Greek and Latin Roots Dummer/Woods FINAL EXAM SET
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nwzomer on November 7, 2011
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Holland New Tech, greek latin roots
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238 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 biblos | Book |
| bibliography | A list of books on a particular subjects. |
| graph | Write/Draw |
| klepto | To Steal |
| biblioklept | A person who steals books. |
| philia | Love/Friendship |
| Phobos | Fear |
| bibliophobia | Fear or dislike of books |
| bibliophile | One who loves books. |
| logos | Word/Study |
| bibliology | One who studies books. |
| de | Down or away |
| dehydrate | Taking water away from the body |
| electron | Amber |
| hydroelectric | Electricity produced by moving water |
| genos | Origin |
| hydrogen | A gas when burned creates water |
| hydrophobia | The fear of water |
| hydros | Water |
| megas | Great, Large, Big |
| megaphone | A device that amplifies sound |
| lithos | Rock |
| megalomania | A crazy person |
| grandeur | Greatness |
| mania | Craze |
| mega | A million times (metric) |
| polis | City |
| megalopolis | A huge scrawling city |
| pathos | Feeling, suffering |
| pathetic | Marked by suffering or sorrow |
| pathology | The study of suffering or disease |
| a | Not |
| apathy | Lack of feeling |
| anti | Against |
| antipathy | Feeling against something |
| sympathy | Feeling the same as another person |
| syn | Same |
| Demos | The People, The Citizens |
| Epi | Upon |
| Epidemic | A plague among the people |
| Phobos | Fear |
| Demophobe | One who fears the people |
| Demography | Drawn charts of information about the people |
| Graph | Write/Draw |
| Demophile | A friend of the people |
| Philia | Love/Friendship |
| Geo | Earth |
| Geography | To draw the earths features (Map) |
| Geology | The study of the earth and its formations |
| Logos | Word/Study |
| Geometry | A branch of study on ways to measure the earth |
| Metron | Measure |
| Ergon | Work |
| George | One who works the earth (Farmer) |
| Geocentrism | The theory that the earth is the center of the universe |
| Kentros | Center |
| Zoon | Animal |
| Zoo | A park for the collection of animals |
| Protos | First |
| Protozoon | The earliest form of one celled animal life |
| Zoology | The study of animals |
| Paleozoic | The early animal period with many fossils |
| Paleo | Early |
| Cenozoic | The recent animal period |
| Kainos | Recent |
| helios | Sun |
| Helios | The sun god (Apollo) |
| Heliotrope | A plant which turns towards the sun |
| Tropos | Turn |
| Heliocentric | The theory that the sun is the center of our solar system |
| Aphelion | The point where the earth is farthest away from the sun in its orbit |
| Apo | Far Away |
| Perihelion | When the earth is nearest to the sun |
| Peri | Near/Around |
| metropolis | The Main/Mother City with smaller suburbs around it |
| political | Concerning the management of a city |
| police | Those who keep order in a city |
| polite | Having city of civilized manners |
| policy | The course of action adopted in the management of the city. |
| polis | City |
| petros | Rock, Stone |
| petrified | Made into stone |
| factum | Make/Do |
| peter | Reliable like a rock |
| petroleum | Oil from rocks |
| oleum | Olive, olive oil |
| petroglyph | A rock carving |
| glyphein | To carve |
| petrography | Writing descriptions of and classifying different kinds of rocks. |
| graph | Write/Draw |
| mikros | Small |
| microbe | A small form of life |
| bios | Life |
| microcosm | A tiny world of something compared to the big world |
| cosmos | World |
| micron | A unit of length (1/1000 of millimeter) |
| microwave | A tiny electromagnetic wave between one centimeter and 100 centimeters long |
| microscope | An instrument for looking at tiny things |
| wafian | Wave |
| scopeo | To look at, examine |
| autos | Self |
| automobile | Self moving |
| mobilis | Movable |
| autocrat | All the power resides in one person |
| kratos | Power or Strength |
| nomos | Law |
| autonomy | Being the law answerable to nobody |
| automatic | A machine that seems to think for itself |
| matos | To think |
| autopsy | To see with ones own eyes what caused a person to die |
| optos | To see |
| Bios | Life |
| Biology | The study of life |
| Biography | A written life story |
| Autobiography | A life story written about ones self |
