NEET BIOLOGY

STRUCTURAL ORGANISTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

MORPHOLOGY OF ANIMALS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The root word port means ____
A
life
B
by yourself
C
to carry
D
not
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The important Latin root word port means ‘carry. ‘ Some common English words that use this root include import, export, deport, and report. An easy way to remember this word root is through the word portable, which is something that is easily ‘carried’ from one place to another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Because the prefix “com-” means “with, ” and the root “port-” means “to carry, ” the word “comport, ” at its root, means “to carry with.” We often use it to mean “to go along with, ” as in the example sentence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Port, to bring or carry. You might have heard the root port before in some words like these. This here is a passport. So, it means you can go and you carry that with you when you travel. This is transport, carrying people around to different places.

Detailed explanation-4: -We know that the root “fer” means “carry, ” and we also know that the prefix “re-” means “back.” By putting these together we can infer that “referendum” means something like “carry back, ” or “carrying back.”

Detailed explanation-5: -The root word ‘port’ means ‘to carry. ‘ Each of the listed words has something to do with carrying something.

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