《读者的选择(Reader’s Choice)》五个词根词缀表
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| com-, con-, col-, cor-, co- |
together, with |
cooperate, connect |
| in-, im-, il-, ir- |
in, into, on |
invade, insert |
| in-, im-, il-, ir- |
not |
impolite, illegal |
| micro- |
small |
microscope, microcomputer |
| pre- |
before |
prepare, prehistoric |
| re-, retro- |
back, again |
return, retrorocket |
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| -audi-, -audit- |
hear |
auditorium, auditor |
| -chron- |
time |
chronology, chronological |
| -dic-, -dict- |
say, speak |
dictator, dictation |
| -graph-, -gram- |
write, writing |
telegraph, telegram |
| -log-, -ology- |
speech, word, study |
biology |
| -phon- |
sound |
telephone |
| -scrib-, -script- |
write |
describe, script |
| -spect- |
look at |
inspect, spectator |
| -vid-, -vis- |
see |
video, vision |
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| -er, -or |
one who |
worker, spectator |
| -ist |
one who |
typist, biologist |
| -tion, -ation |
condition, the act of |
action, celebration |
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| ante- |
before |
anterior, ante meridiem(A.M.) |
| circum- |
around |
circumference |
| contra-, anti- |
against |
anti-war, contrast |
| inter- |
between |
international, intervene |
| intro-, intra- |
within |
introduce, intravenous |
| post- |
after |
post-game, post-graduate |
| sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sup, sus- |
under |
subway, support |
| super- |
above, greater, better |
superior, supermarket |
| trans- |
across |
trans-Atlantic, transportation |
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| -ced- |
go, move, yield |
precede |
| -duc- |
lead |
introduce |
| -flect- |
bend |
reflect, flexible |
| -mit-, -miss- |
send |
remit, missionary |
| -pon-, -pos- |
put, place |
postpone, position |
| -port- |
carry |
portable |
| -sequ-, -secut- |
follow |
consequence, consecutive |
| -spir- |
breathe |
inspiration, conspiracy |
| -tele- |
far |
telegraph, telephone |
| -ven-, -vene- |
come |
convene, convention |
| -voc-, -vok- |
call |
vocal, revoke |
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| -able, -ible, -ble |
capable of, fit for |
trainable, defensible |
| -ous, -ious, -ose |
full of, having the qualities of |
poisonous, anxious, verbose |
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| a-, an- |
without, lacking, not |
atypical, apolitical |
| bene- |
good |
benefit, benefactor |
| bi- |
two |
bicycle, binary |
| mis- |
wrong |
misspell, mistake |
| mono- |
one, alone |
monarch, monopoly |
| poly- |
many |
polynomial, polytechnic |
| syn-, sym-, syl- |
with, together |
symphony, sympathy |
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| -anthro-, -anthropo- |
human |
anthropology |
| -arch- |
first, chief, leader |
patriarch, monarch, archbishop |
| -fact-, -fect- |
make, do |
affect, benefactor, factory |
| -gam- |
marriage |
monogamy, polygamous |
| -hetero- |
different, other |
heterosexual, heterogeneous |
| -homo- |
same |
homogenized milk |
| -man-, -manu- |
hand |
manually, manage |
| -morph- |
form, structure |
polymorphous |
| -onym-, -nomen- |
name |
synonym, nomenclature |
| -pathy- |
feeling, disease |
sympathy, telepathy, pathological |
| -theo-, -the- |
god |
theology, polytheism |
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| -ic, -al |
relating to, having the nature of |
comic, chronic, musical |
| -ism |
action or practice, theory or doctrine |
Buddhism, communism |
| -oid |
like, resembling |
humanoid |
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| multi- |
many |
multiply, multiple |
| peri- |
around |
periscope, perimeter |
| semi- |
half, partly |
semisweet, semicircle |
| tri- |
three |
triangle |
| ultra- |
beyond, excessive, extreme |
ultramodern |
| uni- |
one |
unicycle, unify, universe |
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| -aster-, -astro-, -stellar- |
star |
astronomy, stellar |
| -auto- |
self |
automobile, automatic |
| -bio- |
life |
biology |
| -cycle- |
circle |
bicycle, cycle |
| -mega- |
great, large |
megaton, megalopolis |
| -mort- |
death |
mortal, immortality |
| -phil- |
love |
philosophy |
| -polis- |
city |
metropolis |
| -psych- |
mind |
psychology |
| -soph- |
wise |
philosophy, sophomore |
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| -ity |
condition, quality, state of being |
unity, ability |
| -ness |
condition, quality, state of being |
sadness, happiness |
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| by- |
aside or apart from the common, secondary |
bypass, by-product |
| de- |
down from, away |
descend, depart |
| dia- |
through, across |
diameter, diagonal |
| epi- |
upon, over, outer |
epidermis |
| hyper- |
above, beyond, excessive |
hypersensitive |
| hypo- |
under, beneath, down |
hypothesis, hypothermia |
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| -capit- |
head, chief |
captain, cap, decapitate |
| -corp- |
body |
corporation, incorporate |
| -derm- |
skin |
epidermis, dermatology |
| -geo- |
earth |
geology, geography |
| -hydr-, -hydro |
water |
hydrogen, hydrology |
| -ortho- |
straight, correct |
orthodox, orthography |
| -pod-, -ped- |
foot |
podiatrist, pedestrian |
| -son- |
sound |
sound, sonic |
| -therm-, -thermo- |
heat |
thermal, hypothermia |
| -ver- |
true |
verity, veritable |
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| -ate |
to make |
activate |
| -fy |
to make |
liquify |
| -ize |
to make |
crystallize |