CET6

TOP

place

topical

adj.

of current interest

topiary

adj./n.

ornamentally pruned

ectopic

adj.

away from its usual place

topography

n.

landscape features

CENTR/
CENTER

exactly
middle
point

eccentric －

adj./n.

placed off-center

epicenter

n.

central point (except)

egocentric

adj.

self-centered (self)

ethnocentric

adj.

centered on one’s own group (nation)

DOM

rule
power

predominant

adj.

strongest

domicile

n./v.

home

domination

n.

control

dominion

n.

kingdom

HABIT/
HIBIT

reside in

exhibitionist

n.－

show-off

habitation

n.

dwelling

habitual

adj.

customary

inhibit

vt.－

restrain

PRO

＋

procrastinate

v.

put off

prodigious

adj.

enormous

prophylaxis

n.

disease prevention (physical)

propitious

adj.

promising (bit)

PETRO

again
back

retroactive

adj.

effective as of earlier

retrofit

n.

modernize

retrogress

v.

revert to an earlier state promising

retrospective

adj.

review of a body of work

TEMPOR

time

contemporary

n./adj.

current

extemporaneous

adj.－

unplanned

temporal

adj./n.

measurable by time

temporize

v.

talk to fill time

CHRON

time

anachronism

n.－

something from the past

chronic

adj.

ongoing

chronology

n.

order of events

synchronous

adj.

happening at the same time

TRI

three

triceratops

n.

dinosaur

trident

n.

a three-pronged spear used for fishing (teeth)

trilogy

n.

three dramatic works related in theme

trinity

n.

union of three divine persons

ANIM

breed

inanimate

adj.

dead

animosity

n.

enmity

magnanimous

adj.

generous in forgiving

animated

adj.

living