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Know the 14 Words that make "All the Difference"

Below is a table containing the words that make "all the difference" because, according to James I. Brown, Professor of Rhetoric, University of Minnesota in his book Programmed Vocabulary (Meredith Publishing Company, New York,1971) they are supposed to contain the twenty most useful prefixes and the fourteen most important roots. These constituent parts make up over 14,000 words in a collegiate dictionary size or close to an estimated 100,000 words in an unabridged dictionary size. In other words, you should know these words and understand why they mean what they mean since this opens the door to a superior vocabulary.

 PREFIX
ITS OTHER SPELLINGS
ITS MEANING
MASTER WORDS
ROOT
ITS OTHER SPELLINGS
ITS MEANING
1.

de-

--

Down or away

detain

tain

ten, tin

To have or hold

2.

inter-

--

Between

intermittent

mitt

miss, mit, mis

To send

3.

pre-

--

Before

precept

cept

cap,capt, ceiv,ceit, cip

To take or seize

4.

ob-

oc-of-op-

To, toward,

against

offer

fer

lat, lay

To bear or carry

5.

in-

il-im-ir-

Into - not

insist

sist

stat, sta,stan

To stand, endure or persist

6.

mono-

--

One or alone

monograph

graph

gram

To write

7.

epi-

ep-

Over, upon, beside

epilogue

log

ology

Speech or science

8.

ad-

a- ab- ac- af- ag- al- am- an- ap- ar- as- at-

At, to or towards

aspect

spect

spec, spi, spy

To look

9.

un-

--

not

uncompli=

cated

plic

play, plex, ploy, ply

To fold, bend, twist, interweave

com-

co-col-

con-cor-

With or

together

10.

non-

--

not

nonextended

tend

tens, tent

To stretch

ex-

e-ef-

Out or formerly

11.

re-

--

again, back

reproduction

duct

duc, duit, duk

To lead, make, shape fashion

pro-

--

Forward or in favor of

12.

dis-

di-dif-

Apart from

indisposed

pos

pon, post, pound

To put or place

13.

over-

--

above

oversuffi=

cient

fic

fac, fact,

fash, feat

To make or do

sub-

suc- suf- sug- sup- sur- sus-

Under, supporting

14.

mis-

--

wrong or wrongly

mistran=

scribe

scribe

scrip, scriv

To write

trans-

tra-tran-

Across or beyond



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