1、Word-building,Benefits: Improving your reading comprehension by using word part clues to guess word meanings. Helping build up your vocabulary.,Word Formation,Four ways of word formation: 1. Affixation 缀合法(加词缀法) 2. Conversion (词性)转化法 3. Compounding 复合法 4. Abbreviation 缩略法,Affixation,Prefix 一般只改变词义，不
2、改变词性 Suffix 一般只改变词性，不改变词义,Recognizing prefixes.,a-, ac-, ad-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, as-, at- : to, toward, near, in addition to aside (adverb): to or toward the side accompany (verb): to go with someone as a companion adjust (verb): to correct, to move closer to a correct position affix (verb): t
3、o attach to something, to fasten 使附于, 粘贴,aggression (noun): hostile behavior towards someone or something allocate (verb): to distribute to specific people or for specific purposes associate (verb): to join with attend (verb): to look after, to go to,a-, an- : not, without apolitical (adjective): wi
4、thout interest in or association with politics ab-, abs-: away from, off abnormal ante-: before anterior (adjective): before or near the front anti-: against antipathy (noun): dislike, opposite feeling auto-: self; automatic automotive (adjective): related to self-propelled machines,bi-: two bicente
5、nnial 每二百年的 biweekly 每周二次的 cat-, cata-, cath-: down, with category (noun): a class or set to which a thing belongs catalogue (noun): a book or pamphlet that lists and describes circum-: around circumstance,co-, cog-, col-, com-, con-, cor-: together, with coeducation 男女同校 cohesiveness (noun): the ab
6、ility to stick together cognate (adjective): related, similar in nature collaborate (verb): to work together commingle (verb): 混合 connection correlative (adjective): 相关联的 contra-: against, opposite contradict (verb): to state the opposite,de-: to do the opposite, to take away from decrease (verb): t
7、o grow smaller, to become less di-, dif-: apart, separate, two, opposite, not divide (verb): to separate into two or more parts differ (verb): to be unlike dis-: not, opposite of, exclude distrust (verb): to have no confidence or trust,e-, ex-: out, out of, from emit (verb) to send out expel (verb)
8、to force out ex-: former 以前的，前任的 ex-president 前任总统 en-, em-: put into; cause to be encase (verb): to enclose in a case endear 使受喜欢 empower (verb): to give power, to put into power,il-, im-, in-, ir-: not, in illegible (adjective): cannot be read impostor (noun): someone who poses as someone else ina
9、ction (noun): lack of motion, idle irresolute (adjective): uncertain about hot to act, undecided, not having a solution,in-, im-, il-: in, into instead (adverb): in place of, an alternative import (verb): to bring into a country from another country inter-: between, among interject (verb): to throw
10、something (usually a comment) between other things intro-: into introspection (noun): to look into ones own thoughts and feelings,mal-: bad malfunction (noun): when something does not work properly mis-: wrong misconduct (noun): wrong doing, bad behavior mono- one monologue (noun): a dramatic perfor
11、mance or speech given by one actor monotonous 单调的 multi- many multiply (verb): to increase in number,ob-, oc-, of-, op-: toward, against, in the way obtain (verb): to gain or get, to get a hold of occur (verb): to happen, to come to mind offer (verb): to attempt to give, to propose, to try to hand o
12、ut oppose (verb): to be against, to stand in the way of something over-: excessive, above overwork (verb): to have too much work overpass 天桥,para- beside; abnormal parallel 平行的 paradox (noun): a statement that seems true and contradictory at the same time post- after postpone (verb): to put off, to
13、delay pre- before precede (verb): to go before, to come in front of pro- for, foward prorevolutionary 赞成革命的人 propel (verb): to push forward,re- back, again readmit (verb): to allow in again retro- backward retrospect (noun) to look back at past events,se- apart, move away from secede (verb): to with
14、draw from an organization semi- half semiannual (adjective): occurring twice a year super- over, above superimpose (verb): to place something on top of something else syn-, sym- together, at the same time synchronous (adjective): happening at the same time sympathy (noun): sharing another persons fe
15、elings, compassion,sub-, suc-, suf-, sup-, sur-, sus under, beneath, near, from below, secretly, above, up submarine (adjective): underwater succeed (verb): to do well, to come after suffice (verb): to be enough support (verb): to hold up, too keep up survive (verb): to live, to live through somethi
16、ng, to exist sustain (verb): to keep up, to hold up,trans- across, beyond, change transcontinental 横贯大陆的 transform (verb): to change shape tri- three tripod (noun): a three-legged stand un- not, against, opposite unceasing (adjective): never ending, unbind 解开，释放 uni- one uniform (adjective): having the same form or consistency,
