refuse/refusal/decline/confuse/confused/accept/agree/degree/bachelor/master/doctor
记忆：
1. 词根fuse表示“流”，refuse [ ri5fju:z ] 流回去，不接受，vt. 拒绝, 谢绝　　n. 废物, 垃圾 China should have refused those foreign electric refuse. 中国本来应该拒绝那些外国电子垃圾。
2. refusal [ ri5fju:zEl ]　n. 拒绝, 推却 Her refusal to dance embarrassed him a lot. 她拒绝跳舞，使他相当尴尬。
3. decline [ di5klain] de-cline cline, 即climb, 爬；de,往下；decline, vi. 下倾, 下降 v. 拒绝, 衰落 I declined their offer of help. 我拒绝了他们的帮助。
4. confuse [ kEn5fju:z]　流到一起来，搞乱，vt. 搞乱, 使糊涂 His abrupt words confused us. 他突然的话使我们困惑不解。
5. confused [ kEn5fju:zd] adj.困惑的, 烦恼的 We are confused at his words.我们对他的话感到困惑。
6. accept [ Ek5sept ]　　vt. 接受, 认可 To accept the fact is the only way out. 接受事实是唯一的出路。
7. agree [ E5^ri:]　vi. 同意, 赞成. . . 的意见 I don’t agree with you there. 我不同意你的观点。
8. degree [dI5^ri:]　n. 度数, 程度， 学位 Mr. Yang received his doctor’s degree in Harvard University. 杨先生在哈佛大学获得了博士学位。
9. bachelor [ 5bAtFElE ] n. 单身汉, 文理学士 Most people won the degree of bachelor when they were still bachelors. 多数人在单身汉时就获得了学士学位。
10. master [ 5mB:stE ] n. 主人, 雇主, (男)教师, 熟练技工, 硕士 Our master has received the degree of master in literature. 我们的老师获得了文学硕士学位。
11. doctor [ 5dCktE ] n. 医生, 博士 Mr. Green, a top doctor in the hospital, received the degree of doctor in his twenties. 医院里最好的一位医生格林先生二十多岁就获得了博士学位。
另类阅读：
Professor Smith refused to give Linda the degree of master as he didn’t agree with her ideas. She wouldn’t like to accept the refusal and decided to turn to another professor.