酒店英语
| 词根/词缀 | 本意 | 例词 | 词性 | 英英释义 |
| bell | war | rebel | n./adj./v. | oppose by force |
| antebellum | adj. | before the war | ||
| bellicose | adj. | quarrelsome | ||
| belligerence | n. | aggressiveness | ||
| belligerent | adj | inclined or eager to fight | ||
| pact/pease | ① agree
② fasten |
pacify | vt. | to make peaceful |
| pacifist | n./vt.者 | one who oppcoses war | ||
| pact | n. | solemn agreement | ||
| appease | vt.＋ | to calm by satisfying | ||
| hosp/host | host | hostage | n. | person held by party in a conflict |
| hospice | n. | a shelter or lodging for travelers | ||
| hostel | n. | inexpensive lodging place | ||
| inhospitable | adj.－ | unfriendly | ||
| am/im | love | paramour | n.（人） | lover in an adulterous relationship. |
| inimical | adj.－ | injurious or harmful in effect | ||
| enamored | adj.＋ | fell for | ||
| amateur | n. | a person who engages in…(not p) | ||
| crim | crime | recrimination | n. | counterattack |
| incriminate | vt.＋ | accuse | ||
| decriminalize | vt.－ | reduce penalty for | ||
| criminology | n.学科 | study of illegal behavior | ||
| prob／prov | prove / test | reprobate | v./n./a.－ | rascal |
| probity | n.人格 | utter honesty | ||
| disprove | v. | demonstrate (证实不) | ||
| approbation | n.＋ | approval | ||
| grav | heavy(心理／物理) | gravid | adj. | pregnant |
| gravitas | n.抽象 | solemn dignity | ||
| gravitate | v. | move toward as if drawn | ||
| gravity | n. | seriousness | ||
| lev | light→raise, rise | alleviate | vt.＋ | relieve |
| elevate | vt. | lift, raise | ||
| leavening | n. | something that lightens | ||
| levity | n. | lack of seriousness |
Ⅰ
| ag | increase
add |
agitate | v. | shake up |
| litigate | v. | (letter) argue in court | ||
| prodigal | adj./n.＋ | lavish | ||
| synagogue | n. | temple | ||
| ven/vent | walk, go | advent | n.＋ | arrival |
| provenance | n.＋ | origin | ||
| venturesome | adj.主动 | daring | ||
| venue | n. | place | ||
| cap／cep／cip | hold, take | reception | n. | receiving |
| incipient | adj. | beginning | ||
| perceptible | adj.＋ | noticeable/obvious/apparent | ||
| susceptible | adj./n. | (sub) easily influenced | ||
| fin | last→terminal →boundary→limit | infinitesimal | adj./n.－ | tiny (small) |
| affinity | n.人格＋ | attraction/sympathy | ||
| definitive | adj.－ | ultimate | ||
| finite | adj. | limited | ||
| jac/jec | cast | adjacent | adj.＋ | near/touching/bordering near by |
| conjecture | n./v.合 | suppose/conclude/guess | ||
| dejected | adj.－ | downcast/depressed/forlorn | ||
| trajectory | n. | curve/path/line | ||
| tract | draw | detract | v.－ | decrease/diminish/minimize |
| protracted | a．推迟 | lengthened/continued/extended | ||
| retraction | n.否 | withdrawal/disavowal/denial | ||
| intractable | adj.－ | uncontrollable/stubborn/untouchable | ||
| duc | lead | conducive | n. | helpful |
| deduction | n.－ | subtraction | ||
| seduction | n. | temptation | ||
| induce | vt.－ | persuade | ||
| sec／sequ | follow | consequential | adj. | significant |
| execute | vt. | produce | ||
| obsequious | adj.－ | flattering | ||
| sequential | adj. | ordered | ||
| ambi /
amphi |
both sides→around | amphibian | adj./n. | living both on land and in water |
| amphitheater | n. | stage surrounded with tiered seats | ||
| ambiguous | adj. | having more than one | ||
| ambient | adj./n. | surrounding | ||
| ambivalent | adj. | wavering | ||
| ambulance | n. | equipped vehicle used to transport the sick or injured |
Ⅱ
| ep/epi | ①on, upon, over
②side→not centric |
ephemeral | adj. | short-lived |
| epiphyte | n. | non-parasitic plant growing on another | ||
| epitaph | n. | grave inscription | ||
| epithet | n. | descriptive nickname | ||
| hypo/hyp | under,
belong |
hypocrisy | n. critics | insincerity |
| hypothermia | n.毛病 | warm subnormal temperature | ||
| hypothetical | adj. | 放置 assumed | ||
| therm/thermo | warm, temperature | thermal | adj. | keeping warm |
| thermocouple | n. | temperature gauge | ||
| thermonuclear | adj. | nuclear reaction requiring high heat | ||
| thermo cline | n. | area between warm and cold water |
Ⅲ
| poly | many
much
|
polychromatic | adj. | having or exhibiting many colors. |
| polycentric | adj. | having several central parts | ||
| polygamy | n. | plural marriage | ||
| polyphony | n. phone | music with more parts sounded | ||
| prim | first | primogeniture | n. | first-born or eldest child (gene) |
| primordial | adj. | original (ordinary) | ||
| primparous | adj. | parents→bear | ||
| primary | adj. | first or highest in rank | ||
| hom/homo | uniform,
same |
homonym | n. | word spelled or sounded the same |
| homogeneous | adj. | consistent throughout | ||
| homologous | adj. | of similar origin | ||
| homophone | n. | word that sounds like another | ||
| dis (di, dif, div, de) | ① away
② apart |
diffraction | n. | breaking up of light waves (break) |
| dissension | n. | disagreement (sense) | ||
| disseminate | v. | spread widely (seed) | ||
| dissipate | v. | scatter (吮) | ||
| vor | eat | herbivore | n. glass | an animal feeds chiefly on plants |
| omnivore | n. all | takes in everything available | ||
| carnivore | n. | a flesh-eating animal | ||
| insectivore | n. | feeds mainly on insects | ||
| cran | flesh | carnage | n. | a massacre |
| carnation | n. | clove pink | ||
| carnival | n. | a festival marked by merrymaking | ||
| incarnation | n. | a bodily manifestation | ||
