1.alt: other

1. alteration:to change to the other form altercation: to quarrel with others alter ego: other self Joseph seemed to get into an altercation with anyone who crossed his path. 1.alt: other

2. anniversary: happens every year perennial: lasting through the year millennium: a thousand years The gardener planted perennials in my yard so I could enjoy the flowers every year. 2. ann (enn) : year

3. astral: pertaining to the stars circular: pertaining to a circle bipolar: related to two stakes The circular patterns in the wheat fields made the farmers suspect extraterrestrial visitations. 3.ar (al): pertaining torelated to

4. carnivorous: meat eating incarnate: to make into flesh carnage: destroying of flesh as in war The carnage he experienced during the war left him in need of counseling. 4.carn: meat, flesh

5. corpse: dead body corporal: related to the body corpulent: having a large body [Corporal, meaning lowest noncommissioned officer, derives from caporal<capit (head).] The corpulent man sued McDonalds because he would not fit into any of their booths. 5.corp: body

6. conduct: lead together deduce: lead to a conclusion production: the act of leading forward It was easy to deduce that school was going to be cancelled when it started snowing at midnight. 6.duc (duct): lead

7. manufacture: making by hand deify: to make a god beneficent: doing good The company moved its manufacturing plant to Mexico where the labor was cheaper. 7.fact (fect, fic, fy): make, do

8. perfectionist: one who makes thoroughly or perfect physicist: one who studies nature linguist: one who studies language Since he was such a perfectionist he drove himself crazy trying to do everything perfectly. 8. ist: one who

9. literal: related to words, word for word illiterate: not understanding words alliteration: the act of repeating letters The literal meaning of a work of literature is seldom the entire meaning. 9. liter: word, letter

10. loquacious: talking a great deal eloquent: talking with a fancy flair circumlocution: talking around the topic The loquacious minister kept the congregation long past lunch. 10. locut (loqu): talk

11. migrate: move to another location emigrant: one who moves out of a country immigrant: one who moves into a country Birds often migrate to warmer climates during the winter. 11. migr: move

12. amorphous: without shape polymorphous: full of many shapes morphology: the study of shapes The movie “The Blob” is based on an amorphous creature. 12. morph: shape

13. astronomy: the law or study of the stars economics: science of financial law taxonomy: principles of arranging things Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives lists the principles of learning information. 13. nom: law, rule, principle

14. anonymous: without a name pseudonym: false name synonym: same name or meaning Samuel Langhorne Clemmens wrote under the pseudonym, Mark Twain. 14. onym: name

15. bellicose: having the quality of being warlike morose: having the quality of being peevish verbose: having the quality of being wordy The lecture took four hours since the teacher was very verbose. 15. ose: having quality of

16. hydrophobia: fear of water claustrophobia: fear of being too close monophobia: fear of being alone The small tight room brought out his claustrophobia, and he started to scream uncontrollably. 16. phobia: fear

17. complicate: make fold together or make harder pliable: capable of being folded, relaxed reply: fold back or repeat The tent was very pliable, so it was easy to pack it away. 17. pli (plic, ply): fold

18. interrogate: ask among prerogative: that which is asked before rogation: asking a prayer or supplication The police interrogated the students until they begged for no more questions. 18. rogat: ask

19. sensitive: having strong feelings insentient: full of no feeling sentimental: related to having strong feelings The sentimental song brought tears to the old man’s eyes. 19. sens (sent): feel

20. insomnia: state of not being able to sleep somniferous: the ability to produce sleep somnambulate: sleepwalking After suffering from insomnia for years, the girl fell asleep and slept for days. 20. somn: sleep

21. respiration: breathing again perspire: breathing of the skin expire: breathe out The men from the rescue squad checked the victim’s respiration. 21. spir: breathe

22. tactile: pertaining to touch tangent: full of touch contingent: touching together Tactile learning is not possible unless students get to touch as they learn. 22. act (tang,ting): touch

23. solitude: state of being alone multitude: state of involving many gratitude: state of being thankful The students were all in a posture of gratitude as they bowed before their instructor. 23. tude: state of

24. visual: related to seeing revise: making able to see again provident: seeing forward A PowerPoint presentation is a visual aid to help students learn. 24. vid (vis): see

25. xylophone: sound from wood xylophagous: eating into wood as termites xylotomy: cut from wood for microscopic examination The xylophone added mellow sounds to the orchestra’s arrangement. 25. xylo: wood