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Root Meaning Examples

1. ambul- walk 走 ambulance, ambulatory, somnambulist

2. am-, amat- love 愛 amateur, amiable, amicable

3. audi- hear 聽 audience, auditorium, audit

4. auto- self 自己, 自動 automobile, automatic, autonomous

5. bio- life 生命, 生物 biology, biography, antibiotic

6. ced-, ceed-, cess- go 行走 proceed, exceed, recession

7. cap-, cept- take 拿取 except, accept, incept

8. chron- time 時間 chronic, chronology

9. cid-, cis- cut, kill 切斷，殺 decide, concise, suicide, homicide, patricide

10. cid-, fall 降落 accident, incident, coincide

11. claim-, clam- shout, cry 喊叫 exclaimation, proclaim, acclaim

12. clud-, clus- close, shut 關閉 include, exclude, conclude

13. cogn- know 知 cognition, recognize

14. contra, counter against, opposite contradict, contrary, counterfeit

15. cred- believe 相信, trust 信任 credible, credit, credential

16. cur- curs- cour- run 跑 cursor, occur, current, courier

17. cycl- circle, wheel 圓,輪 bicycle, cycle, cyclone

18. dict- say 言, 說 dictionary, dictate, dictator

19. dit- give 給 tradition, edit, editorial

20. doc-, doct teach 教 doctor, doctrine, document

21. don- give 給 donate, pardon

22. duc-, duct- lead 引導 educate, introduce, abduct, seduce, conduct

23. fabl-, fabul- speak 言, 說 fable, fabulous, effable

24. fact- make, do 做 factory, manufacture, factitious

25. fer- bring, carry 帶, 拿 confer, differ, prefer



26. fid- trust 信任, faith 信仰 confide, confidence, confidant

27. flat- blow 吹 inflation, deflation

28. flect- bend 彎曲 refect, deflect, inflection,

29. flict- strike 打擊 conflict, inflict, afflict

30. flu-, flux- flow 流 influence, fluctuate, influx

31. flect-, flex- to bend 彎曲,折曲 flexible, reflection, deflect

32. glot-, gloss- tongue 舌, 語言 glossal, polyglot, glossary

33. graph-, gram- write 寫 grammar, biography, autograph

34. gress- go 行走 progress, retrogress, agress, congress

35. hal- breathe 呼吸 inhale, exhale, inhalator

36. habit- dwell 居住 inhabit, cohabit, inhabitant

37. hibit- hold 拿, 持 exhibit, inhibit, prohibit

38. horr- fear 怕 horrible, horrify, horror

39. ject- throw 投擲 project, eject, reject

40. lat- bring, carry 帶, 拿 translate, collate, superlative

41. lect- (lig-) choose 選擇, gather 收集 elect, collect, elegant, eligible

42. leg- read 讀 legible, legend

43. leg-, legis- law 法 legal, legislate, privilege

44. lev- raise 舉, 升 lever, elevator, relieve

45. liter- letter 文字, 字母 literate, literature

46. log, logu- speak 言, 說 dialogue, apology, logic, colloquial

47. man- dwell,stay 居住,停留 mansion, permanent, remain

48. manu- hand 手 manual, manuscript, manufacture, maintain

49. magn(i)- great, big 大 manify, manifier, magnitude

50. migr- remove 遷移 migrate, emigrant, immigrate



51. mir- wonder 驚奇, 驚嘆 mirror, admire, mirage

52. mis(o)- hate 恨, 厭惡 misanthropy, misogamy, misogynist

53. miss-, mit- send 投, 發, 送 missile, promise, emit

54. mon- warn 告誡 monument, monitor

55. mort- death 死 mortal, mortality, immortal, mortuary

56. nov- new 新 novel, innovation, renovation

57. oper- work 工作 operate, cooperate, opera

58. parl- speak 言, 說 parliament, parlour, parlance

59. past- feed 餵, 食 pasture, pastor, pastoral

60. pel- push, drive 推, 逐, 驅 propel, repel, expel

61. pend-, pens-

hang 懸掛 depend, append, pending

62. pet- seek 追求 competition, appetite, peition

63. phil(o)- love 愛 philanthropy, philanthropist

64. phobia- fear 驚怕 photophobia, hydrophobia

65. phon- sound 聲音 microphone, telephone, symphony

66. pict- paint 繪, 畫 picture, pictorial, depict, pigment

