Lesson 7: Finishing Easily

Let's explore words that revolve around the idea of comfort, all stemming from the Latin root 'eas'.

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• The soothing music helped to ease their anxiety before the big performance.
• He felt uneasy walking home alone after dark, worried about every strange noise he heard.

🧠Memory Trick

These words all connect to the idea of comfort or its opposite. Think about how to find comfort or what makes you lose it.

• It is easiest to find ease when you aren't feeling uneasy.

Now, let's look at words connected by the Latin root 'fin,' which means 'end.'

Key Words

📝Example Usage:

• The crowd cheered wildly during the grand finale of the fireworks show.
• After winning the semi-final match, the young tennis player was proud to be a finalist in the tournament.
• After three hours of hiking in the rain, we finally reached the cabin at the top of the mountain.
• The Earth has a finite amount of natural resources, so we must use them very carefully.
• The artist left the painting unfinished, with only the background colors filled in.