Word Knowledge Question
In my review of the Word Knowledge section of the ASVAB, I remind my students of the importance of studying Latin and Greek roots. I created several pages of charts to review common Latin and Greek prefixes, root words and suffixes in my book, The ASVAB Tutor’s Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension Study Guide.
Today I present a Word Knowledge question.
The question is about the meaning of the Latin root word “cogn”. There are many words in the English language with the root word “cogn”. Examples include recognize, cognition, cognitive, cognizant, precognition, incognito, etc. Knowing the root word “cogn” can help you to understand the meaning of many words.
The question is:
What does the root word “cogn” mean?
A. Machinery
B. Know
C. Hidden
D. Missing
Do you know the answer? I will present the definitions to the words with the root “cogn” that I listed above, and I will present the meaning of the root word “cogn”.
