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Vocab 2
vocab quiz 2
Question | Answer | statment to remember |
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cell- | storeroom; chamber | you are in jail in a cell |
-cene | new; recent | the new century is coming |
centi- | hundredth | centipede had hundreds of legs |
centr- | center | the center |
cephal- | head | a-sef-a-lus no head |
cervic- | neck | |
chem- | referring to chemistry | chem is chemistry |
chlor- | green | chloroplast is green |
chrom-; -chrome | color | |
chym- | juice | chi tea |
-cide | killing | homicide |
circum- | around; about | circle |
cirru- | hairlike curls | curl |
co- | with; together | co-executive |
cocc- | seed | coco powder |
coel- | hollow | coel hollow rhyms |
coll- | glue | |
com- | with; together | community |
con- | with; together | connection |
coni- | cone | coni the cone |
contra- | against | contradict |
corp- | body | corps |
cosmo- | world; order; form | cosmopolitan is mixed together to form a drink |
costo- | rib | Costco ribs |
cotyl- | cup | |
counter- | against | counterattack |
crypt- | hidden; covered | cryptic code |
-cuel; -culus | added to nouns to form diminutive | |
cumul- | heaped | |
cuti- | skin | peal the skin of a cutie |
cyan- | dark blue | a color |
-cycle; cyci | ring; circle | the rain cycle is a circle |
cyst- | bladder; pouch | cyst is a pouch of fluid |
cyt-; -cyte | cell; reception | |
dactyl- | figure | |
deca- | ten | decade is 10 years |
deci- | tenth | decimal to the tenth |
deliquesce- | become fluid | |
demi- | half | demi half that cake |
dendr- | tree | tinder is wood, wood is tree |
dent- | tooth | chip tooth |
derm- | skin | dermatologist |
di- | two; double | two letters means 2 |
dia- | through; across | |
digit | finger; toe | you have 10 digits |
din- | terrible | |
dis- | apart; out | distance is apart |
dorm- | sleep | dorm is college, college is sleep |
dors- | back | dorsal fin |
du-; duo | two | duet |
-duct | lead | viaduct is built out of lead |
dynam- | power | dynamite is powerful |
dys- | ill; bad | disinfect the illness |
ec- | out of; outside | ecosystem |
echin- | spiny; prickly | sea urchin |
eco- | house | eco friendly for your house |