ROOT DEFINITION Anglo English ist one who saur lizard dinosaur, pterosaur, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, Greek saurian, plesiosaur pithec ape calli beautiful austro south pithecanthropus, australopithecus, dryopithecus, Greek oreopithecus calligraphy, calliope, calisthenics, calliopsis, Greek callithmpian australopithecus, Australia, austral, Austronesia, Latin austromancy cephalo head cephalic, cephalopod, cephalothorax, microcephalic, encephalitis Greek chiro hand chiromancy, chiropody, chiropteran, chiropractor Greek caust burn Greek terr land cata down jur swear caustic, holocaust, cauterize, caustically, causticity extraterrestrial, subterranean, Mediterranean, terrain, terra firma catapult, catastrophe, catacombs, catalepsy, cataclysm, cataract abjure, adjure, perjure, jury, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jurist EXAMPLES Anglophile, Anglophobe, Anglican, Anglicism, Anglo-Saxon artist, funambulist, anthropologist, solipsist, centrist, atheist, sophist ORIGIN Latin Greek Latin Greek Latin flu flow here stick pos put mund world cracy government mania madness ize make antho flower algia pain somn sleep quadr four err sine confluence, fluid, influence, fluent, superfluous, effluent, Latin fluvial coherence, adhesive, adhere, inherent, incoherent Latin position, deposit, superimpose, transpose, depose, imposition mundane, transmundane, intermundane, mundanity, numdo autocracy, democracy, aristocracy, plutocracy, meritocracy kleptomania, egomania, pyromania, dipsomania, megalomania victimize, harmonize, temporize, mobilize, fossilize, polarize, bowdlerize anthology, anthozoan, anthocyanin, anthophilous, anther neuralgia, analgesic, arthralgia, hemialgia, algometer, algophobia insomnia, somniferous, somnolent, somnambulate, somniloquy Latin quadruped, quadratic, quadrant, quadruplet, quadrilateral, quadriplegic Latin wander error, erratic, Knight-errant, erroneous, erratum Latin without sinecure, sine qua non, sine die, sine prole Latin Latin Greek Greek Greek Greek Greek Latin Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. He is a member of the Anglican church, but he is not an Anglophile. The anthropologist studies human cultures the world over. The pterosaur and pterodactyl were both flying dinosaurs. Fossilized pithecanthropus and australopithecus skeletons were discovered. Her calligraphy is ornate, like the music of the calliope. The austral winds raised dust storms over the dry Australian outback. The microcephalic boy held the cephalopod, a nautilus, in both hands. The physician accused the chiropractor of practicing chiromancy. The survivor of the holocaust made a caustic comment about social Darwinism. The extraterrestrial admired the high terrain and the subterranean grottoes. The cataract after the cataclysm caused a catastrophe in the catacombs. The lying criminal perjured himself as the jury listened. Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. A fortunate confluence of influences made him fluent in Spanish. The senator’s adherents thought the opponent’s speech was incoherent. The corrupt ruler was deposed when his foreign bank deposits were discovered. His mundane conversation bored her to tears. Do we want a democracy and a meritocracy or a plutocracy for the aristocracy? The host’s egomania kept him from noticing the kleptomania of his guest. He was victimized by his own ignorance of his civil rights. The anthology article discussed the anthozoans, including the sea anemones. The over-the-counter analgesic didn’t help her with her arthralgia much. The mayor’s somniferous speech put even the insomniac to sleep. The quadruped from Neptune gave birth to quadruplets. The Knight-errant’s error was to save the dragon from the maiden. A sinecure in the bureaucracy was the sine qua non of his dreams. without which (there is) nothing Answer and add reason! 1. Is beautiful handwriting calligraphy or cacography? 2. Is an incoherent argument powerfully persuasive? 3. Is a flowery ocean coral or sea anemone an anthozoan? 4. Does American culture result from a confluence of international customs? 5. Is a Knight-errant always at the side of his king? 6. Is a meeting that is adjourned sine die scheduled to resume the next day? 7. Is a common bat a member of the order Chiroptera? 8. Is calliopsis ugliness or beauty? 9. Is Britain’s Prince Charles an Anglophobe? 10. Does a good politician abjure his commitments? 1. plutocracy : meritocracy :: government : society money : merit democracy : president autocracy : monarchy 4. solipsist : painter :: philosophy : aesthetics sophistry: honesty hermit : eremite ascetic : hedonistic 2. pyromania : match :: dipsomania : glass dipsomania : drink kleptomania : thief megalomania : megalopolis 5. mundane: cosmic :: continent : ocean planet : star world : universe ordinary : earth 3. superfluous : incisive :: confluence : dispersion unnecessary : trenchant mundane : worldly Anglophile : Anglophobe 6. catacombs : burial :: sine qua non : essential fork : utensil Mediterranean : terrain cabinet : storage Vocab 16 TEST 1. sinecure 2. erratic 3. quadruped 4. somniferous 5. arthralgia 6. anthozoan 7. temporize 8. megalomania 9. autocracy 10. mundane 11. position 12. adhere 13. confluence 14. abjure 15. catapult 16. terrain 17. caustic 18. chiromancy 19. cephalopod 20. Austronesia 21. calligraphy 22. pithecanthropus 23. dinosaur 24. artist 25. anglophile 26. efflux 27. dichotomy 28. phylogeny 29. dexterity 30. dorsal 31. arthritis 32. gastroscope 33. telekinesis 34. myopia 35. carnivore 36. holocaust 37. corpulent 38. rubidium 39. macrocosm 40. heliotrope 41. phosphene 42. haploid 43. pentagon 44. branchiopod 45. brachycephalic 46. brachiopod 47. blastogenesis 48. halite 49. pterodactyl 50. ventricle 51. contrary 52. octagenarian 53. migration 54. temporize 55. polygamy 56. dermatitis 57. ectozoa 58. osteoblast 59. ectothermic 60. android 61. metaphor 62. distraction 63. astronomy 64. coterminous 65. gender 66. loquacious 67. mutagenic 68. carnage 69. luminous 70. senate 71. interrogatory 72. erythromycin 73. structure 74. albumen 75. diploma 76. somatic 77. zygote 78. transfer 79. toxic 80. zymurgy 81. postlude 82. providence 83. podiatrist 84. pleonasm 85. schizophrenia 86. rhizome 87. trichina 88. eutrophication 89. commemorate 90. anthropophagy 91. glucose 92. mesomorph 93. vacation 94. infralapsarianism 95. myocardium 96. oligocene 97. leukocyte 98. hypoglycemia 99. chlorine 100. filiform