INSTANT VOCABULARY 51 – 60
VOCABULARY KEY
AD - ADE - ATA - ADA
CLAIM - CLAM
DE
MEM
TEN – TENT
TAIN - TINU
CLUD - CLUS
CIRC - CIRCUM
TUDE
BI – BIN - BIS
VINC - VICT
DEFINITION AND USAGE
These Suffixes of AD are numerous in its spellings. The French
spell it ADE: the Italian is ATA: the Spanish is ADA. It means
ACTION or the RESULT OF ACTION. This Suffix is used as an
ending for many different kinds of words.
These Roots are CLAIM & CLAM, which comes from the Latin
clamare - DECLARE, CALL OUT, and CRY OUT. Notice the
different pronunciation and spelling of the two forms. This Root
“CLAIM,” which is a complete word in its own right, has other Roots
attached to it, making new words, but they are all related.
This is the Prefix DE, which means AWAY and FROM. If you learn
the keys you will not be DEpendent upon a dictionary. You will be
inDEpendent.
This Root is MEM, which comes from meminisse, which means TO
REMEMBER. This is a very easy key to reMEMber. The very sight of
it makes for reMEMbrance. It is imbedded in MEMory and, very
pleasant to relate, it has only one meaning - REMEMBER!
This four-way Root arrives as TEN, TENT, TAIN and TINU. All come
from the Latin teneo, which means HOLD TOGETHER and HOLD. I
am certain that you are beginning to realize that the more than the
fifty keys, which you have accumulated have begun to pay dividends.
These ROOTS are CLUD & CLUS meaning SHUT. It comes from
the Latin claudo and clauses. The double spelling in English follows,
as you see, the double spelling in Lation. CLUD & CLUS mean
nothing by themselves. With the Prefixes and Suffixes added to
them, however, they are meaningful and useful.
These are the Prefixes, CIRC & CIRCUM, which mean AROUND.
There are now three ways of traveling around the world so you can
choose from circumambulate, circumnavigate, or circumaviate
(can’t use these). Going CIRCUM means no short cuts, the long way
around. That is all right for travel but not for speech.
This is the Suffix, TUDE, which means STATE OF & CONDITION
OF. It makes nouns and often, in giving the meaning, one likes to
end the word with NESS. A Suffix which also means STATE OF.
TUDE is used to form abstract nouns from adjectives. One of the
most important words is attitude, which is the most important single
factor in your success or failure with vocabulary building.
These are the Prefixes, BI, BIN & BIS meaning TWO. There is a
word BIS meaning TWICE, but it is not often used. It is heard at the
opera sometimes when an aria is so beautifully sung that the
audience gets excited and demands to hear it again. BI is used more
often than BIN but both are commonly used. These ROOT are VINC & VICT which come from the Latin vincere &
victus which mean CONQUER. Please note that in some examples
the letter c sounds like an s as in InVINCible. Another example has a
different spelling and pronunciation comes in because this ROOT is
from the French vaincre, a descendant of the Latin, which leads to
VANQUish.