Word Within the Word List #13
ROOT
Chrom
DEFINITION
Color
Form
Shape
Sequ
Follow
Glyc
Hemo
Sweet
Blood
Ultima
Infra
Leuko
Lys
Last
Beneath
White
Break down
Meso
Milli
Middle
Thousandth
Mem
Remember
Gress
Step
Labor
Work
Myo
Muscle
Vac
Empty
Oligo
Ose
Osis
Few or small
Sugar
Condition
Tude
Patho
State of
Disease
Phag
Phor
Eat
Carry
Phyt
Plant
Phyll
Leaf
EXAMPLES
Chrome, chromatic, chromatin,
chromosome, polychrome
Coliform, formation, formative, formula,
uniform
Consecutive, sequence, sequel,
obsequious, consequence
Glycerine, glycemia, glycerol, glucose
Hemoglobin, hemorrhage, hemophilia,
hemoid, hemostat
Ultimate, ultimatum, penultimate
Infraorbital, infrared, infrasonic
Leukocyte, leukemia, leucite
Hemolysis, electrolysis, analysis,
dialysis
Mesophilic, mesomorph, Mesopotamia
Millimeter, millipede, milligram,
millimeter, million
Memory, memorandum, memorial,
memo, memoir
Congress, egress, digress, progress,
regress, ingress
Labor, laborious, collaborate, laboratory,
elaborate, labored
Myocardium, myopia, myogram,
myotomy
Vacant, vacuum, vacation, evacuate,
vacuous
Oligarchy, oligocarpous, oligoclase
Lactose, fructose, sucrose, glucose
Neurosis, psychosis, meisosis,
thrombosis
Aptitude, rectitude, solitude, multitude
Pathogenic, psychopathic, sociopath,
idiopath
Geophagy, phagocyte, bacteriophage
Euphoria, conidophore, metaphor,
anaphora
Phytoxin, neophyte, gametophyte,
phytochrome
Chlorophyll, phyllopod, monophyllous
ORIGIN
Greek
Latin
Latin
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Word Within the Word List #13
Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the
root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.
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Polychrome sculptures have more colors than monochrome ones.
The formation of troops in formal uniforms was impressive.
Three consecutive sequels were of no consequence.
His hypoglycemia made him watch his diet.
The patient’s hemophilia made it difficult to stop the hemorrhage.
The expedition’s Ultima Thule was the north pole.
She felt that it was infra dig to eat fried chicken with her fingers.
Leukemia produces an excessive number of leucocytes.
If hemolysis breaks down red blood cells, what does analysis do?
Did mesons strike Mesopotamia in the Mesozoic Era?
Would you walk a millimeter to drink a milligram of milk?
The memo helped him remember the commemoration ceremony.
Don’t digress; discuss progress with members of congress.
The collaborators spent laborious nights in the laboratory.
The mycardiograph showed the jogger’s myocardium to be strong.
The evacuation left vacancies in the vacation resort.
The elite members of the oligarchy decided national policy in secrecy.
Did the fructose from the apples raise his glucose level?
Unfortunately, the neurosis developed into a psychosis.
The celebrity’s pulchritude was only equaled by his turpitude.
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The pathological behavior of the psychopath was pathetic.
The anthropophagites welcomed the plump visitor with broad sharp
smiles.
Why is a pigment cell called a chromatophore?
The young artist was a neophyte in the New York art scene.
Why is the arrangement of leaves on a stem known as phyllotaxis?
Mystery Questions
1. Can a hang glider fly at infrasonic speeds?
2. Does a psychopath have a diseased soul?
3. Is an anthropophagite a scientist who studies mankind?
4. Could a throat specialist treat you for myocarditis?
5. Could you run a one hundred millimeter race in under ten seconds?
6. Is ichthyosis a scaly condition of the skin?
7. Is a bachteriophage a virus that feeds on bacteria?
8. Is an ultimatum a final demand?
9. Was anything living in the Mesozoic Era, 150,000,000 years ago?
10. If a picture is a mezzotint, does it contain gray, or only black and
white?
SYNTHESIS:
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Use the facts you know about Mesopotamia to generate a theory about
why Mesopotamia became a cradle of civilization.
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Why is a synthetic fabric called synthetic?
DIVERGENCE:
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List as many species you can think of that are phyllophagous.
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How many situations can you think of in which a human being could be
described as a neophyte?
EMOTION:
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What is euphoria? When was the last time you felt euphoria?
