| POLY |
many much |
polychromatic | adj. | having or exhibiting many colors. |
| polycentric | adj. | having several central parts | ||
| polygamy | n. | plural marriage | ||
| polyphony | n. phone | music with more parts sounded | ||
| PRIM | first | primogeniture | n. | first-born or eldest child (gene) |
| primordial | adj. | original (ordinary) | ||
| primparous | adj. | parents→bear | ||
| primary | adj. | first or highest in rank | ||
| HOM/HOMO |
uniform, same |
homonym | n. | word spelled or sounded the same |
| homogeneous | adj. | consistent throughout | ||
| homologous | adj. | of similar origin | ||
| homophone | n. | word that sounds like another | ||
| DIS (DI, DIF, DIV, DE) |
① away ② apart |
diffraction | n. | breaking up of light waves (break) |
| dissension | n. | disagreement (sense) | ||
| disseminate | v. | spread widely (seed) | ||
| dissipate | v. | scatter (吮) | ||
| VOR | eat | herbivore | n. glass | an animal feeds chiefly on plants |
| omnivore | n. all | takes in everything available | ||
| carnivore | n. | a flesh-eating animal | ||
| insectivore | n. | feeds mainly on insects | ||
| CRAN | flesh | carnage | n. | a massacre |
| carnation | n. | clove pink | ||
| carnival | n. | a festival marked by merrymaking | ||
| incarnation | n. | a bodily manifestation | ||
| CRED |
believe trust |
creed | n. | principles |
| credulity | n. | superficial/easy acceptance | ||
| creditable | adj. | well-down | ||
| credence | n. | trustfulness | ||
| FID |
believe trust |
affidavit | n. | sworn document |
| diffident | adj. | timid, shy (←→confident) | ||
| fiduciary | adj./n. | trust-based | ||
| perfidy | n. | bad faith | ||
| CURR/CURS | run, walk | concurrent | a./adj. | simultaneous |
| cursory | adj. | hasty (cure) | ||
| discursive | adj. | rambling （amble） | ||
| precursor | n. | forerunner | ||
| PED |
food child |
expedient | adj./n. | convenient |
| expedite | adj./v. | speed up | ||
| impediment | n.－ | obstacle | ||
| pedestrian | adj./n. | ordinary |
| FLEC/FLEX | bend | deflect | v. | turn aside |
| flexor | n. | muscle | ||
| genuflect | v. | kneel (gene) | ||
| inflection | n. | change in pitch | ||
| POST | after, back | posterior | adj. | on the back |
| posthumous | adj. | occurring after death (human, humid, water, earth ) | ||
| postmodern | adj./n. | using past styles anti-modern | ||
| postmortem | adj./n.死 | after the event |