67. port- carry 拿, 帶, 運 porter, portable, report, deport

68. pos- put 放置 expose, composition, dispose

69. rect- right, straight 正,直 correct, rectify, rectangle, erect

70. scend-, scens-

climb 攀, 爬 ascend, descend

71. sci- know 知 science, conscious, subconscious

72. scrib-, script-

write 寫 describe, prescribe, manuscript

73. sec-, sect- cut 切割 section, intersect, dissect

74. sen- old 老 senior, seniority, senate

75. sent-, sens- feel 感覺 sentiment, consent, desensitize



76. sid- sit 坐 preside, reside, dissident

77. sist- stand 站立 resist, consist, assist, persist

78. son- sound 聲音 sonic, supersonic, resonance

79. spect- look 看 spectacle, spectator, inspect

80. sper- hope 希望 desperate, despair, prosperity

81. spers- scatter 散, 撒 disperse, asperse

82. spir- breathe 呼吸 conspire, inspire, expire

83. cert- sure 確實, 確信 certain, certify, certificate, ascertain

84. tail- cut 切, 割 tailor, detail, retail, curtail

85. tain-, ten-, tin-

hold 握, 持 contain, obtain, maintain, tenant, continue

86. tect- cover 掩蓋 detect, detective, protect

87. tele- far 遠 telescope, telephone, telegram, television

88. tend-, tens-, tent-

stretch 伸展 extent, attend, contend

89. terr- frighten 怕, 恐嚇 terrible, terrorism, deter

90. text- weave 編織 text, textile, texture, context, pretext

91. tort- twist 扭 toture, torturer, distort

92. tract- draw 拉, 抽, 引 tractor, attract, distract

93. trud-, trus- push 推, thrust 衝 intrude, extrude, intruder

94. vad- go 行走 invade, evade, pervade

95. vag- wander 漫步, 漫遊 vague, vagrant, extravagant,

96. ven- come 來 intervene, convene, event, revenue

97. vert-, vers- turn 轉 advertise, convert, revert, introvert

98. vit-, vita- life 生命 vital, vitamins, revitalize

99. viv- live 活 survive, revive, vivid, vivacious

100. vis- see 看 visible, visit, provident


Less Common Word Roots


101. aer(o)- air 空氣,空中,航空 aerial, aeroplane

102. agri-, agro- field 田 agriculture, agrarian

103. anthrop(o)- man 人, humankind 人類 anthropology, philanthropic

104. aqu- water 水 aquatic, aqueduct, acqeous, aquarium

105. arch-, archy- ruler, rule 統治(者) anarchy, monarchy, triarchy, patriarch

106. astro-, aster- star 星 astrology, astronaut

107. avi- bird 鳥 aviary, aviation

108. cardi- heart 心 cardiac, carditis, cardiogram

109. circ- ring 環, 圓, 圈 circus, circle, circular, circuit

110. clar- clear 清楚, 明白 clarify, clarity, declare

111. clin- lean 傾 incline, decline

112. cord- heart 心 cordial, record, concord

113. corpor- body (身)體 corporation, corporal

114. cosm(o)- world 世界, 宇宙 cosmic, cosmopolis

115. cruc- cross 十字 crucial, crusader, cruiser, crucify

116. dem(o)- people 人民 democracy, demography, epidemic

117. dent- tooth 牙 dentist, dental

118. derm-, dermat- skin 皮 dermal, dermatitis, hypodermic

119. dom- home 屋, 家 domestic, domicile

120. dorm- sleep 睡眠 dormitory, dormant

121. drom- run 跑 syndrome

122. ed- eat 吃 edible, inedible

123. emper-, imper- command 命令,統帥 emperor, empire, imperative

124. fin- end, limit 尾, 界限 final, finish, infinite, define,

125. flu- flow 流 fluent, influence, influenza, fluid

126. foli- leaf 葉 foliar, portfolio

127. frag- break 破 fragile, fragment, fracture

128. frater- brother 兄弟 fraternal

129. fug- flee 逃, 散 refuge, refugee, fugitive, centrifugal

130. gam- marriage 婚姻 monogamy, bigamy, polygamy



131. geo- earth 大地 geography, geology

132. glaci- ice 冰 glacier

133. gon- angle 角 trigonometry, pentagon, hexagon, octagon

134. hes-, her- stick 黏著 adhere, hesitate, cohesive

135. hypn(o)- sleep 睡眠 hypnotic

136. hydro- water 水 carbohydrate, dehydrate, hydrant

