Transcript Word Skills Lesson 11

1. agr: field, crop
•agriculture: the cultivation of a field
•agrarian: related to field
•agrobiology: study of field life
•_______________________________________________
Farmers in the Midwest prosper from an agrarian lifestyle.
2. bat: beat
•battle: to engage in beating
•combat: to engage in beating as a group
or with other people
•battalion: body of troops
•_______________________________________________
The Battle of Gettysburg left many soldiers wounded.
3. clin: bend, lean
•decline: to bend or lean down
•inclination: act of bending in or towards
•recline: to bend back
•________________________________________________
•After a long day at work, Brian came home and reclined
in his chair to unwind.
4. cod: written
•code: a written message, possibly with a
hidden meaning
•codify: to write
•codicil: a supplement to a will, in writing
•_______________________________________________
•Before you take a test on scantron, you must code in
your name, the date, and the class period.
5. cord: heart
•cordial: to be polite out of the kindness of your
heart
•concordance: the state of being in agreement,
together in heart
•discordant: that which is apart from your heart,
or disagreeable
•___________________________________________________
•Everyone in the class was in concordance that the dress code was
too strict.
6. cruc: cross
•crucial: quality of being necessary or really
important
•crucify: to kill by nailing to a cross
•crusade: to mark with a cross, or to fight for
one’s belief
•_____________________________________________________
•The knights of the Holy Crusade were fighting to spread
Christianity throughout the world.
7. dic (dict): speak, say, word
•dictionary: place where all known words are
recorded and defined
•malediction: the act of speaking badly about
someone or something
•predict: to say something will happen before it
actually happens
•____________________________________________________
•Meteorologists predict the weather in their forecasts.
8. ego: self
•alter ego: other self
•egocentric: quality of being self-centered
•egomaniac: quality of being obsessed with
oneself
•__________________________________________________
•The Incredible Hulk is Bruce Banner’s alter ego.
9. fort: strong
•comfort: to provide strength together with someone
•fortification: the act of making strong
•fortissimo: Italian superlative meaning very loud and
strong
•________________________________________________
•Cereal is fortified with vitamins and minerals.
10. gam (gamy): marriage, spouse
•bigamy: the state of being married to two people
•endogamy: marriage within one’s own tribe or
group
•misogamist: one who hates marriage
•_______________________________________________
•In some cultures bigamy is an accepted practice.
11. glott (gloss): tongue
•epiglottis: cartilage at the base of the tongue that protects
the windpipe during swallowing
•glossectomy: procedure of cutting out the tongue
•polyglot: many tongues, or many languages
•_________________________________________________
•Cancer of the tongue can make a glossectomy necessary.
12. jus: law
•justice: the fair, sound practice of law
•justify: to make lawful or right
•unjust: not lawful, or not right
•_________________________________________________
•The act of murder is unjust.
13. mand (mend): order, entrust
•mandate: to make an order
•countermand: to order against, or to recall an order
•commendation: to entrust someone with praise by
awarding a formal citation
•_________________________________________________
•The No Child Left Behind Act is a federal mandate that requires
every student to be proficient.
14. memor (mem, mne): memory, mindful
•memory: result of being mindful of something, or
committing it to mind
•memoir: place where one records one’s memories of life
•mnemonic: related to memory, pertaining to devices that
help one memorize something
•_______________________________________________
•Coming up with an acronym for a set of words or a phrase is a
mnemonic device.
15. orb: circle
•orbit: to travel in a circle
•exorbitant: quality of being out of the circle of
norm, excessive
•supraorbital: located above the orbit of the eye
•_________________________________________________
•The Earth orbits the sun, and the moon orbits the Earth.
16. pet: seek, ask, attack
•petition: act of asking
•impetuous: rushing forward as to attack
•petulant: fretful; ready to attack
•________________________________________________
•To get on the ballot the candidate had to have voters sign a
petition.
17. phan (phen, fan): appear, show, seem
•phantom: a ghostlike appearance
•phenomenon: an unusual appearance
•fanciful: not real, imaginary
•_____________________________________________
•A shooting star is a natural phenomenon.
18. pond (pound): weight
•ponder: to weigh in the mind; consider carefully
•preponderance: being of greater power or having
greater weight
•imponderable: without weight; impossible to
evaluate
•______________________________________________
•The student pondered what classes to take next semester.
19. poten: power
•potent: full of power
•omnipotent: all powerful
•plenipotentiary: person with full power, such
as a position to negotiate a treaty
•________________________________________________
•The aroma coming from the trashcan is very potent.
20. rhino: nose
•rhinoceros: animal with a horn-shaped nose
•rhinologist: one who studies the nose
•rhinoplasty: procedure of shaping the nose
•______________________________________________
•Some people argue that Michael Jackson has had
rhinoplastic surgery.
21. son: sound
•sonic: related to sound
•unison: one sound
•dissonant: not harmonious
•_________________________________________________
•When the teacher said good morning, the class replied in
unison.
22. techn: skill, art
•technical: related to skills
•technology: study of skill, related to computers
•pyrotechnician: one who is skilled in working
with fire
•__________________________________________________
•Many students choose to attend a technical college to receive
training in a particular area.
23. tempor: time
•temporary: related to time, something that is
for a short period of time
•contemporary: quality of being “with” the times
•extemporaneous: composed, performed, or
spoken on the spur of the moment with no time
put into preparation
•_________________________________________________
•When a teacher quits, the principal might find a temporary
substitute to take over before hiring a permanent replacement.
24. troph: growth, nourishment
•atrophy: condition of not growing
•autotrophic: related to self growth
•dystrophy: result of bad growth
•_____________________________________________
•Muscular dystrophy is a disease that results in deterioration of the
muscles.
25. vest: clothes, dress
•vestment: ritual dress of the clergy
•investiture: ceremony of “clothing” a person
in power
•transvestite: who dresses across genders
•_________________________________________________
•The vestment of Catholic clergymen usually includes some
sort of robe.