Greek Vocabulary 6

1. Greek Vocabulary 6 Roots, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, sentences, and related words

2. acrophobia • acro – • high; extremity; tip • acrophobia – • n. abnormal fear of heights • n. acrophobe adj. acrophobic

3. acrophobia • I am acrophobic, so even looking at these pictures makes me feel uncomfortable. • Although I can now stand up in a chair or on a desk, my acrophobia will not let me climb on the roof of my house.

4. acrophobia Related words: • acrobat • acromegaly • acronym • acropolis • acrostic

5. aerate • aero – • air • aerate – • v. 1. to expose to the air, mix a liquid with a gas, or supply with oxygen 2. to supply (the blood) with oxygen by respiration; British: carbonate • n. aeration n. aerator v. aerating, aerates, aerated

6. aerate • Many serious lawn growers aerate their lawns at certain times to encourage growth through additional water and air access. • If you have ever seen a pond or lake with a fountain in it, that is a perfect example of aeration, circulating air to the bottom of the body of water and benefitting the plants and animals within it.

7. aerate Related words: • aerial • aerobatics • aerobic • aerodynamics • aeronautics • aerosol • aerospace • anaerobic

8. cosmopolitan • cosm/o – • universe; world • cosmopolitan – • 1. adj. having wide international sophistication, having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing • 2. n. one who has international sophistication • Synonyms: worldly, worldly–wise, smart, sophisticated, city slicker, cosmopolite, metropolitan, slicker, sophisticate • Antonyms: guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive, unsophisticated, untutored, unworldly, wide-eyed, bumpkin, hick, provincial, rustic, yokel

9. cosmopolitan • Because the teenage girl wanted to study fashion and design, she applied to colleges in more cosmopolitan cities like New York, Paris, and Milan, Italy. • Benny attended art gallery premiers, wrote for Fine Design Magazine, and vacationed in the Napa Valley, but it took more than eight years to wash the small-town dust off before he felt sophisticated enough to be called cosmopolitan.

10. cosmopolitan • cosmic • cosmography • cosmology • cosmonaut • cosmopolite • cosmos • macrocosm • microcosm

11. cryonics • cryo – • cold • cryonics – • n. the practice of freezing a body to preserve it for possible revival by future medical cures • adj. cryonic

12. cryonics • In the hope that they will later be revived, some people have had their bodies frozen using cryonics. • Science fiction often includes travelers who have undergone cryonic preservation during centuries-long space voyages.

13. cryonics Related words: • cryobank • cryobiology • cryogen • cryogenics • cryolite • cryostat • cryosurgery

14. progeny • gen, genesis – • race; kind; origin • progeny – • 1. a: descendants, children b: offspring of animals or plants 2. outcome, product 3. a body of followers, disciples, or successors • n. pl. progeny or progenies

15. progeny • During the holidays my grandmother loves to be surrounded by all of her progeny. • Every one of our Labrador’s progeny have been yellow just like her.

16. progeny Related words: • allergen • antigen • carcinogen • genealogy • genetics • genocide • genus • homogeneous • indigenous • nitrogen • oxygen • pathogen • photogenic • primogenitor

17. diagnosis • gnos, gnom, gnomon – • knowledge • diagnosis – • n. the critical analysis of a situation or illness pl. n. diagnoses v. diagnose, -ed, -ing, -es adj. diagnostic adv. diagnostically • Synonyms: conclusion, deliverance, determination, decision, judgment, opinion, resolution, verdict

18. diagnosis • The doctor had to test the patient’s blood and get X-rays of her head to diagnose her sinus infection. • Once the team leaders watched video of the factory workers’ actions and movements, they were able to diagnose the problems in the assembly line structure and make changes in the order of tasks.

19. diagnosis Related words: • agnostic • gnome • ignorant • ignore • prognosis • prognosticate

20. heliotrope • helio – • sun • heliotrope – • n. a plant whose stem or flowers turn toward the sun or a small, fragrant white or purple flower.

21. heliotrope • A sunflower is a heliotrope because it turns its flowers toward the sun every day. • Since she loves to sit in the garden, my grandmother plants heliotropes for the lovely scent and for the view as they slowly shift their faces to the sun.

22. heliotrope Related words: • aphelion • heliocentric • Helios • heliotherapy • helium • perihelion

23. neophyte • neo – • new, recent • neophyte – • n. a beginner; a person recently converted to a faith • Synonyms: convert, proselyte Antonyms: old hand, old-timer, vet, veteran

24. neophyte • I am a neophyte etymologist because I am a beginner at studying word origins. • Because he was merely a neophyte, the young man’s warnings were not taken seriously by the more experienced detectives.

