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marybethstanley7Learn about vocabulary and take vocab quizzes
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Padmaja Ratnaker MImpressive site . highlights how one can have command on good vocabulary, can understand source of the word, can learn prefixes & suffixes.
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Fernanda GuamánIn this site you can find a lot of activities to learn new vocabulary and to improve your grammar skills. It is for intermediate level. Also it has some quizzes to take in order to improve your knowledge about the language.
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Gabriela VelasteguiThis page is very useful because here you find information about how to improve your vocabulary .Also here you can see how to know more about grammar and which are the better ways to it. finally in order to know if you learn the grammar and vocabulary with the tips that it gives you, you can take a quiz
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For instance, we know that sophomores are students in their second year of college or high school. What does it mean, though, to be sophomoric? The "sopho" part of the word comes from the same Greek root that gives us philosophy, which we know means "love of knowledge." The "ic" ending is sometimes added to adjectival words in English, but the "more" part of the word comes from the same Greek root that gives us moron. Thus sophomores are people who think they know a lot but really don't know much about anything, and a sophomoric act is typical of a "wise fool," a "smart-ass"!
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And an anthropoid, while we're at it, is an animal who walks like a human being.)
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Risible is a lovely word, but is it worth sending your readers to the dictionary when laughable is at hand?
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At least half of the words in the English language are derived from Greek and Latin roots. Knowing these roots helps us to grasp the meaning of words before we look them up in the dictionary. It also helps us to see how words are often arranged in families with similar characteristics.
For instance, we know that sophomores are students in their second year of college or high school. What does it mean, though, to be sophomoric? The "sopho" part of the word comes from the same Greek root that gives us philosophy, which we know means "love of knowledge." The "ic" ending is sometimes added to adjectival words in English, but the "more" part of the word comes from the same Greek root that gives us moron. Thus sophomores are people who think they know a lot but really don't know much about anything, and a sophomoric act is typical of a "wise fool," a "smart-ass"!
Let's explore further. Going back to philosophy, we know the "sophy" part is related to knowledge and the "phil" part is related to love (because we know that Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly Love and that a philodendron loves shady spots). What, then, is philanthropy? "Phil" is still love, and "anthropy" comes from the same Greek root that gives us anthropology, which is the study ("logy," we know, means study of any kind) of anthropos, humankind. So a philanthropist must be someone who loves humans and does something about it—like giving money to find a cure for cancer or to build a Writing Center for the local community college. (And an anthropoid, while we're at it, is an animal who walks like a human being.) Learning the roots of our language can even be fun!
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Knowing the Greek and Latin roots of several prefixes and suffixes (beginning and endings attached to words) can also help us determine the meaning of words. Ante, for instance, means before, and if we connect bellum with belligerant to figure out the connection with war, we'll know that antebellum refers to the period before war. (In the United States, the antebellum period is our history before the Civil War.)
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Elijah D.This page includes a wealth of resources, including Latin root words, prefixes and suffixes. Scroll down to find related sites and online quizzes appropriate for secondary students.
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Kristin FerreeBuilding a Better Vocabulary: techniques, tricks, word exercises. This also provides interactive quizzes that students can use to better their understanding of vocabulary. It shows prefixes and suffixes so that students can understand how to use these to form new words.
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