Easy English!!!
It is very obvious that we open dictionary when we come across a new word and we find difficulty in remembering new words and their meanings. There is one easy way for this. Every English word has a root word which are from Greek,Latin,French,Spanish. Here I give few roots and their meanings.
ROOTS AND THEIR MEANINGS:
STA means stands. We can see this root in words like eSTAblish, STAmina, STAndard,STAgger.
SAULT means jump or leap(action). We can see this roots in somerSAULT, asSAULT.
AB means away from. We can see this root in words like ABnormal,ABsolute.
DOX means belief. We can see this root in words like padaDOX, orthoDOX.
PYR, PYRE means fire. We can see these roots in words like PYRomaniac, antiPYREtic.
FUGERE means flee or escape. We see this root in reFUGEe, FUGitive.
GRESS means step. This root is used in proGRESS, diGRESS, transGRESS.
TURB means trouble. This root is used in disTURB, perTURB, TURBulent.
CULPA means fault. This root is used in words like CULPrit, CULPable, exCULPate.
GREG means herd or flock. This root is used in conGREGgate, seGREGgate, GREGarious.
GEN means giving birth to. We see this root in GENeration, proGENy, GENesis.
CHRON means time. We see this root in CHRONic, CHRONology, synCHRONize.
VER means true. This root can be seen in VERy, VERity, VERacity, VERdict.
SATI means fully satisfied. We see this root in inSATIable, SATIate.
TORT means wrongful act, twisted or crooked. We can see this root in words like disTORT, reTORT, exTORT, TORTure.
In this way every English word has a root.Now, we see an example how to use these roots.
"PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOKONIOSIS"
Forty five letters long word.NOw, this can be broken in to roots.
PNEUMONO: pertaining to the lungs.
ULTRA: beyond.
MICRO: small
SCOPIC: to view
SILICO: from the element silicon.
VOLCANO: obvious
KONI: dust
OSIS: illnes
All together we can get the meaning of this 45 letter word as a disease realted to lungs caused by volcano dust. As such, by these roots we can know the meanings of new words, we can remember their meanings, and we can easily know the meaning of the longest words.
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