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		cc_ashby on Feb 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who Did This? (2017) This website is responsible for my SAT vocabulary. I could never memorize word lists, but I could remember words if I looked it up on etymonline. Some of the interesting words I still remember: Maverick Confluence Applause Inculcate Assiduous Ever since then it’s been a pleasure guessing at word roots of many new words I face.

redis_mlc on Feb 10, 2020 [–]

FYI: that word list would be considered pretty basic by pre-Internet high school students.

Having said that, I've read some WW2-era high school math textbooks that had college-level chapters on polynomials.

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