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word roots 11& 12
jasmine jackson
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| des- | from,away,down,apart,not |
| in- | in,into;not |
| re- | back,again |
| cant | song |
| -ation/ -llation | an action or process |
| -icle | small |
| -atrice | feminine |
| a- | away,from;not,without |
| di- | two |
| en- | in,into |
| meta- | beyond,change |
| cephal/cephalo | head,brain |
| morph | form |
| thorax | chest |
| -ic | like,related to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ology | study of,science |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| incantation | the chantiing of supposedly magic words |
| recant | to withdraw something previously said |
| cantillation | the action of unaccompanied chanting in free rhythm |
| canticle | a hyma deprived from the Bible;literally a "little song" |
| cantatrice | a female professional singer |
| descant | a high melody above the main melody |
| dimorphic | occuring or existing in 2 different forms |
| cephalic | of or realting 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 form;shapeless |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| cephalothorax | fused head and thorax of an arachnid or higher crustacean |