Word Skills Lesson 14 Ms. Akhiemokhali AP English III.
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Word Skills Lesson 14
Ms. Akhiemokhali
AP English III
AERO
AIR aerate
aer + ate air+ make
aerial aer + ial air + pertaining to
aerobics aero + ics air + science of
ANTHO
FLOWER anthology
antho + logy flower + study
ananthous an + anth + ous lacking, without + flower
+ full of anthozoan
anth + zo + an flower + animal +
related to NOTE: flori
ARBOR
TREE arbor
arbor arboreal
arbor + eal tree + resembling,
related to arboretum
arbor + ium tree + place
NOTE: dendri
BATH (BATHY)
DEEP bathos
bath deep
bathymetry bath + metry deep + measure
bathysphere bathy + sphere deep + circle
CAD (CID, CAS)
FALL, HAPPEN, ACCIDENT
decadent de + cad + ent down + fall + that
which casualty
cas fall
recidivism re + cid + ism back, again + happen
+ belief, doctrine
CALC
LIME, STONE, PEBBLE calcification
calc + fic + ation stone + make + act of
calcium calc + ium lime + mineral
calculate calc + ate pebble + do
NOTE: lith, lapis, petr
CHLORO
GREEN chlorine
chlor + ine green + pertaining to
chloroform chloro + form green + form
chlorophyll chloro + phyll green + leaf
CHRYS
YELLOW, GOLD chrysanthemum
chrys + anth yellow + flower
chrysalis chrys gold
chrysophyte chrys + phyt gold + plantNOTE: xantho (yellow),
aur (gold)
CRE (CREAS, CRET)
GROW increase
in + creas in + grow
crescendo cre + scend grow + climb
accretion ac + cret + tion to + grow + act of
CUR
CARE FOR curator
cur + or care for + one who
curious cur + ious care for + full of
sinecure sine + cur without + careNOTE: cur, curr, curs
meaning “to run”
CYAN
BLUE cyan
cyan blue
anthocyanin antho + cyan + in flower + blue + in
cyanosis cyan + osis blue + disease,
abnormal condition
CYTO
CELL astrocyte
astr + cyte star + cell
cytogenesis cyto + gen + sis cell + start + process
cytoxin cyto + tox cell + poison
DOMIN
LORD, MASTER dominate
domin + ate master + make
predominate pre + domin + ate before + master +
make anno Domini
ann + domini year + Lord
ERYTHRO
RED erythema
erythr red
erythrocytometer erythro + cyto +
meter red + cell + measure
erythrophobia erythro + phobia red + fear ofNOTE: rhodo, rub
ETHNO
NATION, RACE, CULTURE
ethnic ethn + ic race, culture + related
to ethnology
ethno + logy culture + study of
enthnocentric ethno + centr + ic culture, race + center +
related to
FERV
HOT, BOIL, BUBBLE fervent
ferv + ent hot + full of
fervid ferv + id hot + related to
effervescent ef + ferv + scent out + boil + beginning
to
GYN
WOMAN gynecologist
gyn + log + ist woman + study + one
who androgynous
andro + gyn + ous man + woman + full of
gynophobia gyn + phobia woman + fear of
-ISH
LIKE, RESEMBLING childish
child + ish child + like
feverish fever + ish fever + like
dwarfish dwarf + ish small + like NOTE: -oid
-ITIS
INFECTION, INFLAMMATION
meningitis meninx + itis brain membrane +
inflammation arthritis
arthr + itis joint + inflammation
hepatitis hepat + it is liver + inflammation
LIBER
FREE liberal
liber + al free + related to
liberty liber + ity free + state of
liberate liber + ate free + makeNOTE: Deliberate
derives from librare, meaning “to weigh.”
METER (METR)
MEASURE perimeter
peri + meter around + measure
isometric iso + metr + ic same + measure +
pertaining to odometer
hodos + meter road, trip + measure
MOLL
SOFT mollify
moll + fy soft + make
mollusk molluscus soft bodied
emollient e + moll + ent out + soft + that which
ORNI (ORNITH)
BIRD ornithology
ornith + logy bird + study
ornithivorous ornith + vor + ous bird + eat + full of
orniscopy orni + scop + y bird + look, see +
result ofNOTE: avis
PHYLL
LEAF phylloid
phyll + oid leaf + like
aphyllous a + phyll + ous lacking + leaf + full of
phyllophagous phyll + phag + ous leaf + eat + full of
PON (POS)
PLACE, PUT compose
com + pos together, with + put
depose de + pos down + put
opponent ob + pon + ent against + place + one
whoNOTE: loco, topo