1.misinterpret v.誤解(to understand wrongly)

詞根記憶：mis（錯(cuò)誤）+interpret(解釋)--誤解

例：They have misinterpreted descriptions of women's involvement in party politics.

2.misrepresent v.歪曲，不如實(shí)地?cái)⑹觯ɑ蛘f明）(to distort)

詞根記憶：mis（錯(cuò)誤）+represent(表示)--表示錯(cuò)誤--歪曲

例：The constructivists gain acceptance by misrepresenting technological determinism.

3.missile n.導(dǎo)彈(esp. an explosive weapon directed at a target by remote control or automatically)

詞根記憶：miss(發(fā)送)+ile(物體)--發(fā)送出去的物體--導(dǎo)彈

例：nuclear-missile defense system核子導(dǎo)彈防御系統(tǒng)

同根詞：dismiss(v.開除，解散)；emissary(n．使者，間諜)

4.mitigate v.減輕(to relieve)

詞根記憶：miti(小，輕)+gate(=ag做)--減輕

例：Improved social welfare protection has unquestionably mitigated the consequences of joblessness.

派生詞：mitigation(n.緩解，減輕)

5.modem n.調(diào)制解調(diào)器（a device that converts data from one form into another, as from one form usable in data processing to another form usable in telephonic transmission)

例：Computers are becoming faster, more powerful, and more reliable, and so are modems.

6.moderate v.減輕：節(jié)制(to lessen the intensity or extremeness of) ;a.溫和的(temperate)；適度的(having average or less than average quality)

聯(lián)想記憶：mod（方式）+erate--有方式的，不過分的--適度的

例：In Patton City, days are categorized as having heavy rainfall, moderate rainfall, light rainfall, or no rainfall.

派生詞：moderately( ad.適度地；中庸地：有節(jié)制地)

7.modest a．適度的(temperate)；樸實(shí)的(earthy)；謙遜的(neither bold nor self- assertive)

聯(lián)想記憶：mode(方式；時(shí)尚)+(e)st（表最高級(jí)）--最時(shí)尚的也許也是最“樸實(shí)的”--樸實(shí)的

例：The owners of the Good Earth Caf6, an old vegetarian restaurant, are still making a modest living.

8.modification n．修正，修改(the making of a limited change in sth.)

詞根記憶：來自modify(v.修改)

例：Many prehistoric microbes evolved without significant modification of their sheaths.

9.modify v.修改，更改(to make minor changes in)

詞根記憶：mod(方式)+ify--使改變方式--修改

例：The government plans to modify the income-tax.

modification(n．修改，改變)

同根詞：mode(n．方式，樣式)