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Root Words: 18,19,20

For Petty Penguin

TermDefinition
Vas Vessel
Vascular Relating to vessels
Fore Front
Foreboding A feeling that something will happen in the future
-Ish Like
Greenish Green like in color
Baro Pressure
Barometer An instrument used to measure air pressure
Less Without
Hopeless Without hope
Ferro Iron
Ferrite A body centered cubic form of iron
Quasi Somewhat
Quasi-Official Somewhat official
Nesia Island
Polynesia A subregian of Oceania made up of islands
Let Little
Piglet Little pig
Nano Billionth
Nanosecond A billionth of a second
Pico Trillionth
Picosecond A trillionth of a second
Ideo Idea
Ideology A system of ideas
-Ven Come
Circumvent To overcome, typically in a clever way
Ichthy Fish
Ichthyologist One who studies fish
Puls Drive/Push
Impulse A driving or motivating force
Calor Heat
Calorimeter An instrument used for measuring the amount of heat involved in a chemical reaction
Sol Sun
Solar Relating to the sun
Strat Layer
Stratosphere A layer of the atmosphere above the troposhpere
Sat Enough
Satisfy Provided enough
Nuc Center
Nucleus The center of something
Protero Early/Former
Proteranthous To have flowers appear earlier than leaves
Mont Mountain
Montane Of or inhabiting mountainous country
Kilo Thousand
Kilometer A metric unit of measurement equal to 1,000 meters
Myria Many
Myriad Consisting of many numbers
Tachy Quick
Tachycardia An abnormally quick heart rate
Fiss Split
Fissile Easily split
Cumu Heaped
Accumulate To grow and heap together
Meteor High
Meteorite A meteor that survives the passage through the high atmosphere
Hibern Winter
Hibernate Spend the winter in a dormant state
Diverge To split a route into two
Bath Deep
Bathymetry The measurement of the depth of bodies of water
Grav Heavy/Weighty
Gravimetric Relating to the measurement of weight
Oma Tumor
Melanoma A tumor of melanin forming cells
Cirr Hair or Wisp
Cirrus Cloud forming wispy, filamentous, tufted streaks
Solv Loosen
Solvent Able to loosen one's debts
Rub Red
Ruby A precious stone in red-color varieties
Mela Black
Melanin A dark brown to black pigment on the body
Foli Leaf
Foliolate Having leaflets
Orb Circle
Orbicular Circular
Vice In place of
Vice President An official below in ranking to be in place of president if necessary
Atom Particle/Vapor
Atomic Relating to a particle of an atom
Multi Many
Multifarious Having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
Ign Fire
Ignite To set on fire
Lin Line
Linear Of, consisting of, or using lines
Oo Egg
Oology The branch of ornithology that studies bird eggs
Moll Soft
Mollify To soften in feeling or temper
Hemi Half
Hemisphere Half of a sphere
Grade Step
Grade A degree or step in a scale
Pneumo Lung/Air
Penumonia Infection that inflames the lungs
Oscu Mouth
Osculum A small mouth-like aperture
Vect Carry
Invective To carry abusive words
Radi Ray
Radial Of or arranged like rays
Ob Against
Obsolete Against being produced
Digit Finger
Prestidigitation Sleight of hands/fingers
Plasm Form
Ectoplasm A ghost-like form
Vermi Worm
Vermicide A substance used to kill worms
Dendr Tree
Dendrology Study of trees
Narco Sleep
Lign Wood
Lignify To convert to being wood/wood-like
Lachry Tear
Lachrymose Tearful
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