ppt on vocabulary for online cat 2009
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This PPT tells you how to tackle with vocabulary questions in CAT 2009. Ample of PPTs of this type on every topic of CAT 2009 are available on www.tcyonline.comTRANSCRIPT
VOCABULARY
LECTURE – 1
WHY?
Why do we need vocabulary for entrance exams?
• Better comprehension
• Application of reasoning
• Effective communication
• Effective POE
HOW??
• Break words:
Roots
Suffixes
Prefixes
• Associate:
Grouping
Stories
• Revise & retain:
ROOTS
• Anthro: Human
Anthropomorphic
Anthropology
Theanthropism
• Arch: Chief, Ruler
monarchy
oligarchy
anarchy
archetype
• CRED: To Believe
credo
credible
credence
credit
credential
credulity
incredulous
creed
incredible
• DERM: SKIN
Hypodermic,
Dermatology,
Epidermis,
Taxidermy,
Dermabrasion,
Pachyderm,
Dermatome
• FID/ FIDE/ FEDER: TRUST
Confidante,
Fidelity
Confident
Infidelity
Infidel
Federal
Confederacy
Perfidy
• Gen: BIRTH, RACE, PRODUCE
genesis,
genetics,
eugenics
genealogy,
generate
genetic
antigen
pathogen
• Loqu: SPEECH
Loquacious
Breviloquence
Eloquent
Soliloquy
Grandiloquence
Magniloquence
• Viv: LIFE
Viva
Vivacious
Vivid
Vivify
Viviparous
Vivisection
Bon-vivant
Convivial
Survive
Revive
CIDE/ CIS: To kill; to cut
Fratricide
Suicide
Genocide
Feticide
Uxoricide
Sororicide
Matricide
Incision
Excision
Circumcision
Precise
Concise,
Precision
• Phil: LOVE
Philosophy
Philanthropy
Philharmonic
Bibliophile
Philatelist
Philander