Lesson 3: Position

Let's start with words that are all about coming 'out of' or 'from' something, thanks to the Latin root EX!

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• The magazine published an excerpt from the author's upcoming novel.
• The surprising victory was an exhilarating moment for the entire team.
• New evidence came to light that would exonerate the defendant from the crime.
• The price of the concert tickets was exorbitant, but fans were willing to pay it.

🧠Memory Trick:

• The student felt exhilarated after reading an excerpt from a story where the hero was exonerated from an exorbitant debt.

Now, let's look at a group of words for 'placing' or 'putting' things, all derived from the Latin root PONO.

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• The scientist will expound on her findings at the upcoming exposition.
• As a proponent of fairness, she felt it was wrong to impose such strict rules on the new members.
• The man claiming to be the prince was revealed to be an impostor, which only served to compound the kingdom's problems.

🧠Memory Trick:

• At the art exposition, a proponent of modernism began to expound on a theory, but an impostor tried to impose his own ideas, which only helped to compound the audience's confusion.