English Vocabulary in 365 Days - Lesson 66

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Hello everyone, in our Lesson 65, we learnt about the prefixes Sub, Suc, Suf, Sug, Sum, Sup and  Sur.  They represent the meanings under; from below. Today we shall see the prefixes Super, Sur. Happy Reading :)

Note : If you are new to these lessons, read the Introductory Lesson from HERE for better understanding.

Day 66 : Super, Sur

• Super, Sur - over; extremely

Let's try to understand this with some examples

• supervise (verb) = to oversee
  
• super - Prefix = over
• vise (videre) - Root = to see
• surround (verb) = to go around on all sides
• sur - Prefix = over
• round (undare) - Root = round; to flow
• surplus (noun) = over plus; excess
• sur - Prefix = in addition
• plus - Root = more

Let's have a look at some more words with prefixes, for better understanding.

• Super Bowl - football game ‘over’ all others
• Superfine - of an exceptional quality
• Superintendent - administrator ‘over’ an entire school system
• Superlative - of carrying ‘over’ and ‘above’
• Superman - man ‘over’ all others
• Superstar - star ‘over’ all other sports or music stars
• Supervisor - one who watches ‘over’ others
• Surcharge - charge which is ‘over’ and ‘above’ a stated fee
• Surface - layer lying ‘over’ something
• Surfeit - an amount that is too large
• Surname - name ‘over’ all in a family
• Surpass - to pass ‘over’ others
• Surround - a wave ‘over’ something that engulfs it
• Survey - look ‘over’ something
• Survival - continuing to live

Home Work :

Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.

1. -sect
2. -termin
3. -ultim
4. -vac

a. to cut

b. last

c. end

d. empty

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

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

You can read Old Lessons of this series from here

 

Shraboni Chakraborty

Asstt. Professor

English and Foreign Languages University,

Hyderabad

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