“D” – Vocab-ability – A More Powerful Vocabulary (This post includes all “D” entries)
This post comprises all the “D” entries of the Vocab-ability series. It includes many English words whose etymology can be traced to Greek and Latin roots.
If you learn one root, you can learn, understand and use each and every English word derived from that root. Vocab-ability is an easy-to use resource guide to help you understand those roots.
In total, this Vocab-ability post features 12 entries that begin with the letter “D."
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Please feel free to download the following material, copy it, print it out and distribute it for any and all educational purposes. If it helps you or your students increase your English vocabulary, it will have served its purpose. And I will know that my efforts have proven beneficial. (Please see my additional comments and notes below the 12 entries.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Vocab-ability–53 (dat, dit = give)
Vocab-ability–54 (deb = owe)
Vocab-ability–55 (dem = people)
Vocab-ability–56 (dent, dont = tooth)
Vocab-ability–57 (derm = skin)
Vocab-ability–58 (di, diurn = day)
Vocab-ability–59 (dic, dict = say)
Vocab-ability–60 (doc, doct = teach)
Vocab-ability–61 (dom, domin = rule, govern)
Vocab-ability–62 (duc, duct = lead, bring)
Vocab-ability–63 (dur = hard, lasting)
Vocab-ability–64 (dynam = strength, power)
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Oh!! A good way to learn words!!
I never thought of it this way, But I also use "parts" of the words to get the meaning of words I don't know.... I never did that consciously, it just happens.
So I was amazed, when I saw these "parts of words" put in a list.
Yes! You understand the concept, and the trick to increasing your vocabulary. That's why I compiled the Vocab-ability guide in the way that you see it.
As a note, I compiled Vocab-ability when I was living in Japan and learning their language. In Japanese, if you learn one "kanji" character (Chinese pictogram), you can understand many words which have that kanji as part of a compound word.
That simple fact helped me to learn many Japanese words. Sometimes, in conversation, I'd hear a new word that I did not understand, but I could determine from the sound which kanji character it was, and ... AHA! ... I'd understand the meaning of the new word.
Just as there are many Japanese words based on any single Chinese pictogram, there are many English words based on any single Greek or Latin root.
In case you did not yet see the GUIDE to Vocab-ability, here's the link. https://steemit.com/writing/@majes.tytyty/vocab-ability-guide-to-a-more-powerful-vocabulary
Keep learning! And keep increasing your "vocab-ability."
My first language is Arabic.... and most of the words can be turned into a root (or as I call it "base verb form" because it resambles the word فعل which means "Did").... so you can understand a lot of arabic words you don't know if you track it back to the root.
But the arabic is too big for this to work every time, I like how our language is easy to learn but almost impossible to master. (unlike English that I see: Easy to learn, Easier to master)
It's interesting that you say English is "easy to learn, easier to master."
As a teacher of English, I saw many of my students struggle with it. But then again, those who studied diligently and who had a certain level of language aptitude were able to master it after a few years.
I know next to nothing about Arabic, so thanks for the insight into one aspect of its difficulty.
I forgot to say, it's just my opinion:
After learning English for a bit, I can more easily learn new things in it... that's what made me say that... I only tried learning few languages, English was the easiest, that's why my opinion on this doesn't matter a lot.
But in Arabic... even those who have it as their first language struggle in it. (maybe one of the reasons is that the spoken variations in a lot of countries are different... and there aren't many places that use "Modern Standard Arabic" in everyday situations)
well, after hearing you... it seems even those English speakers struggle with their language.. so there's that...
Thanks for the clarification. I'll always remember that you said that English is easy to learn, and I'll tell my students that.
That might motivate them to keep learning and keep studying.
This a very interesting post. Going to go through the previous alphabet posts as well.
Thanks for sharing and by granting 'Free Use' caring for your fellow Steemians :)
Cheers!
My pleasure. And I'm grateful to Steemit for the opportunity to get my Vocab guide out to a wider public.
And once I upload the entire guide, it'll be on the blockchain, and available to everyone across the world, for posterity. Isn't that great?