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CSAT Suneung English Essential Vocabulary & Transitions

Transition signals, discourse markers, academic word roots and grammar patterns for the Korean CSAT Suneung English.

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Adversative Discourse Markers
Conversely, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary: signal sharp rhetorical contrast or counter-argument.
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Causal / Consequence Connectors
Consequently, therefore, thereby, hence, accordingly: link empirical premise to deductive conclusion.
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Exemplification Markers
To illustrate, for instance, in particular, specifically: introduce empirical evidence substantiating abstract claims.
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Additive Connectors
Furthermore, moreover, in addition, additionally: build cumulative support for an established thesis.
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Concession Markers
Admittedly, albeit, granted that, even though: concede a minor opposing point before reasserting main thesis.
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Negative Inversion Structure
Rarely / Seldom / Little / Not only + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb (Rarely do scientists observe...).
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Subjunctive with Mandative Verbs
Demand / Insist / Require / Recommend that + subject + [base verb] (insisted that he submit the draft).
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Third Conditional Inversion
Had + subject + past participle replaces If + subject + had + past participle (Had we known...).
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Second Conditional Inversion
Were + subject + to-infinitive replaces If + subject + were to... (Were they to increase tariffs...).
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Absolute Participial Construction
Noun + participle modifying whole clause independently (The experiment having failed, researchers revised the protocol).
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Vocabulary: 'Ubiquitous'
Present, appearing, or found everywhere simultaneously; omnipresent.
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Vocabulary: 'Ephemeral'
Lasting for a very short, transient duration; fleeting.
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Vocabulary: 'Anomalous'
Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected; irregular.
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Vocabulary: 'Juxtapose'
Place two distinct things side by side for close comparative contrast.
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Vocabulary: 'Paradoxical'
Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory yet expressing a profound underlying truth.
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Vocabulary: 'Proliferation'
Rapid increase in the number or amount of something; multiplication.
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Vocabulary: 'Exacerbate'
Make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse or more severe.
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Vocabulary: 'Alleviate'
Make suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe; ease.
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Vocabulary: 'Empirical'
Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than pure theory.
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Vocabulary: 'Plausible'
Seeming reasonable, credible, or probable; believable.
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Vocabulary: 'Intrinsically'
In an essential or natural manner; belonging naturally to the core of a thing.
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Prefix 'Macro-' vs 'Micro-'
Macro-: large-scale or overall (macroeconomics). Micro-: small-scale or localized (microcosm).
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Root '-chron-' (Time)
Relating to time: chronological (in time order), synchronous (simultaneous), anachronism (chronological misplacement).
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Root '-path-' (Feeling / Suffering)
Empathy (shared feeling), apathy (lack of feeling), pathology (study of disease/suffering).
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Cleft Sentence for Focus
It is/was [emphasized element] that/who... (It was empirical rigor that secured the Nobel prize).

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