F.Y.BCom Sem 1 : Vocabulary Building
Exercises Page no. 50
A) Identify the root of
each of the following words.
- Genetic - Root: gen (meaning:
birth, origin, or produce)
- Paragraph - Root: graph (meaning:
write, draw, or record)
- Predict - Root: dict (meaning:
say or speak)
- Uncountable - Root: count (meaning:
calculate, reckon, or tell)
- Airport - Root: port (meaning:
carry, gate, or harbor)
- Dictator - Root: dict (meaning:
say or speak)
- Admit - Root: mit / miss
(meaning: send or let go)
- Photon - Root: phot / photo
(meaning: light)
- Kilobyte - Root: byte (data
unit; prefixed by 'kilo' meaning thousand)
- Megapixel - Root: pixel (picture
element; prefixed by 'mega' meaning million/large)
B) Write down at least two words
derived from each of the following roots.
- Phone (meaning: sound)
- Words: Telephone, Microphone,
Phonetics
- Temp (meaning: time)
- Words: Temporary, Contemporary, Tempo
- Alter (meaning: other)
- Words: Alternate, Alternative,
Alteration
- Therm (meaning: heat)
- Words: Thermometer, Thermal,
Thermostat
- Pater (meaning: father)
- Words: Paternal, Patriarchy, Patriot
- Mono (meaning: one)
- Words: Monologue, Monopoly, Monotone
- Aqua (meaning: water)
- Words: Aquarium, Aquatic, Aqueduct
- Cent (meaning: hundred)
- Words: Century, Percentage, Centimeter
- Voc (meaning: to call)
- Words: Vocal, Vocabulary, Advocate
- Act (meaning: to move / do)
- Words: Action, Activity, Actor
- Multi (meaning: many)
- Words: Multiply, Multilingual,
Multicolored
- Astra (meaning: star)
- Words: Astronomy, Astronaut, Asteroid
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