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Pagina 6 di 6 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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