Post on 02-Jul-2015
9th Grade Word Study
List 1
Word Roots
• Gno/Sci –
– to know; have skill in
• MIS –
– Hate
– wrong, bad
conscience
• (n) the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one’s conduct or motives
• Instead of pocketing the $300 she found, the young girl followed her conscience, did the right thing, and returned it to the lost and found.
omniscience
• (n) the quality or state of having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding
• A narrator’s omniscience allows the reader to be aware of the actions, feelings, and thoughts of all characters.
conscientious
• (adj) meticulous; careful; painstaking; thorough and careful
• Most students are very conscientious when deciding upon which college to attend; they research carefully, apply to several schools, and thoroughly examine the pros and cons of those who accept them.
diagnosis
• (n) identification, especially of a disease, by examination and analysis
• The doctor’s diagnosis was based upon many tests and collaboration among several specialists.
Prognosis
• (n) prediction or forecast, often but not always relating to a disease
• The forecaster’s prognosis for the weekend weather was hot, humid, and sticky, with thunderstorms likely.
agnostic
• (n) one who is doubtful or noncommittal about something; a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known about the existence of God
• As an agnostic, the professor felt uncomfortable working in a private school where she was responsible for teaching religion classes twice a week.
misandry
• (n) hatred of males
• Because she had many bad experiences with boyfriends, she has developed a strong misandry.
misanthrope
• (n) hater of humanity
• Ebenezer Scrooge was quite a misanthrope prior to the visit of the ghosts; he showed his hatred of people by refusing to share any of his wealth as a philanthropist would do.
misogyny
• (n) demonstrating a hatred of women
• He has so much misogyny that I don’t think hell ever like a woman enough to get married.
misdirection
• Inaccurate aim; Incorrect instructions or directions. The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something.
• The magician was so good at misdirection that I always followed his left hand even when I knew my card was in his right hand and I never learned how he did the trick.