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Root Word Pretest
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arthropod | insects with jointed limbs |
| Bronchitis | swelling of the bronchial tubes |
| Cardiology | the medical study of the heart |
| Encephalitis | swelling of the brain |
| Hematoma | a bruise |
| Manipulate | to control, often with the hands |
| Gynecocracy | government headed by women |
| Pedestrian | one who walks |
| Anachronism | a mistake in chronology |
| Genocide | to kill a race of people |
| Optometry | the medical study of the eye |
| Anthropoid | the apes which most closely resemble man |
| Geocentric | earth centered |
| Symbiosis | the process of two interdependent species |
| Portable | able to be carried |
| Missive | a message from afar |
| Hydrothermal | heated with hot water |
| Astronaut | one who sails through the stars |
| Steller | brilliant and dazzling, like the stars |
| Cosmic | having to do with the universe |
| Hydronaut | one who sails through water |
| Heliophile | a lover of the sun |
| Neophobia | the fear of anything new |
| Phonology | the study of sound |
| Polychrome | multicolored |
| Pyromania | obsession with fire |
| Microscopic | so small it cannot be seen with the eye alone |
| Serpentine | like a snake |
| Canine | like a dog |
| Feline | like a cat |
| Piscine | like a fish |
| Equine | like a horse |
| Porcine | like a pig |
| Distension | to swell by stretching it from the inside |
| Dissuade | to pursued someone not to take a particular course of action |
| dissociate | disconnect or separate |
| fluent | able to express oneself clearly and articulately |
| flume | a deep narrow channel or ravine with a stream running through it |
| deflect | cause something to change direction by interposing something |
| flexor | a muscle whose contraction bends a limb or other part of the body |
| beneficent | doing good |
| bon voyage | used to express good travels to someone about to go on a journey |
| bibliography | a list of books used in researching a topic |
| androgynous | having the characteristics or nature of both male and female |
| android | a mobile robot usually with a human form |
| androcentric | dominated by or emphasizing masculine interests or a masculine point of view |
| anthropology | the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture |
| philanthropy | goodwill to fellowmen; an active effort to promote human welfare |
| anthropoid | higher primates resembling humans, ape |
| paternal | like a father |
| paternalism | to act for the good of another person without that person's consent, as fathers do for children |
| paternity | origin or descent from a father |
| maternal | related through the mother |
| maternalism | the practice of acting warmly or tenderly, as a mother does toward her children |
| maternity | the quality or state of being a mother |
| pediatrician | a doctor specializing in the care of children |
| pediatrics | a branch of medicine dealing with the development, care, and diseases of children |
| pedodontics | dental specialty that deals with the care of children’s teeth. |
| democracy | government by the people, for the people |
| democratic | available to the broad masses of the people |
| demography | the statistical study of human populations |
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