Thursday, May 6, 2010

Word Parts - multi, mult


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...

multi-, mult- :
From Latin much, many, combining form of Latin multus-much, many; related to Greek mala - very, very much, exceedingly

multibibe - drinking a great deal; multifaceted - with many different talents, qualities, or features; multiform - occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances; multimeter - instrument that reads and measures the values of several different electrical parameters; multistage - a number of definite stages in the completion of a process or action; multistratal - pertaining to vegetation composed of several horizontal layers.

And for you:
multangulum; multifluvian; multimammae; multiplex; multiplier, multisection; multisynaptic.

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

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