137. ign- fire 火 ignite, ignition

138. insul- island 島 peninsula, insulate, insulator

139. junct- connect 連接 junction, juncture, conjunction

140. liber- free 自由 liberate, liberal

141. lumin- light 光, 照 illuminate, illuminator, illuminant

142. loc- place 地方 locate, local, relocate

143. lun- moon 月亮 lunar

144. mar- sea 海 marine, submarine

145. matr(i)-, mater-, metro

mother 母 maternal, maternity, metropolitian

146. mens-, mensur- measure 測量 immense, commensurate

147. merg-, mers- sink, dip 沉, 浸 emergent, immerse

148. min- project,jut 伸出,突出 prominent, eminent, imminent

149. mob-, mot- move 動 mobile, mob, motor, motion, promote

150. mut- change 變(換) mutable, immutable, mutual, permute

151. nav- ship 船 navy, navigate, circumnavigate

152. nect-, nex bind 結, 繫, 束 connect, annex

153. neur(o)- nerve 神經 neural, neuritis, neurology

154. nomin- name 名 nominal, nominate

155. ocul- eye 眼 monocular, binocular

156. onym- name 名 anonymous, antonym

157. ori- rise 升起 orient, orientation, origin, originate

158. par- equal 相等 parity, compare, comparative

159. patr(k)-, pater- father 父, 祖 patriarchy, paternal, patron, patriot

160. ped- child 兒童 pedology, pedagogy



161. ped- foot 腳 pedal, uniped, biped, centipede, expedition

162. petr(o)- stone 石 petroleum

163. photo- light 光 photograph, photographer

164. pod- foot 腳 apod, tripod, tetrapod, decapod, polypod

165. polis- city 城市 metropolis, cosmopolis

166. popul- people 人民 population, popular, popularity

167. pun-, pen- punish 罰 punish, impunity, penalty

168. radic- root 根 eradicate, radical

169. ras- scrape 擦, 刮 razor, erase, abrase

170. rid-, ris- laugh 笑 ridiculous

171. rupt- break 破 interrupt, bankrupt, corrupt, erupt

172. rur-, rus- countryside 農村 rural

173. simil-, simul- like 相似, 相同 similar, assimilate, dissimilate, facsimile

174. sol- sun 太陽 solar, insolation

175. sper- hope 希望 desperate, despair, prosperity

176. tact-, tag touch (接)觸 contact, tactile, intact, contagion

177. terr- earth,land 土地,陸地 territory, terrace

178. the(o)- god 神 theism, theology, atheism

179. tim- fear 怕 timid, intimidate

180. tir- draw 拉, 引 retire

181. tom-, tomy- cut 切, 割 atom, anthropotomy

182. tox- poison 毒 toxin, toxic, detoxify

183. urb- city 城市 urban, suburb, urbanization

184. ut- use 用 utilize, utility, utensil

185. vol-, volunt- will 意志, 意願 volition, benevolent, volunteer

186. zo(o)- animal 動物 zoo, zoology


General Prefixes

Prefix Meaning Examples

1. a- 無、不、非 amoral, asexual, asocial

2. ab- 相反、不、離開 abnormal, absent, abstain

3. ac- at, to, 或加強意義 accustom, accredit, accompany

4. ad- at, to, 或加強意義 adjust, adventure, admire

5. af- at, to, 或加強意義 affix, afforest, affirm

6. ag- at, to, 或加強意義 aggrandize,aggravate, aggrieve

7. amphi- 兩、雙 amphicar, amphibian

8. an- 無、不, 或加強意義 anharomonic, anarchism, anounce

9. ante- 前、先 antenna, antelope, anteroom

10. anti- 反對、相反、防止 antiwar, anticlockwise, anticrime

11. ap- 加強或引申意義 appoint, appraise, appease

12. apo- 離開 apology, apostasy

13. ar- at, to, 或加強意義 arrange, arrear, arrive

14. as- at, to, 或加強意義 assimilate, assort, assure

15. at- at, to, 或加強意義 attract, attest, attack

16. auto- 自己、自動 automate, autoalarm

17. be- 使……、使成為…… befool, befriend, becalm

18. bene- 善、好 benevolent, benediction

19. bi- 兩、二 biweekly, bicolor, bimonthly

20. by- 旁、側、非正式、副 byroad, bywork, byname



21. circum- 周圍、環繞 circumplantetary, circumaviate

22. co- 共同 cooperation, coagent,coaction

23. col- 共同 collaboration, collinear, collocate

24. com- 共同、加強或引申意義 compatriot, compress, commix

