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Word Study-Week 10
| Word Part | Word Part Definition | Word Part Example |
|---|---|---|
| ASTRO (root) | star; space | astronaut-a traveler among the stars |
| NOMEN-NYM (root) | name | pseudonym-a false or untrue name |
| CORP (root) | body | corporation-a group of people united as one body to do a certain job |
| PHIL-PHILO-PHILA-PHILE (root) | love | philosophy-the love and pursuit of truths and knowledge |
| SOPH (root) | wisdom | sophisticated-something considered to have worldly wisdom |
| PYR (root) | fire | pyrotechnics-the art of making or displaying fireworks |
| POLIS-POLIT (root) | city; citizen | metropolitan-the characteristics of people who live in a large city |
| CHRONO (root) | time | chronological-arranged in the order of time |
| TELE (prefix) | far | telepathy-the communication between minds that are far from one another |
| PATH (root) | feeling; suffering; disease | apathy-showing no feeling |