Struggling To Learn New Words? Well, everybody does. If it wa | Cedric's Journal

Struggling To Learn New Words?

Well, everybody does. If it was that simple, we wouldn’t devote so much time memorizing them.

But how can you boost this process rationally? Learn root words!

The root word is the form of a word after all affixes are removed. The root of the word "vocabulary", for example, is ​“voc”, a Latin root meaning "word" or "name." This root also appears in such words as "advocacy", "convocation", "evocative", "vocal", and "vowel".

Luckily, the English language, being influenced by Greek and Latin, has a huge amount of such roots.

The Greek root “anti” meaning “against” forms words as:
antibacterial - intended to kill bacteria
antithesis - the exact opposite

Or the Latin root “ab” meaning “to move away”:
abstract - to remove something from somewhere
abstain - to decide not to do something

Click on the link to see a full list of root words and enjoy studying!

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