All you need to do is identify the parts of the word. Find out what a root word is and how to identify the parts of a word. Work out the meaning of new vocabulary using the building blocks of words.

To express anything but the very simplest things we must combine words of different meanings. In English, for example, you have separate root-terms for "sheep," "ewe," "lamb," and "mutton." ...

Despite their differences in meaning and context, both words share a common thread – their roots in the Arabic language. Let us begin with tariff, a tax governments impose on goods crossing borders.