M-W Vocabulary builder: Unit 26

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Mur (wall)
Mural, muralist
Intramural – there are many intramural sports at the college
Extramural – the government sponsors many extramural research projects
Immure – they immured their life savings in the wall to protect against theft
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Polis/polit(city)
Politics, policy, police,
Politic (cleverly tactful) – in order to achieve your goals, you need to be more politic instead of insisting on your own ways
Politicize – nowadays people seem to politicize all kinds of previously considered private matters
Acropolis – 高地
Megalopolis – there are several megalopolises in china, around Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.


Num(number, count)
Numeral, numerous, innumerable, numerical
Numerology 迷信数字
Alphanumeric – alphanumeric passwords are harder to crack
Enumerate – it is not politic at all to enumerate your spouse’s sins whenever you get into a spat.
Supernumerary (extra) supernumerary fingers/toes etc

Kilo
Kilowatt, kilowatt-hour, kilogram, kilometer, kilobyte, kilohertz

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Micro
Microscopic, microfilm, microbus, microquake, microsecond (millionth)
Microbe, microbiologist
Microbrew – beer made from small brewery
Microclimate – the microclimate inland is very different from that of the sea coast

Multi
Multicultural, multimedia, multitude
multicellular 多细胞
multidisciplinary – we have a multidisciplinary team working from all angles to solve the problem
multifarious – the iphone has multifarious uses
multilateral 多方的

par(equal)
par for the course, compare, on a par with, comparable
parity – the pay level has not reached a parity between the genders yet
disparity – the disparity between our goals and what we actually achieve is great
nonpareil – the iphone is a nonpareil of personal computing device
subpar – the service in this restaurant is subpar

phob
phobia, phobic
claustrophobia
acrophobia 恐高
agorophobia – i thought I was agorophobic but after I managed to survive a year’s teaching successfully
xenophobia – the US seems to suffer from a severe case of xenophobia when it comes to immigration laws
arachnophobia 害怕蜘蛛


Medical
Hem/hemo(blood)
Anemia, leukemia, hyperglycemia
Hemorrhage – the company is hemorrhaging money through its serial acquirement of unsuccessful startups.
Hematology
Hemophilia
Hemoglobin
hemotoma (bruise)

-itis(disease, inflammation)
appendicitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, (senioritis 造出来的词)
bursitis
hepatitis
bronchitis
tendonitis

回复 2# 小K


不得不说啊！小k姐姐你太牛了！！！！！！都坚持到现在了！！！

要坚持啊，比预计还是拖延了好多。不过终于快完事了。