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Word Roots P 11 & 12
Sydney Huynh
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| des | from, away, down, apart, not |
| in | in, into; not |
| re | back, again |
| cant | song |
| ation/(ill)ation | an action or process |
| (i)cle | small |
| (a)trice | feminine |
| incantation | the chanting of supposedly magic words |
| recant | to withdraw something previously said |
| cantillation | the action of unaccompanied chanting in free rhythm |
| canticle | a hymn derived from the bible; literally a "little" song |
| cantatrice | female professional singer |
| descant | high melody above the main melody |
| a | away, from; not, without |
| di | two |
| en | in, into |
| meta | beyond, change |
| cephal/ cephal(o) | head, brain |
| morph | form |
| thorax | chest |
| ic | like, related to |
| itis | inflammation |
| ology | study of, science |
| osis | condition |
| ous | having the quality of |
| dimorphic | occurring or existing in two different forms |
| cephalic | 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 form; shapeless |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| cephalothorax | fused head and thorax of an arachnid or higher crustacean |