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A number of English words have Greek and Latin roots. An understanding of the commonly used roots will help you to easily guess and remember the meaning of new words and substantially strengthen your vocabulary. This application enables you to learn a list of commonly used root words, their meanings and some examples of words that was formed from the root words. You also can look up for the roots of a word. GREEK ROOTS • Over 258 Greek roots • Detailed meaning • Words from the roots • Search by root or by meaning • Roots of the Day: learn Greek roots daily • Bookmark a root LATIN ROOTS • Over 712 Latin roots • Detailed meaning • Words from the roots • Search by root or by meaning • Roots of the Day: learn Latin roots daily • Bookmark a root WORDS • Over 5600 words • Roots in a word • Detailed meaning • Audio Pronunciation • Example sentences • Translation • Search by word or by meaning • Words of the Day: learn words daily • Bookmark a word UNITS • 33 Units • Learn a unit using multiple choice quizzes SPACED REPETITION FLASHCARDS • Tap a card to see meaning • Mark a card as "hard", "good", "easy" • Hard flashcards are shown more frequently, good and easy flashcards are shown less frequently over time. • Charts: showing your progress • Calendar: view cards scheduled on a date

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Classical roots and words

This app is designed to help you study Greek and Latin roots and vocabulary originated from them. Greek and Latin have been the sources of most of the words in the English language. A knowledge of Greek and Latin roots will not only help you remember the meanings of the words but will help you guess at the meanings of new words. If you are preparing for SAT, GRE, GMAT or ACT, etc., this app will be helpful for you to learn difficult vocabulary such as abnegation, abstruse, ostracize, veracity, corporeal, cursory, dichotomy, extraneous, extradite, hedonism, etc. For example, if you know the root neg- means "to say no", you can easily remember "abnegation" which means "self-denial" and "renege", which means "to go back on a promise or commitment" The app is useful tool and reference for anyone who is interested in Greek and Latin roots and the development of English vocabulary. ● Roots - Over 260 roots - Detailed meaning and derived words - 6 units of roots (50 roots per unit) - Quiz: find a root that has the meaning in the question - learn 5 roots daily ● Words - Over 1200 words - Detailed meaning, sample sentence, etymology, roots - 25 units of words (50 words per unit) - Flashcards: tap a card to see its meaning - learn 5 words daily ● Words from mythology - List of words from Greek and Latin mythology such as herculean, titanic, zephyr, asinine, equestrian, opus, odyssey, siren, satyr, zealot, ambrosia, ethos, hubris, gorgon, halcyon, platonic, lethargic etc. - Do you know that hector, stentorian, nestor all come from Homer's Iliad? Exploring the mythology behind those words and you can easily remember them. - Over 200 words from mythology in total ● Other features: - Bookmark feature - Search feature