Freshman Lit and Comp Roots and Prefixes 5A
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sngsldr on January 17, 2009
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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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