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Word Roots 23 & 24
6th period
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| centr | center |
| chron | time |
| gen | cause, birth, race, produce |
| geo | earth, ground |
| graph | write, written |
| threm | heat |
| -al | like, related to, an action or process |
| -er | one who, that which |
| -ic | like, related to |
| -logy | study of, science |
| -ous | having the quality of |
| -y | state of, quality, act, body, group |
| crac | government, rule |
| derm | skin |
| meso | middle |
| phil | love, loving |
| somat | body |
| mesodermic | related to the middle layer of skin (Biology) |
| mesocracy | government rule by the middle class |
| mesothrem | plant that requires a moderate degree of heat (Biology) |
| mesophilic | thriving in a moderate environment |
| mesosmatic | related to the middle region of the body of various invertebrates (Zoology) |
| geochrony | system of time divisions used in the study of the earth |
| geographer | one who writes about the earth's features |
| geology | study of the earth's structure |
| geocentric | related to the earth's center, earth centered |
| geothermal | related to the heat of the earth's interior |
| geogenous | growing on or in the ground |