Your Vocab Secret Weapon

Your Vocab Secret Weapon

Updated: August 11, 2008

Learn how to break down words and figure out ones you've never seen before. What's the secret? Greek and Latin roots. Here's how they work: Think about television and telephone. They have "tele" in common-- a Latin root meaning far. (Tele + vision = far sight; tele + phone = far sound.) Know that, and you can figure out that a telephoto lens helps you take pictures from far away.

Want to learn more tricks like this? Take the quiz!

Image: Quiz: Your Vocab Secret Weapon
Quiz: Your Vocab Secret Weapon

See how many Latin roots you know.

 
Image: Quiz: Genius or Goof?
Quiz: Genius or Goof?

"I" before "E" when it comes after "C" except..when?

 
 
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