prolate：扁长的，延长的；扩大的，扩展的  

词根词缀：pro-前 + -lat-携带,拿取 + -e

• contemplate
• contemporaneous
• contemporary
• contempt
• contend
• content
• contented
• contention
• contentment
• contest
• contestant
• context
• contiguous
• continence
• continent
• continental
• contingency
• contingent
• continual
• continue
• continuity
• continuous
• continuum
• contort
• contortion