Transcript Word Within a Word List 5

1st / 2nd period: 5A
1st / 2nd period: 5.1
Revitalize – to make alive again
Vitamin – good for your life
Recognize – to know again
Cognizant – knowing of
something
Surplus – more than enough
Surface – a layer over the top of
something
Astronomy – “naming” of stars
Asteroid – a large star-like object
Chronometer – an instrument for
measuring time
Synchronize – timed “together”
Hyperactive – Overly active
Hyperventilate – Breathing over
the normal rate
Lunatic – someone who’s crazy
behavior is driven by the moon
Lunar – dealing with the moon
(ex: lunar eclipse)
Contradict – to “say” something
against another
Contrast – work against
something else
Geothermal – internal heat of the
earth
Geology – science of the earth
Thermostat – measures heat
Thermotropic Thermos – keeps in
the heat
Odometer – measures mileage
Thermometer – measures
temperature (“heat”)
Sonar – sound waves
Sonnet – poem with a specific
sound form
Interstellar – “between” stars
Stellate – a star pattern
(constellation / stellar)
1st / 2nd period: 5.2
Democracy – governed by the
people
Demography – sort of people
that live in an area
Stereotype – solid/hard to break
assumption about others
Stereoscope – a solid picture
made from two images (like 3D)
(set of rules)
Capitalism – doctrine in which
money drives society
Communism – doctrine in which
government owning distribution
of goods
Alteration – act of changing into
another
Altercation – disagreement with
other person
Dynamic – powerful
Dynasty – powerful rulers
Octahedron – a 3D shape with 8
flat sides
Octopus – eight legged animal
Gyrate – turn in a quick circle (like
paddles in the water)
Gyroscope – turning wheel for
navigation
Helios – the sun personified as a
god in Greek mythology
Heliocentric – the sun is the
“center” (vs. geocentric)
Tetracycline – an antibiotic with 4
molecular rings
Tetrahedron – a 4-sided pyramid
Periscope – the instrument used
to look out of a submarine
Horoscope – a look into the
future
Decade – 10 years
Decimal – divides into 10’s
Amateur – trying something new
you might come to love
Amorous – loving