WWW List #4

Next Quiz – Friday, October 24

#4 Shaded Words

1st / 2nd period: 4.1

Benefit: something that is

good/an advantage

Benign: gracious or good

Bene - Good

Corpse: a dead body

Corporation: group of people regarded as one body

Corp - Body

Dormitory: where college

students sleep

Dormant: in a sleep-like state

Dorm - Sleep

Patriarch: the father of the

family

Paternal: fatherly

Pater - Father

Amphibian: can live both on

land and in water

Amphitheater: spectators “on both sides” (all around)

Amphi - Both

Eulogy: good things to say in

honor of someone who’s passed away

Euphemism: a better way to phrase something

Ex: “to pass away” instead of “to die”

Eu - Good

Acrophobia: fear of heights

Hydrophobia: fear of water

Phobia - Fear

Orthodontist: a person who

straightens your teeth (with braces)

Orthodox: following accepted (“straight”) beliefs

Ortho - Straight

Computer: info brought

together to “think through” a question

Dispute: to think differently from another

Put - Think

Verify: to make sure it is true

Verdict: to “say” what is true/what will happen

Ver - True

Matriarch: mother of the family

Maternity: motherhood

Matri - Mother

#4 Non Shaded Words

Morphology: the study of the

shape of things (biology or linguistics)

Amorphous: no shape

Morph - Shape

Vestry: a specific room in a

church for changing into robes

Vest: a type of clothing

Vest - Clothes

Ponder: to weight the answers

Pound: a measurement of weight

Pond - Weight

4.2

Novice: one who is new at

something

Renovate: to make new again

Nov - New

Punctuation: marks or “points”

used in sentences to clarify meaning

Puncture: a small hole caused by a point

Punct - Point

Interject: to throw in a thought

Eject: to throw out

Ject - Throw

Completion: the act of finishing

something

Production: the act of producing something

Tion – Act or State

Location: “state of” being in a

specific place

Dislocate: moving a bone away from its placement/position

Loco - Place

Orthodox: following accepted

(“straight”) opinions

Paradox: contradicting opinion/idea (example: I am nobody)

Dox - Opinion

Magnificent: great, excellent

Magna Carta: Latin for “Great Charter”(important document to Medieval England)

Magn - Great

Endoskeleton: internal

skeleton (humans vs. lobsters)

Endothermic: a chemical process that absorbs heat within an object

Endo - Within

Megaphone: a large object that

amplifies sound

Megahertz: a large amount of hertz ( measures radio transmission frequency)

Mega - Large

Population: a group of people

Popular: liked by people

Pop - People

Sanguine: a blood-red color

Sanguinary: causing much bloodshed

Sangui - Blood