Building a Better Vocabulary Season 1 Episode 8 Words for Beginnings and Endings

  • TV-PG
  • January 30, 2015
  • 31 min

Go beyond Latin to learn a word for inexperience that has its roots in Old English. Distinguish between people who are innocent and naive, new to a skill, or pretending to know more than they do. Then, turn to words for endings, and learn why we say "immortal," and not "inmortal."

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  • First Aired
    January 30, 2015
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    31 min
  • Language
    English
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