| cred | believe
trust |
creed | n. | principles |
| credulity | n. | superficial/easy acceptance | ||
| creditable | adj. | well-down | ||
| credence | n. | trustfulness | ||
| fid | believe
trust |
affidavit | n. | sworn document |
| diffident | adj. | timid, shy (←→confident) | ||
| fiduciary | adj./n. | trust-based | ||
| perfidy | n. | bad faith | ||
| curr/curs | run, walk | concurrent | a./adj. | simultaneous |
| cursory | adj. | hasty (cure) | ||
| discursive | adj. | rambling （amble） | ||
| precursor | n. | forerunner | ||
| ped | food
child |
expedient | adj./n. | convenient |
| expedite | adj./v. | speed up | ||
| impediment | n.－ | obstacle | ||
| pedestrian | adj./n. | ordinary |
| flec/flex | bend | deflect | v. | turn aside |
| flexor | n. | muscle | ||
| genuflect | v. | kneel (gene) | ||
| inflection | n. | change in pitch | ||
| post | after, back | posterior | adj. | on the back |
| posthumous | adj. | occurring after death (human, humid, water, earth ) | ||
| postmodern | adj./n. | using past styles anti-modern | ||
| postmortem | adj./n.死 | after the event |
Ⅳ
| mal | bad
ill evil |
malevolent | adj. | wishing evil |
| malicious | adj. | mean | ||
| malign | adj./v. | speak ill (design, sign) | ||
| malnourished | adj. | fed poorly | ||
| cata | down | cataclysm | n. | natural disaster |
| catacomb | n. | underground cemetery | ||
| catalyst | n. | agent of change (loose) | ||
| catatonic | n./adj. | motionless (move) | ||
| prot/
proto |
in front of
the first |
protagonist | n. | hero or heroine |
| protocol | n. | rules of behavior | ||
| protoplasm | n. | cell contents | ||
| prototype | n. | madel | ||
| ante | in front of
before |
anterior | adj. | towards the front |
| antechamber | n. | waiting room | ||
| antedate | n./v. | to date before | ||
| ante meridiem | adv. | before noon | ||
| orth/
ortho |
direct,
straight |
orthodox | adj. | conventional |
| orthodontics | n. | dentistry for crooked teeth | ||
| orthopedics | n. 学科 | treatment of skeletal defects | ||
| orthography | n.语言文字 | correct spelling | ||
| rect | direct,
straight |
rectitude | n.品德 | integrity |
| rectify | vt. | make right | ||
| rectilinear | adj. | moving in a straight line | ||
| rector | n. | headmaster | ||
| eu | good, well | eugenic | adj.＋ | promoting superior (gene) |
| euphemism | n. | polite term | ||
| euphoria | n. | great happiness | ||
| evangelism | n. | crusading zeal | ||
| dys/dis | against | dysfunctional | n. | impaired |
| dyslexia | n. | reading disorder (read) | ||
| dyspeptic | n./adj. | beset by indigestion (digest) | ||
| dystrophy | n.奖品 | muscular deterioration | ||
| rog | ask
request |
abrogate | vt. | neglect, abolish, ignore |
| arrogate | v. | claim, seize, grab | ||
| derogatory | adj. | critical, unflattering, scornful | ||
| prerogative | n. | right, power, privilege | ||
| quis | ask
request |
inquisition | n. | interrogation, inquiry |
| perquisite | n. | privilege, bonus, right | ||
| acquisitive | adj. | grasping, grabby, greedy | ||
| requisition | n./vt. | purchase order, request, demand | ||
| ple
pli ply |
① fold
② multiply ③ full |
complement | n./vt. | number required, counterpart |
| deplete | vt. | draw down, drain | ||
| implement | n./vt./v＋ | put into practice, put to use | ||
| replete | adj. | abundantly, full | ||
| matr | measure | metric | adj. | relating to poetic rhythm,
relating to a measuring system |
| odometer | n. | distance measurer (distance) | ||
| symmetrical | adj. | balanced (same) | ||
| tachometer | n. | speed measurer |
Ⅴ
| aud | hearing | auditor | n. | financial examiner |
| auditory | adj. | relating to hearing | ||
| audition | n. | a critical hearing | ||
| inaudible | adj. | impossible to hear | ||
| son | sound | dissonant | adj. | unharmonious |
| resonance | n. | continuing or echoing sound | ||
| sonic | adj. | involving sound | ||
| ultrasound | n. | diagnostic technique (alt→out) | ||
| err | stray→walk | aberrant | adj. | deviating from the proper |
| errant | adj. | roving | ||
| erratic | adj./n. | having no fixed ,wandering. | ||
| erroneous | adj. | mistaken | ||
| ced/ces | pace, walk, progress | accede | v. | to give one's consent |
| antecedent | n./adj. | one that precedes another. | ||
| concession | n. | the act of conceding | ||
| precedent | n. | an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances | ||
| vid/vis | appear, look, vision | visage | n. | appearance |
| vis-à-vis | n./prep./adv. | compared to | ||
| visionary | adj./n. 人 | prophet | ||
| visitation | n. | official call | ||
| spic/
spec |
look, watch | auspicious | n.＋ | favorable, promising |
| conspicuous | adj. 一起 | noticeable | ||
| introspection | n. 自己 | self-examination | ||
| perspicacious | adj. 提前 | shrewd | ||
| voc/vok | sound, voice | equivocate | vi. 等 | to avoid making an explicit statement |
| irrevocable | adj.－ | impossible to retract or revoke | ||
| provoke | v. | to incite to anger or resentment | ||
| vociferous | adj. | vehement outcry (carry) | ||
| phon | sound | cacophony | n. | discordant sound (disorder) |
| phonetic | adj. | representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols | ||
| polyphonic | adj. 多 | two or more phonetic values, music of polyphony | ||
| symphony | n. | complex sonata (same) | ||
| cur | cure→care | curative | n./adj. | healing |
| curator | n. | caretaker | ||