25. con- 共同、加強或引申意義 concolorous, confirm, condense

26. contra- 反對、相反 contraclockwise, contradict

27. cor- 共同、互相、加強或引申意義 correlation, correct, corrupt

28. counter- 反對、相反 counterrevolution, countercurrent

29. de- 否定、除去、離開、製作 destruction, desalt,deplane,design

30. deca- 十 decameter, decagram

31. deci- 十分之一 decigram, decimeter

32. demi- 半 demigod, demiwolf, demidevil

33. di- 二、雙 diatomic, dioxide

34. dia- 貫通、對穿 diagonal, dialogue,diameter

35. dif- 分開、否定、不 differ, diffident, diffuse

36. dis- 不、除去、分開 dislike, disroot, dispel

37. dys- 不良、困難 dysfunction, dyspathy

38. e- 加強或引申意義、出、外 evaluate, estop, eject

39. ef- 上…、配以…、作為… embus, embar, embody

40. en- 登上…、配以…、致使…、in entain,enchain,enable,enclose



41. endo- 內 endolymph, endogen

42. eu- 優、善、好 eugenics, eupepsia, euphemism

43. ex- 出外、前任的、做… export, exmayor, exalt

44. exo- 外、外部 exobiology, exogamy

45. extra- 以外、超過 extralegal, extrasolar

46. fore- 前、先、預先 foretell, foreword, forerun

47. hecto- 百 Hectowatt, hectometer

48. hemi- 半 hemicycle, hemisphere

49. hepta- 七 heptahon, heptode, heptarchy

50. hetero- 異 heteropolar, heterodoxy

51. hexa- 六 hexagon, hexode, hexangular

52. holo- 全 hologram, holographt, holophone

53. homo- 同 homotype, homopolar

54. hyper- 超過、過多 hyperslow, hyperactive

55. hypo- 下、低、次、少 hyposensitize, hypothermia

56. il- 不、無、加強或引申意思 illegal, illocal, illustrate

57. im- 不、向內、加以…… impossible, import, impel

58. in- 不、內、使…… incorrect, inside, intone

59. infra- 下、低 infrared, infrahuman

60. inter- 在……之間、互相 international, interchange



61. intra- 在內、內部 intraparty, intracity, intraday

62. intro- 向內、入內 introduce, intromit

63. ir- 不、無、向內 irregular, irrelative, irruption

64. iso- 等、同 isogon, isotope,isotherm

65. kilo- 千 kilogram, kilometer, kilocycle

66. macro- 大、宏、長 macroplan, macroscale

67. mal- 惡、不良、不 maltreat, malcontent, malformation

68. meta- 超、變化 metaphysical, metaculture, metamorphosis

69. micro- 微 microscope, microworld, microbus

70. milli- 千分之一、千 milligram, millimeter, millipede

71. mini- 小 ministate, miniskirt, minipark

72. mis- 誤、錯、惡、不 misspell, misread, misuse

73. mono- 單一、獨 monodrama, monotone

74. multi- 多 multiparty, multicentric

75. neo- 新 neorealism, neonatal, neolithic

76. non- 不、非、無 nonsmoker, nonmetal, nonparty

77. octa- 八 octagon, octachord, octavalent

78. omni- 全、總、公、都 omnipresent, omnibus, omniform

79. out- 勝過、過度、外、除去 outdo, outsize, outdoor, outroot

80. over- 過度、在上、反轉 overstudy, overcoat,overturn



81. palei- 古、舊 paleozoology, paleobotany

82. pan- 全、泛 pantheism, pansophic

83. para- 半、副、旁、錯誤 parastatal, paralegal, parasite, paradox

84. para- 防、避開、保護 parachute, parasol, parawing

85. pen- 幾乎、相似、差不多 peninsula, peneplain

86. penta- 五 pentagon, pentode, pentoxide

87. per- 貫穿、通、加強意義、過、高 perfect, persist, perplex, peracid

88. peri- 周圍、外層 perigon, perigee, period, perimeter

89. poly- 多 polycentric, polygon, polyarchy

90. post- 後 postwar, postdate, postpone

91. pre- 前、預先 prewar, prefix, prepay, premade

92. pro- 向前、代替 progress, prolong, pronoun

93. proto- 原始 protohuman, protohistory

94. pseudo- 假 pseudonym, pseudology

95. quadri- 四 quadrisyllable, quadruped

96. quasi- 類似、準、半 quasi-war, quasi-public

97. re- 回、重新、相反 return, reprint, resist

98. retro- 向後、回、反 retrograde, retroact,retroflex

99. se- 離開、分開 seduce, select, secern

100. semi- 半 semiweekly, semicircle



101. sept- 七 septangle, septuple

102. sex- 六 sexangle, sexisexfoil

103. sino- 中國 sinophile, Sinophobe

104. step- 後、繼 stepfather, stepsister

105. stereo- 立體 stereosonic, stereograph.

