英语单词几乎是天天必背的，但一定要有计划性，有的人常常用整段的时间如整个上午来背单词，有时候又一天都不翻一下单词书，这是不可取的。2016考研的同学最好制定一个计划，多少天背完一遍，每天背多少个，每天什么时候背，规划地清清楚楚，效率也会高很多。

　　consolidate

　　v.使加固，使加强;(把……)联为一体，合并

　　【例】With his new play, he has consolidated his position as the country’s leading dramatist.他新创作的剧本巩固了他作为国内杰出剧作家的地位。

　　【构词】con-+solid(坚实的)+-ate(使)→使牢固→巩固

　　【同义替换】solidify, reinforce, merge, amalgamate

　　【派生】consolidation n.巩固;合并

　　【真题】Moreover, average overall margins are higher in wholesale than in retail; wholesale demand from the food service sector is growing quickly as more Europeans eat out more often; and changes in the competitive dynamics of this fragmented industry are at last making it feasible for wholesalers to consolidate.

　　而且，批发业的平均总利润也高于零售业;随着越来越多的欧洲人更加频繁地外出就餐，食品服务业的批发需求也迅速增长;这一零散型产业中各种竞争力量的变化最终促使批发商们的合并成为可能。

　　desperate

　　a.不顾一切的，铤而走险的;绝望的，危急的

　　【例】If the failures of this world could realize how desperate half the present-day geniuses once felt, they would take heart and try again.世上的失败者若能了解到当今的天才有半数一度感到过那么绝望，他们就会振作精神更加努力。

　　【构词】desper(=despair绝望)+-ate(形容词后缀)→绝望的

　　【同义替换】despairing, venturesome

　　【派生】desperately ad.不顾一切地 desperation n.不顾一切

　　【真题】Instead, the company has done precisely what it had long promised it would not: challenge the constitutionality of Vermont’s rules in the federal court, as part of a desperate effort to keep its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant running.

　　它不但没有遵守这个承诺，相反的，为了拼命保住它的吗、佛蒙特美国核电站，该公司所做的事情违背了自己的诺言。

　　awkward

　　a.笨拙的;尴尬的;使用不便的

　　【例】It is an awkward door and you have to bend down to go through it.这扇门很不方便，所以，你得弯着腰才能过去。

　　【同义替换】clumsy, unhandy; embarrassing

　　【派生】awkwardly ad.笨拙地;尴尬地 awkwardness n.笨拙;尴尬

　　【真题】Awkward or wordy phrasing or unclear sentences and paragraphs should be mercilessly poked and prodded into shape.

　　要毫不留情地挑出那些糟糕的、废话连篇的用词或不清楚的句子和段落，并进行仔细打磨。