vocabulary: week 11 get out a clean sheet of paper from the vocab. section of your binder. 1. acer,...
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Vocabulary: Week 11Get out a clean sheet of paper from the vocab. Section of your binder.
1. acer, acid, acri—bitter, sour, sharp
2. caus, caut—burn, heat3. flex, flect—bend 4. helio—sun 5. mania—madness 6. nox, noc—night 7. oper—work 8. tox—poison 9. vor—eat greedily 10. zo—animal
1. Acerbic—tasting sour or bitter; acidity—the level of acid in something; acrimony—bitterness or ill feeling
2. Caustic—able to burn; caution—care taken to avoid danger
3. Flexible—capable of bending easily without breaking; reflection—sending back light, heat, or sound
4. Heliograph—a telescope used to photograph the sun
5. Maniac—a person exhibiting extreme symptoms of madness; pyromania—an obsessive desire to set fire to things
6. Nocturnal—active at night; equinox—the two times of year when day an night are equal in length
7. Operate—to work a machine
8. Toxic—something poisonous
9. Voracious—wanting or eating great amounts of food
10. zoology—the study of animals
Vocabulary: Week 14Get out a clean sheet of paper from the vocab. Section of your binder.
1. nom—knowledge, rule2. crypto—secret, hidden3. polis, polit—city, citizen4. gyn—woman, female5. andr/vir—man, male 6. pat(er)--father 7. mat(er)--mother8. frat(er)--brother 9. soror--sister 10. ped--child
1. autonomy—self-rule or self-governance
2. cryptogram—a secret text written in code
3. metropolis—the capital or chief city of a country; politics—the governance of a city, county, state, country, etc.
4. gyneocracy—a government run by women
5. andranatomy—the dissection of a male; virilocal—living near a father’s side of the family
6. paternal—related to the father
7. maternal—related to the mother
8. fratricide—to kill a brother
9. sorority—a society or club made of only women
10. pediatrician—doctor specifically for children
Vocabulary: Week 15Get out a clean sheet of paper from the vocab. Section of your binder.
1. anne, enn—year2. anti—against3. crac—rule 4. pseudo—false 5. macro/mega—great,
large 6. micro/min—small 7. aqua/hydr—water 8. flam/pyr—fire 9. anthrop—mankind 10. acu/acut—sharp, pointed
1. bicentennial—the two-hundredth year anniversary of an event
2. antibacterial—active against bacteria
3. democracy—a system of government by the people for the people
4. pseudonym—a fictitious name
5. megalopolis—a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex
6. microbiologist—a branch of biology dealing with small forms of life
7. aquifer—a body of permeable rock that contains groundwater
8. flammable—something that can catch fire
9. anthropoid—resembling a human being in form.
10. acute—a very sharp angle
Vocabulary: Week 17Get out a clean sheet of paper from the vocab. Section of your binder.
1. grad, gress—move, go2. jac, ject—throw, hurl3. sens, sent—feel 4. capit—head 5. the(o)—god, deity 6. card/cor—heart 7. carn—meat, flesh8. med/meso/mid—middle 9. somn—sleep 10. orn—decorate
1. gradual—a slow change; progress—to move closer to a goal
2. trajectory—the path of something thrown through the air
3. sensation—a physical feeling or perception; sentiment—a feeling or emotion
4. decapitate—to cut off the head
5. theology—the study of religion
6. cardiovascular—causing the heart to beat faster for a period of time
7. carnivore—a meat eating animal
8. mesodermic—middle layer of skin
9. insomnia—inability to get sleep
10. ornament—a small, fancy object used to make something more attractive
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