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Top Fun Vocabulary Games for Adults
Building a strong vocabulary is a game-changer. It boosts your confidence, sharpens your communication, and opens doors to new opportunities. But who says learning new words has to be boring? I’ve discovered some fantastic fun vocabulary games for adults that make expanding your word bank enjoyable and engaging. Whether you’re a student, a professional, a parent, or a teacher, these games will keep your brain active and your vocabulary growing. Let’s dive into some of the bes
Charlotte O'Connell
Feb 114 min read
When Things Aren't Exactly Good.
👿 ------------------------------------------------------- The Latin morpheme MAL, which is usually a prefix in English words, means bad, ill, or wrong. MAL occurs regularly in fiction and fantasy, providing the names of villains like Malevole (in John Webster’s 1603 play The Malcontent ), Maleficent (the evil queen in Disney’s 1959 animated version of Sleeping Beauty and the title character of a later, 2014 film), and Draco Malfoy (in the Harry Potter series). MO
RootWords
Jan 253 min read
Feeling Your Way Through
🤒🦠🫂 ------------------------------------------------------- The ancient Greek root “path” means both “feeling” and “disease.” It made its way into Late Latin, and then into Middle English, and appears in many modern English words. MONDAY - Sympathy, Empathy, Antipathy, Apathy (Noun) One meaning of the root word PATH is “feeling.” The prefix "sym-" means “with” or “together.” In English, we use the word sympathy to describe an experience of “feeling together wit
RootWords
Jan 253 min read
The History of Writing
✍️📈💃 ------------------------------------------------------- Many English words contain the Greek root graph, meaning “to write.” It appears specifically in words that have to do with writing, like calligraphy , and also in words related to other forms of representation, such as photography, cinematography and cartography. The word graffiti , meaning something inscribed on a wall, comes from the Italian by way of Greek and Latin. Instances of graffiti appear in many a
RootWords
Jan 254 min read
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