1.misinterpret v.误解(to understand wrongly)

词根记忆：mis（错误）+interpret(解释)--误解

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

2.misrepresent v.歪曲，不如实地叙述（或说明）(to distort)

词根记忆：mis（错误）+represent(表示)--表示错误--歪曲

例：The constructivists gain acceptance by misrepresenting technological determinism.

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

词根记忆：miss(发送)+ile(物体)--发送出去的物体--导弹

例：nuclear-missile defense system核子导弹防御系统

同根词：dismiss(v.开除，解散)；emissary(n．使者，间谍)

4.mitigate v.减轻(to relieve)

词根记忆：miti(小，轻)+gate(=ag做)--减轻

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

派生词：mitigation(n.缓解，减轻)

5.modem n.调制解调器（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.减轻：节制(to lessen the intensity or extremeness of) ;a.温和的(temperate)；适度的(having average or less than average quality)

联想记忆：mod（方式）+erate--有方式的，不过分的--适度的

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

派生词：moderately( ad.适度地；中庸地：有节制地)

7.modest a．适度的(temperate)；朴实的(earthy)；谦逊的(neither bold nor self- assertive)

联想记忆：mode(方式；时尚)+(e)st（表最高级）--最时尚的也许也是最“朴实的”--朴实的

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.)

词根记忆：来自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)

词根记忆：mod(方式)+ify--使改变方式--修改

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

modification(n．修改，改变)

同根词：mode(n．方式，样式)