| Amphibian | A creature who can live on both land and water |
| Auto | Self |
| Amphi | Both |
| Bionic | Life like |
| Chronometer | A device to measure time |
| Chronology | To study events in order of time |
| Chronos | Time |
| Chronic | Over a period of time |
| Synchronize | To do at the same time |
| Syn | Same |
| Chronicle | A record of events in time |
| Dia | Through, Between, Across, Apart |
| Diadem | Bound across the forehead, like a reef or crown |
| Diagnosis | Through knowledge |
| Diagonal | A line between two non adjacent corners in a figure with four or more sides |
| Gnosis | Knowledge |
| Gony | Knee |
| Diameter | To measure across |
| Diagram | A cross section drawing |
| Astron | Star |
| Astronomer | One who names the stars |
| Onoma | Your name |
| Asteroid | A form of a star |
| Astrologer | One who study's stars to gain knowledge |
| Astronaut | One who sails the stars/ Star sailor |
| Nauta | Sailor |
| Eidios | Form |
| Disaster | A separation from a good influence of friendly stars |
| Dis | Separation of parting from |
| Desmos | Bound or Bond |
| Scope | Look at, inspect, consider, examine |
| Microscope | A device to look at small objects |
| Skopeo | Look at, inspect, consider, examine |
| Periscope | A device for seeing around objects |
| Peri | Around |
| Episcopal | Overseen by bishops or overseears |
| Epi | On/Over |
| Syn | With/Together |
| Sympathy | To feel with or the same as someone else |
| Pathos | Feeling |
| Symphony | The same sound |
| Phone | Sound |
| Synthetic | Material made by putting chemicals together |
| Thesis | To put or place |
| Synchronize | To do things at the same time |
| Chronos | Time |
| Photosynthesis | To put things together using light |
| Tele | Far/Distant |
| Television | Seeing distant things |
| Telephone | Sound from far away |
| Telephoto | Light from far away |
| Photo | Light |
| Telepathy | Feeling someone from far away |
| Telescope | Looking at objects far away |
| Thesis | A position taken in an argument supported by a set of reasons |
| Theme | An essay on a certain subject with a statement and supporting reasons |
| Synthesizer | Instrument which puts real sounds together like real instruments |
| Antithesis | A point of view about a subject against the position in consideration |
| Anti | Against |
| philia | love, friendship |
| sophia | wisdom |
| adelphos | brother |
| anthropos | mankind |
| logos | words, study |
| biblos | books |
| philosopher | one who loves wisdom |
| Philadelphia | city of brotherly love |
| philanthropist | one who cares about his fellow men |
| philologist | one who loves words |
| bibliophile | one who loves books |
| phobos | fear |
| phobia | irrational fear |
| claustrum | lock |
| phobophobia | fear of fear itself |
| pyro | fire |
| pyrophobia | fear of fire |
| zoon | animal |
| zoophobia | fear of animals |
| claustrophobia | fear of closed/locked spaces |
| phone | sound |
| graph | write of draw |
| phonograph | writing with sound |
| tele | far away |
| telephone | sound from far away |
| mega | big |
| megaphone | device that makes sound big |
| micros | small |
| microphone | device to transmit or record small sounds |
| sym | together |
| symphony | sounds that go together |
| photos | light |
| graph | write or draw |
| photograph | picture or drawn by light |
| telephoto | light from a distance |
| thesis | putting |
| photosynthesis | device for putting things together using light |
| tropos | turn |
| phototrophic | turning toward light |
| metron | measure |
| photometer | device to measure light |
| graph | To write or draw |
| phonograph | A device for writing sound |
| telegraph | A device to write from a long distance |
| autograph | to write our self |
| hologram | whole or complete drawing |
| logic | using words & studying to learn knowledge |
| geology | the study of the earth |
| biology | study of life |
| anthropology | study of mankind |
| dialogue | learning or studying through words |
| kinesis | movement |
| kinetic | motion to be in motion |
| kinesiology | the study of bodily movement |
| cinema | moving picture theatre |
| cinematographer | moving picture drawer |
| metron | measure |
| meter | unit of measure |
| geometry | measure of the earth |
| symmetry | measuring the same |
| thermometer | measure of heat |
| thermos | heat |
| dia | through or across |
| diameter | to measure through or across |
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