Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Word Parts - ann, anni, annu, enn, enni


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...

ann-, anni-, annu-, enn-, enni- : From Latin year, yearly

annual - yearly, occurring every year or once a year; perennial - lasting through the year; that is, continuous; triannual - ccurring every three years; triennial - existing or lasting for three years; biannual - happening twice each year; semiannual; biennial - happening every two years; tercentenary - year, or an exact day, 300 years after an event, usually one of special historic significance; novennial - done or recurring every ninth year; quindecennial - happening once every fifteen years or a fifteenth anniversary.

And for you:
annually, triennium, annuary, annuitant, undecennial, annueller, plurannual, annuity, cimillennium, centenarian, septicentennial, sesquicentennial, annum

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

No comments:

Post a Comment