Word Skills Lesson 14 Ms. Akhiemokhali AP English III

AERO AIR aerate aer + ate air+ make aerial aer + ial air + pertaining to aerobics aero + ics air + science of

ANTHO FLOWER anthology antho + logy flower + study ananthous an + anth + ous lacking, without + flower + full of anthozoan anth + zo + an flower + animal + related to NOTE: flori

ARBOR TREE arbor arboreal arbor + eal tree + resembling, related to arboretum arbor + ium tree + place NOTE: dendri

BATH (BATHY) DEEP bathos bath deep bathymetry bath + metry deep + measure bathysphere bathy + sphere deep + circle

CAD (CID, CAS) FALL, HAPPEN, ACCIDENT decadent de + cad + ent down + fall + that which casualty cas fall recidivism re + cid + ism back, again + happen + belief, doctrine

CALC LIME, STONE, PEBBLE calcification calc + fic + ation stone + make + act of calcium calc + ium lime + mineral calculate calc + ate pebble + do NOTE: lith, lapis, petr

CHLORO GREEN chlorine chlor + ine green + pertaining to chloroform chloro + form green + form chlorophyll chloro + phyll green + leaf

CHRYS YELLOW, GOLD chrysanthemum chrys + anth yellow + flower chrysalis chrys gold chrysophyte chrys + phyt gold + plant NOTE: xantho (yellow), aur (gold)

CRE (CREAS, CRET) GROW increase in + creas in + grow crescendo cre + scend grow + climb accretion ac + cret + tion to + grow + act of

CUR CARE FOR curator cur + or care for + one who curious cur + ious care for + full of sinecure sine + cur without + care NOTE: cur, curr, curs meaning “to run”

CYAN BLUE cyan blue anthocyanin antho + cyan + in flower + blue + in cyanosis cyan + osis blue + disease, abnormal condition

CYTO CELL astrocyte astr + cyte star + cell cytogenesis cyto + gen + sis cell + start + process cytoxin cyto + tox cell + poison

DOMIN LORD, MASTER dominate domin + ate master + make predominate pre + domin + ate before + master + make anno Domini ann + domini year + Lord

ERYTHRO RED erythema erythr red erythrocytometer erythro + cyto + meter red + cell + measure erythrophobia erythro + phobia red + fear of NOTE: rhodo, rub

ETHNO NATION, RACE, CULTURE ethnic ethn + ic race, culture + related to ethnology ethno + logy culture + study of enthnocentric ethno + centr + ic culture, race + center + related to

FERV HOT, BOIL, BUBBLE fervent ferv + ent hot + full of fervid ferv + id hot + related to effervescent ef + ferv + scent out + boil + beginning to

GYN WOMAN gynecologist gyn + log + ist woman + study + one who androgynous andro + gyn + ous man + woman + full of gynophobia gyn + phobia woman + fear of

-ISH LIKE, RESEMBLING childish child + ish child + like feverish fever + ish fever + like dwarfish dwarf + ish small + like NOTE: -oid

-ITIS INFECTION, INFLAMMATION meningitis meninx + itis brain membrane + inflammation arthritis arthr + itis joint + inflammation hepatitis hepat + it is liver + inflammation

LIBER FREE liberal liber + al free + related to liberty liber + ity free + state of liberate liber + ate free + make NOTE: Deliberate derives from librare, meaning “to weigh.”

METER (METR) MEASURE perimeter peri + meter around + measure isometric iso + metr + ic same + measure + pertaining to odometer hodos + meter road, trip + measure

MOLL SOFT mollify moll + fy soft + make mollusk molluscus soft bodied emollient e + moll + ent out + soft + that which

ORNI (ORNITH) BIRD ornithology ornith + logy bird + study ornithivorous ornith + vor + ous bird + eat + full of orniscopy orni + scop + y bird + look, see + result of NOTE: avis

PHYLL LEAF phylloid phyll + oid leaf + like aphyllous a + phyll + ous lacking + leaf + full of phyllophagous phyll + phag + ous leaf + eat + full of

PON (POS) PLACE, PUT compose com + pos together, with + put depose de + pos down + put opponent ob + pon + ent against + place + one who NOTE: loco, topo