Saturday 13 July 2013

09:16
Guessing what the meaning of the word might be?? Root words come to the rescue. Here is my compilation of root words which often comes in handy.
Note *<Greword(meaning)>

Ab-away<abstemious(sparing in eating and drinking)>

Acer,acri-sour,harsh,bitter<exacerbate(worsen,irritate),acrimonious(angry and bitter)>

Acu-sharp,intense<acumen(acuteness)>

Acro-height,beginning<acronym(abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase),acrophobia(fear of heights)>

Agog-one who leads<pedagogue(teacher),demagogue(political leader without using rational argument)>>

Alg-pain<nostalgic(unhappy about being away)

Ambi-around,both<ambiguous,ambidextrous(capable of using both hands with equal facility)>

Andro-man<android-manlike>

Anthrop-mankind<misanthrope(hater of mankind)>

Ante-before<antediluvian(old fashioned),antecedent(previous)>

Anim-life<inanimate(without life)

Arch-rule,superior<patriarch-head of tribe/family/respected>

Aug-increase<augment(increase)>

Auto-self<autocratic(leadership in the hands of one person>

Bell-war<bellicose(warlike,combative),belligerent>

Bi-two,both<bipartisan(Of or involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies.)>

Brev-short,concise<brevity>

Carn-flesh,body<carnal(physical),carnage(killing)>

Celer-swift<celerity(swiftness)>

 Chrom-color<chromatics(study of color)>

Chron-time<anachronistic(misplaced basing on time)>

Circum-around<circumscribe(to draw around)>

Cogn-knowledge<cognizance(knowledge)>

Demi-small,half<demigod(halfgod)>

Eu-good<euphemism(replacing good for something offensive)>

Idio-peculiar<idiosyncracy>

Juven-young<juvenile>

Loqu-talk<loquacious(talkative),soliloquy(self talk)>

Man-hand<manuver(to move by hands)>

Melan-black<melancholy(a state of dark emotions)>

Nat-birth<natal,innate(included since birth)>

Neo-new<neophyte(beginner)>

Pan-all<panorama,panacea(cure for all diseases)

Phon-sound<cacophony(noisy)>

Retro-backward<retrospect>

Somn-sleep<insomnia(cant sleep),somniferous(tending to induce sleep)>

Son-sound<sonorous>

Tin-hold<pertinent>

Thei-god(theism)

Ver-truth<veracity>

Xen-foreign<xenophobic>
                 

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