bher (1) 

1. to carry
2. to bear children; to produce

forms:

1. 1. fer [b = p & ph = f]
   2. ber
   3. barrow [n. frame for carrying a load]
   4. bear
   5. bring
   6. bier
   7. birth
   8. burden [n. a load]

fer 手指延伸的地方， 双手伸开

prefer, transfer, refer, differ, infer, proliferate, indifferent, vociferous,

confer: 

1. “to bring together,” figuratively “to compare; consult, deliberate, converse/talk over,”  “examine by comparison;” “consult together on some special subject;”
2. “bestow as a gift or permanent possession,”

[intransitive] confer (with somebody) (on/about something) to discuss something with somebody, in order to exchange opinions or get advice

• He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision.
• conference

[transitive] confer something (on/upon somebody) to give somebody an award, a university degree or a particular honour or right

• An honorary degree was conferred on him by Oxford University in 2019.
• conferment

defer:

1. “to delay, put off, postpone,” [de- “away from” (see dis-) ]
2. deferral = deferment [a putting off, postponement]
3. “yield, offer, render,”  “leave to another’s judgment or determination,” “refer (a matter) to someone” [ “down, away” (see de-) ]
4. deference, deferential

efferent

euphoria

ferret, furtive

metaphor

opprobrium

proffer

suffering (trial of ordeal, tribulation)

• auriferous, aquifer, conifer, carboniferous
• circumference: “line that bounds a circle” (loosely, “any boundary line”); to lead around, take around, carry around
• periphery: “atmosphere around the earth,” “circumference, outer surface, line round a circular body,”

cumbersome: large and heavy; difficult to carry

proliferate, proliferation, pyrophoric, semaphore,  

fest (feast, holidays) 手舞足蹈，喧闹

fete, feast, gabfest, fiesta, festoon, festal

*dhe-

• difficult = dif (dis) 否定 + fic (do) 干 + ult (极度）
• office =  of 加强 + fic (宗教领域 – 政府机构 – 世俗场合）; officer, official, officious, butt in, nosy
• sacrifice

• affect (v.1) “make a mental impression on;” 

  affect (v.2) “make a pretense of;” affection; 

   effect; efficient;  efficacious; 

• affect = af 加强 + fect, disaffect, disaffected, affective, affectionate, affectation, 【做作，动作本身】
• effect = af (ex) 出，出来 + fect, effective, effectuate, efficacy, efficacious, efficient, [做的结果]
• defect, defection, deficient, 
• infect, infection, infectious
• perfect, perfection, confection
• fact, factoid, factor, factory, factual, factually,  factitious, artifact = art 技能 + fact, manufacture, manufactory, olfactory, factotum, 
• artifact; artifice; 
• faction, factious, petrifaction, putrefaction, rarefaction
• beatific; benefice; beneficence; beneficial; benefit;  benefactor, benefaction,
• malefactor; malfeasance; 
• manufacture; 
• deface; defeasance; defeat; defect; deficient; difficulty; 
• facile, facility, facilitate
• facsimile
• profit, proficient, fiction, fictive, discomfit, comfit
• suffice, sufficient, 
• magnificent, 
• feat, feature, feasible, 
• comfit;  discomfit;  confection; confetti; counterfeit; 
• forfeit, counterfeit, surfeit, feign, feint

fig (shape): effigy, figment, 

figur (form, shape): figure, configuration, figurehead, figurative, figurine, prefigure, 

funct (perform, complete): function, defunct, fungible, perfunctory, 

-fy (make, do): fy; gratify satisfy;, putrefy;, rarefy, stupefy amplify; certify;  dignify; verify. qualify; rarefy; edifice; edify;  rectify; justify; petrify; modify; mollify; notify; nullify;

fan: fanatic, fanaticism, profane

flu (flow, stream, glide): affluence, confluence, mellifluous, superfluous, fluorescent, flux, effluvia

foli (leaf): 风吹落叶 defoliate, exfoliate, foliage, portfolio

fortun (luck, chance): 风吹来的东西 fortune, fortuity, fortunate, fortuitous, fortuneteller

fug (flee) = f + u + g : refugee, fugitive, centrifugal, fugue, subterfuge 

febr: fever, febrile, feverish

ferv (boil, be hot): fervor, fervid, effervesce, effervescent, fervent

fer (wild): fierce, ferocious, vociferous, 

flagr (burn): flagrant, conflagration

flam (flame): aflame, inflame, inflammation, flamboyant, flamingo 

fulg (shine, flash): refulgent, effulgent

fur (rage, be mad): fury, furious, furor, infuriate

felic: happy, lucky

felicity, 

fin (end, form a boundary): finite, refine, define, confine, finesse, affinity, infinitesimal, 

fili (daughter, son): filial, affiliate

form (shape): formative, formulate, nonconformist, format, formula, reform, cruciform, cuneiform, informant

fund (bottom, depths, basis): profound, flounder, profundity, 

fut (check, restrain): refute, confute, 

front: confront, affront (insult, atrocity), frontier, effrontery (impudence, impertinence)

fend: fend for oneself, fend off, parry off, ward off

van = one 第一， 前面，空 void, vain, vant, vac, vacu, wan

van, vanish, vanishing, vanity, advance, advantage, vanguard, vantage (shortage), vanward, vain, vainglory, vault, vaunt, vaunted, evanescent (vanishing, evaporating),

vac: vacuum, vacate, vacation, vacant, vacuity, evacuation, evacuate, vacuous, vacancy, vacant, evacuee. 

void (empty space) : void, avoid, avoidance, devoid of (lacking), avoidable, avoidance, 

wan (lessen) : wane, wanton, want, wanting

vent = wind;

• venīre, “to come.”
• vertere, “to turn.”
• vehere “to carry.”

