Thursday, September 20, 2012

cern

sift

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  1. Andy Yu
    concern - sift out the other and focus on one important thing

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  2. Overconcern-shifting to overly concern on particular things.

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  3. self-concern - sift carefully for oneself

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  4. certify - to confirm in formal statement

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    1. Yes, cert, from certain, is originally derived from "cern."

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    1. Okay this time, but "insincere" does not use the root "cern."

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  6. secern: to perceive something or identify something as separate

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