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Word Study-Week 8
| Word Part | Word Part Definition | Word Example |
|---|---|---|
| ANCE-ANCY (suffix) | action; process; quality; state; degree | intolerance-state of not tolerating or allowing |
| ANTHROP (root) | human; man | philanthropy-a love and concern for one’s fellow man, usually shown by donations of food, money, etc. |
| CIDE (suffix) | killing | homicide-the killing of one human being by another |
| GEN (prefix) | kind; type; class; born | genes-traits that you are born with/have at birth |
| LOGY-OLOGY (suffix) | the study of; science; theory | anthropology-the study of man in different cultures and origins |
| MICRO (prefix) | small; minute | microscope-a machine that magnifies very small objects |
| INTRO (prefix) | into; inward | introvert-to keep things inward or inside |
| NAT-NASC (root) | to be born; to spring forth | prenatal-before something is born |
| PSEUDO (prefix) | false; untrue | pseudonym-a false name used by an author to conceal his/her identity |
| LIC-LICIT (root) | permit | license-a permit allowing one to do something |