25. neophyte Related words: • neoclassic • Neolithic • neonatal • neoorthodoxy • neoteny

26. periscope • peri – • around • periscope – • n. a tubular optical instrument for viewing objects that are not in the direct line of sight, as on a submerged submarine • adj. periscopic, periscopical

27. periscope • Periscopes can be highly technological and used on such things as submarines or simplistic and used on playgrounds. • When we were children, my brother and I made periscopes out of cardboard, glue and mirrors so we could pretend to be spies and watch people when they did not know we were there.

28. periscope Related words: • pericardium • perigee • perihelion • perimeter • period • periodontal • peripheral • periphery

29. photovoltaic • phot/o – • light • photovoltaic – • adj. producing an electric current when exposed to light • Usage: photovoltaic cell or photovoltaic device

30. photovoltaic • If my house got more direct sunlight, I would love to have photovoltaic cells installed on my roof to create energy for my home. • Surprisingly, Germany, which gets very little sunlight, is leading the world in photovoltaic or solar production.

31. photovoltaic Related words: • microphotograph • photogenic • photography • photometer • photon • photosynthesis • telephoto

32. pseudonym • pseudo – • false • pseudonym – • n. a fictitious name esp. used by a writer adj. pseudonymous • Synonyms: alias, nom de guerre, a pen name, nom de plum

33. pseudonym • Mark Twain’s real name is Samuel Clemens; Mark Twain is his pseudonym. • Stephen King employed the pseudonym Richard Bachman when he attempted to shift from the long-successful horror genre.

34. pseudonym Related words: • pseudo epigraphy • pseudo pregnancy • pseudoscience

35. geothermal • therm – • heat; temperature • geothermal – • adj. pertaining to heat generated in the interior of the earth • adv. geothermally

36. geothermal • Geothermal energy is used to harness the heat coming from the earth to produce energy for human consumption. • Much of our country’s geothermal facilities are situated in California, but Nevada appears to be our second most geothermally active state.

37. geothermal Related words: • ectotherm • endotherm • electrothermal • hyperthermia • hypothermia • thermodynamics • thermometer • thermos • thermostat

38. Root Review 1 • gnos, gnom, gnomon – • knowledge • helio – • sun • cosm/o – • universe; world • peri – • around

39. Root Review 2 • gen, -gene, -genesis – • race; kind; origin • acro – • high; extremity; tip • aero – • air • neo – • new, recent

40. Root Review 3 • phot/o – • light • pseudo – • false • cryo – • cold • therm – • heat; temperature

41. Root Review 4 • ambi, amphi – • both; on both sides; around • anti – • against; instead of, opposite • anthrop – • man; human • arch, archi, arche/o, archae/o – • rule; chief; first; ancient • cata – • down; completely; thoroughly; against; intensive; according to • chrono – • time • esthes, esthet, aesthes, aesthet – • feeling; sensation • -oid – • like; resembling • –latry – • worship

42. Root Review 5 • phon – • sound; voice • tele – • distant; end; complete • scope – • to view; examine; observe • a, an – • not; without • auto – • self; same • mis – Greek • to hate • path, pathy – • disease; feeling • –ics – • science; study of; skill; knowledge • morph/o – • form • dia – • through; apart; across

43. Root Review 6 • gam/o, -gamy, gameto – • marriage, united, sexual union • dem/o, demi – • people • soph, sophy – • wise; wisdom • geo – • earth hect, hector – hundred bi, bin – two; twice (Latin) log/o – word; discourse; doctrine tetra – four octa, oct, octo – eight

44. Root Review 7 • syn, sym, syl, sys – • together; same • biblio – • book • mono, mon – • one; single; alone • –cracy, crat – • government; rule; power • the, theo – • God • nom/, nomy – • law; rule; management • dys – • bad; difficult; abnormal; impaired • pan, panto – • all, every

45. Root Review 8 • phon – • sound; voice • tele – • distant; end; complete • scope – • to view; examine; observe • a, an – • not; without • auto – • self; same • poly – • many • hex, hexa – • six • di, diplo – • two, double • penta, pent – • five

46. Root Review 9 • hemi – • half • hepta, hept – • seven • kilo – • thousand • prot, proto – • first; primitive, chief • cycl/o – • circle; wheel • onym – • name; word • –ology, -logy – • study of • –phobia – • fear of • bio – • life; living things

47. Root Review 10 • dont, odont – • tooth; teeth • ortho – • straight; correct • dox – • belief, praise • gyn, gynec – • woman; female • andr/o – • man; male; stamen • apo – • away; from; off; separate • astro, aster – • star • derma, dermat/o – • skin • morph/o – • form