English Vocabulary With Root Word – Set 7 Free PDF Download

 Lex

•  Lex; legis- meaning LAW
•  Lator- mean PROPOSER Lexico, lexi, lex, lexia, lexias, lectic, lexis

GREEK root Means

•  A WORD, SAYING, A PHRASE, SPEAKINGM
• Lexiphanic- Adjective
• The use of pretentious words
•  Bombastic- like a politician
•  lexis= word + Phainein= to show
• Using or interlarded with pretentious words; bombastic Pretentious, showy, flashy words in one’s language

 Paralexia

• The inability to comprehend or understand printed words

Paralexia

• A form of sensory aphasia in which one word is read for another word

 Alexia/ alex

• Word blindness
•  Inability to see words or to read
•  An inability to comprehend the meaning of written or printed words

Bradylexia

• An abnormal slowness in reading
• Inability to read at a speed considered normal

Usage:

• Bradylexia isn’t something that you should worry now in the case of your daughter.

Dyslexia

•  A condition in which an individual with normal vision is unable to interpret written language
• These individuals can see and recognize letters BUT are unable to spell and write words
• Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill- are thought to have been dyslexic
•  Impaired reading ability with a competence level below that expected on the basis of the individual’s level of intelligence and in presence of apparent normal vision

 Lexical

• Of a vocabulary or stock of words
•  (dealing with the vocabulary of a language)

Lexicon

• Dictionary; Wordbook, thesaurus, repertoire, inventory
•  He is an avid word enthusiast who is compiling a lexicon of archaic and unusual words

Lexicographer

•  A person who writes a dictionary
•  One who compiles a dictionary; an author or editor of a dictionary

Example

Dr Samuel Johnson was a renowned lexicographer

Legislative

• Act or process of passing laws; having the powers of making LAWS
•  Legislator- someone charged with creating and passing new laws in the legislature

Root word- LEX, legis- law

Lator- proposer

• She is interested in the legislative process

Legal

• Lawful
•  According to law Permitted by law; lawful, legitimate, acceptable, constitutional

Lexeme

•  Lex- word
• Smallest meaningful linguistic unit
•  A unit of meaning in a language

Lexicography

•  The writing, editing or compiling of dictionaries

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