106. sub- 下、次、稍、副、接近、再、

化學名詞 subway, subcollegem subacid, subworker, subteen, sublet, sublet

107. super- 超、超級、上、過度 superspeed, supervise, superheat

108. supra- 超、上 supra-class, suprarenal

109. sur- 上、外、超 surface, surpass, surcharge

110. sym- 共同、相同 sympathy, symphony

111. syn- 共同、相同 synactic, synoym, synthesis

112. tetra- 四 tetrode, tetrachord, tetroxide

113. trans- 橫、變換 transport, transship

114. tri- 三 tricolour, tricar, trijet

115. twi- 二、兩 twilight, twifold, twiforked

116. ultra- 極端、超 ultrapure, ultrared, ultrashort

117. un- 不、無、非、未、除去 unreal, unconditional,unject, unchanged, unlock, unearth

118. under- 下、內、不足、副 underground, undershirt, underproduction, undersized

119. vice- 副 vice-governor, vice-manager

120. with- 向後、相反 withdraw, withhold, withstand


General Suffixes

Suffix Function Meaning Examples

1. -en Adjective => Verbto cause to have or increase the stated quality

blacken

2. -ify Adjective/Noun => Verb

to cause an increase in the stated quality; to become

simplify

3. -ise/-ise Adjective => Verb to cause to become modernise

4. -al Verb => Noun the action described by the verb arrival

5. -er/-or/-aut/ -eur

Verb => Noun the person or device that does the activity

daughter, collector, astronaut, amateur

6. -ion/-ation/-ition/-ision

Verb => Noun the process or condition associated with the verb

education

7. -ism Adjective/Noun => Noun

social，political or religious beliefs or ways of behaving

modernism

8. -ist Adjective/Noun => Noun

a person with a particular set of beliefs or way of behaving，or with a knowledge of an area of study

extremist

9. -ity Adjective => Noun

the state or quality referred to by the adjective

sincerity

10. -ment Verb => Noun the action or process described by the verb，or its result

government

11. -ness Adjective => Noun

the quality or condition described by the adjective

illness

12. -able/-ible Verb => Adjectiveused to add the meaning 'that can be' or 'worth being'

