Speedy English Vocabulary

Name: Speedy English Vocabulary
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An easy and effective method for growing your English word stock.

Created bySheeba Abraham, Naicy George

Last updated 5/2021

English

What you'll learn

Learn some root words and dozens of words that are derived from it.
Get a thorough and deep understanding of each word.
Learn the etymological approach of building English vocabulary.

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 33m total length

Introduction2:02
Explore how root words unlock vocabulary by learning ten roots and -logy means study. See examples like biology, geology, zoology, philogy, and use slides and worksheets to reinforce.
Root 1 - Alter2:42
Explore the root alter, meaning other, and its words alteration, alternate, altercation, altruism, and alter ego, explaining how ego is I or self and how these terms relate.
Root 2 - Ambi3:17
Explore the ambi root meaning both, with examples like ambiguity, ambivalent, ambidextrous, ambivert, and amphibian, illustrating how the same root conveys dual concepts.
Root 3 - Chrono2:44
Explore the chrono root meaning time through words like chronic, chronological, anachronism, synchronize, chronometer, chronicle, and chronicler, with clear definitions and examples.
Root 4 - Dict3:19
Explore the fourth root word dict and its related terms—dictionary, dictation, dictator, dictum, predict, verdict, valediction, benediction, and malediction—through clear meanings and examples.
Root 5 - Fid3:02
Explore the fid root meaning trust and learn words like fidelity, confident, diffident, perfidy, affidavit, and confidant. Understand how these terms express loyalty, trust, deceit, and official statements.
Root 6 - Graph3:48
Explore the root word graph, meaning writing, through examples like photograph, geography, calligraphy, and orthography, showing how light becomes writing and how each term conveys writing about or of something.
Root 7 - Loqu4:16
Explore the loqui root meaning to speak through examples like loquacious, soliloquy, ventriloquist, grandiloquent, circumlocution, colloquium, colloquy, colloquial, and eloquent, and learn how these words convey different speech styles.
Root 8 - Mal2:59
Explore how the mal- root means bad or evil and builds words like malign, mala fide, maleficent, malefactor, malediction, malice, malodour, malformed, malaise, and malignant, with brief definitions.
Root 9 - Phil2:22
Explore the ninth root phil, meaning love, and see how words like philology, philosophy, philanthropy, bibliophile, anglophile, technophile, and Philadelphia express love of words, wisdom, mankind, books, culture, and technology.
Root 10 - Viva/Vita2:23
Explore the viva/vita root and its meaning of life, tracing words like vivacious, vivid, survive, vital, and vitalise, including vitals and related terms.
Conclusion0:15
Complete the practice worksheets and use the resources to the fullest. We will come back with more root words.

Requirements

Elementary knowledge of English.

Description

Do you want to learn new words in English? Are you a student preparing for competitive exams in English? Or do you want to improve your speaking and comprehension skills so that you can perform better in your school or career?

If your answer is YES, then there is a shortcut. Studying the root words in English is the best and easiest way to build your vocabulary. Word roots are the building blocks that are used to construct a word. When you can recognize and remember a few root words you can even guess the meanings of the words with the same roots. It also opens a way to find out why words are spelled in a particular way. Without doubt, this will broaden your comprehension and perspective.

In this course we will show you how by learning about just ten root words you can add about a hundred words to your word stock. The pictures given in the slides will help you to imprint the meanings in your mind . The worksheets and the exercises at the end of each portion will aid you in mastering the words. Here we open a door to the arena of better understanding and greater perception of the world.

Who this course is for:

All who want to improve their English vocabulary and comprehension.
Students who want a better score in competitive exams like SAT, GRE etc
Those who want to boost their confidence level in their particular line of work.