风，来，去， 走,  转：

VENI VIDI VICI – Julius Caesar 我来了，我看见，我征服

风口=路口=来，去，走的地方

• invent, venture, venture capital, venturous,
• adverse, advertise, anniversary, divert, subvert, convert, versatile
• advent, appearance, emergence, dawn
• adventitious, adventure, adventurism, adventuresome, revenue,
• convent, convene (convoke), convener, convention,
• intervene, intervenor, intervention, intervening,
• venue, avenue,
• circumvent, circumvention,
• contravene, contravention,
• event, eventual, eventuate, eventuality, eventful,
• prevent, prevenient, provenance,
• ventilate, ventilator, vent-duct, convenient, souvenir, covenant, supervene, 

via (way): trivial (three + way) [paltry – poor, nugatory], trifle, viaduct

vend, vendor, venal, venality

vad, vas 强行，闯入

invade, invasion, invasive, evade, invade, pervade, devastation, devastate (raze to the ground), 

wad: 走路费劲，吃力地走

wade, wader, waddle, 

vag (wander, roam, rove): 没有目的的走，溜达

vague, vagary. vagaries, vagarious, vagrant, vagrancy, vagabondage, vagabond, extravagant, extravaganza, divagate (stray, digress), divagation, noctivagant, 

vec: vector, invective, convective, convection

veh: vehicle, inveigh against (fulminate), vehement, vehicular

vener (worship, revere, honor): venerate, venerable, veneration

ver (fear): revere, irreverent, reverent, reverend

ver (truth): aver, verity, very, verily, verify, verdict, veracious, veritable, verisimilitude, veracity

verg: converge, diverge, verge, 

vert: advert, divert, convert, controvert, animadvert, pervert, extrovert, introvert, invert, vertigo, subvert (overturn), incontrovertible, vortex, revert, advertorial, inadvertent, avert, 

vestig: footprint

• vestige: the last vestiges of colonialism
• investigate
• vestigial: He felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night.

*wekw- 

epic:  “a word; a tale, story; promise, prophecy, proverb; poetry in heroic verse”

vocative, 

vocabulary; vocal;  vociferate; vociferous; voice; vouch; vox; vowel.

voc (call), vok (call, call upon): vocat (called, called upon), vouch (call, call upon)

• avocation, vociferate, vociferous, vocalize, voice, vocal, vocalization, vouch, vouchsafe, voucher
• equivocal, equivocation, univocal; 
• convoke, convocation
• evoke; invoke; provoke; revoke; 
• revoke, revocation, 
• invoke (cite, adduce)
• evoke, evocation, 
• provoke, provocative, provocation

volat (fly, move swiftly, speed): volley (barrage, bombardment), volatile

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volv 滚动，转动 （圆半径不变）:  evolve, evolvement, devolve (delegate), revolver, convolve, involve, involvement, involved, 

volu 涡流，漩涡 （圆半径变大/小）： voluble (wordy, verbose), volubility, volute, volution, convolute, involute, involution,

evolution, evolutional, evolutive, devolution, convoluted, circumvolution,

revolution, counterrevolution, revolute, revolutionary, revolutionize 

volume, voluminous, voluminousness, volumetric

volt 卷: revolt, revolting, 

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vor (eat): devour, voracious, voracity, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, insectivore, 

vot (promise, pledge) T-mark: vow, devote, voter, devout, votary

val (be strong, be of value): valid, available, valiant, valorous, prevail, ambivalent, equivalent, convalescent, evaluate, prevalent, valedictorian

vibr: vibe, vibrant, verve (zest, buoyant),

• vibrate： reverberate, resonate, resound, pulsate, pulse, palpitate, waver, quiver, thunder

verberare (to whip, to lash): verber, reverberate (resound, repel, echo, reflect), 

vig (act, be lively): vigor, vigil, vigilance, vigilante, surveillance, 

viv: vivacious, convivial (congenial, outgoing), vivify, revive, vivacity, viability

virt: virtue, virtuoso (master, prodigy)

vir (poison): viral, virus, virulent, retrovirus, virologist, virulence, 

vic: vice, vicious, vitiate, vituperate (revile, upbraid, berate)

vin (win): evince (reveal, show), convince, victor, evict, invincible, vanquish, vindicate, 

vin (wine): vintage, vignetter, vine, viniculture, vineyard, 

view: purview

vulg (make common, publish): 

• vulgar, vulgarize, vulgarism, vulgarity, 
• divulge (reveal), promulgate, promulgation

vuls: convulse (jerk, go into spasms), convulsion, revulsion (repulsion, repugnance)

vap (steam, spoiled, flat – 气体无色无味): vapor, vaporize, vapid (insipid), vaporous, evaporate, evaporation

vari (different, diverse): vary, variegate, variation, variance, variety, 

veil (curtain): veil, unveil, reveal

verb (word):

• verb, adverb,
• proverb, proverbial, verbiage, verbal, verbatim (word for word), verbose, verbosity, verbalize, 

verd (green): verdant, verdure

vest: invest, vested, divest, travesty (distortion), divestiture, 

veter: veteran, inveterate (hardcore), inveteracy, veterinary, veterinarian, 

vid (see): provident, providential

vis (see): envision, proviso, provisional, visage, envisage, improvise, 

vey (see, look at): survey, purvey (sell, provide), clairvoyant (seer, oracle/prophet, crystal gazer), 

wast (desolate, laid waste): wastrel

vestig (footprint): after wind: vestige, vestigial, investigate

und (wave): inundate (deluge), redound (be conducive to),  surround, abundance, redundant (glut – lot, superfluous, plethora), superabundance, abound, undulate, undulant,

us (use): usurp (abdicate, abjure, cede), peruse (scrutinize), usury, 

util (useful): utilitarian, utilize