| procure | v. | obtain | ||
| sinecure | n. 罪恶 | easy job, effortless | ||
| peri | around | perimeter | n. | boundary |
| periodontal | adj. | around a tooth | ||
| peripatetic | n./adj. | wandering | ||
| peripheral | n./adj. | supplementary | ||
| sent/
sens |
sense | sensational | adj.抽 | outstandingly overconfident |
| sentient | adj./n. | receiving perceptions | ||
| sentiment | n. | opinion colored by emotion | ||
| sensuous | adj. | gratifying the senses | ||
| soph | wisdom | sophistry | n. | false reasoning |
| sophisticated | adj. | highly complex | ||
| sophomoric | adj. | immaturely overconfident | ||
| theosophy | n. | doctrine of god and the world |
Ⅵ
| tend/
tent |
stretch,
extend |
tendentious | adj. | marked by a strong implicit point of view |
| portend | v. pro | to serve as an omen or a warning of; presage | ||
| distend | v. | to swell out or expand from | ||
| extenuate | vt. | palliate, to make thin or emaciated | ||
| pebd/
pens |
hang | appendage | n. | an adjunct |
| expend | vt. | to lay out; spend | ||
| propensity | n. | predilection | ||
| stipend | n. | a fixed and regular payment | ||
| pan | general
all complete |
panacea | n. | a cure-all |
| pandemonium | n. | a very noisy place | ||
| panegyric | n. | an encomium | ||
| panoply | n. | ceremonial attire with all accessories | ||
| extra | extra | extraneous | adj. | irrelevant, extrinsic |
| extramundane | adj. | occurring or existing outside of the universe | ||
| extrapolate | v. | estimate by projecting known information. | ||
| extrovert | n. | an individual interested in others (shift) | ||
| phos/
phot |
light | phosphorescent | adj. | glowing |
| photogenic | n. | visually appealing （gene） | ||
| photon | n. | elemental 光子 | ||
| photosynthesis | n. | production of organic matter (综合) | ||
| luc | light | elucidate | vt. ex | clarify |
| lucent | adj. | brightly clear | ||
| lucubration | n. | hard study | ||
| translucent | adj. | passing diffused light | ||
| mor/
mort |
dead | immortality | n. | endless life |
| moribund | a./n. | about to die (boundary) | ||
| mortician | n. | funeral director | ||
| mortify 物质 | v. | to cause to experience wounded pride | ||
| nec
nic nox |
damage
injury |
internecine | adj. | ruinous or fatal to both sides |
| necrosis | n. | death of cells | ||
| noxious | adj. | injurious to health | ||
| pernicious | adj. | deadly (throw out) | ||
| her
hes |
stick | inherent | a.＋ | inherited |
| incoherent | a.－ | confused | ||
| cohesion | n. | unity | ||
| adherent | n.＋ | follower | ||
| fug | flee
escape |
subterfuge | n. | underhanded (plot) |
| fugue | n./v. | musical form | ||
| fugitive 人 | a./n. | escapee | ||
| centrifuge | n. | moving outward | ||
| cosm | order
harmony |
cosmetic | n./a. | for the sake of appearance |
| cosmology | n. | decryption of the universe | ||
| cosmopolitan | n./a. | sophisticated | ||
| cosmos | n. | universe | ||
| sci | know
understand |
conscientious | adj. | scrupulous, observable |
| omniscience | n. | universal knowledge (all, complete) | ||
| prescient | adj. | having foresight | ||
| unconscionable | a.－ | inexcusable 意识 | ||
| junct | connect
join |
adjunct | n./a. | addition |
| disjunction | n. | break | ||
| injunction | n.－ | order | ||
| junta | n. | group | ||
| part | local
limit→ part |
partisan | n. | supporter |
| participle | n. | verb part | ||
| impartial | adj. | fair | ||
| impart | vt. | disclose | ||
| mit
mis |
send | emissary 人 | n. ex | agent |
| manumission | n. | emancipation, release, liberate (hand) | ||
| missive | n. | letter | ||
| remittance | n. | payment | ||
| pel
puls |
drive | compel | vt. | drive irresistibly (force) |
| expel | v. | drive out | ||
| impel | vt. | force by moral pressure | ||
| repulsion | n. | disgust |
Ⅶ
| put | think | disputatious | adj.－ | argumentative |
| impute | vt.－ | attribute | ||
| putative | adj.＋ | assumed | ||
| reputed | adj.－ | believed | ||
| log | word→
speech |
eulogy | n.＋ | high praise |
| monologue | n. | speech (single) | ||
| neologism | n. | new word | ||
| genealogy | n. | family history | ||
| terr | earth | parterre | n. | theater area (part) |
| subterranean | adj. | under the ground | ||
| terrarium | n.地点 | contained | ||
| terrestrial | adj. | earthly | ||
| mar | sea | aquamarine | n. | blue-green gem |
| marina | n. | small harbor | ||
| mariner | n. | seaman | ||
| maritime | adj. | near the sea | ||
| path | affinity
②sympathy emotion, suffering ☆ |
apathetic | adj.－ | indifferent |
| ①attraction,
same |
empathy | n. in | pity | |
| pathology | n. | pathobiology | ||
| sociopath | n. | antisocial behavior | ||
| pen/
pun |
punish | impunity | n.－ | exemption from punishment |
| penal | adj. | prescribing punishment | ||
| penance | n./vt. | voluntarily to show sorrow | ||
| punitive | adj. | punishing | ||
| matr/
metr |
mother | maternity | n./adj. | motherhood, motherliness |
| matriculate | v./n. | enroll, sign up at school | ||
| matrilineal | adj. | through the mother’s (female)family | ||
| metropolitan | adj. | urban, city | ||
| moni | warn
criticize |
admonish | vt. | scold, gently correct |
| monitory | adj./n. | cautionary, giving warning | ||
| monitor | vt./v./n | watch, regulate | ||
| premonition | n. | forewarning, early suspicion | ||
| cant | sing | incantation | n.－ | ritual chant |
| cantata | n. | sung composition | ||
| cantor | n. | singer | ||
