English Vocabulary in 365 Days - Lesson 3

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Hello everyone, in our Lesson 2, we learnt about the prefixes ab, abs.  They represent the meaning away; from; not. Today we shall see few more prefixes. 

Day 3 : Ad, Ac, Af, Ag, Al, An, Ap, Aq, Ar, As, At

ad, ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, aq, ar, as, at - to; toward

Let's try to understand this with some examples....

Word Analysis 

1. accept (verb) = to receive, to take to oneself
• ac (ad) - Prefix = to
• cept (capere) - R = take
  
2. aggressive (adjective) = wanting to attack
• ag (ad) - Prefix = to, toward
• gress - Root = steep (rising)
• ive - Suffix = tending to

Let's have a look at some more words with ad, ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, aq, ar, as, at prefixes, for better understanding.

1. attest = to prove that something is true
2. affix = to stick or attach something to something else
3. allocate = to give something officially to somebody
4. announce = to give information about something in a public place
5. arrest = to take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed
6. appreciate = to value or admire highly 
7. adjective = to describe a noun or pronoun
8. aggregate = to form by adding together several amounts or things

Home Work :

Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.

1. all-
2. anti-
3. circum-
4. dia-

a. through

b. around

c. against

d. completely

Try to match the above elements with given meanings.  Solve it on your own and

That's all for today guys..... Thank you :)

 

Shraboni Chakraborty

Asstt. Professor

English and Foreign Languages University,

 Hyderabad

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