WordSkills : Lesson Nine

1. WordSkills: Lesson Nine

2. WordSkills:Lesson NinePart One

3. Word of the day:etymology • From etumos (true)and logos ( word) • The eytymology of a word is its literal meaning or definition as well as the origin and historical development

4. 1 alt: other • alteration alter (other) tion (act of) • altercation alter (altercari [quarrel] from alter = other) tion (act of) • alter ego alter (other) ego (self)

5. 2 ann (enn): year • anniversary ann (year) verse (turn) ary (related to) • perennial per (through) enn (year) ial (related to) • millennium mill (thousand) enn (year) ium (act, process)

6. 3 ar (al): pertaining to, related to • astral astr (star) al (related to) • circular circ (circle) ar (pertaining to) • bipolar bi (two) palis (stake) ar (related to)

7. 4 carn: meat, flesh • carnivorous carn (flesh) vor (eat) ous (full of) • incarnate in (in, into) carn (flesh) ate (make, do] • carnage carn (flesh) age (state, quality)

8. 5 corp: body • corpse corpus (body) • corporal corp (body) al (pertaining to) • corpulent corp (body) lent (full of) • Note: Corporal, meaning lowest noncommissioned officer, derives from caporal<capit (head)

9. WordSkills: Lesson NinePart Two

10. Word of the day:tawdry • From tawdry lace, a shortened form of St. Audrey’s lace. The term referred to cheap neclaces sold at a medieval English festival held in honor of St. Audry (or Etheldreda), the queen of Northumbria, who died in 679 of a throat tumor supposedly as punishment for wearing fancy neclaces as a young woman. Today tawdry describes that which is cheap and showy, gaudy, or sleazy in appearance.

11. 6 duc (duct): lead • conduct con (together, with) duct (lead) • deduce de (down, from) duc (lead) • production pro (forth, forward) duct (lead) ion (act of)

12. 7 fact (fect, fic, fy): make, do • manufacture manu (hand) fact (make) ure (act of) • deify deus (god) fy (make) • beneficent bene (good) fic (make) ent (full of)

13. 8 ist: (one who) • perfectionist per (thoroughly) fect (make,do) ion (act of) ist (one who) • physicist physi (nature) ist (one who) • linguist lingu (language) ist (one who)

14. 9 liter: word, letter • literal liter (word) al (related to) • illiterate il (not) liter (word,letter) ate (related to) • alliteration al (very) liter (letter) tion (act of)

15. 10 locut (loqu): talk • loquacious loqu (talk) cious (having quality of) • eloquent e (out) loqu (talk) ent (full of) • circumloqution circum (around) locut (talk) ion (act of)

16. WordSkills:Lesson NinePart Three

17. Word of the day:ignoramus • From the Latin legal term meaning “we do not know”. This phrase was written on a bill when the evidence was insufficient to send the case to a trial jury. It came to be used as a noun as a result of the name of a character, Ignoramus, who was an incompetent lawyer in a 1615 play by George Ruggle. Today an ignoramous is an ignorant person.

18. 11 migr: move • migrate migr (move) ate (make) • emigrant e (out) migr (move) ant (one who) • immigrant im (in, into) migr (move) ant (one who)

19. 12 morph: shape • amorphous a (not, lacking) morph (shape) ous (full of) • polymorphous poly (many) morph (shape) ous (full of) • morphology morph (shape) logy (study of)

20. 13 nom: law, rule, principle • astronomy astro (star) nom (law) y (result of) • economics eco (house) nom (law) ics (science of) • taxonomy tax (arrange) nom (principle) y (result)

21. 14 onym: name • anonymous an (without) onym (name) ous (full of) • pseudonym psudo (false) onym (name) • synonym syn (same) onym (name)

22. 15 ose: having quality of • bellicose bell (war, fight) ose (having quality of) • morose moreosus (peevish) ose (having quality of) • verbose verb (word) ose (having quality of)

23. WordSkills:Lesson NinePart Four

24. Word of the day:malapropism • From the French phrase mal a propos, which means inappropriate. In his 1775 play The Rivals, George Sheridan created a character named Mrs. Malaprop who consistently used language that was inappropriate. For example, she says, “She’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile” and “He is the very pineapple of politeness.” Today the word means ludicrous misuse of language.

25. 16 phobia: fear • hydrophobia hydro (water) phobia (fear) • claustrophobia claudere (to close) phobia (fear) • monophobia mono (alone, single) phobia (fear)

26. 17 pli (plic, ply) fold • complicate com (together) plic (fold) ate (make, do) • pliable pli (fold) able (capable of) • reply re (back) ply (fold)

27. 18 rogat: ask • interrogate inter (between, among) rogat (ask) ate (make,do) • prerogative pre (before) rogat (ask) ive (that which) • rogation rogat ( ask) tion (act of) -- prayer or supplication

28. 19 sens (sent) feel • sensitive sens (feel) ive (that which) • insentient in (no, not) sent (feel) ent (full of) • sentimental sent (feel) ment (result, process) al (related to)

29. 20 somn: sleep • insomnia in (no, not) somn (sleep) ia (state of) • somniferous somn (sleep) fer (bear, produce) ous (full of) • somnambulate somn (sleep) ambul (walk) ate (make, do)

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31. Word of the day:effigy • From the Latin e (out) and fingere (to form or fashion). An effigy is a representation of someone. Fingere is also the base for feign, figment, and figure.

32. 21 spir: breathe • respiration re (again) spir (breathe) tion (act of) • perspire per (through) spir (breathe) • expire ex (out) spir (breathe) • Note: “Perspire” is frequently mispronounced “PREspire”. Understanding the prefixes should eliminate confusion. In expire the “s” in “spir” is dropped because “x” and “s” are difficult to say together.

33. 22 tact (tang, ting): touch • tactile tact (touch) ile (capable of, pertaining to) • tangent tang (touch) ent (full of) • contingent con (together, with) ting (touch) ent (full of)

34. 23 tude: state of • solitude sol (alone, single) tude (state of) • multitude multi (many) tude (state of) • gratitude grat (thanks) tude (state of)

35. 24 vid (vis): see • visual vis (see) al (related to) • revise re (again) vis (see) • provident pro (forth, forward) vid (see) ent (full of)

36. 25 xylo: wood • xylophone xylo (wood) phon (sound) • xylophagous xylo (wood) phag (eat) ous (full of) • xylotomy xylo (wood) tom (cut) y (result of)