English Vocabulary and Etymology(Week8)

Prefix/Root/Suffix

anti-: against

antipathy (n.) an instinctive contrariety or opposition in feeling
example: I felt a strong antipathy toeard their behavior.

antisocial (adj.) unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people
example: I am not antisocial, just shy.

path-: feeling

apathetic (adj.) having or showing little or no emotion
example: She is always apathetic to anything.

apathy (n.) lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting
example: I heard the story with apathy.

syn-/sym-: with, together

idiosyncrasy (n.) a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual
example: I sometimes feel confused about the idiosyncrasy of my mother.

symmetry (n.) the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point
example: The need to incorporate a staircase prevented perfect symmetry.