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FOCUS: biblio, mania
SUFFIX
ROOT
PREFIX
1
biblio
book
graPh/o
write, written
-ia
-ology
klept/o
to steal
-y
mania
intense craving, loss
of reason
mono*
one
phil
love, loving
phob
fear
*combining form
condition
study of, science
state, quality, act
DIRECTIONS: In Column A, identify the elcments in each word by circling roots and underlining
prefixes and suffixes. Then match each word with its correct mcaning from Column B.
COLUMN
COLUMN A
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2. biblioklept
3. bibliology
4. bibliography
5. bibliophile
6. bibliomania
7. kleptomania
8. graphomania
9. monomania
^,
b.
B
list of books
excessive preoccupation with books
c. lover of books
d. dread or hatred of books
e. history and science of books as physical
f. one who steals books
g.
h.
persistent craving to steal
i.
obsessive desire to write
objects
obsession rvith one object or idea
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best word from Column A for each sentence. Use each rvord only once.
1. A person who suffers from
2. The librarian caught the
would most likely not enjoy reading.
hiding several books under his jacket.
3. The piles of books and magazines in every corner attested to his
caused her to write on walls, books, and her hands.
4. The young girl's
appreciates not only the reading of books but also their design.
5. A true
6.
7.
8.
The u,ritcr's lirctts ort spiders bccatne a f'ornl
9.
Titles of other works can be found in the
A
whcn hc started takins small items.
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FOCUS: anthrop
PREFIXINOOTISUFFIX
anthrop/o
meter
I -i.
man
measure
mankind,
|
like, related to
-ology
-oid
feeling, disease | -V
order
nom
path
law,
phil
love, loving
1
|
study of, science
resembling
state, quality, act
underlining
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prefixes and suffixes. Then match each word with its correct meaning from Column B'
COLUMN
COLUMN A
r.
/fiGiboia
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
2. philanthropy
3. anthropology
4. anthropometcr
5. anthroponomy
6. anthropopathic
B
study of mankind
device used to measure the proportions of the human body
resembling man
lovc of rnankirtd
relating human feelings to something not human
natural laws of human development as they relate to the
environment
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best word from Column A for each sentence. use each wor<i only once.
in several ways
1. The renorvned hurnanitarian shorved his
2.
includes the studY of cave men
3.
has been used in studying the physical evolution of human beings.
4.
An
5.
Some religions have given their gods
6.
Current research tn
humans.
1B
than abstract.
They decided the statue should be more
qualities.
focuses on global rvarming's potential effects for
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