Vocabulary Lesson 11—Roots and Words
Vocabulary Lesson 12—Roots and Words
1. –an: without
• _______________ “without” “government”
• _______________ “without” “air” This type of exercise is quick and fast, and it leaves you “breathless.”
• _______________ When you are run down, you might be ______. Literally “without” “blood”
• _______________ “without” “appetite” A severely dangerous eating disorder
2. –ab: away
• _______________ “away” + “say / proclaim”; what a king does to give up his throne
• _______________ “away” + “ask”; to abolish or annul by authority
• _______________ “away” + “break”
3. –mel: song
• _______________ Every song has lyrics and a ______, a succession of musical notes.
• _______________ A type of play with heavy suspense and sentimental romance.
4. –aer: air
• _______________ Sprinting 100 yards is “anaerobic” exercise. Running 3 miles is ______ exercise.
• _______________ “air” + “sol(ution)”; Spray paint comes in this type of can.
• _______________ “bad” + “air”; People used to think that this disease was caused by “bad air.”
5. –alb: white
• _______________ The yellow of an egg is the yolk, but the white of the egg is the ______.
• _______________ a long robe worn by a priest
• _______________ The original meaning of this word was “a blank tablet,” its pages were blank and white.
6. –epi: on or in addition
• _______________ “on” + “skin” the top layer of your skin
• _______________ “in addition” + “speaking”; The concluding part added onto a literary work.
• _______________ “on” + “tomb”; The inscription on a gravestone
• _______________ “on” + “tongue”; the thin piece of cartilage that keeps food from going down the wrong “tube” when you swallow
• _______________ “upon” + “people”; a widespread occurrence of a disease
7. –hum: earth
• _______________ To dig up a grave and take a body “out” of the “earth” is to ______.
• _______________ “after” + “earth” + ous; A work published after the author’s death is a _______ work.
• _______________ Someone who isn’t proud but is metaphorically “bowing low to the earth” is ______.
• _______________ To embarrass or to make someone “feel like dirt”
• _______________ Beings that live on Earth are ________ beings.
8. –be: life
• _______________ “small” + “life”; A tiny organism that often causes disease
• _______________ “air” + “life”
• _______________ “without” + “air” + “life”
9. –bon: good
• _______________ When you strike it rich in your gold field (what do you mean you “don’t have a gold field”?), then you’ve hit a ______.
• _______________ When you do well at work, you might receive a _______.
• _______________ What the French say to wish someone a “good trip.”
10. –struct: build
• _______________ “in” + “build”; When a teacher ________ you, he or she aims to “build your mind.”
• _______________ “with” + “build”
• _______________ “down” + “build” + “ion”; In other words, the act of tearing something down
• _______________ “under” + “build” + “ure”; This forms the foundation of a building.
11. –chlor: green
• _______________ “green” + “leaf”; the stuff that makes plants green
• _______________ the stuff that makes your pool fresh and clean (it’s also a greenish-yellow element)
12. –cyan: blue
• _______________ a blue-green color; some call it “aqua”
• _______________ this type of bluish gas was used to exterminate millions of Jews in the gas chambers of Nazi concentration camps
13. –cyt: cell
• _______________ the study of the cell
• _______________ the protoplasm outside of the nucleus of a cell
• _______________ a “white” blood “cell” is called a ______.
14. –diplo: double
• _______________ “double” + “form”; an adjective meaning “double” or “twofold”
• _______________ what you’ll get on graduation day! (It originally meant a doubled or folded piece of paper)
• _______________ This type of person originally dealt a lot with texts like the previous question. Now it has a more generic definition: someone who is skilled at negotiating and working with other countries
15. –dys: bad or abnormal
• _______________ a stomach/intestinal ailment that may send you to the bathroom
• _______________ people with this disorder have difficulty reading; “abnormal” + “word”
• _______________ A _______ family is typically emotionally unhealthy; “abnormal” + “performance”
• _______________ Muscular _______ is a disease in which muscles begin to waste away’ “bad” + “nourshishment”
16. –eco: house
• _______________ the study of our metaphorical “house:” the earth
• _______________ this word used to mean “management of household affairs” (literally “house” + “management”). Now it has a broader definition: management of the resources of a community
• _______________ In biology, you’re likely to study ____ systems.
17. –emia: blood
• _______________ “without” + “blood”; a medical condition in which your red blood cell count is low
• _______________ a “poisoning” of the blood” (hint: toxic waste is poisonous)
• _______________ “under” + “sugar” + “blood”; a medical condition in which one has low blood sugar
18. –enter: intestine
• _______________ Again, that “bad” disease that may send you running to the bathroom
• _______________ the study of stomach (“gastro”), intestines, and other digestive organs
19. –idio: peculiar
• _______________ a phrase like “bite the dust” “he blew up” that would sound “peculiar” to someone unfamiliar with our culture
• _______________ to put it nicely, a “peculiar” person
• _______________ a “peculiarity” that a person might have; a habit or behavioral characteristic
20. –exo: out (of)
• _______________ a departure of a large group of people; the name of a book in the Bible that tells the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt
• _______________ what a priest might have to perform to someone possessed by the devil (literally “out” + “cut”)
• _______________ “from the outside”; These types of birds are from all over the world
• _______________ something that is straying from what it should be (literally “out of the track”) is described as ________. Prices that are WAY more than they should be are often described this way
21. –im: not
• _______________ not possible (e.g. time travel)
• _______________ not passable (e.g. a steep snow-covered hill)
• _______________ not perfect (i.e. incomplete, like your education!)
• _______________ not mobile (e.g. all telephones before the 90’s)
• _______________ someone whose intelligence is “not supported” by a whole lot (literally “not a stick”)
22. –fil: thread
• _______________ In elementary school, you and your classmates walked around in a single _____ line, as thin and straight as a thread.
• _______________ The very tiny thread-like conductor in a light bulb that actually gives off the light
• _______________ Jewelers make this delicate ornamental work out of gold, silver, and many other precious metals
23. Aden: gland
• _______________ “gland” + “appearance”; what the doctor removes with tonsils
• _______________ having a nasal or constricted tone
24. –ase: enzyme
• _______________ helps proteins turn into polypeptides
• _______________ what does luciferase do to fireflies?
25. –erythro: red
• _______________ another name for a red blood cell
• _______________ an antibiotic prescribed for strep throat
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