| descant | v. | added melody | ||
| lud/
lus |
play, game | allude | vi. | refer |
| collusion | n. | illegal cooperation | ||
| ludicrous | adj. | laughable | ||
| prelude | n. | introduction | ||
| phan/
phen |
appear | phantasm | n. | an apparition |
| phantasmagoria | n. | a constantly changing scene | ||
| phenomenon | n. | a occurrence that is perceptible by the senses. | ||
| diaphanous | adj. | to be transparent or translucent | ||
| ver | just | aver | vt.－ | assert |
| verify | vt. | confirm, substantiate | ||
| verisimilar | adj. | appearing to be true or real; probable | ||
| verity | n. | factual, or real | ||
| turb | turn | perturb | v. | upset, disturb |
| turbine | n. | engine, turning engine | ||
| turbulent | adj. | churning, seething | ||
| turbid | adj. | confused, murky | ||
| volu/
volv |
roll
wind twist |
devolution | n.－ | handing down, degeneration |
| evolution | n. | process of development, progress | ||
| voluble | adj. | talkative, fluent | ||
| convoluted | adj. | winding, circulation, complicated | ||
| fac/
fec/ fic |
do
make act |
confection | n. | candy |
| facile | adj. | easy | ||
| olfactory | adj. | sense of smell | ||
| proficient | n. | expert | ||
| ut/us | use | usufruct | n./vt. | the right to use |
| usury | n. | illegally high rate | ||
| utilitarian | adj./n. | interests of utility | ||
| utility | n. | usefulness |
Ⅷ
| umbr | shade
① alike ② 不完全像 |
adumbrate | vt.＋ | partially |
| penumbra | n. | near shadow (part) | ||
| umber | n./a./vt | brownish color | ||
| umbrage | n. | resentment | ||
| vest | cloth | divest | v.－ | get rid of |
| investiture | n.＋进 | installing in office | ||
| transvestite | n. | cross-dresser (shift) | ||
| travesty | n./vt. | imitation | ||
| the/
theo |
god | apotheosis | n.抽 | perfect example (pose) |
| atheistic | adj.－ | non god believing | ||
| pantheistic | adj. | accepting all gods (all) | ||
| theocracy | n. king | state ruled by religion | ||
| de/div | god | deity | n. | supreme being |
| dues ex machine | dramatic device | |||
| divinity | n. | godliness | ||
| divinatory | adj. | prophetic | ||
| demo | people | demographic | adj. | describing populations (graph) |
| endemic | n. | native | ||
| pandemic | adj. | widespread | ||
| demotic | adj. | common | ||
| popul | population | vox populi | n | public opinion (voice) |
| populist | n. | believer in the people | ||
| populace | n. | masses | ||
| populous | adj. | numerous | ||
| polis/
polit |
city | acropolis | n. | citadel of an ancient greek city (high) |
| megalopolis | n. | a single urban complex (huge) | ||
| politic | adj. | suave | ||
| politicize | vt./vi | to engage in or discuss politics | ||
| circu/
circum |
around | circuitous | adj. | taking a roundabout |
| circumference | n. | the boundary line of a circle | ||
| circumspect | adj.看 | prudent | ||
| circumvent | vt.走 | to surround (an enemy, for example) | ||
| cord/
core |
heart | accord － | n./vt/vi | make an agreement |
| concordance | n. | agreement | ||
| cordial | n./adj. | gracious, a tonic | ||
| discordant | adj.－ | inconsistent | ||
| culp | blame
guilt |
culpable | adj. | blameworthy |
| exculpate | v. | to clear of guilt or blame excuse | ||
| mea culpa | n. my | acknowledgment of a personal error or fault | ||
| inculpate | vt.－ | to incriminate | ||
| dic | speech
word |
interdiction | n. | forbidden |
| jurisdiction | n. | authority or control | ||
| edict | n. | decree | ||
| malediction | n. | the calling down of a curse | ||
| gni/
gno |
know,
understand |
cognitive | adj. | relating to cognition |
| diagnosis | n. | the opinion derived from such an evaluation | ||
| incognito (incog) | a./adv. | with one's identity disguised or concealed－ | ||
| prognosis | n. | a forecast or prediction | ||
| apt/
ept |
skill, fit | inept | adj.－ | awkward |
| adept ＋ | adj./n. | proficient, expert | ||
| aptitude | n.抽 | ability, natural talent | ||
| adaptation | n.＋ | process of change | ||
| art | art
skulduggery |
artisan | n. | skilled craft man (super) |
| artifice | n. | slyness | ||
| artifact | n. | man-made object | ||
| artful | adj. | skillfully sly | ||
| artless | adj. | naive | ||
| cad/
cid/ cas |
fall | cadaver | n. | corpse |
| casualty | n. | serious injury | ||
| decadent － | adj./n. | self-indulgent | ||
| recidivism | n.物质 | backsliding | ||
| cis | cut, kill | concise | adj. | short |
| excise | n./vt. | cut out | ||
| incisive | adj. | direct | ||
| precision | n. | accuracy |
Ⅸ
| crypt/
cryph |
hide | apocryphal | adj. | fake |
| cryptic | adj. | mysterious | ||
| cryptography | n. | code writing | ||
| crypt | n. | tomb | ||
| ab/abs | － | abscond | vi. | flee |
| abstemious | adj. | self-controlled (touch, hold, have) | ||
| abstraction | n. | theory (draw) Ⅱ | ||
| abstruse | adj. | difficult (poke) | ||
| ped | child | pedagogue | n. | an educator (drive) |
| pedophilia | n. love | attraction felt by an adult toward children | ||
| pedagogy | n.抽 | education | ||
| encyclopedic | adj. | thorough encyclopedia | ||
| pediatrician | n.人 | revival | ||
| pedant | n.人 | show off → boring teacher | ||
| nasc/
nat/ nai |
bear, born | innate | adj.＋ | present from birth |
| nascent | adj. | beginning, incipient | ||
| renaissance | n. | revival | ||
| cognate | adj. | related | ||
| fer | carry | transference | n. | act or process of transferring (shift) |
