wordskills: lesson 7. wordskills: lesson one part one
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WORDSKILLS:
Lesson 7
WORDSKILLS: LESSON ONE
PART ONE
• act (ag): drive (force), do
• Agitate
Ag (force) ate (make,do)
• Agent
Ag (do) ent (one who)
• react
Re (back, again) act (do)
* andr: male • Android
Andr (male) oid (resembling, having characteristics)
* Philanderer
Phil (love) andr (male) er (one who)
* Androgenous
Andr (male) gen (origin) ous (full of) –producing male offspring.
NOTE: Androgynous
Andro (man) gyn (women) ous (full of), means having both male and female characteristics.
• arthr: joint
* Arthropod
Arthr (joint) pod (foot)
* arthritis
Arthr (joint) itis (inflamation)
* Arthropathy
Arthr (joint) path (disease) y (result of)
• biblio: book
• Bible
Biblio (book)
• Bibliography
Biblio (book) graph (write, record) y (result of)
• Bibliophile
Biblio (book) phil (love)
• Calli (kali): beautiful
• Calligraphy
calli (beautiful) graph (write) y (result of)• Calisthenics
Calli (beautiful) sthenos (strength) ics (science of)
• Kaleidoscope
Kali (beautiful) eidos (form) scop (look)
• Capit: head
• Capital
Capit (head) al (related to)
• Decapitate
De (down, from) capit (head) ate (make, do)
• Capitulum
Capit (head) – dense, headlike cluster of stalkless flowers: Small knob or head-shaped part as on end of a bone
* Chron: time
• Chronic
Chron (time) ic (having characteristic of)
• Chronological
Chron (time) log (study) al (related to)
• Synchronize
Syn (together) chron (time) ize (make, do)
* emia: blood condition• AnemiaAn (lacking, without) emia (blood) – a pathological
deficiency in the oxygen-carrying materials in the blood
• ToxemiaTox (poison) emia (blood)
• LeukemiaLeuk (white) emia (blood)
NOTE: HEM and HEMO mean “blood” also, but emia means more specifically “a condition of the blood.”
* Flu: flow
• Fluent
Flu (flow) ent (full of)
• Confluence
Con (together) flu (flow) ence (state, condition)
• Superfluous
Super (over, above) flu (flow) ous (full of)
• fus: pour
• Confuse
Con (together) fus (pour)
• Effusive
Ef (out) fus (pour) ive (that which)
• Profusion
Pro (forth) fus (pour) ion (state)
• gno: know
• Agnostic
A (not, without) gno (know) ic (related to)
• Ignorance
I (not) gno (know) ance (state, condition)
• Prognosis
pro (forward) gno (know) sis (process)
* greg: flock, gather
• Segregate
Se (apart, away) greg (gather) ate (make, do)
• Congregation
Con (together) greg (gather) tion (act of)
• Gregarious
Greg (flock) ious (full of)
•Hem (hemo): blood• Hemorrhage
Hemo (blood) rrhage (flow)
• Hemophilia
Hemo (blood) phil (love, fondness) ia (condition)
• Hematology
Hemat (blood) logy (study of)
• ism: belief, doctrine
• Communism
Communis (common) ism (doctrine)
• Chauvinism
Chauvin (a legendary French soldier who fanatically supported Napoleon) ism (belief)
• Egoism
Ego (self) ism (belief)
• jur: swear
• Juror
jur (swear) or (one who)
• Perjury
Per (thoroughly) jur (swear) y (result of)
• Abjure
Ab (away) jur (swear) – to recant or repudiate
• lat: side
• Lateral
Later (side) al (related to)
• Unilateral
Uni (one) later (side) al (related to)
• Quadrilateral
Quadr (four) later (side) al (related to)
• mania: craze, obsession
• Maniac
Mania (obsession)
• Kleptomania
Klept (steal) mania (obsession)
• Pyromania
Pyro (fire) mania (obsession)
• neuro: nerve, brain
• Neurology
Neuro (nerve, brain) logy (study of)
• Neuralgia
Neuro (nerve, brain) alg (pain) ia (condition)
• Neurectomy
Neuro (nerve) ec (out) tom (cut) y (result of)
• Ped (pod): foot
• Pedal
Ped (foot) al (related to)
• Pedestrian
Ped (foot) ian (one who)
• Podiatrist
Pod (foot) iatr (cure, heal) ist (one who)
• rupt: break, burst
• Rupture
Rupt (burst) ure (state of)
• Erupt
E (out) rupt (burst)
• Interrupt
Inter (between, among) rupt (break)
• Scrib (script): write
• ScribbleScrib (write)
• CircumscribeCircum (around) scrib (write) – to encircle or to
limit
• Post scriptPost (after) script (write)
• terr: land, earth
• TerrainTerr (land) ain (related to)
• InterIn (in, into) ter (earth) – bury
• TerricolousTerr (earth) colere (dwell) ous (full of) – dwelling
in or on the earth
• Tors (tort): twist
• Torso
Tors (twist)
• Distort
Dis (apart, away) tort (twist)
• Tortuous
Tort (twist) ous (full of)
• Vers (vert): turn
• Reverse
Re (back) vers (turn)
• Convert
Con (together) vert (turn)
• Versatile
Vers (turn)
• Vor: eat
• Devour
De (down) vor (eat)
• Carnivorous
Carn (flesh, meat) vor (eat) ous (full of)
• Voracious
Vor (eat) cious (having qualities of)