desirable

13. -al Noun => Adjective

connected with the stated thing national

14. -ful Verb/Noun => Adjective

having the stated quality to a high degree，or causing it

fearful

15. -ly Adjective => Adverb in the stated way loudly


Suffixes – most common

Suffix Meaning Examples

1. -ability (n.) 可…性 lovability, readability

2. -able (adj.) 可….的, 某種性質 knowable, useable, movable

3. -ably (adv.) ……地 peaceably, suitably, lovably

4. -aceous (adj.) 具有….的 rosaceous, herbaceous

5. -acious (adj.) 多….的 rapacious, sagacious, vivacious

6. -acity (n.) 性質, 情況 rapacity, capacity, audacity

7. -acle (n.) 構成實質名詞 manacle, miracle, tentacle

8. -acy (n.) 行為, 職權 determinacy, literacy, privacy

9. -ade (n.) 行為 decade, blockade, cannonade

10. -age (n.) 場所, 費用, 情況 cottage, postage, dotage

11. -ain (n.) 表示人 captain, chaplain, villain

12. -aire (n.) 表示人 solitaire, millionaire, doctrinaire

13. -al (adj.) 具有……性質的 personal, national, natural

14. -al (n.) 行為, 表示人或物 refusal, criminal, mural, hospital

15. -ality (n.) 情況, 性質, 狀態 personality, nationality

16. -ally (adv.) 方式, 程度 dramatically, naturally, artistically

17. -an (adj.) 屬於某地方的 urban, American, African

18. -an (n.) 表示人 partisan, publican, artisan

19. -ance (n.) 狀態, 情況, 行為 resistance, guidance, attendance

20. -ancy (n.) 狀態, 情況, 行為 compliancy, constancy

21. -aneity (n.) 性質, 狀態, 情況 spontaneity, instantaneity

22. -aneous (adj.) 屬於……..的 instantaneous, extraneous

23. -ant (adj.) 具有…….性質的 assistant, resistant, attendant

24. -ant (n.) 表示人或物 examinant, servant, coolant

25. -ar (adj.) 如……的 linear, solar, consular, similar



26. -ar (n.) 表示人或物 scholar, beggar, cellar, altar

27. -ard (n.) 表示人 (眨) dullard, dotard, coward, wizard

28. -arian (n.) 表示人,………主義 antiquarian, humanitarian

29. -arium (n.) 場所, 地點 planetarium, ovarium

30. -ary (adj.) 屬於……的 secondary, elementary, honorary

31. -ary (n.) 表示場所, 人或物 rosary, notary, dictionary

32. -ast (n.) 表示人 gymnast, encomiast, scholiast

33. -aster (n.) 表示人 (眨) poetaster, medicaster

34. -ate (v.) 造成, 做…..事 orientate, maturate, luxuriate

35. -ate (adj.) 具有……..的 lineate, roseate, private

36. -ate (n.) 表示人,職位 graduate, electorate

37. -atic (adj.) 具有………..的 thematic, axiomatic, problematic

38. -ation (n.) 行為, 結果 interpretation, information

39. -ative (adj.) 與………有關 talkative, fixative, formative

40. -ator (n.) 做….工作的人或物 designator, comparator

41. -atory (adj.) 具有……..的 excitatory, explanatory,

42. -atory (n.) 場所, 地點 observatory, laboratory,

43. -ce (adv.) 自………, 從…….. once, twice, thrice, hence, whence

44. -cy (n.) 性質, 狀態 normalcy, colonelcy, idiocy

45. -dom (n.) 情況, 領域, …….界 freedom, wisdom, kingdom,

46. -ean (adj.) 屬於………的 gigantean, adamantean

47. -ed (adj.) 有….的, …..了的 colored, booted, failed, returned

48. -ee (n.) 表示人或物 employee, meetee, coatee

49. -eer (n.) 從事某種職業的人 weaponeer, volunteer


Suffixes – Less common


50. -el (n.) 表示小,人,物,場所 runnel, personnel, roundel, hotel

51. -en (v.) 使變成…… shorten , deepen, richen

52. -en (adj.) 似…….的 wooden ,leaden , golden

53. -en (n.) 表示人或小稱 warden , maiden , kitten

54. -ence (n.) 性質, 狀態, 行為 existence, insistence, difference

55. -ency (n.) 性質, 狀態, 行為 urgency, insistency, innocency

56. -end (n.) 數學術語 dividend , errand, addend

57. -enne(n.) 女性 comedienne, tragedienne

58. -ent (adj.) 關於…..的 existent, insistent, emergent,

