'Promises are meant to be broken' is the line I fucking hate...It won't be called a promise if it is broken specially with the loved ones. Only those who are disciplined having positive attitude and love to have a sphisticated approach towards life and off course are innocent will purely agree with me. Anyways, I know , this blog is all about English and just to remind you that I promised you last time to come up with a new pattern in the upcoming article is what I'm going to keep. Well, I can break it if you say so :P.
Guys, why I've been concentrating on vocabulary building from the very start of this blog is because of the personal belief that if you want to understand the whole structure defined in a passage or any kind of reading that you're involved in, your vocabulary has to be damn good. And this fact applies to all the languages of the world. But just gulping down the meaning of the words won't help. There has to be some systematic approach and Genius to achieve that just like I have. Oh come on! I can tease you, you're my readers implies you're my friends afterall!!!
Today,I'll be talking about the roots in english language. Every word in english language has a certain history and a certain origin of itself. 'Roots' as the name suggests are the origins for a large number of words in English language. Actually roots are the words inherited from some foreign languages(well foreign to english), and adopted in the English language for the evolution of new words in the same. There are a lot of roots adopted from Greek, Latin and many other languages. Regarding the reader factor in mind, I'll keep this article short and limited upto some of the Greek roots.
Before we go ahead, let me convince you how important these roots will prove to be in your vocabulary building. I request you to ask yourself the meanings of the following words without looking at the dictionary:-
(i)Chronicle,
(ii)Microcosm,
(iii)Morphology,
(iv)Polyglot,
(v)Polyandry,
(vi)Pyre
If you were not able to tell the meanings of most of these words by yourself, don't worry, and don't look at the dictionary this time for the meanings. I bet, after reading this article, you'll be able to tell the meanings to these as well as to many more words like these.
GREEK ROOTS
(I)Root='chron'
chron means or denotes time
Therefore, if any word containing 'chron' comes infront of your eyes, you can simply predict the meaning that it surely is related to time.
Ex:-(a)Chronology: arrangement of events in order of their occurence[look out that it is related to time].
(b)Chronicle: A historic record[You'll simply translate the 'Chronicles of Narnia' in your own level of comfort].
(c)Chronometer: time piece
(d)Synchronous: Here 'syn' implies 'same' or 'similar', so tell me the meaning of this word...Oh come on! you can tell that now... Yeah, the meaning is 'Happening at the same time'
(II)Root='Micro'
micro means small
Ex:-(a)Microbe: Tiny organism.
(b)Microcosm: Miniature representation of something.
(c)Microfilm: Miniature record of documents or a film.
(III)Root='Poly'
poly means many
Ex:-(a)Polyglot: 'glot' means tongue or language so Polyglot means the one who is competent in many languages
(b)Polythene, polygon etc. may be some more examples.
(Iv)Root='Morph'
morph means form
Ex:-(a)Morphology: A study of forms.
(b)Polymorphic: Since 'poly' means many and morph means form gives it the meaning 'Existing in many forms'
(c)Metamorphosis: meta indicates 'after' or 'change', therefore the meaning of this word goes to be 'change of form'
(V)Root='andr/gyn'
andr means man
gyn means woman
Ex:-(a)Androgen: Male harmone
(b)Polyandry: having multiple husbands
(c)Gynaecologist: The doctor who treats the diseases particularly of females
(VI)Root='pyre'
pyre means 'fire'
Ex:-(a)Pyre: pile of burning material
(b)Pyrogenic: producing heat
(c)Pyrotechnics: relating to fireworks
Now, checkout the words I introduced to you at the starting to tell the meanings of, you'll surely answer them with confidence now.....
Again a promise to have healthy content in the next article as well...
Good bye....Enjoy English!!!!
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