Word Roots. Learning the building blocks of words can help you make sense of unfamiliar words.

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The word part "quir" is a root that means "seek, strive for". <iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-5HSNJLJ" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe>

The Latin root words duc and duct mean to ‘lead.’ Some common English vocabulary words that come from this root word include educate, reduce, produce, and product. Perhaps the best way to remember this root word is to think of someone who is educated, or …

The word part "quest" is a root that means "ask, seek". <iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-5HSNJLJ" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe>

The word part "found" is a root that means "pour, pour out, spread out". <iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-5HSNJLJ" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe>

The root form, which means ‘shape,’ gives us a number of words that are used every day, including reform, information, deformed, and form. To ‘form," for instance, is simply ’to shape,’ whereas to re form is merely to ‘shape again.’

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. vagabondage. travelling about without any clear destination. vagaries. unpredictable or unexpected changes. vagrancy. the state of wandering from place to place. vagrant. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another. vague

Parsing the different morphemes in a word reveals meaning and part of speech. For instance, the word “invention” includes the prefix in- + the root vent + the suffix -ion , from which is formed the noun “invention.”

The Latin root word fic means to ‘make.’ A good number of common English vocabulary words come from this root, including magnificent, difficult, and artificial. One easy word that is helpful in remembering fic is efficient, for efficient people are able to ‘make’ things happen.