Word Dissection

Lesson # 10
On the back of the card at
On the front of the
card, write the word part.
(Front of card)
the top, write the definition for
the word part. In the middle,
write a sample word and its
definition.
(Back of card)
bio __
life
Example:
biology = study of
life
Example:
Pyrgeometer =
measuring the
heat of the earth
Fire
(heat)
Pyrography = written
with heat
Pyrology = study of
fire
Pyrotechnics = study
of fire skill
(which is
used for fireworks)
Example:
Woolen = made of
wool
Made of…
(When using a noun
or adjective + en)
Silken = made of
silk
Wooden = made of
wood
Golden = made of
gold
Example:
Moisten = to make
moist (wet)
To make…
(When an adjective +
en)
Shorten = to make
short
Soften = to make
soft
Toughen = to make
tough
Example:
Chromatology =
study of color
Monochrome = one
Color
color
Chromotherapy =
Color treatment
(Also
chromo;
chromato)
Chromism =belief
in color
Example:
Gynecologist =
Woman specialist
Woman
(wife)
Monogyny = one
woman
Polygynous =
having to do with
many women
Gynecology = study
of woman
Example:
Polylithic = having to
do with many stones
(rocks)
Stone
(rock)
Monolith = one stone
Lithology = study of
stones/rocks
Lithoid =resembling a
stone/rock
Example:
Gastral = having to do
with the stomach
Astrometrical =
Having to
do with
(___ing)
(belonging to)
having to do with
measuring stars
Anthropoidal =
having to do with
man
Central = having to
do with the center