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