light

Ex: photograph=picture drawn

by light

to write or draw
Ex: telegraph=(tele distant)
writing from far away

far away, distant

Ex: television=(visiosee)
seeing distant things

measure
Ex: meter = unit of measure;
39.47 inches long

turning
Ex: phototropic=turning
toward light as leaves and
flowers do

love, friendship
Ex: philosopher = (sophia
wisdom) one who loves
wisdom

fear
Ex: phobia = irrational fear

with, together
Ex: sympathy = (pathos
feeling) to feel with someone
else

put, place, position

Ex: thesis= a position taken in
an argument supported by a
set of reasons

movement
Ex: kinetic = relating to the
movement of bodies

sound
Ex: megaphone = (mega big)
device to make sounds BIG

sound
Ex: sonar = device that hears
sounds under water

look at, inspect, consider,

examine
Ex: scope = all that the eye can
see

see
Ex: video = picture portion of
television

word, study
Ex: geology = (geo earth)
study of the earth

word
Ex: verb = the action word of a
sentence

name
Ex: nominal = in name only;
not real or actual

for, before, forward, in place

Ex: project = (jacio to throw)
to throw forward

before, in front of
Ex: predict = (dico say) say
beforehand

to, toward; near, next to

Ex: adhere = stick to

throw
Ex: reject = throw back

lay, put, place

Ex: pose = position or attitude

with, together
Ex: cumulative = all together

fix, fasten, attach

Ex: fixture = a thing fastened in
place

join, unite, connect

Ex: conjugal = relating to the
joining of a man and woman in
marriage

finger, toe, inch

Ex: digit = finger; numerals
from 0-9; unit of measure the
width of a finger

head
Ex: decapitate = to remove
ones head

hand
Ex: manual = by hand

foot
Ex: pedestal = foot of
a column

arm
Ex: bracelet = ornament for the
arm or wrist

tooth
Ex: dentist = tooth doctor

body
Ex: corporeal =
pertaining to the
body

one
Ex: unit = one part of a series or
of a whole

two
Ex: duet = music played or
sung by two people

three
Ex: tricycle = a threewheeled vehicle

four
Ex: quatrain = a stanza of
poetry four line long

five
Ex: quinquennial = five-year
period of time

six
Ex: sexdigital = having six
fingers or toes

seven
Ex: September =
seventh month of
the Roman
calendar

eight
Ex: octopus = eight-footed
ocean creature

nine
Ex: novendial =
lasting nine days

ten
Ex: December = tenth month of
the Roman calendar

hundred
Ex: cent = one
hundredth of a dollar

thousand
Ex: mile = a
thousand paces

fire
Ex: pyrotechnics =
fireworks

fire
Ex: igneous = pertaining to fire

Vulcan-Roman g-d of fire

Ex: volcano = a crack in the
earth pouring out hot magma

water
Ex: dehydrate = take water
away

water
Ex: aquarium = a
tank of water
where fish or
water plants can
live

good
Ex: boon = good deed, a favor

sun
Ex: heliotrope = plant which
turns toward the sun

sun
Ex: solar = pertaining to the sun

moon
Ex: lunatic = mad;
affected by the
moon

through, between, across, apart

Ex: diagnosis = through
knowledge

across, over, beyond, through

Ex: transfer = carry across

earth
Ex: George = one who works
with the earth; a farmer

land
Ex:
extraterrestrial
= outside of
earths
atmosphere

sleep
Ex: dormant = sleeping

sleep
Ex: hypnotic = inducing sleep

year
Ex: annuity =
amount of money
paid yearly

stone
Ex: megalith =
(megas large)
large stone

rock, stone
Ex: Peter = name which means
reliable, like a rock

star
Ex: aster = star shaped flower

star
Ex: stellar = pertaining to a star,
or stars

tree
Ex: rhododendron
= evergreen shrub
with large flowers

tree
Ex: arboraceous = full of trees,
wooded

time
Ex: chronology = relate events
in time sequence

time
Ex: temporary = for a limited
time

beside, along with

Ex: parachute = goes along with
you as you fall and slows you
down

between, among, amid

Ex: international = between or
among nations

art, skill
Ex: technique = expert skill

art, skill
Ex: artist = one who acts or
creates with skill

life
Ex: amphibian = creature who
can live both on land and in
water

live
Ex: survive = (sur over) to
live over or beyond the threat of
death

small
Ex: microscope = instrument
for looking at tiny things

great, large, big

Ex: megaphone = device for
making a sound larger

great, large, big

Ex: magnify = make larger

father
Ex: patriotism = love for the
fatherland

mother
Ex: matriarch = a woman who
rules the family

brother
Ex: friar = a member of a
mens religious order

the people, the

citizens
Ex: democracy =
people power

people
Ex: public = general body of
people in a community

city
Ex: polite = having
city (civilized)
manners

city
Ex: suburb = outlaying part of a
city; smaller town in a city

feeling, suffering
Ex: pathetic = marked by
suffering or sorrow

self
Ex: automobile = self moving

heat
Ex: thermometer = device for
measuring heat

run
Ex: current = running, ongoing

animal
Ex: paleozoic = (paleoearly)
early animal period

turn
Ex: reverse = turn back

do, make
Ex: factory = place for making
things

write
Ex: manuscript = written by
hand

fold
Ex: duplicate = twofold

speak, say
Ex: diction = art or manner of
speaking

book
Ex: Bible = the book of the
Christian religion

book
Ex: librarian = one in charge of
a library

know
Ex: conscious = sharing
knowledge; mentally awake or
active

student
Ex: discipline = teaching;
instruction, field of learning

lizard
Ex: brontosaurus = (brontos
thunder) thunder lizard

love
Ex: amorous= full of love