A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

(Steven Felgate) #1

ROOT


WORDS-2


Obstinacy :-Stubbornness

eer , er , or

person who

(noun suffix)

Person who rebess :-

Mutineer

Lecher :- Person who lasts

Cersor :- Person who

deletes improper remarks

escent

becoming

(adjective suffix)

Eranescent :- Tending to

vanish

Pubescent :- Arriving at

puberty

fic

making , doing

(adjective suffix)

Terrific :- Arousing great

fear

Sporitic :- Causing sleep

fy

to make (verbal

suffix)

Magnify :- Enlarge

Petrify :- Turn to stone

iferous

Producing ,

bearing

(adjective

sufffix)

Pestiferous :- Carrying

disease

Vociferous :- Bearing a

loud voice

ill , ile

pertaing to ,

capable of

(adjective suffix)

Puerile :- Pertaing to a boy

Civil :- Polite (or) child

PREFIX/ROOT/STEM MEANING ILLUSTRATION

dynam Power,strength

Dynamic-powerful

dynamite-powerful explosive

dynamo-engine making electric power

Ego I

Egoist-person who is self-centered

egotist-selfish person

egocentric-revolving about self

Erg,urg Work

Energy-power

ergatocracy-rule of the workers

metallurgy-science & technology of metals

Err To wander

Error-mistake

erratic-not reliable,wandering

knight errant- wandering knight

Eu Good,well,beautiful

Eupeptic-having good digestion

eulogize-praise

euphemism-pleasant way of saying something

blunt

Fac,fic,fec,fect To make,to do

Factory-place where things are made

fiction-manufactured story

affect-cause to change

Fall,fals To deceive

Fallacious-misleading

infallible-not prone to error,perfect

falsify-lie

Fer,lat To bring,to bear

Transfer-bring from one place to another

translate-bring from one language to another

conifer-bearing cones,as pine trees

Fid Belief,faith

Infidel-non believer,heathen

confidence-assurance,belief

Fin End,limit

Confine-keep within limits

finite-having definite limits

Flect,flex To bend

Flexible-able to bend

deflect-bend away,turn aside

Fort Luck,chance

Fortuitous-accidental, occuring by chance

fortunate-lucky

Venter,ventris Belly

Ventral-referring to the front or belly side

ventricular-pertaining to one of the chambers of

the heart
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