Word Within the Word Lesson #12

ROOT / DEFINITION / EXAMPLES / ORIGIN
  1. an-
/ without / anemia, anechoic, anaerobic, anorexia, anarchy / Greek
  1. ab
/ away / abnormal, abjure, absent, abroad, abrogate, abrupt, abduct, abdicate / Latin
  1. mel
/ song / melody, melodrama, melodeon, melodious, melodia / Greek
  1. aden
/ gland / adenoid, adenine, adenoma, adenovirus / Greek
  1. aer
/ air / aerobic, aerie, aerosol, aerial, aerobes, aerodynamics, malaria / Greek
  1. alb
/ white / albumen, alba, album, albino, albinism, albedo / Latin
  1. ase
/ enzyme / permease, galactosidase, proteinase, luciferase / Greek
  1. epi
/ on / epicenter, epidemic, epigram, epidermis, epigraph, epitaph / Greek
  1. hum
/ earth / humus, exhume, posthumous, humble, humiliate, human / Latin
  1. -be
/ life / microbe, aerobe, anaerobe / Greek
  1. bon
/ good / bonny, bonanza, bon mot, bonus, bon vivant, bonhomie, bona fide / Latin
  1. struct
/ build / construct, destruct, substructure, instruction, structure, infrastructure / Latin
  1. chlor
/ green / chlorophyll, chlorine, chloroplasts, chlorella / Greek
  1. cyan
/ blue / pyocyanin, cyanide, cyan, cyanophyta, cyanosis, cyanotype / Greek
  1. cyt
/ cell / erythrocyte, leucocyte, cytology, cytoplasm, melanocyte / Greek
  1. diplo
/ double / diplococcus, diploid, diplomacy, diplopoda, diplopia / Greek
  1. dys
/ bad / dysentery, dyslexia, dystrophy, dysfunction, dysphonia / Greek
  1. eco
/ house / ecology, economy, ecosystem, ecotone, economist, ecologist / Greek
  1. emia
/ blood / bacteremia, anemia, hypoglycemia, toxemia / Greek
  1. enter
/ intestine / enteritis, dysentery, gastroenteritis, enterozoan / Latin
  1. erythro
/ red / erythrocyte, erythroblastosis, erythrism, erythromycin / Greek
  1. idio
/ peculiar / idiot, idiosyncrasy, idiomorphous, idiom, idiot savant / Greek
  1. exo
/ out / exotoxin, exogenous, exodus, exorbitant, exorcism, exotic, exobiology / Greek
  1. im
/ not / impossible, impassable, improbable, imperfect, immobile, impecunious / Latin
  1. fil
/ thread / filiform, filicineae, filament, filarial, filigree, defile / Latin

Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.

  1. The anarchist had a severe case of anemia.
  2. The absentee landlord was abruptlyabducted.
  3. We advised the adventurer to admire his adversary.
  4. The melodeon played a sappy melody during the melodrama.
  5. The pilot studied aeronautics and aerodynamics.
  6. The albino stared at the white pages of the blank album.
  7. Luciferase is the enzyme in the luminous organs of the firefly.
  8. Does Benjamin Franklin’s tombstone epitaph contain a witty epigram?
  9. At the exhumation, the rich humus was removed from the humble grave.
  10. Microbes are a favorite subject of biological studies.
  11. The bonny lass discovered the bonanza by accident.
  12. The superstructure was constructed in three days.
  13. Chlorine from the pool damaged the chlorophyll in the plants.
  14. He held the cyanotype to the light and admired the sharp, blue jeans.
  15. The cytologist watched the leucocytes and erythrocytes through the microscope.
  16. She folded the diploma double and handed it to the waiting diplomat.
  17. His dyslexia made it difficult for him to pronounce words.
  18. The ecologist was fascinated with the living things in the ecosystem.
  19. The senator had hypoglycemia, not anemia.
  20. A specialist in dysentery and enteritis explained the rare intestinal ailment.
  21. The blood’s erythrocytes are generated by erythroblasts in the bones.
  22. The idiot savant was a handicapped artist with idiosyncrasies.
  23. The crowd made a sudden exodus when the exorcism began.
  24. The journey is impossible because the roads are impassable.
  25. The gold filigree in her jewelry resembled the bright filaments in a light bulb.

Mystery Questions #12

  1. Are anaerobic bacteria found primarily in windy places?
  2. Is a thoroughbred race horse a filigree?
  3. Would you put iodine on gastroenteritis?
  4. Would you enjoy receiving a posthumous award?
  5. Does a person with hypoglycemia have a low supply of blood sugar?
  6. Is an erythrocyte a white blood cell?
  7. Is the epidermis on the dermis?
  8. Is albumen the egg white or the egg yoke?
  9. Is the epicenter of an earthquake far from the quake’s center?
  10. Has a kidnapping victim been abducted?

AESTHETICS:

  1. Sometimes it is possible to relish a word purely for its artistic merit, for the poetic image it conveys. The enzyme that allows a firefly’s tail to glow in the dark, giving rise to spooky and wondrous summer evenings, is called luciferase: the devil’s enzyme.
  2. Imagine living in an aerie. How would your sense of the world, of its sounds, temperatures, colors, smell, and textures change from season to season? Why do people become fire tower operators, perched alone in tiny rooms atop high observation towers on the mountain peaks?

SYNTHESIS:

  1. Use ten words from list #12 in a paragraph on the human body.
  2. Suggest three life experiences that might combine to make someone become an anarchist.

DIVERGENCE:

  1. How many things can you think of that will always be impossible? How many things can you think of that are immobile? Impassable?
  2. Think of as many important steps as you can for specialists from the Center for Disease Control to take at the outbreak of a virulent epidemic.

