In this article we learn how we can improve our vocabulary easily by developing tricks. We make use of a technique known as ETYMOLOGY.
WHAT IS ETYMOLOGY?
- Etymology deals with the origin or derivation of words.
- When you know the meaning of a root (for example, Latin ego, I or self), you can better understand, and more easily remember, all the words built on this root.
- Learn one root and you have the key that will unlock the meaning of up to ten or twenty words in which the root appears.
Review of Etymology:
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Prefix, Root, Suffix
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Right hand
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Right hand
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Person who
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Practice, custom, etc
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Adjective suffix
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Quality, condition, etc.
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Note:
- ends with y = noun suffix
- Ends with ist = noun suffix
- Ends with ous = adjective suffix
- Ends with ity = noun suffix
- Usage of words:
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Philosophy of living austerely
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Asceticism
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Hatred of women
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Hatred of marriage
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Hatred of mankind
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Misanthropy
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Evil, threatening
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Describing hatred of women
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Misogynous or misogynistic
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Adroitness
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Pertaining to hatred of marriage
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misogamous or misogynistic
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Pertaining to hatred of mankind
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Misanthropic
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Social custom of plural marriage
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Unlawful state of having more than one spouse
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Doctor specializing in female
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Gynaecologist
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Custom of one marriage at a time
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One who hates the human race
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Misanthropist or misanthrope
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Able to use both hands with equal skill
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Ambidextrous
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Study of mankind
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Anthropology
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One who loves mankind
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Philanthropist
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Skill in the use of both hands
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ambidexterity
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