The Least You Should Know about Vocabulary Building: Word Roots

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By drawing on words that readers already understand, THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT VOCABULARY BUILDING: WORD ROOTS teaches vocabulary in a straightforward way that requires minimal time and effort. This book avoids rote memorization techniques and instead highlights the meaningful units within words, enabling readers to expand their vocabularies quickly and learn a reliable system for recognizing and retaining vocabulary. An intuitive design and alphabetical organization make the book an easy-to-use reference tool. Cover IFC Title Statement Copyright Contents To the Instructor Increasing Your Vocabulary Through Learning Word Roots Changes in Root Spelling How to Use This Book Preliminary Test Word Roots in Alphabetical Order 1: A, AN—not, without; unusual or irregular 2: AMBI, AMPHI—around, both 3: ANN, ENN—year 4: ANTE, ANTI—before 5: ANTHROP—human 6: ANTI—against, opposite 7: AUTO—self 8: BENE—well, good 9: BI—two 10: BIO—life 11: CEDE, CEED—go, yield, give away 12: CHRON—time 13: CIRCUM—around 14: COGNI, GNOS—to know 15: COM, CON, COL, COR—together, with 16: CRED—to believe 17: CUR—to run 18: DEM—people 19: DICT—to speak 20: DIS, DI, DIF—not, away, apart 21: EQU—equal 22: EU—good, well 23: EX, ES, E—out 24: FID—faith 25: GEN—birth, race, kind 26: GRAPH, GRAM—to write 27: HYPER—overmuch, too far 28: LOG—speech, word 29: -LOGY—study of 30: LOQU, LOC—to speak 31: MAL—bad 32: METER, METR—measure 33: MIT, MIS, MISS—to send 34: MONO—one 35: MORPH—form 36: PAN—all 37: PATH—feeling, suffering 38: PED—foot 39: PHIL—to love 40: PHOB—fear 41: PHON—sound 42: POST—after 43: PRE—before 44: PRO—forward, before, for, forth 45: RE—back, again 46: RUPT—break 47: SCRIB, SCRIPT—to write 48: SED, SID, SESS—to sit 49: SPEC, SPIC, SPECT—to look 50: SUB—under 51: SUPER—above, over 52: SYN, SYM, SYL—together, with 53: TAIN, TEN, TIN—to hold 54: TORT—to twist 55: VER—true 56: VERT, VERS—to turn 57: VIA—way 58: VOC, VOKE—to call, voice Comprehensive Test A Comprehensive Test B Comprehensive Test C Comprehensive Test D Comprehensive Test E Word Index IBC