WordSkills

Lesson Twelve

1. AGON : STRUGGLE

1. Agony: noun Agon (struggle) y (related to)

2. Antagonist: noun Anti (against) agon (struggle) ist (one who)

2. BAR0: WEIGHT, PRESSURE

1. Barometer (noun)Baro (pressure) meter (measure) Instrument used to measure atmospheric

pressure

2. Baritone Baro (weight) tone (sound) Voice part between tenor and bass (a low

voice, having “weight”

3. CEREB : BRAIN

1. Cerebrate (verb) Cereb (brain) ate (make, cause) To think

2. Cerebral (adj) Cereb (brain) al (related to) Requiring the use of intellect

4. CLAM : SHOUT, CRY OUT

1. Clamor (noun) Clam (shout) or (state of) A loud uproar, as from a crowd of people 2. Exclamatory (adj) Ex (out) clam (shout) ory (pertaining to) The use of exclamation – a forceful

utterance

5. CLAR : CLEAR

1. Clarify (verb) Clar (clear) fy (make) To make clearer or easier to understand

2. Clairvoyant (adj) Clair (clear) voy (see) ant (one who) One who can see things that others cannot see (the

future)

6. COSM : WORLD, UNIVERSE, ORDER

1. Cosmic (adj)

Cosm (universe) ic (related to) Pertaining to space, the universe

2. Cosmopolitan (adj)

Cosm (world) polit (city) an (pertaining to) Having “worldly” or international experience and

sophistication

7. DOC: TEACH

1. DOCTOR (noun) Doct (teach) or (one who)

2. Docile (adj) Doc (teach) ile (capable of being)

8. ERR: Wander, Stray1. Error (noun) Err (wander, stray) or (that which)

2. Erratic (adjective) Err (stray) ic (related to) Having no fixed course

3. Aberration (adjective)Ab (away, from) err (wander, stray) ation

(act of)Abnormality

9. FOLI: LEAF1. Foliage (noun) foli (leaf) ag (result, process)

2. Exfoliate (verb)Ex (out) foli (leaf) ate (make, cause)To peel in small flakes like bark or skin

3. Portfolio (noun)Port (carry) foli (leaf) Device for carrying “leaves of work,

materials

10. GEST: CARRY, BEAR

1. Gestation (noun) gest (carry) ation (act of)Concept and development of an idea from

birth to completion

2. Digest (verb) Di (through) gest (carry)

11. HOLO: WHOLE

1. Holistic (adj)Holo (whole) ic (related to)

2. Holocaust (noun)Holo (whole) caust (burn) Wholesale destruction; complete burning

12. IDIO: PECULIAR, PRIVATE (UNKNOWN),

DISTINCT1. Idiot (noun) Idio (private) Originally, a private citizen; one unaware of

public events2. Idiom (noun)Idio (peculiar)An expression that is peculiar to a language

and cannot be translated3. Idiosyncrasy (noun)Idio (peculiar) syn (together) krasis (mix) y

(result of)

13. LEX: WORD, LAW

1. Lexicology (noun)lex (word) logy (study of) 2. Lexophobia (noun) lex (word) phobia (fear) Fear of reading

14. MAR: SEA

1. Mariner (noun)Mar (sea) er (one who)

2. Submarine (noun) Sub (under) mar (sea) ine (pertaining to)

15. OSTE (OSTEO): BONE

1. Osteoarthritis (noun)Osteo (bone) arthr (joint) itis (inflammation)

2. Osteoporosis (noun)Osteo (bone) por (pore, opening) osis

(disease)

16. PETR: STONE, ROCK

1. Petroleum (noun) Petr (rock) oleum (oil)

2. Petrify (verb) Petr (rock, stone) ify (make)

17. PLE (PLEN, PLET):

1. Plenty Plen (full) y (result of)

2. Complement Com (together, with) ple (fill) ment (result)

3. DepleteDe (down, from) plet (fill)

18. POPUL: PEOPLE

1. Popular (adjective)Popul (people) ar (pertaining to)

2. Depopulate (verb)De (down, from) popul (people) ate

(make, cause)

19. PYRO: FIRE

1. Pyre: (noun)Pyr (fire)

2. Pyrogenic: Pyro (fire) gen (start, begin) ic (related to)

20. SCHIZ: SLIT, DIVIDE

1. Schism (noun)Schiz (split) Division of a church because of

difference in doctrine2. SchizophreniaSchiz (split) phrenia (mind)Mental Illness

21. SOL: ALONE

1. Desolate (adj)de (down, from) sol (alone) ate

(characterized by)

2. Soliloquy sol (alone) loquy (talk)

SOL : SUN

1. Solar Sol (sun) ar (related to)

2. Solarium Sol (sun) arium (place where)

3. ParasolPara (near, beside) sol (sun)

22. TEN (TENU): THIN

1. Tenuous (adj) tenu (thin) ous (full of) Having little substance; weak2. Attenuate (verb) at (very) tenu (thin) ate (make) To reduce or weaken3. Extenuate (verb)Ex (out) tenu (thin) ate (make)To reduce in seriousness with excuses

23. TOM (TOMY): CUT

1. Anatomy (noun)Ana (apart, through) tomy (cut)

2. Dichotomy Dicho (two) tomy (cut)

24. VICT (VINC): CONQUER, SHOW, CONCLUSIVELY

1. Victor (noun) Vict (conquer) or (one who)

2. Convince (verb)Con (together, with) vinc (show conclusively)

3. Invincible (adj)In (not) vinc (conquer) ible (able)

25. VIR : MAN

1. VIRILITY (n) Vir (man) ity( state of): showing qualities

of manliness