词根：blem = stain （弄脏）

blemish v. 玷污

词根词缀：macul-, maculat-

【来源及含义】Latin: spot, mark, stain, blot, blemish, mesh; the original meaning of macula seems to have been, "a soiled spot, a spot to be cleaned"

【同源单词】Actitis macularia, immaculate, lepra maculosa, macula, macula cerulea, macula retina

词根词缀：mend-

【来源及含义】Latin: defect, blemish

【同源单词】amend, amendable, amendatory, amendment, amends, emend

词根词缀：viti-, vitu-, vic-

【来源及含义】Latin: vitium; a fault, a defect, a blemish; a corruption, a crime

【同源单词】vice, vicious, viciously, viciousness, vitiate, vitiation