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Root Words 18,19,20
Study for test on Friday
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| atmo | vapor |
| atmosphere | a layer of vapor around the Earth |
| cardio | heart |
| cardiology | the study of the heart |
| cosmo | world/universe |
| cosmology | the study of the universe |
| counter | against |
| counteract | to act against |
| cranio | skull |
| craniology | the study of the skull |
| cyclo | circle |
| cyclone | a system of winds moving in a circle |
| gno | know |
| prognosis | the knowing course of a sickness |
| oss | bone |
| ossify | to turn into bone |
| xylo | wood |
| xylophone | a musical instrument played by striking wooden bars |
| monger | seller |
| fishmonger | a seller of fish |
| sept | seven |
| septagon | a shape with seven sides |
| xeno | stranger |
| xenophobia | the fear of strangers |
| vas | vessel |
| vase | a vessel looking decoration for flowers |
| fore | front/future |
| forehead | the front of the head |
| ish | like |
| greenish | to be somewhat like green |
| less | without |
| hopeless | to be without hope |
| baro | pressure |
| barometer | an instrument used to measure air pressure |
| ferro | iron |
| ferrous | containing iron |
| quasi | somewhat |
| quasi-military | somewhat relating to the military |
| nesia | island |
| micronesia | thousands of small islands in the western pacific ocean |
| let | little |
| piglet | a little pig |
| nano | billionth |
| nanosecond | one billionth of a second |
| pico | trillionth |
| picosecond | one trillionth of a second |
| ideo | idea |
| ideology | a system of ideas and beliefs |
| ven | come |
| prevent | to keep from coming or happening |
| ichthy | fish |
| ichthyologist | a person who studies fish |
| puls | drive/push |
| repulse | to drive back |
| calor | heat |
| calorific | amount of energy in food or heat sources |
| sol | sun |
| solar | relating to the sun |
| strat | layer |
| stratosphere | a layer of Earth's atmosphere above the troposphere |
| sat | enough |
| satisfy | to have enough expectations met |
| nuc | center |
| nucleus | the central and most important part |
| protero | early/former |
| proterozoic | relating to an era where the earliest life evolved |
| mont | mountain |
| montane | relating to mountain |
| kilo | thousand |
| kilometer | a thousand meters |
| myria | many |
| myriad | too many to count |
| tachy | quick |
| tachycardia | abnormal quick heart rate |
| fiss | split |
| fissile | easily split or broken |
| cumu | heaped |
| cumulus | a cloud with heaped rounded masses |
| meteor | high |
| meteorology | the study of the layer of gases high up in the sky |
| hibern | winter |
| hibernal | relating to winter |
| di | two |
| dilemma | a difficult choice between two or more things |
| bath | deep |
| bathymetry | the measurement of how deep the water is |
| cirr | hair/wisp |
| cirrus | cloud forming wispy chained streaks |
| grav | heavy/weighty |
| gravity | the weight of the Earth pulling down on an thing |
| solv | loosen |
| resolve | to loosen the tension between |
| oma | tumor |
| hematoma | a tumor of blood within tissues |
| rub | red |
| ruby | a red, precious stone |
| mela | black |
| melanin | the black pigment in humans or animals |
| vice | in place of |
| vice versa | in place of each other |
| foil | leaf |
| foliate | decorated with leaves |
| atom | particle/vapor |
| atomic | relating to particle |
| orb | circle |
| orbicular | having a circular shape |
| multi | many |
| multiped | having many feet |
| ign | fire |
| ignite | cause to catch fire |
| moll | soft |
| mollify | to soften the anger of anxiety of |
| lin | line |
| lineal | relating to line |
| hemi | half |
| hemisphere | a half of a sphere |
| oo | egg |
| oology | the study of eggs |
| grade | step |
| gradual | to progress step by step slowly |
| pneumo | lung/air |
| pneumonia | lung inflammation caused by fluid |
| radi | ray |
| radial | relating to rays |
| oscu | mouth |
| osculate | to touch mouth to mouth |
| ob | against |
| obloquy | to verbally go against |
| vect | carry |
| vector | a living organism carrying a disease |
| digit | finger |
| digital | relating to finger |
| plasm | form |
| plasma | the colorless form of substance that carries blood cells |
| narco | sleep |
| narcotic | a drug causing sleepiness or other side effects |
| vermi | worm |
| vermin | parasitic worms or insects |
| lign | wood |
| lignite | coal with woodlike texture and color |
| dendr | tree |
| dendrology | the study of trees |
| lachry | tear |
| lachrymal | relating to tears or crying |
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