Learn Vocabulary With Root Words For SSC CGL: Day 14

In this article, we learn how we can improve our vocabulary easily by developing tricks. We make use of a technique known as ETYMOLOGY.

Etymo (roots) + logy (study of) = etymology
Review of Etymology:
Words denoting science

Prefix, Root, Suffix
	Trees and vegetables
	sky or star
	Finger prints
	Population
	Environment
	Human races
	Animal behaviour
	Origin and history of words
	Family ancestries
	flowers,fruits,vegetables
	Lives of saints
	Dictionaries
	Written records
	Earthquakes
	Animal life
	Agriculture

Trick to learn words:

• The study of list of books = biblio (books) + logy (study) = bibliology
• Study of mankind = anthropos (mankind) + logy (study) = anthropology
• Cultivation of trees and vegetables = arbori (trees and vegetables) = Arboriculture
• Study of bacteria = baterio (bacteria) + logy (study) = bacteriology
• The art of beautiful handwriting = kallos (beautiful) + graphy (writing) = calligraphy
• Study of time periods = chronos(time) + logy (study) = Chronology
• Study of heavenly bodies = Cosmo(heavenly bodies) + logy (study) = Cosmology
• Study of cells = Cyto (cells) + logy (study) = cytology
• Study of finger prints = Dactylo (finger prints) + logy (study) = Dactylology
• Study of environment = Eco (environment) + logy (study) = ecology
• Study of Insects = Entomo (insects) + logy (study) = entomology
• Study of family ancestries = Ganea (family ancestries) + logy (study) = Ganealogy
• Study of earth = Geo (Earth) + logy (study) = Geology
• Study of Tissues = Histo(tissues) + logy(study) = Histology
• Study of flowers, fruits, vegetables = Horti (flowers, fruits, vegetables) + culture (cultivation) = Horticulture
• Study of lives of saints = Hagio (lives of saints) + logy (study) = Hagiology
• Study of symbolic representation = Icono (symbolic) + logy( study) = Iconology
• Study of compiling of dictionaries = Lexico (dictionaries) + logy (study) = Lexicology
• Study of teeth = Odontos(teeth) + logy (study) = odontology
• Study of birds = Ornithos (birds) + logy(study) =Ornothology
• Study of rocks = Petro (rocks) + logy (study) = petrology
• Study of written records = Philo (written records) + logy (study) = philology
• Study of ancient writings = Paleo (ancient) + graphy(writing) = paleology
• Study of earth quakes = Seismo(earthquake) + logy(study) = seismology
• Study of caves = Spele(caves) + logy(study) = spelelogy
• Study of animals = Zoo (animals) +logy(study) = zoology
• Study of bees = apio (bees) + logy (study) = apiology
• Study of grasses = agrosto (grass) + logy (study) = agrostology
• Study of agricultural soils = agro (agriculture) + logy (study) = agrology
• Study of winds = anemo(wind) +logy(study) = anemology
• Study of algae = algo(algae) + logy (study) = algology

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