1. WordSkills
Lesson 8

2. 1. Alg -- pain analgesic neuralgia nostalgia an (lacking) alg (pain)
ic (characteristic of)
neuro ( )
ia (state, condition)
nostos (home)
ia (state)

3. 2. Anim –mind, soul, spirit animated inanimate magnanimous
anim (spirit)
ate (make, do)
in (no)
anim (soul, spirit)
ate ( )
magna (large)
ous ( full of)

4. 3. Astr -- star asteroid astrology disaster astr (star)
oid (resembling)
ology (study of)
dis (apart, away)
astr (star/ill fate)

5. 4. Cardi -- heart cardiologist pericardium myocardial cardi (heart)
log (study of)
ist (one who)
peri (around)
ium (related to)
myo (muscle)
al (related to)

6. 5. Cogn -- know recognize incognito metacognition re ( ) cogn (know)
ize (make, do)
in (not)
meta (change)
tion (act of)

7. 6. Dent (dont) -- tooth dentist indent periodontics dent (tooth)
ist (one who)
in (in, into)
peri (around)
dont ( )
ics (science of)

8. 7. Erg (urg) – work, power energy synergize metallurgist en (inside)
erg (power)
y ( )
syn (together)
erg (work)
ize (make, do)
metal (mine)
urg (work)
ist (one who)

9. 8. ity – state, quality, act gravity minority sincerity
grav (weight/heavy)
ity (state of)
minor (small)
ity (state)
sincerus (pure)
ity (quality of)

10. 9. Lect (leg) – read, choose
lectern
legible
select
lect (read) a place for reading
leg (read)
ible (able)
se (away, from)
lect (choose)

11. 10. man (manu) -- hand manicure manual manifest man (hand) cur (care)
al (related to)
man ( )
fest (made)

12. 11. Logy -- study eco (house/environment) ecology logy (study)
mythology
physiology
eco (house/environment)
logy (study)
myth (story)
physi (nature)

13. 12. mob (mot) --move mobile motivate commotion mob (move)
ile (capable of)
mot (move)
ate (make, cause)
com (together)
tion (act of)

14. 13. noc (nox) -- night nocturnal equinox noctambulate
nocturnes (night)
al (related to)
equi (equal, same)
nox (night)
noc (night)
ambl (walk)
ate (make do)

15. 14. nov -- new novel novice renovate nov (new) el (little) nov(new)
ice ( act, practice of)
re (back, again)
ate (make do)

16. 15. ortho – straight, standard
orthodox
orthodontist
orthography
ortho (straight)
dox (belief)
dont (tooth)
ist (one who)
graph (write)
y (result of)

17. 16. phil – love of, fondness for
philosopher
philanthropist
philodendron
phil (love of )
soph (wisdom)
er (one who)
anthrop (mankind)
ist (one who)
phil (love of)
dendron (tree)

18. 17. photo – light photography photosensitive photogram photo (light)
graph (write, record)
y (result of)
sens (feeling)
ive (that which)
gram (image)

19. 18. rect -- right rectify rectangular rectitude rect (right) fy (make)
angle
tude (state of)

20. 19. sed (sid, sess) -- sit sediment preside session sed (sit)
ment (result of)
pre (before)
sid (sit)
sess (sit)
ion (act of)

21. 20. sis – process, condition
analysis
psychosis
diagnosis
ana (apart)
lys (loosen)
sis (process)
psych (mind)
sis (condition)
dia (across, through)
gno (know)

22. 21. Spec (spic, spect) – look, watch
spectator
respect
conspicuous
spec
or (one who)
re ( )
spect (look)
con ( )
spic (look)
ous (full of)

23. 22. struct -- build structure construct obstruction struct (build)
ure (state, act of)
con (together)
ob (against)
tion (act of)

24. 23. tract -- pull tractor distract intractable tract (pull)
or (that which)
dis (apart, away)
in (not)
able (capable)

25. 24. via – road, way via trivia viaduct via (way) by way of tri (three)
duct (lead)

26. 25. xeno -- foreign xenophobia xenogenesis xenolith xeno (foreign)
phobia (fear of)
gen (start)
sis (process
lith (rock)