1.alt: other alteration:to change to the other form altercation: to quarrel with others alter ego: other self Joseph seemed to get into an altercation with anyone who crossed his path.
Jan 03, 2016
1.alt: other
alteration:to change to the other formaltercation: to quarrel with othersalter ego: other self
Joseph seemed to get into an altercation with anyone who crossed his path.
2. ann (enn) : year
anniversary: happens every yearperennial: lasting through the yearmillennium: a thousand years
The gardener planted perennials in my yard so I could enjoy the flowers every year.
3.ar (al): pertaining torelated to
astral: pertaining to the starscircular: pertaining to a circlebipolar: related to two stakes
The circular patterns in the wheat fields made the farmers suspect extraterrestrial visitations.
4.carn: meat, flesh
carnivorous: meat eatingincarnate: to make into fleshcarnage: destroying of flesh as in war
The carnage he experienced during the war left him in need of counseling.
5.corp: body
corpse: dead bodycorporal: related to the bodycorpulent: having a large body
[Corporal, meaning lowest noncommissioned officer, derives from caporal<capit (head).]
The corpulent man sued McDonalds because he would not fit into any of their booths.
6.duc (duct): lead
conduct: lead togetherdeduce: lead to a conclusionproduction: the act of leading forward
It was easy to deduce that school was going to be cancelled when it started snowing at midnight.
7.fact (fect, fic, fy): make, do
manufacture: making by handdeify: to make a godbeneficent: doing good
The company moved its manufacturing plant to Mexico where the labor was cheaper.
8. ist: one who
perfectionist: one who makes thoroughly or perfectphysicist: one who studies naturelinguist: one who studies language
Since he was such a perfectionist he drove himself crazy trying to do everything perfectly.
9. liter: word, letter
literal: related to words, word for wordilliterate: not understanding wordsalliteration: the act of repeating letters
The literal meaning of a work of literature is seldom the entire meaning.
10. locut (loqu): talk
loquacious: talking a great dealeloquent: talking with a fancy flaircircumlocution: talking around the topic
The loquacious minister kept the congregation long past lunch.
11. migr: move
migrate: move to another locationemigrant: one who moves out of a countryimmigrant: one who moves into a country
Birds often migrate to warmer climates during the winter.
12. morph: shape
amorphous: without shapepolymorphous: full of many shapesmorphology: the study of shapes
The movie “The Blob” is based on an amorphous creature.
13. nom: law, rule, principle
astronomy: the law or study of the starseconomics: science of financial lawtaxonomy: principles of arranging things
Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives lists the principles of learning information.
14. onym: name
anonymous: without a namepseudonym: false namesynonym: same name or meaning
Samuel Langhorne Clemmens wrote under the pseudonym, Mark Twain.
15. ose: having quality of
bellicose: having the quality of being warlikemorose: having the quality of being peevish verbose: having the quality of being wordy
The lecture took four hours since the teacher was very verbose.
16. phobia: fear
hydrophobia: fear of waterclaustrophobia: fear of being too closemonophobia: fear of being alone
The small tight room brought out his claustrophobia, and he started to scream uncontrollably.
17. pli (plic, ply): fold
complicate: make fold together or make harderpliable: capable of being folded, relaxedreply: fold back or repeat
The tent was very pliable, so it was easy to pack it away.
18. rogat: ask
interrogate: ask among prerogative: that which is asked beforerogation: asking a prayer or supplication
The police interrogated the students until they begged for no more questions.
19. sens (sent): feel
sensitive: having strong feelingsinsentient: full of no feelingsentimental: related to having strong feelings
The sentimental song brought tears to the old man’s eyes.
20. somn: sleep
insomnia: state of not being able to sleepsomniferous: the ability to produce sleepsomnambulate: sleepwalking
After suffering from insomnia for years, the girl fell asleep and slept for days.
21. spir: breathe
respiration: breathing againperspire: breathing of the skinexpire: breathe out
The men from the rescue squad checked the victim’s respiration.
22. act (tang,ting): touch
tactile: pertaining to touchtangent: full of touchcontingent: touching together
Tactile learning is not possible unless students get to touch as they learn.
23. tude: state of
solitude: state of being alonemultitude: state of involving manygratitude: state of being thankful
The students were all in a posture of gratitude as they bowed before their instructor.
24. vid (vis): see
visual: related to seeingrevise: making able to see againprovident: seeing forward
A PowerPoint presentation is a visual aid to help students learn.