必备知识4:一些必要的词根(stems)

-anthro-,-anthropo-       human          anthropology

-aster-,-astro-,-stellar-   star               asterisk
-audi-,-audit-                 hear              audience
-auto-                            self                autograph
-bio- life                biology

-capit-                           head, chief    capital, captain

-ced-go, move,yield                           precede
-chron-                         time               chronic
-cycle-                          circle             unicycle
-dic-,-dict-                    say, speak     contradic
-fact-,fect-                   make, do        benefactor
-geo-                            earth              geothermal
-graph-,-gram-             write, writing telegraph
-hetero-                       different, other                            heterogeneous
-homo-                        same               homosexual
-hydr-,-hydro-             water              dehydrate

-log-,-ology-                speech,word,study                      biology
-man-,-manu-              hand               manufacturer
-mega-                         great, large     megaphone
-mit-,-miss-                  send               transmit
-mort-                          death             mortal, motality
-onym-,-nomen-          name        antonym, synonym

-pathy-feeling,            disease           sympathy
-phon-                         sound             telephone
-pod-,-ped-                 foot                pedestrian
-pon-,-pos-                  put, place      postpone
-psych-                        mind              psychology

-scrib-,-script-             write              tapescript
-son-                            sound            sonic
-spect-                         look at           prospect
-spir-                            breatheinspiration, respiration

-tele-                           far                  telephone
-theo-,-the-                 god                theology, atheist

-therm-,-thermo-         heat      thermal, thermometer
-ven-,-vene-                come              convene

-ver-                            true                verify
-vid-,-vis-                    see                 visual, vision
-voc-,-vok-                  call                vocal

现在再来看看刚才这看似陌生的十个单词

collaborate:col-labor-ate

chronic:chron-ic

dictate:dict-ate

recall:re-call

incurable:in-cur(e)-able

retrospect:retro-spect

anonymous:an-onym-ous

bilingual:bi-lingu(a)-al

thermometer:thermo-meter

misbehave:mis-behave

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