Root Words

There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown.

In this book you will find the Spanish and English words side by side for better comprehension and memorization. You can add thousands of words both in English and Spanish by learning just the 100 most used Greek and Latin roots. Learning word roots from Latin and Greek helps you understand the origins of English and Spanish grammar and spelling. So, by learning these, the forms and patterns of English and Spanish will become clearer to you. By studying roots, you’re opening your brain up to understand many other languages, not just English or Spanish.

You will find in this book frequent English words that share the same root. Therefore, you will find it is very easy to relate different English words to the common root and remember its meaning. In this book, you'll find a great guide to English root words and how to use them.

Whether it's the distress of a bad haircut (AGE-OTORI) or longing for the food someone else is eating (GROAKING), the pleasure found in other people's happiness (CONFELICITY) or the shock of jumping into icy water (CURGLAFF), there are real words to pinpoint exactly how you feel and Susie Dent, Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner and lexicographer extraordinaire, is going to help you find them. Here are 1001 terms everyone needs, whether it's the best kind of hug (CWTCH), the relief found in swearing (LALOCHEZIA), or the ability to endure till the end (PERTOLERANCE).

Vocabulary for College and Beyond is designed to help you quickly acquire and easily remember thousands of advanced words, the knowledge of which is expected of a college-level educated person. Naturally, this audiobook is an indispensable tool for those who want to expand their vocabulary horizon or prepare for a college-level English language exam like the SAT, TOEFL, or GRE. This audiobook contains both high-level words and multiple meanings of common words. This audiobook also contains a list of synonyms and antonyms of common words.

En este libro encontrará palabras frecuentes en español que comparten la misma raíz. Por lo tanto, descubrirá que es muy fácil relacionar diferentes palabras en español con una raíz común y recordar así su significado. Al estudiar las raíces, estás abriendo tu cerebro para comprender muchos otros idiomas, no solo el español. En este libro encontrará una buena guía de palabras raíz en español y cómo usarlas. 

So basically this audiobook has a lot of highfalutin, big shot, 52 cent words that are not used that often in normal conversations (or are they?). Once you learn them you will start to hear and see them all the time in books and movies and when eavesdropping on people's conversations. This audiobook comes complete with 366 words, for every day of the year (plus one extra word for leap year). It has word type, definitions, and a funny example sentence that hopefully gives you a little chuckle and helps you to remember that particular word more easily.