Unlock eloquence in one word a day!
If you love the English language—either as a new learner or a longtime speaker—you’ll love the Roots2Words Word of the Day.
Mike Bergin’s Roots2Words newsletter delivers exactly what you’d think: one interesting and useful English word a day based on and broken down by practical, easy to remember bases, prefixes, and suffixes. Each word is supplemented with related words and contextual quotes to facilitate learning and curated by a recognized leader in test prep to reflect the vocabulary of high stakes exams.
Plus, certain days feature special content:
Weekly Quizzes: Every Sunday, we release series of exercises to challenge your memory of the previous week’s words. Leverage the testing effect to learn more!
Wednesday Wildcards are fascinating and important words that are not necessarily derived from classical roots.
Fun Word Fridays introduce more advanced or technical words (think Tier 3 rather than Tier 2) that are based on word roots.
Saturday Surprises can be anything, but you can count on a Monthly Quiz at the beginning of every month.
Vocabulary Audits: We release thorough audits of the most challenging reported words after certain SAT and ACT test dates.
Roots2Words provides a ton for free subscribers, but we deliver even more for our supporters. Paid subscribers receive Weekly Quizzes which are equally powerful for learners and teachers—if you’re a school teacher or private tutor, have your students subscribe for free and use our Weekly Quizzes in your lessons. Talk about an easy button!
Why roots?
The English language is built on Latin and Greek foundations. In fact, it's estimated that more than 60% of all English words are formed from classic roots. That percentage increases to as much as 90% when we look at specialized fields like medicine, science, technology, law, and economics.
Why subscribe?
Roots2Words helps crack the code to the entire English lexicon. Knowing one root can help you derive the meaning of ten or more unfamiliar words. Once you start sequencing multiple bases, prefixes, and suffixes, your vocabulary increases exponentially. Plus, we focus on practical roots, because we’re here to teach English, not Latin or Greek.
Roots2Words is based on insights into learning, language development, and test preparation acquired over decades in education. Subscribers who engage regularly with this newsletter will absolutely learn roots and words that lead to higher grades and test scores, greater fluency and understanding, and elevated levels of eloquence—and enjoy the process!
Who is Mike Bergin?
I'm Mike Bergin, a veteran educator and test prep professional. After over 30 years in the industry, I know how valuable a rich, practical vocabulary can be in school, on tests, and in life. Helping unlock eloquence is one of my favorite activities, though I do a lot more than that:
President of Chariot Learning, a test prep company serving the world from Rochester, NY
Co-host of the Tests and the Rest podcast, with over 640 episodes covering admissions, testing, and learning
Creator of the TestBright SAT/ACT Curriculum System, licensed in 14 states and 2 countries
Publisher of College Eagle, the forever free newsletter clarifying the constant flux of college admissions
Publisher of Tutor: The Newsletter, the newsletter for tutors, teachers, and coaches
President Emeritus of the National Test Prep Association
Be sure to get in touch if you have questions or if there is anything I can help you with. Have fun building your best vocabulary, and be sure to share Roots2Words with your language-loving friends!