| deferential | adj.－ | yielding, showing strong respect | ||
| fertile | adj. | productive | ||
| inference | n. | implied conclusion | ||
| proliferate | v. | multiply (nutrition) | ||
| trans | shift | transfiguration | n. | glorification (figure) |
| transfuse | vt. | transfer (slosh) | ||
| transient | adj./n. | passing | ||
| transcendent | adj. | supreme (claim) | ||
| pon/pos | place | component | n./adj. | part |
| disposition | n. | personality | ||
| repository | n. | storage container | ||
| superimpose | v. | place over (high) | ||
| ten/
tin/ tain |
touch
hold have |
sustentation | n. | a support |
| sustentative | adj./n. | suspensory | ||
| tenable | adj. | reasonable | ||
| abstinence | n.－ | refraining from indulging an appetite, nourishment | ||
| tenacious | adj. | strong, sticking | ||
| term | limit, last | indeterminate | adj.－ | uncertain |
| interminable | adj.－ | eternal | ||
| terminal | adj./n. | fatal | ||
| terminology | n. | vocabulary (language) | ||
| mono | single | monogamous | adj. | one husband with one wife |
| monograph | n. | limited subject | ||
| monolithic | n. | uniform | ||
| monotheism | n. | believe only one god | ||
| uni | single | unitarian | n./adj. | a monotheist who is not a christian |
| unison | n./adj. | concord | ||
| unilateral | adj. | undertaken by only one side | ||
| unicameral | adj. | consisting of a single legislative chamber | ||
| vinc/
vict |
conquer | evince | vt.外 | reveal |
| invincible | adj. | unconquerable | ||
| provincial | adj. | local | ||
| victimize | v. | deceive | ||
| spher | ball | stratosphere | n. | upper atmosphere |
| biosphere | n. | life zone (biology) | ||
| hemisphere | n. | half-sphere (half) | ||
| spherical | adj. | globelike | ||
| vert/
vers |
change,
shift |
divert | v.－ | entertain |
| perverse | adj. | wrongheaded (thorough) | ||
| avert | v.－ | avoid | ||
| versatile | adj. | with many use | ||
| morph | shape, figure | amorphous | adj. | shapeless |
| anthropomorphic | adj. | human and god have the same character | ||
| metamorphosis | n.离心 | change in appearance，character, condition… | ||
| morphology | n. | branch of biology | ||
| form | shape, figure
form |
format | n./vt | plan or arrange in a specified form, computer |
| formative | adj. | forming or capable of forming | ||
| formality | n. | quality or condition of being formal | ||
| conform | vt/vi/a. | agree, be similar, adapt | ||
| doc/
doct |
teach | indoctrinate | v. | fill with a point of view, instruct thoroughly |
| doctrinaire | n. | by the rule, rigidly principled | ||
| docile | adj. | easily led, tame | ||
| doctrine | n. | principle, teaching action | ||
| tut/tui | direct | intuition | n.－ | insight, quick understanding |
| tuition | n. | instruction, instruction costs | ||
| tutelage | n. | guardianship, safeguard | ||
| tutorial | n./adj. | small class, individual instruction | ||
| di/duo | double, doubt | duplicity | n. | being twofold or double, cheat |
| duplex | adj. | twofold; double | ||
| diplomatic | adj. | suave, relating to diplomatics | ||
| dichotomy | n. | division into two opinions | ||
| bi/bin | double, doubt | bilateral | adj. | two-sided |
| bipolar | adj. | having two poles | ||
| bipartisan | adj. | two major political parties | ||
| biweekly | n. | happening twice a week or every two weeks |
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| top | place | topical | adj. | of current interest |
| topiary | adj./n. | ornamentally pruned | ||
| ectopic | adj. | away from its usual place | ||
| topography | n. | landscape features | ||
| centr/
center |
exactly
middle point |
eccentric － | adj./n. | placed off-center |
| epicenter | n. | central point (except) | ||
| egocentric | adj. | self-centered (self) | ||
| ethnocentric | adj. | centered on one’s own group (nation) | ||
| dom | rule
power |
predominant | adj. | strongest |
| domicile | n./v. | home | ||
| domination | n. | control | ||
| dominion | n. | kingdom | ||
| habit/
hibit |
reside in | exhibitionist | n.－ | show-off |
| habitation | n. | dwelling | ||
| habitual | adj. | customary | ||
| inhibit | vt.－ | restrain | ||
| pro | ＋ | procrastinate | v. | put off |
| prodigious | adj. | enormous | ||
| prophylaxis | n. | disease prevention (physical) | ||
| propitious | adj. | promising (bit) | ||
| petro | again
back |
retroactive | adj. | effective as of earlier |
| retrofit | n. | modernize | ||
| retrogress | v. | revert to an earlier state promising | ||
| retrospective | adj. | review of a body of work | ||
| tempor | time | contemporary | n./adj. | current |
| extemporaneous | adj.－ | unplanned | ||
| temporal | adj./n. | measurable by time | ||
| temporize | v. | talk to fill time | ||
| chron | time | anachronism | n.－ | something from the past |
| chronic | adj. | ongoing | ||
| chronology | n. | order of events | ||
| synchronous | adj. | happening at the same time | ||
| tri | three | triceratops | n. | dinosaur |
| trident | n. | a three-pronged spear used for fishing (teeth) | ||
| trilogy | n. | three dramatic works related in theme | ||
| trinity | n. | union of three divine persons | ||
| anim | breed | inanimate | adj. | dead |
| animosity | n. | enmity | ||
| magnanimous | adj. | generous in forgiving | ||
| animated | adj. | living | ||
| fig | figure | figurative | adj. | metaphorical, ornate |
