VOCABULARY exceedingly (adv.) 非常地 to a very great degree ◆ He was clever , handsome , and exceedingly rich . persistence (n.) 持續存在;堅持不懈 the fact that someone or something persists ◆ Most financial analysts have been surprised by the persistence of the recession. schizophrenia (n.) 精神分裂症 a serious mental illness in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is imaginary ◆ He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia octogenarian (n.) 八旬老人 a person who is between 80 and 89 years old ◆ My sick grandpa was very excited to be reaching octogenarian status. cholesterol (n.) 膽固醇 a substance containing a lot of fat that is found in the body tissue and blood of all animals, thought to be part of the cause of heart dise...