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Word Power Chapter 6
Kirklin and Bruley's Classes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Astron | star |
| Nomos | arrangement, law, or order |
| Astrology | the (non-scientific) study of the influence of planets and stars on human events |
| Nautes | sailor |
| Astronaut | literally, “a sailor among the stars” |
| Kosmos | universe |
| Cosmonaut | same as astronaut |
| Nautical | relating to the sea, ships, ocean, etc. |
| Naus | ship |
| Nausea | symptoms of an upset stomach (literally sea |
| Aster | star shaped flower |
| Asterisk | a star shaped symbol * |
| Astrophysics | branch of physics dealing with heavenly bodies |
| Disaster | literally against the stars (in ancient times they believed calamities happened because the stars were “against” them |
| Autos | self |
| Autonomy | being in control of yourself and your own actions (self |
| Metronome | an instrument that is often used to measure the beats per minute of music |
| Geo | earth |
| Geometry | literally “measurement of the earth” |
| Geographer | one who maps the earth |
| Autobiography | a story about one’s life written by oneself |
| Biopsy | examining living tissue |
| Autopsy | examination of things that are dead to determine cause of death |
| Botane | plant |
| Zoion | animal |
| Zoological Gardens | a zoo |
| Zodiac | diagram used in astrology using mostly animals to represent the movements of planets and stars |
| Scorpio | scorpion |
| Leo | lion |
| Cancer | crab |
| Taurus | bull |
| Aries | ram |
| Pisces | fish |
| En | in |
| Tome | a cutting |
| In | in |
| Sectus | a cutting |
| Insect | bug with 3 sections |
| Ec | out |
| Tonsillectomy | cutting out the tonsils |
| Appendectomy | removing the appendix |
| Mastectomy | removing the breast tissue |
| Hysterectomy | cutting out the uterus |
| Prostatectomy | cutting out the prostate |
| Kentron | center |
| Eccentric | “out of” the center, not “normal” |
| Atom | named at a time when scientists believed they couldn’t cut down particles anymore (literally, “no cutting”) since then of course, we’ve split the atom |
| Anatomy | literally, the cutting up of a plant of animal to understand its structure |
| Tome | a large, heavy, usually dull book |
| Dicha | in two |
| Dichotomy | a splitting in two |
| Epi | on, upon |
| Epitome | the essence of something; a part that represents the whole |
| Logos | science or study; word or speech |
| Philein | to love |
| Philologist | more commonly known as a linguist, science of language |
| Lingua | tongue |
| Philanderer | a promiscuous person |
| Sophos | wise |
| Philosophy | the love, study of, knowledge |
| Adelphos | brother |
| Philadelphia | the city of brotherly love |
| Harmonia | harmony |
| Philharmonic | love of music, orchestra |
| Philter | a love potion |
| Aphrodisiac | a more common term for anything that arouses feelings of desire; from the Greek goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite |
| Biblion | book |
| Bibliophile | one who loves collecting books |
| Anglus | English |
| Anglophile | one who loves all things having to do with the British Isles |
| Socius | companion |
| Anti | against |
| Antisocial | actively dislikes people and may behave in ways that are detrimental to society |
| Asocial | someone who is withdrawn and avoids people |
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