| figment | n. | something invented, made up, or fabricated | ||
| effigy | n.－ | a crude figure representing a hated person | ||
| configuration | n. | form, arrangement of parts or elements | ||
| ann/enn | year | perennial | adj. | continuing, everlasting |
| millennium | n. | era of earthly paradise, thousand years | ||
| annuity | n. | yearly payment, annual payment | ||
| superannuated | adj. | worn out, aged | ||
| biannual | n./adj. | twice each year | ||
| biennial | n./adj. | for two years | ||
| ev | age | coeval | adj./n. | simultaneous, of the same age |
| longevity | n. | length of life, long life | ||
| medieval | adj. | antiquated, of the middle ages | ||
| primeval | adj. | ancient, elder | ||
| corp | body | incorporate | a./vi/vt | similar organization |
| corporal | adj. | bodily, army | ||
| corpulent | adj. | fat | ||
| corporeal | adj. | bodily | ||
| tang/
tact |
touch | tangible | adj. | discernible by the touch; palpable |
| tangential | adj. | in the direction of a tangent | ||
| tactile | adj./n. | perceptible to the sense of touch | ||
| intact | adj. | uninjured; not impaired in any way | ||
| codi/
code |
code | codex | n. | handwritten book |
| codicil | n. | amendment | ||
| codify | vt. | list | ||
| decode | vt.－ | explain | ||
| sign | mark
note |
assignation | n. | appointment |
| resign | n./v. | accept | ||
| signatory | n. | consigner | ||
| signet | n./vt | stamp | ||
| quadr/
quart |
four | quartile | n. | the value of the boundary at the 25th, 50th, or 75th percentiles of a frequency distribution divided into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population. |
| quadriplegic | n./adj. | disability | ||
| quadrille | n. | a square dance of french origin composed of five figures and performed by four couples.
music for this dance in 6/8 and 2/4 time. |
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| quadruple | n./vt/vi | fourfold | ||
| tessar/
tetr |
four | tetrahedron | n. | a polyhedron with four faces |
| tetracycline | n. | a broad-spectrum antibiotic c22h 24n 2o 8 | ||
| tetrarch | n. | one of four joint rulers, a subordinate ruler | ||
| tetragon | n. | a four-sided polygon; a quadrilateral |
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| acerb/
acri |
acid | acerbic | adj. | sour or bitter |
| acrid | adj. | pungent, or bitter to the taste or smell. | ||
| acrimony | n. | bitter, sharp, ill-natured animosity | ||
| exacerbate | vt. | aggravate | ||
| string/
strict |
draw
tie tightly |
astringent ＋ | adj./n. | tending to draw together |
| constrict | v. | cramp | ||
| prestigious | adj. | having prestige; esteemed | ||
| stringent | adj. | severe | ||
| stru/
struvt |
build up
put together |
deconstruction | n. | any text subvert their own meanings |
| infrastructure | n. | underlying base or foundation | ||
| construe | v. | explain | ||
| instrumental | adj.
＋ |
implemental | ||
| obstruct | v./n.－ | block, hinder | ||
| structure | n./vt. | building | ||
| construction | n. | the art, trade, or work of building | ||
| prop/
propri |
own | appropriate | adj. | fitting |
| expropriate | vt. | deprive of possession | ||
| proprietary | adj./n. | exclusively owned; private | ||
| propriety | n. | etiquette, appropriateness | ||
| tort/
tors |
wind
twist wrench |
tort | n. | injury |
| extort | v. | obtain by force | ||
| torsion | n. | twisting | ||
| tortuous | adj. | winding | ||
| viv | life
alive |
convivial | adj. | sociable |
| revivify | v. | revive | ||
| vivacious | adj. | lively | ||
| vivisection | n. | animal experimentation (cut→part) | ||
| serv | subject to
serve |
serviceable | adj. | usable |
| servile | adj. | slavish | ||
| servitude | n.抽 | a state of subjection to an owner or a master. | ||
| subservient | adj. | subordinate in capacity, obsequious, servile | ||
| clud/
clus/ clos |
close
hide |
occlusion | n. | process of occluding |
| preclude | n. | prevent | ||
| recluse | adj./n. | reclusive | ||
| seclusion | n. | solitude (分散) | ||
| text | weave | textual | adj. | relating to written matter |
| subtext | n. | underlying meaning | ||
| pretext | n./v. | excuse hiding a real motive | ||
| context | n. | setting of spoken or written words | ||
| plac/
plais |
please | complaisant | adj. | eager to please |
| placebo | n. | harmless substance | ||
| placidity | n. | peacefulness | ||
| implacable | adj. | unchangeable | ||
| aut/
auto |
self, one | automaton | n. | robot |
| autodidact | n. | didactic, self-taught person | ||
| antimony | n. | element | ||
| autism | n. | egocentricity | ||
| grat | pleasing
agreeable welcome |
gratify | vt. | please, sensuous |
| gratuity | n. | bonus, tip | ||
| gratuitous | adj. | unearned | ||
| ingratiate | vt. | to bring into the favor | ||
| clam/
claim |
shout
cry |
acclamation | n. | acceptance with cheers |
| clamor | n./v. | noisy din | ||
| declaim | v.－ | speak formally | ||
| reclamation | n. | recovery | ||
| crsc/
crat |
power, rule | aristocrat | n. | noble |
| autocratic | adj. | rules by one person | ||
| bureaucrat | n. | government official | ||
| plutocracy | n. | (柏拉图) rule by the rich | ||
| pung/
punc |
prick
pointed sharp |
compunction | n. | scruple, anxiety caused by guilt |
| expunge | v. | remove completely, erase | ||
| punctilious | adj. | careful | ||
| pungent | adj. | sharp | ||
| plic | ① fold
②multiply ③ full |
implicit | adj. | unspoken |
