How to Remember Anything: The Proven Total Memory Retention System (6 page)

-itis
See a teacher saying
“I test” in flames!
(
-itis
means
inflammation
)

The first five elements are root elements and represent body parts. The element -itis is a suffix meaning
inflammation.
When these elements are combined to form medical terms, they are read and interpreted from the right to the left. For example:

You would not need a memory system to learn just these few medical elements and terms, but, if you want or need to know thousands of complex medical terms, there is no faster way to learn and remember them than to use an organized memory system. In less than fourteen hours individuals are able to interpret and define more than 11,000 complex medical terms. That is more of the language of medicine than most physicians know.

The medical terminology course was initially designed for the insurance industry. As a former vice-president of Pennsylvania Blue Shield, I recognized the need for claims examiners to know the language of medicine. Most claims examiners at insurance companies are required to have a much more extensive knowledge of medical terms than most physicians in order to properly adjudicate medical claims received from physicians of all specialties.

The medical terminology course is used by every major health insurance company in America. It has been used by more than 2.5 million students and employees in more than 10,000 organizations such as hospitals, academic institutions, the military, and many state and federal government agencies.

LATIN AND GREEK FOR ENGLISH VOCABULARY

Most tests, whether they are designed to measure academic achievement in our schooling, or to demonstrate verbal aptitude for employment, include a section on vocabulary. The value of a powerful vocabulary is inestimable. Your word power will play a major role in your academic, business, professional, and social success. It is the key to self-confidence in speaking, writing, and reading comprehension.

One of the most practical and rewarding applications of my learning system is in building a powerful vocabulary. Just as knowing several hundred medical elements would enable you to interpret and define more than 11,000 medical terms, knowing several hundred Latin and Greek elements or word parts would enable you to increase your English vocabulary by tens of thousands of words!

Following are five examples of Latin and Greek elements (word parts) used in English vocabulary. You will be amazed at how quickly you will learn them and how easily you will remember them with an organized learning system.

See an
ark
with a gigantic
ruler
(for measuring) in it! The
ruler
(for measuring) will help you remember
ruler
(one who rules or governs), the meaning of
archy.

Examples: anarchy, patriarchy, matriarchy, monarchy, hierarchy, oligarchy.

See a
cup
filled with a gigantic
bloom
of flowers!
Bloom
will help you remember
blame,
the meaning of
culp.

Examples: culpable, culprit, exculpate, inculpable, culpa.

See a
crayon
with a
timer
(egg timer) tied around it!
Timer
will help you remember
time,
the meaning of
chron.

Examples: chronic, anachronistic, synchronize, chronicle, chronology, chronological, chronometer, chronometric.

See
a cent
with a
bee combing
its hair on it!
Bee combing
will help you remember
becoming,
the meaning of
-escent.

Examples: adolescent, incandescent, acquiescent, convalescent, iridescent, effervescent, obsolescent, opalescent.

See a
bench
made of
gold! Gold
will help you remember
good,
the meaning of
ben.

Examples: beneficial, benevolent, beneficiary, benign, benefit, benefactor, benediction, benefice, benefactress, benefaction, benefic, beneficence.

REVIEW

The five elements (word parts) you have just learned were used in forty-one words as examples. There are many more. Can you imagine how rapidly you could develop your English vocabulary if you combine these elements with others? Not only would you have a better understanding of words you have seen or heard (and may not have fully understood), but you would also have a good i of the meanings of many thousands of words you have never even seen or heard. This demonstrates the importance of learning Latin and Greek word prefixes, roots, and suffixes. It also makes the study of world languages much easier because the vocabulary of multiple languages can often be traced to the same Latin or Greek prefixes, roots, or suffixes.

Anyone desiring to be a better communicator should recognize the importance of a powerful vocabulary. You are frequently judged by the words you use. Now there is a way to dramatically increase your vocabulary, faster and easier than you have ever dreamed possible.

ASSOCIATION APPLIED TO ENGLISH VOCABULARY

You can now build your English vocabulary at the amazing rate of one new word per minute! Following are five examples of English words and how to remember them. This strategy works just like the application to Latin and Greek, except that it is applied to complete English words instead of word parts.