two letters.

scrib,script---write

the inscription on paul’s medal reads “for excellence in english.”

both candidates used professional scribes to prepare their campaign speeches.

how much time did the actors have to memorize the script?

the petition to nominate sue for president of the freshman class already has forty-three subscribers.

when there are not enough volunteers for the armed forces the government conscripts additional men.

the law prescribes that aliens may not vote.

her physician prescribed some pills,a light diet,and plenty of rest.

simil,simul-similar

the two pills are alike in color and shape,but there the similarity ends.

“he is as brave as a lion.” is a simile.

the letter n in the prefix in is often assimilated with the following letter. for example,”in”plus “legible”becomes”illegible.”

a bright student assimilates knowledge rapidly.

nancy was the star of the show;she simulated the bewildered mother very effectively.

these gloves are not a pair;they are quite dissimilar.

the flash of an explosion reaches us before the sound,though the two are simultaneous.

sol,soli-single

what an actor says in a soliloguy is heard by no one except the audience.

thought i like company,there are times when i prefer solitude.

instead of sining a solo,brenda would prefer to join with me in a duet.

after the war,the villagers hope to return to their desolated homes.

at 5:30 a.m. the normally crowded intersection looks desolate.

franklin d.roosevelt was the sole candidate to be elected president for a fourth term.

a hermit leads a solitary existence.

solv,solu,solut-loosen

when president lincoln took office,the union faced imminent dissolution.

since the memvers lack mutual interests,the club will probably dissolve.

after our quarrel,grace and i dissoved our friendship.

the resolution of our air and water pollution problems will be difficult and costly.

a witness provided the clue that resolved the mystery.

a democratic ruler is restricted by a consitution,a legislature,and courts,but a dictator has absolute power,

as an analogy,sugar is soluble in water.

someone would have found the answer by now if the problem were soluble.

in a salt water solution,the water is the solvent and the salt is the solute.

the examiners found the bank solvent,much to the relief of its depositors.

und,unda-wave,flow

our nation abounds in opportunities for well-educated young men and women.

fish abound in the waters of newfoundland.

on election night,the victor’s offices were inundated by congratulatory messages.

our team’s sportmanlike conduce redounds to the credit of the school.

before christmas,the stores have abundant supplies of toys.

remove the last word of the following sentence because it is redundant:”my report is longer than bob’s report.”

ver,vera,veri-true,truth

since you have lied us in the past,you should not wonder that we doubt your veracity.

we would like to know your verdict in the matter.

that smoking is injurious to health is a scientifically established verity.

two eyewitnesses averred they had seen the defendant at the scene.

so far,the charges have been neither disproved nor verified.

as the pretended heirs of peter wilks were disposing of his fortune,the veritable heirs arrived.

vid,vis-see

with the fog rolling in and visibility approaching zero,it was virtually impossible for planes to land.

coach brown envisions mary as a prima ballerina.

did the entertainer prepare his jokes before the program,or improvise them as he went along?

before handing in your composiotn,be sure to revise it carefully.

the microscope enables us to see organisms invisible to the naked eye.

the audio and video signals of a television program caxn be recorded on magnetic tape.

radar tells us of an approaching object long before visual contact is possible.

盎格鲁.萨克逊

fore-before

henry protected his face from george’s blows by raising his forearms.

john f.kennedy’s forebears migrated to america from ireland.

the day before the accident,i had a foreboding that something would go wrong.

have you listened to the weather forecast for tomorrow?

in combat the officer was always in the forefront of the attack,leading his men on to victory.

foresight is better than hindsight.

before chapter i,there is a brief foreword in which the author explains why he wrote the book.

our defeat in the championship game was foreshadowed by injuries to two of our star players in a previous game.

carefully review the foregoing chapter before reading any further.

did you know that benjamin franklin was one of the foremost inventors of the eighteenth century?

mis-bad(ly),wrong(ly)