2.
What emotions do you associate with the following words: collaboration,
vacation, evacuate, ultimatum?
INTUITION:
1.
If you suddenly found yourself pursued by Paleolithic hirsute
anthropophagites, how could you escape?
2.
Imagine the life forms of the Mesozoic Era, 150,000,000 years ago.
What life forms do you see? Look at the Mesozoic Era up in the library
and see how close your imagination was to reality.
AESTHETICS:
1. Would you rather make art that is monochrome, polychrome, or
chromed?
2. If you could redesign the uniforms (Why do they call them uniforms?) of
the white House guards, and if you wanted to make the uniforms wild
and creative, what would you design?
Analogies #15
1. oligarchy : neurosis ::
a. monarchy : reform
b. plutocracy : economy
c. democracy : uniform
d. gerontocracy : psychosis
2. analysis : dialysis ::
a. evaluation : hemolysis
b. bacteria : bacteriophage
c. neophyte : phytotoxin
d. congress : digress
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3. polychrome : monochrome ::
a. solitude : multitude
b. neurosis : psychosis
c. square : line
d. ultimogeniture :
primogeniture
7. pulchritude : ugliness ::
a. multitude : host
b. supersonic : infrasonic
c. ichthyosis : neurosis
d. neophyte : beginner
4. hemorrhage : hemostat ::
a. path : gate
b. water: dam
c. film : sequel
d. cell : vacuole
8. Mesozoic : Mesopotamia ::
a. Paleozoic : laboratory
b. Cenozoic : dinosaur
c. Cretaceous : geophagy
d. Jurassic : Iberia
5. ichthyosis: neurosis ::
a. dermatitis : psychosis
b. psychopath : sociopath
c. ultimate : penultimate
d. euphoria : dysphoria
9. anthropophagy : human ::
a. sacrophagus : burial
b. geophagy : earth
c. bacteriophage : virus
d. collaborate : labor
6. obsequious : domineering ::
a. rectitude : turpitude
b. flatter : fawn
c. mezzotint : polychrome
d. slave : master
10. oligarchy : monarchy ::
a. group : person
b. person : group
c. soliloquy : monologue
d. infra dig : infrared
Classic Words #15
1. From James Watson’s The Double Helix:
His talk was far from _________, and stood out sharply from the rest.
a. pathological
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b. chromatic
c. vacuous
d. formative
2. From Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre
You have no right to preach to me, you __________.
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neophyte
vacuole
memo
leukocyte
3. From HG Wells’s The Invisible Man
The pistol snapped its _____________ shot.
a. subsequent
b. chromatic
c. monochrome
d. penultimate
4. From Thomas Hardy’s The Return of the Native
A profile was visible against the dull __________ of cloud around her.
a. monochrome
b. formula
c. dextrose
d. myopia
5. From Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman
When we hear of some daring crime, it comes full on us in the
deepest shade of ______________
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metaphor
turpitude
consequence
egress
LESSON #15 TEST
Write the definition of the underlined root.
1. neophyte
6. uniform
2. solitude
7. leukemia
3. mesomprph
8. evacuate
4. hemolysis
9. pathogenic
5. hypoglycemia
10. chromosome
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glucose
chlorophyll
laboratory
infralapsiani
oligoscene
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sequence
memorandum
ultimatum
myopic
anthrophagit
millimeter
analysis
congress
neurosis
metaphor
amphibian
ponderous
endocrine
sanguinary
chronologic
alternate
contradict
telescope
thermos
gregarious
translation
tangible
diagonal
urban
egotist
fortify
rhomboid
rectify
hexagon
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copilot
74. benediction
lithium
75. metaphor
theology
76. dormant
isomer
77. punctual
mortuary
brachycephalic
78. euphoria
androgen
79. verify
equidistant
80. tetrahedron
anticline
81. geothermal
interlocution
82. heliocentric
introduction
83. demography
malicious
84. antecedent
neologism
85. lucid
deport
86. liberate
monarchy
87. pyrogenic
automatic
88. acropolis
intercede
89. corpuscle
bibliography
90. osteoblast
excise
91. monocular
hydrometer
92. pseudonym
hypodermic
93. vocal
pseudopod
94. fibrous
neurosis
95. atheist
polygon
96. prescient
omnibus
97. paleontologis
infer
98. cryptogram
metamorph
99. loquacious
megaphone
100. abrogate
orthodontist
acrophobia