Service，簡稱ETS)主辦，GRE是美國、加拿大的大學(xué)各類研究生院（除管理類學(xué)院，法學(xué)院）要求申請者所必須具備的一個考試成績，也是教授對申請者是否授予獎學(xué)金所依據(jù)的最重要的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封裝）也簡稱GRE。
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