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Prefix, root, suffix

vir-/ver-:truth

→virtue: a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good

→virtual: almost a particular thing or quality:






para-:alongside, beyond; altered; contrary

→paragraph: a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a  new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, idea, etc.

→parasite: an animal or plant that lives on or in another animal or plant of a different type  and feeds from it

→paradox: a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand  because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics





pro-:forward, forth, toward the front

→pronoun: a word that is used instead of a noun or a noun phrase

→proceed: to continue as planned

→portend: to be a sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future



Extra information

Daisy Miller




Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that first appeared in Cornhill Magazine in June–July 1878, and in book form the following year.^[1] It portrays the courtship of the beautiful American girl Daisy Miller by Winterbourne, a sophisticated compatriot of hers. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates when they meet in Switzerland and Italy.