"Nav-" is related to ship or sail. Navy refers to a group of ships, or thenations entire warship. You must hear of the Royal Navy of the United King-dom, which is the oldest of the British armed services. "Naval" is the adjec-tive form of "navy", as is in "Naval Academy" and "naval battle". Naviga.tion is the process of planning, recording, and controlling the movement of acraft or vehicle from one place to another. You certainly know the famousAmerican writer Mark Twain and his humorous works. However, do you knowthe name Mark Twain is a term used in river navigation, which means "waterthat is two fathoms (or about 12 feet) deep"?
"Ven-" or "vent-" means come. Having an adventure is to come to havea dangerous or exciting experience. Have you ever read Alices Adventures inWonderland? This childrens classic depicts the adventures with magnificentcharacters like Mad Hatter, the Duchess, the Mock Turtle, the Gryphon,Queen of Hearts, and the wise old caterpillar. The prefix "con-" means to-gether, so holding a convention is to call people to come together to have aformal meeting, trying to make decisions together.
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