| explicate | v. | explicate, explain, excuse | ||
| replicate | v. | copy, reproduce | ||
| supplication | n. | plea (sub) |
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| mand/
mend |
order,
entrust |
commendation | n. | formal citation |
| mandate | n./vt. | direct | ||
| mandatory | adj. | required | ||
| remand | n./vt. | send | ||
| und | water →
flood → wave → shift |
inundate | v. ＋ | flood |
| redound | v. | send back | ||
| redundancy | n. | needless repetition | ||
| undulant | adj. | wavy | ||
| sacr/
sanct |
holy | sanction | n./v. | approve, perform |
| sacrilege | n. | blasphemy (law) | ||
| sacrosanct | adj. | sacred | ||
| sanctuary | n. | refuge | ||
| loc/ loqu | talk, speak | circumlocution | n. | excess |
| locution | n. | particular word, phrase, or expression, | ||
| elocution | n. | public opinion (ex) | ||
| colloquial | adj. | conversational | ||
| loquacious | adj. | talkative | ||
| val | value | equivalent | adj./n. | similar in value |
| prevalent | adj. | widespread | ||
| valorous | adj. | brave, courage | ||
| validate | vt. | confirm | ||
| vir | man | triumvirate | n. | three-person board |
| virago | n. | strong woman | ||
| virility | n. | masculinity | ||
| virtuosity | n. | skill (美德) | ||
| cre/cret | (increase)
grow |
accretion | n.＋ | build up |
| crescent | n./adj. | stickle-shaped | ||
| excrescence | n. | outgrowth (extra) | ||
| increment | n. | slight increase | ||
| fund/
fus |
pour | diffuse | v./adj. | spread widely |
| effusive | adj. | emotional | ||
| profusion | n. | provide abundance, replete | ||
| suffuse | v. | spread through | ||
| verb | word | verbiage | n. | wordiness |
| verbatim | adj./
adv. |
using exactly the same words; corresponding word for word | ||
| proverb | n. | saying | ||
| verbose | adj. | talkative, wordy | ||
| simil/ | same | assimilate | v.＋ | to consume and incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion |
| simul | like | simile | n. | similar |
| simulacrum | n. | image or a representation | ||
| simulate | vt. | imitate | ||
| scand | climb | transcend | vt. | exceed走 |
| condescend | vi.－ | stoop | ||
| descendant | n. | offspring | ||
| ascendancy | n.＋ | control | ||
| ten/tenu | thin | attenuate | v. | make thin |
| extenuating | adj. | partly excusing | ||
| tenure | n. | term of office | ||
| tenuous | adj. | insubstantial | ||
| scrib/
scrip |
write
draw |
conscription | n. | draft |
| circumscribe | vt. | limit | ||
| inscription | n.＋ | engraving | ||
| proscribe | v. | prohibit | ||
| mens | measure | commensurate | adj. | equivalent (same) |
| dimension | n. | aspect | ||
| immensity | n.－ | hugeness | ||
| mensurable | adj. | measurable | ||
| solv/
solu |
(solve)
release loose free |
insolvency | n. | being insolvent |
| soluble | adj. | can be dissolved | ||
| resolve | n./v./vt | make a firm decision about | ||
| dissolution | n. | disintegration | ||
| absolve | v. | pronounce clear of guilt or blame | ||
| hydr | water ＋ | dehydrate | vt. | remove water from; make anhydrous |
| hydraulic | adj. | water under pressure | ||
| hydroelectric | adj. | generating electricity by conversion of the energy of running water | ||
| hydroponics | n. | cultivation of plants in nutrient solution rather than in soil |
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| capit | head | decapitate | v.－ | behead |
| capitalism | n. | free-market system | ||
| capitulate | vi. | surrender | ||
| recapitulate | vi | summarize | ||
| anthrop | human | philanthropy | n. | charitable act (love) |
| misanthropic | adj.－ | hating humans | ||
| anthropology | n. | study of culture | ||
| anthropoid | n./adj. | ape | ||
| cumb/
cub |
lie | succumb | vi.－ | give up |
| recumbent | adj. | lying down | ||
| incubate | vt.＋ | brood | ||
| incumbent | adj.＋ | holding office | ||
| dynam | power
rule stage |
dynamic | adj. | energetic |
| dynamo | n. | powerhouse | ||
| dynasty | n. | ruling family | ||
| hydrodynamic | adj. | relating to moving fluids (water) | ||
| grad | stage | retrograde | adj./v. | grading again |
| graduate | n./v. | a higher stage | ||
| gradation | n. | stage in a series | ||
| degrade | v.－ | lower in rank | ||
| lat | carry | correlate | vt./vi. | relationship |
| relativity | n. | relationship between mass, energy, and time | ||
| prelate | n. | high church official | ||
| collate | v. | arrange in order | ||
| crit | critical
① key ② cross |
hypocritical | adj.下 | characterized by hypocrisy |
| criterion | n. | standard | ||
| hypercritical | adj.超 | critical | ||
| critique | n. | a critical discussion of a specified topic | ||
| jur | just
right law |
objurgate | vt. － | to scold or rebuke sharply; berate |
| jurisprudence | n. | philosophy or science of law | ||
| perjury | n.－ | breach of an oath or a promise | ||
| abjure | vt.－ | to renounce under oath; forswear | ||
| pent | five | pentagram | n. | pentacle, five-pointed star |
| pentameter | n./adj. | line of verse consisting of five metrical feet | ||
| pentateuch | n. | first five books of the hebrew scriptures | ||
| pentathlon | n. | five track and field events, | ||
| pentagon | n. | polygon having five sides and five interior | ||
| quint | five | quintessential | adj. | being the most typical |
| quintet | n. | composition for five voices or instruments | ||
| quintile | adj./n. | 72° or one fifth of the zodiac | ||
