【根】cre＝to make（制造），to grow（生长）

create
to make sth happen or exist
to produce a particular feeling or impression
to give sb a particular rank or title
vt. 创造，创作；引起，造成；是…的原因

例句:
Shakespeare created many comic characters.
莎士比亚创作了很多喜剧人物。
Costuming experts create new dress styles for ladies every season.
服装设计专家们每个季度都为妇女设计新的服装式样。
This ultimatum was bound to create a grave crisis.
这一纸最后通牒必然会引起严重危机。

increase
to become or to make sth greater in amount, number, value, etc:
~ (in sth) a rise in the amount, number or value of sth
n. 增加，增长；提高
v 增加，增大；繁殖

例句:
Travel increases one's knowledge of the world.
旅游增进人对世界的了解。

increment
The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.
Something added or gained: a force swelled by increments from allied armies.
A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation.
One of a series of regular additions or contributions: accumulating a fund by increments.
Mathematics. A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable.
n. [数] 增量；增加；增额；盈余

procreate
To beget and conceive (offspring).
To produce or create; originate.
To beget and conceive offspring; reproduce
vi. 生育（子女）；产生
vt. 生殖

例句:
Those people are concerned only with eating,sleeping and procreating.
那些人关心的只不过是吃饭、睡觉和生孩子。

crescent
The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
Something shaped like a crescent, especially: A curved pastry. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
Crescent-shaped.
Waxing, as the moon; increasing.
n. 新月；新月状物；伊斯兰教的标记；土耳其的新月形国徽
adj. 新月形的；逐渐增加的
vt. 以新月形物装饰；使成新月形

词组短语:
crescent moon 新月；盈月；娥眉月
red crescent 红新月会（穆斯林国家的一种组织）

趣味单词

dolt 逗他
a stupid person
n 笨蛋;傻瓜