ANALYSIS:

  1. We adjure our friends to do something, meaning that we earnestly urge them to do it. We abjure our former beliefs, meaning that we renounce them, or give them up. Analyze the difference between these two words. Remember that to analyze something is to break it into its components and to examine the components one at a time.
  2. Analyze the words gastroenteritis and hypoglycemia.

EVALUATION:

  1. It is a common principle of international diplomacy that nations do not search the diplomatic pouches of other nations. It is also common to grant the diplomats of other nations diplomatic immunity from prosecution for crimes. Finally, it is common to allow the foreign diplomats safe passage out of one’s country—even in time of war. Should we continue to observe these policies?

Complete the following analogies.

1.ANAEROBIC : AEROBIC ::6.IMPECUNIOUS : PENNILESS ::

a)enteritis : dysenterya) humus : earth

b) nontoxic : toxicb) defile : pollute

c) filament : filigreec) construct : destruct

d) bonus : bonanzad) bonny : pretty

2.MICROBE : ALBINISM ::7.CYTOPLASM : LEUCOCYTE ::

a) astronomer : telescopea) enterozoan : protozoan

b) cyanophyta: chloroplastsb) building : parking lot

c) astronomy : astrophysicsc) language : idiom

d) spectrum : spectrometerd) substance : object

3.ALBINO : ALBINISM ::8.BON VIVANT : ASCETIC ::

a) melodrama : cubisma) instruction : construction

b) red hair : erythrismb) cytology : cytoplasm

c) exodus : influxc) idiot savant : talent

d) melodia : melodyd) sybarite : spartan

4.ENTEROZOAN : DYSENTERY ::9.ABJURE : ADJURE ::

a) protozoan : protozoaa) renounce : entreat

b) erythrocyte : leucocyteb) denounce : pronounce

c) bilateral : trilateralc) abrogate : annul

d) diplococcus : anorexiad) abdicate : relinquish

5.EPIGRAM : EPIGRAPH ::10.ANARCHY : NIHILISM ::

a) bon mot : inscriptiona) gerontocracy : pointillism

b) epitaph : phonographb) exobiology : hedonism

c) diplomacy : bonhomiec) ecology : romanticism

d) atrophy : dystrophyd) monarchy : absolutism

Classic Words #12

1.From John Knowles’s A Separate Peace

We had been an ______, leaderless band.

  1. melodious
  2. anaerobic
  3. impecunious
  4. idiosyncratic

2. From George Orwell’s Animal Farm

This ______set the table in a roar.

  1. melodeon
  2. bon mot
  3. epitaph
  4. idiom

3. From James Hilton’s Lost Horizon

Barnard’s wise-cracking ______was of the kind he would have cultivated with a butler.

  1. epigram
  2. bonhomie
  3. abjuring
  4. anarchy

4. From Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe

Go to the Grand Master, ______the order to his very teeth.

  1. exhume
  2. abjure
  3. abrogate
  4. abdicate

5. From Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray

You cut life to pieces with your ______.

  1. abrogations
  2. epigraphs
  3. epigrams
  4. melodramas

TEST #12

Directions: For the following words, write the definition of the root in bold.

Word Within the Word Lesson #12

  1. hypoglycEMIA
  2. microBE
  3. ECOlogy
  4. BONhomie
  5. exHUMe
  6. MELody
  7. reSTRUCTure
  8. CYANide
  9. ERYTHROcyte
  10. IDIOm
  11. EPIgram
  12. AERosol
  13. FILigree
  14. IMpervious
  15. ALBum
  16. ABsent
  17. EXObiology
  18. DIPLOmacy
  19. CHLORophyll
  20. CYTOplasm
  21. luciferASE
  22. ANarchy
  23. DYSpepsia
  24. ADENine
  25. ENTERitis
  1. ACROphobia
  2. ECTOplasm
  3. hypoDERMic
  4. metroPOLIS
  5. URBane
  6. TANGle
  7. TEMPORary
  8. CHRONic
  9. STEREOphonic
  10. ORTHOdontist
  11. BENEdiction
  12. OMNIscient
  13. PHONetics
  14. HYDROcephalic
  15. SPECious
  16. TELEphone
  17. AUTOmaton
  18. NEOn
  19. regiCIDE
  20. BIOlogy
  21. MALevolent
  22. PREdict
  23. EQUIdistant
  24. ANTIclimax
  25. INTRAvenous
  26. JUSTice
  27. SESSion
  28. reSURGence
  29. BASal
  30. APOtheosis
  31. LUMinescence
  32. ANDROgen
  33. teleGRAM
  34. LOGician
  35. POTENTial
  36. SENile
  37. PALEOlithic
  38. GENetics
  39. PSYCHOneurosis
  40. SACROsanct
  41. LITHograph
  42. reTRACT
  43. inFRACTion
  44. HEXAgonal
  45. METAbolism
  46. acroNYM
  47. LEGible
  48. TACTile
  49. RIDicule
  50. adenOID
  1. NECROphobia
  2. OSTEOlogist
  3. DIAgonal
  4. ORNITHology
  5. TRANSpose
  6. MEDIate
  7. PYROmania
  8. HYPERbole
  9. SONic
  10. NOVa
  11. MORPHology
  12. HEMAtoma
  13. MONOcular
  14. MICROcephalic
  15. PHOTOgenic
  16. PENDing
  17. ANTHROPOid
  18. PORTer
  19. anARCHY
  20. BELLigerent
  21. ANTErior
  22. SUBtrahend
  23. DEduct
  24. NONintervention
  25. INTERvention

Word Within the Word Lesson #12