| bio | life | symbiosis | n. | relationship of mutual benefit or dependence |
| biopsy | n. | examination from a living body | ||
| biodegradable | adj. | capable of being decomposed | ||
| antibiotic | n./adj. | can destroy the growth of microorganisms | ||
| gen | birth | generic | adj. | general |
| indigenous | adj.＋ | native | ||
| congenial | adj. | having the same tastes | ||
| carcinogenic | adj. | induce cancer | ||
| fung/
funct |
do, make,
affect, exchange |
malfunction | n.－ | work improperly |
| functionary | adj./n. | bureaucrat ,official | ||
| fungible | adj./n. | exchangeable | ||
| perfunctory | adj.－ | mechanical | ||
| mut | alter,
very change |
transmute | v. | convert |
| permutation | n.＋ | rearrangement | ||
| immutable | adj. | unchangeable | ||
| commutation | n. | replacement | ||
| frag/
fract |
break | fractious | adj. | quarrelsome |
| fragmentary | adj. | incomplete | ||
| infraction | n.－ | violation | ||
| refraction | n. | distortion | ||
| tele | far | telegenice | adj. | well-suited to television (gene) |
| telemetry | n. | long-distance measurement (meter) | ||
| teleological | adj. | relating to design or purpose (ology) | ||
| telepathic | adj. | mind-reading (path) | ||
| phil | love | philatelist | n. | stamp collector |
| philology | n. | study of language | ||
| philter | n. | love potion | ||
| oenophile | n. | wine lover | ||
| neg | negative － | abnegation | n.－ | self-denial |
| negligible | adj. | small | ||
| renegade | n./a./vi | rebel | ||
| renege | vt/vi/n. | go back |
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| nom | name | ignominious | adj. | disgraceful |
| misnomer | n. | wrong name | ||
| nomenclature | n. | naming system culture | ||
| nominal | adj./n. | in name only | ||
| pater/
patr |
father | expatriate | vt/vi/n. | living abroad |
| paternalistic | adj. | exercising fatherly | ||
| patrician | n./adj. | aristocrat 人 | ||
| patrimony | n. | heritage (money) | ||
| lega | appoint | delegation | n.＋ | a group of people who are very important visitors from another country or another place. |
| legacy | n. | heritage | ||
| legate | n. | official emissary | ||
| relegate | v.－ | commit | ||
| greg | herd,
flack, gather |
segregate | v.－ | isolate |
| egregious | adj.－ | flagrant | ||
| congregation | n. | a gathering | ||
| aggregate | n./a./v. | total | ||
| flu/
fluct |
flow | mellifluous | adj. | flowing with sweetness or honey |
| fluctuation | n. | wave | ||
| effluent | adj./n. | something that flows out or forth (ex) | ||
| affluence | n.＋ | wealth | ||
| prehend/
prehens |
seize | reprehensible | adj.－ | blameworthy |
| prehensile | adj. | adapted for seizing, grasping, or holding | ||
| comprehend | vt.＋ | apprehend | ||
| apprehensive | adj.＋ | afraid, capable of understanding | ||
| temper | moderate | temperance | n. | moderation or abstinence |
| tempera | n. | egg-based paint | ||
| temper | n./v. | mix or moderate | ||
| intemperate | adj. | unrestrained | ||
| purg/pur | clean,
clear |
expurgate | v. | remove offensive |
| purgative | adj./n. | purifying | ||
| purgatory | n. | place of misery | ||
| purge | n./v. | remove impure element | ||
| mill | million | millisecond | n. | one thousandth (10-3) of a second. |
| millipede | n. | diplopod （feet） | ||
| millenarianism | n. | every one thousand years | ||
| hemi-/
semi |
half | semiconductor | n. | various solid crystalline substances |
| semicolon | n. | mark of punctuation (;) | ||
| semitone | n. | half step, half tone | ||
| semitropical | adj. | partly tropical; subtropical. | ||
| sub | － 下 | subconscious | adj. | beneath the level of consciousness |
| subversion | n. | secret effort to overthrow | ||
| subliminal | adj. | not strong enough to be sensed | ||
| subjugate | vt. | conquer | ||
| hyper | ＋ 上 | hyperventilate | vt. | breath deeply and rapidly |
| hypertension | n. | high blood pressure (tension) | ||
| hyperbole | n. | extreme overstatement | ||
| hyperactive | adj. | overly action | ||
| pre | pro前 | precept | n. | general rule |
| precocious | adj. | maturing early (cook) | ||
| predispose | vt. | influence | ||
| prerequisite | n./adj. | requirement | ||
| para | besides
part |
parameter | n. | characteristic |
| paragon | n. | model of excellence | ||
| paradox | n. | opposing truths | ||
| paradigm | n. | example (design) | ||
| meta | 上下左右 | metabolism | n. | biological absorption processes |
| metaphorical | adj. | equation one thing with another←→simile | ||
| metaphysics | n. | study of the nature of things | ||
| metonymy | n.术语 | use of an associated term （name） | ||
| per | thorough
throughout |
persevere | v. | keep going |
| permeate | vt./vi. | spread throughout | ||
| peremptory | adj. | abrupt and final | ||
| percolate | n./v. | seep | ||
| ant/
anti |
against
counter |
anti-communist | n. | opposed to communist |
| antagonist | n. | opponent | ||
| antigen (gene) | n. | stimulates the production of an antibody | ||
| antipathy | n. | enmity | ||
| antithesis | n. | direct contrast; opposition | ||
| contra | 反 | contretemps | n. | unforeseen event |
| contravene | v. | deny | ||
| contraindication | n. | a factor that renders the administration of a drug or the carrying out of a medical procedure inadvisable | ||
| contraband | n./adj. | illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling | ||
| contradict | vt. | opposite of, deny |
