vacuity
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
vacu
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
vacuity
an empty space; the state of being vacuous (empty or lacking contents); something that is inane (empty, lacking meaning, significance, or point, silly)
(想象力等)贫乏, 无聊, 空白
vacuity 的切分如下:
vacuity = vacu (empty 空) + -ity (state; quality 状态； 性质);
vacuity = the state of being empty 空白
现在我来再次切分一下该词试试
vacuity = the state of being empty 空白
该词的重要词根如下:
-ity
vacu
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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