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Word Clues chp5&6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tom | cut |
| ton, ten | stretch; tone |
| chir | hand |
| pod | foot |
| cephal | head |
| dactyl | finger; toe |
| gloss, glott, glot | language |
| osteo | bone |
| derm, dermat | skin |
| plas, plasm, plast | shape |
| pachy- | thick |
| tauto- | same |
| -algia -algy -algiac -algetic | pain; one who suffers pain |
| -itis -itic | inflammation |
| -machy -machia -machist -machic -machical | war; fighter |
| bio | life |
| phys | nature; growth |
| psych | mind; soul; spirit |
| soma, somat | body |
| lith, -lite | stone |
| petr, peter | rock |
| glyph, glypt | carving |
| icon | image; idol |
| astr | star |
| nom | law; arrangement |
| onoma, onym | name |
| ec, oec | environment; house |
| ethn | nation |
| palco- | ancient |
| neo- | new |
| hiero- | sacred |
| -clasm -clast -clastic | breakage; destroyer |
| -lysis -lyst -lytic -lytical | loosening; solution |
| -iatry -iatrics -iatrist | healing; one who heals |
| monotone | single sound/tone |
| chirography | handwriting |
| polyglot | multilingual |
| cephalalgia | head ache |
| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| chiromancy | palm-reading |
| tautology | needless repetition |
| biography | written account of one's life |
| psychosomatic | psychological and body problems |
| iconoclast | breaking of tradition |
| misoneism | fear of change |
| anomaly | deviation from the common teaching; unusual |