VOCABULARY

LECTURE – 1

WHY?

Why do we need vocabulary for entrance exams?

• Better comprehension

• Application of reasoning

• Effective communication

• Effective POE

HOW??

• Break words:

Roots

Suffixes

Prefixes

• Associate:

Grouping

Stories

• Revise & retain:

ROOTS

• Anthro: Human

Anthropomorphic

Anthropology

Theanthropism

• Arch: Chief, Ruler

monarchy

oligarchy

anarchy

archetype

• CRED: To Believe

credo

credible

credence

credit

credential

credulity

incredulous

creed

incredible

• DERM: SKIN

Hypodermic,

Dermatology,

Epidermis,

Taxidermy,

Dermabrasion,

Pachyderm,

Dermatome

• FID/ FIDE/ FEDER: TRUST

Confidante,

Fidelity

Confident

Infidelity

Infidel

Federal

Confederacy

Perfidy

• Gen: BIRTH, RACE, PRODUCE

genesis,

genetics,

eugenics

genealogy,

generate

genetic

antigen

pathogen

• Loqu: SPEECH

Loquacious

Breviloquence

Eloquent

Soliloquy

Grandiloquence

Magniloquence

• Viv: LIFE

Viva

Vivacious

Vivid

Vivify

Viviparous

Vivisection

Bon-vivant

Convivial

Survive

Revive

CIDE/ CIS: To kill; to cut

Fratricide

Suicide

Genocide

Feticide

Uxoricide

Sororicide

Matricide

Incision

Excision

Circumcision

Precise

Concise,

Precision 

• Phil: LOVE

Philosophy

Philanthropy

Philharmonic

Bibliophile

Philatelist

Philander