英文考试 SAT Root Words 字根 字首 重点list.docVIP

act, ag: do, act, drive Latin, agere: to drive, lead, act, do active (adjective): moving about am, ami: love, like Latin, amare: to love amorous (adjective): loving anim: mind, life, spirit, anger Latin, animus: spirit animal (noun): a living creature annu, enni: yearly Latin, annuus: yearly annual (adjective): yearly auc, aug, aut: to originate, to increase Latin, augere: to originate, increase augment (verb): to increase, to add to aud, audit, aur: hear Latin, audire: to hear audible (adjective): can be heard bene, ben: good, well, gentle Latin, bene: good benign (adjective): harmless, mild, gentle bio, bi: life Greek, bios: life biography (noun): a book written about a persons life bibli, biblio: book Greek, biblion: book bibliophile (noun): a person who likes or collects books brev: short Latin, brevis: short abbreviate (verb): to shorten cad, cap, cas, ceiv, cept, cid: to take, to seize, to hold Latin, capere: to seize receive (verb): to take in, to acquire ceas, cede, ceed, cess: go, yield Latin, cedere: to go exceed (verb): to go beyond a limit, to be greater than chron: time Greek, khronos: time chronological (adjective): arranged in order of time or sequence clam, claim: shout Latin, clamare: to call out, shout clamor (verb): to make noise cogn, gnos: know to know Latin, cognoscere: to know recognize (verb): to know, to identify corp: body Latin, corpus: body corporate (adjective): formed into a body or association, united in one group cre, cresc, cret: grow Latin, crescere: to grow create (verb): to originate, to produce through imagination cred: trust, believe Latin, credere: to believe incredible (adjective): unbelievable cour, cur, curr, curs: run, course Latin, currere: run occur (verb): to happen, to come to mind dic, dict, dit: say, speak Latin, dicere: to say indicate (verb): to show, to point out doc, doct: teach, prove Latin, docere: to teach do