WORDSKILLS: Lesson 7. WORDSKILLS: LESSON ONE PART ONE.

WORDSKILLS:

Lesson 7

WORDSKILLS: LESSON ONE

PART ONE

• act (ag): drive (force), do

• Agitate

Ag (force) ate (make,do)

• Agent

Ag (do) ent (one who)

• react

Re (back, again) act (do)

* andr: male • Android

Andr (male) oid (resembling, having characteristics)

* Philanderer

Phil (love) andr (male) er (one who)

* Androgenous

Andr (male) gen (origin) ous (full of) –producing male offspring.

NOTE: Androgynous

Andro (man) gyn (women) ous (full of), means having both male and female characteristics.

• arthr: joint

* Arthropod

Arthr (joint) pod (foot)

* arthritis

Arthr (joint) itis (inflamation)

* Arthropathy

Arthr (joint) path (disease) y (result of)

• biblio: book

• Bible

Biblio (book)

• Bibliography

Biblio (book) graph (write, record) y (result of)

• Bibliophile

Biblio (book) phil (love)

• Calli (kali): beautiful

• Calligraphy

calli (beautiful) graph (write) y (result of)• Calisthenics

Calli (beautiful) sthenos (strength) ics (science of)

• Kaleidoscope

Kali (beautiful) eidos (form) scop (look)

• Capit: head

• Capital

Capit (head) al (related to)

• Decapitate

De (down, from) capit (head) ate (make, do)

• Capitulum

Capit (head) – dense, headlike cluster of stalkless flowers: Small knob or head-shaped part as on end of a bone

* Chron: time

• Chronic

Chron (time) ic (having characteristic of)

• Chronological

Chron (time) log (study) al (related to)

• Synchronize

Syn (together) chron (time) ize (make, do)

* emia: blood condition• AnemiaAn (lacking, without) emia (blood) – a pathological

deficiency in the oxygen-carrying materials in the blood

• ToxemiaTox (poison) emia (blood)

• LeukemiaLeuk (white) emia (blood)

NOTE: HEM and HEMO mean “blood” also, but emia means more specifically “a condition of the blood.”

* Flu: flow

• Fluent

Flu (flow) ent (full of)

• Confluence

Con (together) flu (flow) ence (state, condition)

• Superfluous

Super (over, above) flu (flow) ous (full of)

• fus: pour

• Confuse

Con (together) fus (pour)

• Effusive

Ef (out) fus (pour) ive (that which)

• Profusion

Pro (forth) fus (pour) ion (state)

• gno: know

• Agnostic

A (not, without) gno (know) ic (related to)

• Ignorance

I (not) gno (know) ance (state, condition)

• Prognosis

pro (forward) gno (know) sis (process)

* greg: flock, gather

• Segregate

Se (apart, away) greg (gather) ate (make, do)

• Congregation

Con (together) greg (gather) tion (act of)

• Gregarious

Greg (flock) ious (full of)

•Hem (hemo): blood• Hemorrhage

Hemo (blood) rrhage (flow)

• Hemophilia

Hemo (blood) phil (love, fondness) ia (condition)

• Hematology

Hemat (blood) logy (study of)

• ism: belief, doctrine

• Communism

Communis (common) ism (doctrine)

• Chauvinism

Chauvin (a legendary French soldier who fanatically supported Napoleon) ism (belief)

• Egoism

Ego (self) ism (belief)

• jur: swear

• Juror

jur (swear) or (one who)

• Perjury

Per (thoroughly) jur (swear) y (result of)

• Abjure

Ab (away) jur (swear) – to recant or repudiate

• lat: side

• Lateral

Later (side) al (related to)

• Unilateral

Uni (one) later (side) al (related to)

• Quadrilateral

Quadr (four) later (side) al (related to)

• mania: craze, obsession

• Maniac

Mania (obsession)

• Kleptomania

Klept (steal) mania (obsession)

• Pyromania

Pyro (fire) mania (obsession)

• neuro: nerve, brain

• Neurology

Neuro (nerve, brain) logy (study of)

• Neuralgia

Neuro (nerve, brain) alg (pain) ia (condition)

• Neurectomy

Neuro (nerve) ec (out) tom (cut) y (result of)

• Ped (pod): foot

• Pedal

Ped (foot) al (related to)

• Pedestrian

Ped (foot) ian (one who)

• Podiatrist

Pod (foot) iatr (cure, heal) ist (one who)

• rupt: break, burst

• Rupture

Rupt (burst) ure (state of)

• Erupt

E (out) rupt (burst)

• Interrupt

Inter (between, among) rupt (break)

• Scrib (script): write

• ScribbleScrib (write)

• CircumscribeCircum (around) scrib (write) – to encircle or to

limit

• Post scriptPost (after) script (write)

• terr: land, earth

• TerrainTerr (land) ain (related to)

• InterIn (in, into) ter (earth) – bury

• TerricolousTerr (earth) colere (dwell) ous (full of) – dwelling

in or on the earth

• Tors (tort): twist

• Torso

Tors (twist)

• Distort

Dis (apart, away) tort (twist)

• Tortuous

Tort (twist) ous (full of)

• Vers (vert): turn

• Reverse

Re (back) vers (turn)

• Convert

Con (together) vert (turn)

• Versatile

Vers (turn)

• Vor: eat

• Devour

De (down) vor (eat)

• Carnivorous

Carn (flesh, meat) vor (eat) ous (full of)

• Voracious

Vor (eat) cious (having qualities of)