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词根:test = witness(证据)

 来自拉丁语的testis意为 witness。

同源词:

1. detest(在眼前看到脱离正常的事物 de(=from) + test(=witness)
  vt. 厌恶,憎恶
  detestation n.厌恶,憎恶
  detestable adj.令人厌恶的
  Many children detest the taste of Brussels sprouts. 许多小孩子都讨厌芽甘蓝的味道。

2. attest
  v.证明,证实,是...的证据;(使)发誓 *at<ad(=to)
  attest a signature 证明签名是真的
  fests which attest to his strength of will 可证明他坚强意志的功绩

3. contest
  n.竞争,竞赛;争论,论战,争辩 v.竞赛,争夺,竞争;争辩 *con<com(=together)
  contestant n.竞争对手,竞争者
  beauty / musical /speech contest 选美比赛/音乐比赛/演讲比赛
  three-round featherweight contest (拳击)三轮的次轻量级选手比赛

4. intestate
  adj.未留遗嘱的 *in(=not)
  die intestate 死时未留遗嘱

5. pretest
  n.预备考试 *pre(=before)

6. protest
  v.抗议,提出异议;断言,主张 n.抗议,异议;主张 *pro(=forth,forward)
  protest movement 抗议运动
  protest march 抗议游行

7. protestation
  n.断言,声明,主张 *pro(=forth,forward)
  protestations of innocence /friendship 声明无罪/友好宣言

8. protestant
  adj. 新教的,新教徒的 n.新教徒
  protestantism n.新教,新教教义
  Protestant Reformation 新教改革

9. testament
  n.遗嘱;(T~)(基督教的)圣约书(Old/New Testament)
  testamentary adj.遗嘱的,据遗嘱的

10. testamur
  n.(英国大学)考试及格证书
  testate
  adj./n. 留有遗嘱的(人)
  testator n.立遗嘱者
  testatix n.女遗嘱人

11. testicle
  n.(pl.)睾丸  *cle(=small)

12. testify
  v.作证,证实,是...的证据,证明 *ify(=make)

13. testimonial
  n.(能力、资格等的)证明书,推荐信;感谢信,表扬信;奖状,纪念品

14. testimony
  n.[律]证词;(信仰等的)声明
  give false testimony 作伪证
  His poverty is a testimony to his innocence. 他的穷困证明他是清白的。

15. test
  n.正文;原文(被编织的)

16. textile
  adj.织物的 n.织物(的原料)

17. textual
  adj. 本文的;原文的

18. texture
  n.质地;组织;构造

19. textural
  adj.质地的;组织上的

20. context
  n.上下文;某事的前后关联(使和本文在一起的)《con- = together》

21. contextual
  adj.上下文的;依前后关系的

22. contexture
  n.组织;构造(共同织成)

23. subtle
  adj.阴险的;微妙的;敏锐的(织法的精细)《sub- = beneath,closely》

24. pretext
  n.藉口(眼前所编的话)《pre- = before》

25. subtlety
  n.聪明;精微;阴险

26. tissue
  n.[生理]组织

词根词缀:antho-, anth-, anthero-, anther-, -antherous, -anthemous, -anthic, -anthous, -anthus, -anthy

【来源及含义】Greek: flower, flowers; blossom, blossoms; that which buds or sprouts

【同源单词】acranthous, aianthous, amaranth, amaranthine, amblyanthus, amphanthium

词根词缀:clon-, clono-, -cloner, -clonal, -clonally

【来源及含义】Greek: twig; later, in modern usage: "exact duplicate, carbon copy, replica"

【相关描述】As early as 1903, it pertained to plants, borrowed from Greek "twig"; related to "vine, branch, sprout", and "to break". The figurative extension "exact duplicate, carbon copy, replica" is first recorded around 1978.

【同源单词】clon, clonal, clonality, clone, cloner, cloning

词根词缀:cymo-, cym-, cymo-

【来源及含义】Greek: wave; sprout

【同源单词】cymograph, cymography, cymometer, cymophobic, cymophone, cymoscope

词根词缀:germ-, germi-

【来源及含义】Latin: bud, sprout, a growing thing in its early stages

【同源单词】biological warfare, germ, germ cell, germfree, germicidal, germicide

词根词缀:kymo-, kym-

【来源及含义】Greek: wave, sprout; swollen

【同源单词】kymatology, kymocyclograph, kymogram, kymograph x-ray, kymography, kymoscope