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word roots pg. 11-12
kendall demirjian
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| des- | from, away, down, apart, not |
| in- | in, into; not |
| re- | back, again |
| cant | song |
| ation-/illation- | an action or process |
| cle | small |
| trice | feminine |
| a- | away, from; not, without |
| di- | two |
| en- | in, into |
| meta- | beyond, change |
| cephal | head, brain |
| morph | form |
| thorax | chest |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -itits | inflammation |
| -ology | study of, science |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| incantation | the chanting of supposedly magic words |
| recant | to withdraw something perviously said |
| cantillation | the action of unaccompanied chanting in free rhythm |
| canticle | a hymn dervived from the Bible, literally a little song |
| cantatrice | female professional singer |
| descant | high melody above the main melody |
| dimorphic | occurring or existing in two different forms |
| cepalic | of, or relating to the head |
| morphology | the study of the form and structure of organisms |
| metamorphosis | a complete change of character, appearance, condition, etc. |
| amorphous | without definite from, shapeless |
| encephalitits | inflammation of the brain |
| cephalothorax | fused head and thorax of an arachnid or high crustacean |