Freshman Lit and Comp Roots and Prefixes 5A
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sngsldr on January 17, 2009
Subjects:
language arts, english, vocabulary, english vocabulary, english 9
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All 5A Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Vita | life |
Vitality | lively style |
Revitalize | To live life |
Devitalize | make lifeless, weaken |
Demo | people |
Demography | branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of people |
Democratize | making people involve more in opinion and choice |
Stereo | solid |
Stereophonic | designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels |
Stereotype | a solid image of person's characteristics |
Stereotropism | The turning of an organism when in contact with a solid object |
Ism | Doctrine |
Marxism | the economic and political doctrines of Karl Marx |
Capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of capital |
Nihilism | doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake |
Cogn | know |
Recognize | know status of |
Cognizant | knowing and aware of |
Incognito | without revealing one's known presence |
Sur | over |
Surpass | over do or excel at |
Surcharge | charge over ordinary amount |
Surmount | overcome |
Alter | other |
Alternative | other option or choice |
Altruism | the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
Altercation | have a disagreement over something |
Astr | star |
Astronomy | the branch of physics that studies stars and the universe |
Disaster | Result of two stars colliding |
Astrolabe | historical instrument used to look at stars |
Dyna | power |
Dynamic | releasing of energy or power to objects in motion |
Dynasty | Power inherited from succession of rules in the same family or line |
Dynamometer | instrument to measure mechanical power |
Chrono | time |
Chronological | Arranged in order of time of occurrence |
Synchronize | To occur or cause at the same time |
Anachronism | Some thing as existing or happening outside historical order |
Hyper | Over |
Hyperactive | over active |
Hyperventilate | over normal in taking breaths because of low levels of carbon dioxide in blood |
Hyperbole | overly exaggerated |
Luna | moon |
Lunar | affecting the moon |
Lunatic | people affected by the moon to be crazy |
Sublunar | partially affecting the moon |
Octa | eight |
Octageneric | a person between 80 to 90 years of age |
Octave | The interval of eight diatonic degrees |
Octahedron | A polyhedron with eight surfaces |
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