Dear Aspirants,
Let's learn the different words formed from the following root word and also their usage in the sentences.
Today's Root Word - 'FLUC, FLU, FLUV & FLUX'
Meaning - FLOWING
Following is the lost of words formed from the above root word :
(1) Fluctuate + '-ant' : Fluctuant
Fluctuate : to move back and forth in waves.
'-ant' : sing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition
Fluctuant : moving or seeming to move in waves
Usage : He was afloat on a fluctuant tide of melody that was carrying him back--back--into the far away past toward all that he had loved and lost.
(2) Flue
Flue : any duct or passage for air, gas, or the like
Usage : If the flue pipe is carried up a considerable distance inside the apartment to be warmed before being turned into the external air, practically the whole of the heat generated will be utilized.
(3) Fluid + '-ize' = Fluidize
Fluid : a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and thatchanges its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
'-ize' : to become; change into
Fuidize : To make fluid
Usage : If you will leave the ice open in the air, it will surely get fluidized.
(4) Influent + '-ence' = Influence
Influent : flowing in
'-ence' : A suffix indicating an action, state, condition, or quality
Influence : the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others
Usage : His speech influenced everyone present in the audience.
(5) 'Af-' + 'flu + '-ent' = Affluent
'Af' : variant of 'ad-' before 'f' meaning to; towards
'-ent' : A suffix meaning causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition
Affluent : Flowing freely or in a great quantity
Usage : Mr.Black is famous for being an affluent man and is infamous for sending out freely flowing effluents into his city's rivers.
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