PPT on Vocabulary for Online CAT 2009
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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