1.字根ang=窒息。
 anger=fury---n.生氣。
 例句:I don't like my roommate
 because she vents her anger
 easily.
 我室友是個易怒的人,所以我不
 喜歡她。
 angry=wrathful---adj.生氣的。
 例句:Johnson was angry because
 his colleague used his computer
 without asking him.
 強森的同事未經同意就用他的電腦,
 所以他很生氣。
 anxiety=concern---n.憂慮。
 例句:My niece feels no anxiety about
 making a speech in front of others.
 我姪女不會因在人前演講而感到焦慮。
 anxious---adj.憂慮的。
 例句:Martin was very anxious about
 his final exam results.
 馬汀非常擔心自己的期末考成績。
2.字根nect=綁。
 connect=link---v.連接,接通電話。
 例句:The operator connected me
 and transferred my call to the marketing
 department.
 接線生接通我的電話,並幫我轉到行銷
 部。
 connection=contract---n.連結。
 例句:The woman insisted that she had
 no connection with the defendant.
 女人堅持自己與被告沒有任何關係。
 disconnect=cut off---v.掛斷電話。
 例句:I ran to the phone and picked it up,
 but the line was disconnected.
 我跑過去接電話,但對方已經掛斷了。
3.字根spair,sper=希望。
 despair=desperation---n.v.絕望。
 例句:The man is in despair 
 because he got fired this morning.
 這名男子今天早上被解雇,因而陷
 入絕望。
 desperate---adj.拼命的。
 例句:Afer a long walk in the sun, the
 hiker was desperate for a bottle of
 water.
 在大太陽底下走了一陣子之後,旅人
 極度想喝水。
 prosper=bloom---v.興盛。
 例句:The city began to prosper ever
 since the mayor changed the policy.
 自從市長改變方針之後,這個城市就開
 始興盛起來。
4.字根theo=沉思。
 theoretical---adj.理論的。
 例句:My brother has a great interest in 
 theoretical physics.
 我哥哥對理論物理學特別有興趣。
 theory---n.理論,學說。
 例句:Professor Lin spent many years
 working on this theory.
 林教授花了好幾年的時間研究這個理論。
5.字根pater,patr,patri=父親。
 patriot---n.愛國者。
 例句:David became a true patriot
 after the diplomatic crisis.
 這次外交危機之後,大衛成為忠誠
 的愛國者。
 patron=sponsor---n.贊助人,老顧客。
 例句:Since Mr. Jones is a regular patron,
 we'll offer hie special discounts.
 因為瓊斯先生是常客,所以我們會給他特
 別優惠。
 pattern=mold---n.模型,樣式。
 例句:The dress with a pattern of roses
 looks great on you.
 你穿那件有玫瑰花圖案的洋裝很好看。
6.字根proach,proxim=接近。
 approach=access---n.方法。v.接近。
 例句:This import approach seems
 to be better in general.
 整體而言,這個進口方式似乎比較好。
 approximate=near---adj.近似的。
 例句:The figures of the death toll after 
 the tornado were only approximate.
 因這場龍捲風而喪生的死亡人數只是
 粗略的估算。
7.字根soci=同伴。
 associate---v.結交。
 例句:Betty is a aociable person,
 and she associates all sorts of 
 people.
 貝蒂是個善於社交的人,她結交各
 式各樣的朋友。
 sociable---adj.好交際的。
 例句:If you want to meet people,
 you have to be more active and 
 sociable.
 如果你想認識人,就必須更主動
 地與人交際。
 social=communal---adj.社會的。
 例句:The president made up his
 mind to solve the social promblems.
 總統下定決心,要解決這些社會問
 題。
 society=public---n.社會。
 例句:Diabetes has become an 
 ordinary disease in modern society.
 糖尿病已經成為現代社會的普遍疾
 病。
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