59. -ent (n.) 表示人或物 student, president, corrodent

60. -eous (adj.) 關於……的 righteous, beauteous, gaseous

61. -er (n.) 表示人或物 islander, hatter, singer, boiler

62. -er (v.) 動作 waver, batter, chatter, patter

63. -ern (adj.) 方向的 eastern , southern , western

64. -ern (n.) 場所, 地點 saltern, cavern, lectern

65. -ery (n.) 場所, 行為, 行業 printery, robbery, fishery

66. -ese (adj./n.) 某地的, 某地的人和語言 Chinese, Japanese, Cantonese

67. -ese (n.) 某派的文體或語言 computerese, translationese

68. -esque (adj.) 如……的 picturesque, robotesque

69. -ess (n.) 女性或雌性 poetess, mayoress, lioness

70. -est (adj./adv.) 最…….. smallest, largest, hardest

71. -et (n.) 小 floweret, lionet, eaglet

72. -eth (adj./n.) 第…….十 thirtieth, sixtieth, fortieth

73. -etic (adj.) 關於…….的 theoretic, energetic, uretic

74. -ette (n.) 小, 女性, 仿造物 roomette, typette, rosette

75. -ety (n.) 性質, 狀態, 情況 gayety, anxiety, propriety

76. -eur (n.) 人 amateur, farceur, saboteur

77. -faction (n.) 情況, 狀態, 行為 satisfaction, stupefaction

78. -fic (adj.) 產生………的 colorific, honorific, pacific

79. -fication (n.) 做………….. pacification, classification

80. -fier (n.) 做…….的人或物 glorifier, pacifier, classifier



81. -fold (adj./adv.) ………倍 twofold, threefold, manifold

82. -form (adj.) 有……形狀的 gasiform, uniform, cubiform

83. -ful (n.) 充滿時的量 handful, spoonful, houseful

84. -ful (adj.) 富有……..的 useful, hopeful, dreamful

85. -fy (v.) 變成……….. beautify, citify, glorify

86. -hood (n.) 時期, 情況, 狀態 childhood, boyhood, manhood

87. -i (adj./n.) 某國的 Iraki, Yemeni, Bengali

88. -ia (n.) 情況, 狀態 suburbia, battalia, ataxia

89. -ial (adj.) 具有……..的 managerial, adverbial, partial

90. -ian (adj.) 某國/地/人/宗教的 Arabian, Mongolian, Christian

91. -ian (n.) 某種職業,地位的人 grammarian, civilian, comedian

92. -ibility (n.) 易…….性 sensibility, producibility

93. -ible (adj.) 可……的 sensible, resistible, perfectible

94. -ibly (adv.) 可…………地 sensibly, receptibly, resistibly

95. -ic (adj.) ………..的 atomic, electronic, organic

96. -ic (n.) 人, ………學 critic, classic, logic, magic

97. -ical (adj.) ……..的 atomical, typical, organical

98. -ice (n.) 行為, 情況, 人 service, justice, apprentice

99. -ician (n.) 專家或從事某種職業的人 musician, physician, electrician

100. -icity (n.) 性質, 情況, 狀態 simplicity, periodicity, centricity

101. -ics (n.) ……..學 informatics, electronics, politics

102. -id (adj.) 具有……性質的 florid, placid, stupid, placid

103. -ie (n.) 小稱, 與…..有關的人/物 birdie, roomie, oldie, movie

104. -ier (n.) 人, 物 cashier, clothier, barrier, gaselier

105. -ile (adj) 易於…….的 servile, fertile, retractile

106. -ile (n.) 物 missile, automobile, projectile

107. -ility (n.) 性質, 狀態, 情況 servility, agility, mobility

108. -in (n.) 醫學(….素) insulin, toxin, fibrin

109. -ine(adj.) 屬於……的 infantine, nervine, riverine

110. -ine (n.) 女性, 藥物名稱 heroine, libertine, concubine



111. -ing (n.) 行為, ….學, 總稱 learning, tailoring, clothing

112. -ing (adj.) 正在……的 charging, burning, growing

113. -ion (n.) 行為, 結果, 情況 discussion, election, correction

114. -ior (n.) 人, 屬於……..的 warrior, senior, posterior

115. -ious (adj.) 屬於…….的 laborious, spacious, anxious

116. -ish (adj.) 如……的, 某種程度的, 某國的 childish, coldish, English

117. -ish (v.) 做……., 致使……. vanish, publish, nourish

118. -ism (n.) …..主義, 宗教, 語言, 風格, 行為, 學術上, …..學,特性, 情況, 制度, 疾病名

tailism, Lamaism, Turcism, orientalism, criticism, historicism, futurism, humanism, gigantism, multipartism, iodism

