考研词汇很大部分是由基础词汇组成的。这些词以初、高中词汇为主，2016考研的同学基本都能认识绝大部分，这些词汇构成了我们口语和写作中的主要词汇，我们把这部分词汇称之为基础词汇，这部分词是考研必须要掌握的。
★ yet
ad.还，尚，仍然；已经
conj.然而
ad.甚至（用于比较级之前）
【例1】It’s a winning combination that no competitor has yet been able to challenge.这是一种必胜的组合，很少有竞争者可以匹敌。
【例2】Yet, this still fails for our e-mail problem.但是，这仍然不能解决我们的电子邮件问题。
【例3】a recent and yet more improbable theory最新的而且更加不可信的理论
【真题】Many things make people think artists are weird. But the weirdest may be this: artists’ only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.许多事情让人们觉得艺术家很古怪。但最古怪的可能是：艺术家的唯一工作就是寻找情感，然而他们所关注的对象大多是那些不幸的人。
★ facility
n.灵巧，熟练；
(pl.)设备，设施，便利条件
【例1】He plays the piano with surprising facility.他钢琴弹奏得相当娴熟。
【例2】The school has excellent sports facilities.这所学校有非常好的体育设备。
【构词】fac（做）+ility（性质，状态）→不断地做→熟练
【同义替换】proficiency, device, equipment
★ superior
a.优良的，卓越的；上级的
n.上级；长者；高手
【例1】The enemy forces were superior in numbers.敌军在数量上占优势。
【例2】She works well with those superior to her in the firm.她与公司的那些上级主管合作很愉快。
【例3】He has no superior as a Shakespearian actor.他是个演莎士比亚戏剧的绝顶高手。
【构词】super-（超，上）+-ior→优于；上级
【同义替换】excellent, eminent, outstanding, distinguished, remarkable, prominent; senior, elder
【派生】superiorly ad.优越地 superiority n.优越，优势
【真题】He adds humbly that perhaps he was “superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully”.他谦卑地补充道，或许他“和普通人比起来，更能够注意到那些别人不容易注意到的东西，并对其进行细致的观察”。
★ productive
a.生产（性）的，能产的，多产的
【例1】They work hard, but their efforts are not very productive.他们很努力，但效率不太高。
【例2】I spent a very productive hour in the library.我在图书馆里的这一小时收获很大。
【同义替换】fruitful, procreative, prolific
【派生】productively ad.有成果地 productivity n.生产率 productiveness n.盈利性，多产性
【真题1】Only when humanity began to get its food in a more productive way was there time for other things.只有当人类能够更高效地获得食物时，他们才有时间做其他的事情。
【真题2】Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive.精力充沛的人现在工作到60岁甚至更老，而且依然有惊人的创造力。
关于单词的记忆有很多种方法，我们没必要每个方法都去尝试一遍，但是却很有必要找一个适合自己的方法，并将其坚持贯彻下去，祝所有考生都能够轻松高效的复习。