WWW List #8
Next Quiz—Friday, January 17 (Early Release)
Part I: SHADED
LEG - READLegible – able to read
Legend – story read from generation to generation
8.1
NYM - NAMEHomonym – same name
Anonymous – not named
META - CHANGEMetamorphosis – to change shape
Metaphor – a comparison that changes one thing to another
PETR - ROCKPetrify – to turn into rock
Petroleum – a liquid found in rock formations
MAN - HANDManicure – getting your nails on your hands done
Manipulate – to “handle” or control
VOLV - ROLLRevolve – rolls around again
Convoluted rolled together in a difficult way
SENS - FEELSensitive – feel easily hurt
Sensory – what the senses feel
TACT - TOUCHTactile – able to touch
Contact – to touch together
VOC - VOICEVocabulary – voice of words
Convocation – bring voices together
RID - LAUGHRidicule – laugh at someone
Derision – to laugh down at or mock someone
Part II: NONSHADE
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SED - SITSediment – sits on bottom of lake
Sedentary - seated
ANIM - MINDAnimate – use the mind to draw
Animated – creative mind(Not Animal – “Anima” Latin for breath)
TORT - TWISTContort – twisted together
Torture – twist someone with suffering (twisted thinking)
SANCT - HOLYSanctify – to make holy
Sanctuary – holy spot in a church
8.2
MIR - WONDERMiracle – wonder how it happened
Admire – in wonder at another person
RECT - RIGHTRectangle – has all right angles
Rectify – to make a situation right
DEMI - HALFDemigod – half god (partial divine status)
Demitasse – half-sized coffee cups
RETRO - BACKWARDRetrospection – to look back over something
Retroactive – something that happens from an event in the past, it’s backward
FY - MAKERectify – make right
Horrify – make someone fill with horror
OCUL - EYEBinocular – look with two eyes
Oculometer – measures eyesight
CUR – CARE FORCurator - cares for things in a museum
Secure – make sure something is cared for
ULTRA - BEYONDUltraviolet – UV rays, go beyond the sun to our skin
Ultramarine – “beyond the sea” a deep blue color
OID - APPEARANCEAndroid – a robot with a human appearance
Asteroid – has the appearance of stars
GEST - CARRYDigest – to carry food through the system
Ingest – to carry into your body
APT - FITAptitude – your fitness in scholastics
Adapt – fit into the environment