Building a Better Vocabulary

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Lecture 1

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2. According to schema theory, we organize and categorize knowledge
   by abstract mental frameworks (schema). Semantic chunking takes
   advantage of this approach to organizing knowledge by grouping related
   words into categories according to their meaning.


3. procrustean


4. factotum

Lecture 2

1. Words that are related in spelling are often related in meaning, despite
   changes in sound.


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   morphology and etymology.


3. circumspect


4. factitious

Lecture 3

1. apocryphal


2. mountebank