TO INCREASE THE VOCABLUARY

 Hello guys ,
today i am sharing some useful roots which help to  increase the vocabulary .let initially i just introduce you what are roots.....

what are roots?

Now days in every where English is common language which is used to communicate with different types of people having different language.

let us take a example:-  lat we take a word "Doctor"...every one knows the meaning of this particular

Doctor means medically Qualified . 

 Now a question for all of you ,what is the meaning of the word Doctrinaire......any guess .....?

let we will take both of the words Doctor & Doctrinaire.

Now i just underline the starting part of both of them it means if we know the meaning of the DOC

we can guess something . so DOC is the root here .

1.DOC is the Latin world which means "to teach".

so i will explain some words having using doc root .

• Doctor      -      medically qualified

• Doctrinaire  -   determined to use a theory 

what is the meaning of

Indoctrinate
doctrine


hello to every one again ...

let we will move toward the next root 

2."Poly" means "many/much"

• Polyglot   -   competent in many language
• Polymer   - a substance with molecular structure formed from many identical small               molecules bonded together  

• Polyhedron - A solid figure with many faces 

• Polymath    -a person with a wide knowledge of many subject

3."Pyr "means "fire"

• Pyre  - pile of burning material
• Pyrogenic- producing heat
• Pyromaniac-person who sets fire to thing
• Pyrotechnics- relating to fireworks 

4."Chron " means "time"

• Chronicle - historical record 
• Chronometer- time piece(it is used to measure the accurate time)
• Chronic-lasting for a long time 

5."macro/mega" means "large or big " (most of us are very much confused in macro and micro )

• Macroscopic- visible to naked eyes (having big size) 
• Megalith- huge stone 
• Mega star - very great (i.e Michal Jackson is mega star in his era.  )  

6."micro" means "small"

• Microbe- tiny organism (this term is basically used in biological lab  )
• Microlight- very small light
• Microfilm- small or short film(i.e documentary film)
• Microdot- a photograph reduces to a very small size 

7."morph" means "form"

• Morphology-form and structure of an organism
• Metamorphosis- change of form
• Morphine  - a drug obtained from opium & used in medicine to relieve pain  

8."soph"means "wisdom"

• Philosophy - love of wisdom
• sophist - a person who uses clever but false argument 
• sophistry-   a person who uses clever but false argument 

today we have some words which are used in daily life

• Placid-calm

this is basically used to show the general nature of the person.

• phlegmatic-calm & controlled

this shows the behavior of any one at the point of nature.

• abnegate - to give up

in political sense if we use this word we can say it as "mr. xyz abnegate from his seat"

• abrogation- scraping away 

it is used in the context "revoke formally"  

• Alleviation-the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

 this is used as "The govt. has introduced schemes for the alleviation of poverty"

I. ‘For India, nuclear deterrence is defensive and a means to secure its sovereignty and security.'

1. ‘Deterrence' is a noun which means forestalling an event or an act from happening. However, it also has a more defined meaning when it comes to using the word in political or military context. As in the example provided above, it refers to the development of nuclear power for the reason that other countries would not launch an attack on India. Synonyms of the word are dissuasion, preclusion, obviation, etc.    

II. Assam has been embroiled in an ethnic conflagration for quite some    time now.

2. In the sentence cited above, ‘ethenic conflagration' refers to cultural/racial/religious conflict. So, clearly conflagration means war or conflict. Literally, ‘conflagration' refers to a large destructive fire that causes devastation. The word of latin origin is a combination of ‘co' (together) + flagrare (to blaze). You can learn this word by remembering that watching our national flag fly high in the air ignites our hearts with patriotic fire. Another example to display the usage of the word more conspicuously would be - the historic tavern burned to the ground in a horrible conflagration.  Another word from the root ‘flagrare' is ‘flagrant', which means obviously offensive or disgraceful, is derived from the Latin term in ‘flagrante delicto', which literally meant ‘with fire still blazing'. Figuratively, it is used describe a situation in which the criminal is caught red handed. For example, a flagrant abuse of human rights.  

III. Now, appointing a judge before May 16 to head the snoopgate probe panel will carry the imprint of a vindictive attitude by the UPA against its prime opponent, and is hence inappropriate.

3. ‘Vindictive' means vengeful. You can learn this word by remembering that it is ‘indicative' of ‘vengeance' or ‘revenge'. So, in the above cited sentence, ‘vindictive attitude' refers to the attitude that is disposed to seek revenge. A few synonyms of the word are - avenging, retaliatory; vengeful, revengeful, etc.

 

IV. Of late, the TNIC is being flooded with frivolous petitions.

4. 'Frivolous' is an adjective which means silly, inappropriate or not serious. The word is coined from Latin frivolous which means worthless. Here the word means lacking seriousness in petitions or trivial petitions. For instance- They were convinced that video games were frivolous at best, dangerous at worst. Synonyms of the word are unimportant, insignificant, petty, minor, pointless, trifling, peripheral. Antonyms include eventful, major, important, significant, momentous, vital.

V. The concepts of locus standi and cause of action have not been specified in the Act.

5. Used as a noun, 'locus standi' means the right of a party to appear and be heard before a court. It is a Latin word, which literally means place to stand. An example to describe the usage of the word- He should be clear in his mind about some fundamentals concerning his own locus standi in the whole deal.