119. -ist (n.) 某種主義, 從事某種職業的人 materialist, artist, violinist

120. -ister (n.) 人 palmister, sophister, magister

121. -istic (adj.) 屬於……….的 colouristic, artistic, realistic

122. -it (n.) 人 bandit, hermit

123. -ite (n.) 人 socialite, favorite, bedlamite

124. -ite (adj.) 具有…….性質的 partite, composite, polite

125. -ite (v.) 做………… unite, ignite, expedite

126. -ition (n.) 行為, 情況 supposition, audition

127. -itious (adj.) 有…..性質 suppositious, cementitious

128. -itis (n.) ……..炎 arthritis, carditis, cerebritis

129. -itive (adj.) ………..的 compositive, partitive

130. -itor (n.) 人 competitor, servitor, expositor



131. -itude (n.) 情況, 性質, 狀態 correctitude, exactitude

132. -ity (n.) 性質, 情況, 狀態 speciality, humanity, popularity

133. -ive (adj.) 有……..作用的 educative, protective, amusive

134. -ive (n.) 人, 物 detective, native, explosive

135. -ivity (n.) 情況, 狀態 selectivity, activity, captivity

136. -ization (n.) 過程, 結果 modernization, realization

137. -ize (v.) 照…..樣子做 organize, popularize, normalize

138. -kin (n.) 小 ladykin, lambkin, manikin

139. -le (v.) 反覆的動作 winkle, joggle

140. -le (n.) 做某個動作時所使用的物品 thimble, spindle, handle

141. -less (adj.) 無……的 homeless, useless, colorless

142. -let (n.) 小 booklet, leaflet, piglet, starlet

143. -like (adj.) 如……..的 dreamlike, childlike, warlike

144. -ling (n.) 小, 具有某種性質的人 birdling, starveling, weakling

145. -ling (adj, adv) 狀態 darkling, sideling

146. -logical (adj.) ……...學的 biological, oceanological

147. -logist (n.) ……….學家 biologist, musicologist

148. -logy (n.) ……….學 biology, zoology, musicology

149. -ly (adj.) 如…..的, 每…….的 friendly, homely, hourly, daily

150. -ly (adv.) 每…….地, 狀態 hourly, namely, truly, greatly

151. -ment (n.) 行為, 物, 組織 movement, pavement, department

152. -most (adj.) 最……的 headmost, inmost, outmost

153. -ness (n.) 性質, 情況, 狀態 greatness, darkness, darkness

154. -nik (n.) …….的人 protestnik, citynik, peacenik

155. -o (n.) 音樂術語, 人, 物 solo, alto, politico, bravo, studio

156. -oid (adj.) 如…….的 humanoid, spheroid, asteroid

157. -on (n.) 人, 物, 物理學名詞 southron, automation, electron

158. -oon (n.) 物 spittoon, cartoon, festoon

159. -or (n.) 人, 物 actor, elector, tractor, conductor

160. -orium (n.) 場所, 地點 auditorium, sanatorium


Suffix Meaning Examples 161. -ory (adj.) 有…..性質 advisory, dictatory, revisory 162. -ory (n.) 場所, 地點, 物 factory, armory, directory 163. -ose (adj.) …….的 globose, operose, verbose 164. -osity (n.) 性質, 狀態, 情況 curiosity, globosity 165. -ot (n.) 人, 物 patriot, zealot, chariot, carrot 166. -ous (adj.) 有……性質 dangerous, glorious 167. -proof (adj.) 防…..的 fireproof, waterproof, rainproof 168. -ress (n) 女性 actress, waitress, interpretress 169. -ry (n.) 行為, …….學, 場所 banditry, forestry, gentry, pantry 170. -s (adv.) 時間, 地點, 方式, afternoons, outdoors, nights 171. -ship (n.) 情況, 身份, 技能 friendship, kingship, penmanship 172. -sion (n.) 結果, 情況, 性質 expansion, decision, division 173. -some (adj.) 易於……的 gladsome, playsome, fearsome 174. -ster (n.) 人 songster, gamester, mobster 175. -th (n.) 行為, 性質, 狀態 warmth, coolth, growth 176. -tic (adj.) 有….性質的 schematic, operatic, dramatic 177. -tion (n.) 行為, 結果, 狀態 intervention, attention, reduction 178. -trix (n.) 女性 aviatrix, executrix 179. -ture (n.) 行為, 結果 mixture, fixture, armature 180. -ty (n.) 性質, 情況, 狀態 safety, surety, novelty 181. -ual (adj.) ………..的 textual, sexual, spiritual 182. -ular (adj.) 有…….性質的 nodular, jocular, cellular 183. -ule (n.) 小 spherule, cellule, nodule 184. -ulous (adj.) 如……..形狀的 globulous, tubulous, tubulous 185. -um (n.) 場所, 地點 museum, forum, sanctum 186. -uous (adj.) 有……….性質的 conspicuous, sensuous 187. -ure (n.) 行為, 狀態, 情況 closure, disclosure, creature 188. -us (n.) 抽象名詞 quietus, flatus, stratus 189. -ward (adj.) 向………的 downward, upward, outward 190. -wards (adv.) 向…………. downwards, upwards, inwards 191. -ways (adv.) 方式, 狀態 crossways, cornerways, sideways 192. -wise (adv.) 方向, 狀態 crosswise, coastwise, sidewise 193. -y (adj.) 有…….的 rainy, windy, hilly, trusty, clayey 194. -y (n.) 性質, 人, 物, 小稱 soldiery, lefty, towny, doggy 195. -yer (n.) 人 lawyer, bowyer, sawyer

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