Friday, February 26, 2010

Word Parts - lev, levi



One of the fastest ways to increase your vocabulary is by learning word parts, i.e., roots, prefixes, suffixes or forms.

The TRiO SSS Scoop will give you a new word part everyday so that you can begin to work on increasing your college vocabulary. Here's your word part for today...

lev, levi - Latin for light in weight, lightness; to raise; to lift

elevator - cage or platform for taking things or people up and down in a building; levee - embankment built up; levitate - raise into air; alleviate - to lighten or make more bearable; lever - bar for prying or moving something up.

And for you:
elevate, leverage, levity, levigate, relevant

Source: English-Word Information, Word Info About English Vocabulary

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