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Etern itynoun. State of timelessness; time never ending.

‘Infinity is to distance as eternityis to time.’

Celer itynoun. The quality of quickness; speed.

‘She spoke with incredible celerity, yet with equal clarity.’

Suffix Number 4

–ize –ise

Meaning: to make or become (from the Latin suffix ‘ –izare ’)

‘This suffix will familiarizeyou with and acclimatizeyou to a whole range of words that will help you to emphasizeyour point!’

Example words

Memor izeverb. To establish strongly and to make firm in the mind.

‘The Mind Map is a thinking tool that will help you to memorizewhatever you wish to learn.’

Mesmer izeverb. To make someone hypnotized or spell-bound.

(After Anton Mesmer, who was the first to publicize hypnosis.) ‘My gripping tales will mesmerizeyou!’

Scrutin izeverb. To make a close examination.

‘Before signing anything significant, it is always best to scrutinizethe small print.’

Suffix Number 5

–ology

Meaning: the subject of study; a science (from the Latin ‘ logia ’)

‘With this new suffix and with your growing knowledge of other suffixes, you are already well on your way to being a philologist!’

Example words

Ethn ologynoun. The study of the races of humankind.

‘In recent years ethnologyhas become a newly popular science, as humankind search for their geographic and racial origins.’

Eth ologynoun. The study of the behaviour of animals.

‘In the middle of the 20th century researchers began to realize all animals were far more intelligent and individually unique than had been previously thought. They thus started to investigate, and founded the science of ethology.’

Phil ologynoun. The study of words and languages.

‘As you have been reading The Power of Verbal Intelligence, you have been studying philology!’

Suffix Number 6

–ous

Meaning: full of or having (from the Latin ‘ –osus ’)

‘With your increased Verbal Intelligence it is obviousthat your appetite for learning will be voraciousand that others will consider your verbal skills wondrous!’

Example words

Lusci ousadjective. Having a taste and/or smell that is rich, full and delicious.

‘The exquisitely prepared meal was one of the most lusciousthey had ever experienced.’

Mysteri ousadjective. Full of obscurity; mystery.

‘Scientists who study the Universe proclaim that, despite our growing knowledge, it still remains mysterious.’

Noxi ousadjective. Unpleasant; harmful; poisonous.

‘The children mixed up a noxious-smelling brew in their chemistry lesson.’

Verbal Workout

Word Puzzle Number 7

1. pudety

__ XX __ __ __

2. vitacree

__ __ XX __ __ __ X

3. naribs

__ XX __ __ X

4. hekish

XX __ __ X __

Clue: Ultimate wordsmith _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Verbal Intelligence Tip

Close your eyes while contemplating the word puzzle.

Why?

Once again the answer lies in your brain’s remarkable ability to create a virtual screen, this time inside your head. When your eyes are closed, your brain no longer has to deal with the visual data that pours in when your eyes are open. It can therefore concentrate even more fully on the problem at hand, and will project a correct answer more rapidly onto its internal screen. The sudden rest that your eyes get often acts like a sudden release of energy (which it is), which is immediately poured into finding the answer you are seeking.

Word Puzzle Number 8

Hating mankind is to misanthropy as loving mankind is to …?

The ideas in this chapter are summarized in Plate 11.

Word Power Booster Number 4

In this Word Power Booster you will be thinking about thinking! All the words are concerned with the theories about who, what and why we are. Choose the definition that you think is closest to the correct meaning from the four options given.

ATHEIST ( áy -thee-ist)

(a) Belief that God is non-existent

(b) Uncertainty about God

(c) Believer in God

(d) One who does not care about God

AGNOSTIC (ag- nóss -tic)

(a) Belief that God is non-existent

(b) Uncertainty about God

(c) Believer in God

(d) One who does not care about God

ALTRUISM ( ál -tru-ism)

(a) Belief in a higher power

(b) Mountaineering

(c) Generous and unselfish

(d) Believing in honesty

EGOIST ( ée -go-ist)

(a) Belief in a single God

(b) Traveller

(c) Fighter

(d) One interested in selfish advantage

EPICURE ( épi -kure)

(a) Treatment for the hands

(b) One who loves good food; a gourmet

(c) Cure for disease

(d) Centre of activity

FATALIST ( fáte -a-list)

(a) One who always wins

(b) One who always loses

(c) One who always gives up

(d) One who believes that events are determined by fate

LIBERAL ( líb -er-al)

(a) A believer in progress

(b) Poor

(c) Liking books

(d) Military officer

CONSERVATIVE (con- súrv -a-tif)

(a) Similar to Liberal

(b) Environmentalist

(c) A believer in familiar traditions

(d) Agriculturalist

STOIC ( stów -ik)

(a) Alien

(b) Able to endure pain and hardship without complaining

(c) One who hoards

(d) Similar to Epicure

CHAUVINIST ( shów -vin-ist)

(a) Lover of French

(b) Lover of horses

(c) Extreme lover of one’s country

(d) Singer of French songs

2.5

Brain Word – Using Your Brain Power to Develop Your Word Power

‘Your boss has a bigger vocabulary than you have. That’s one good reason why he’s your boss.’

Dr Wilfred Funk and Dr Norman Lewis

In this chapter I will introduce you to the amazing nature of words and their incredible ability to multiply themselves, your Creativity and your Verbal Intelligence.

Your memory is vitally important in the development of your vocabulary. I will show you how to master your memory functions to help accelerate the growth of your Verbal Intelligence.

Then I will show you how to combine the powers of your left and right brains to increase the power of your vocabulary, and how to combine everything you have learned in The Power of Verbal Intelligence so far to create those thinking tools – Mind Maps.

The Multi-Ordinate Nature of Words

I hope by now you have raced to your dictionary in order to check out the meaning and derivation of the word ‘multi-ordinate’! The derivation of the two-part word is as follows: the prefix ‘multi’ comes from the Latin ‘ multus ’, meaning ‘much’ or ‘many’. The word ‘ordinate’ comes from the Latin ‘ ordo ’, meaning ‘order’.

So, the multi-ordinate nature of words refers to the fact that they do not have only one meaning in your brain – they radiate out from their centre with many orders of meaning.