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Module 25
General Guideline
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Word Root
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Words evolve in different ways.
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The quickest, most useful and easiest way to increase your word power is to analyze how
the words are put together.
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The basic word or ‘root’ is the building block which is not a word itself, but is combined
with other elements to form words.
Examples
Roots : ‘anthrop’, ‘anthropo’, – means ‘man; human’
‘ology’ means ‘the science or study of’
‘phil’ mean love
‘mis’ means ‘hate, hatred’
‘gyne’ means ‘pertaining to woman’
Thus,
Anthropology means study of humans/mankind.
Philanthropy’ means love for humans/mankind.
Misanthrope is a person who hates mankind.
Misogynist is a person who hates woman.
Origin
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Root: ‘vit-’ or viv-’ – means ‘life’ or ‘to live’.
The words which are built on the above building blocks areRevive, vital, vitamin, vivid, viviparous, vivacious
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Root: ‘ced’, ‘cede’, ‘ceed’ or ‘cess’ means ‘to go; yield’
The words which are built on the above building blocks areAntecedent, concede, exceed, excess ,proceed, precede
Self check
Find out the root of the following words and their meanings
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Amateur
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Animal
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Annals
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Accident
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Amatory
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Animate
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Annual
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Casual
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Amiable
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Equanimity
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Perennial
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Decadent
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Amicable
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Magnanimity
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Centennial
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Incident
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Amorous
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Unanimous
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Annuity
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Occident
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Enamored
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Occasion
Practice
Find out words which have the following roots
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Fact
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Gen
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Pend
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Sess
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Tent
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Tract
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Vert
Prefix
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A prefix consists of a letter or group of letters placed before a root or word to alter its
meaning.
E.g. ‘bene’ meaning ‘good’ is typically attached to the beginning of a word , as in
benevolent, benefactor, benefit etc.
Categories of Prefixes -1
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Made up of mostly Latin and Greek words that have the meaning of English
prepositions.
E.g.
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‘Ante’(before) in Antecent
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‘Circum’ (round) in Circumvent
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‘Com’(with together) in Combine
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‘Intra’(within, inside of’) in Intranet
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‘Sub’(under) in Substandard
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‘Super’(above in position) in Superior
Categories-2
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Second category serves to give a negative meaning to a word or to reverse and undo an
action.
E.g.
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‘Dis’(state of not being at ease) in Disease
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‘In’ (not capable) in Inability
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‘Mal’ (failure to function properly) in Malfunction
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‘Non’(not) Non-inflammable
Categories 3&4
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Third category have to do with amount , number or degree
E.g.
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‘Hyper’(excessive) in Hyperactive
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‘Mis’(wrong) in Misinform
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‘Bi(both) in Bicuspid
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This category consist of common English words such as ‘extra’ as in extraordinary ,
‘out’ as in outspoken; over as in overweight.
Practice
Match the prefixes with the word on the right to make meaningful words
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Anti
servient
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Re
bat
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Un
sist
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Sub
sound
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Com
bolism
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De
social
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Per
water
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Meta
exist
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Under
fund
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Co
centralized
Suffix
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It is usually added on to a root or word after the primary meaning of the word has been
established by the basic root and prefix.
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They serve to tell you whether a word is used as an action word(verb), modifier(adjective
or adverb), or the name of a person, place or thing(noun); and they serve to distinguish
between thing, a number and tense.
Examples
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Words with the suffix ‘acity’
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Words with the suffix ‘al’
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Audacity
• Betrayal
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Capacity
• Denial
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Tenacity
• Refusal
Words with the suffix ‘acy’
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Words with the suffix ‘ence’ and ‘ance’
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Celibacy
• Influence
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Fallacy
• Acceptance
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Confederacy
• Competence
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Practice
Fill in the blanks by adding the appropriate suffixes to the words in brackets.
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This man is suffering from ____(alcohol).
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The news created great ____(excite).
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There is a certain ____(novel) in my manager’s approach to work.
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Kim was lauded for his ____ act (hero).
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Charles was an ____(America).
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The police are the ____(guard) of law and order.
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She is part of the _____(appraise) committee.
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Deepa Mehta is a rich ____(social) building contacts with power lobbies.
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