December 12, 2011

Spelling Definitions and Parts of Speech

Quick Summary
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.

1. export
2. import
3. transport
4. important
5. comport
6. deport
7. purport
8. portly
9. portfolio
10. rapport

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