Chapter 3/4 Flashcards by Chelsee Smith

Ambi-

On both sides, around

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Ambi/gu/ous

Doubtful, uncertain, unclear

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Ambi/ent

Present on all sides

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Ambi/val/ent

Mixed feelings

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Ambi/t

The range or limit covered by something

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Epi-

On, over, attached to

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Epi/thet

A descriptive word or phrase existing with or in place of the name of a person or thing

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Epi/log/ue

The final section after the main part of a book or play

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Epi/phyte

A plant that grows on another plant

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Epi/taph

Inscription on a grave or tomb

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hyp/hypo-

Below, under

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Hypo/chondri/ac

A person overly concerned with their own health, often suffers from delusions of physical disease.

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Hypo/gly/cem/ia

low blood sugar

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Hypo/therm/ia

Subnormal temperature of the body

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Hypo/thet/ic/al

Imagined for purposes of example

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Therm/thermo-

Warm

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Therm/al

Of, or relating to, or caused by heat

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Thermo/dynam/ics

Physics that deals with heat

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Thermo/nuclear

Relating to the changes in the nucleus of atoms

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BTU

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water, one degree fahrenheit

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Poly

many

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Poly/p

Sea animal with many tentacles or a growth off of a mucous membrane

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Poly/glot

One who can speak or write several languages

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Poly/mer

A chemical compound where two molecules combine to form larger molecules

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Poly/graph

An instrument for recording changes in several body functions at the same time

Prim-

First

Prim/al

Basic or primitive

Prim/er

An introductory book on a subject, first reading book for children

Prim/ate

First animals distinguishable by certain homogeneous characteristics, including humans, apes and monkeys

Prim/ordi/al

Existing in or from the very beginning; from primordial meaning origin

Hom/homo

Same/similar

Homo/nym

Words pronounced and/or spelled alike but different in meaning

homo/gene/ous

The same/ similar kind

Homo/log/ous

Developing from the same/similar part of an ancestor

Homo/gen/ize

To change something so that its parts are the same/ similar

Dis-

Apart

Dissuade

To convince someone not to do something

Dis/ori/ent

To cause to be confused or lost

Dis/cred/it

To cause someone o something to seem dishonest or untrue

Dis/lodge

To force out of place

Ad hoc

For this

Ad hominem

Against the other person

Alter ego

second "I"; trusted friend or opposite side of a personality

De facto

The way something actually is rather than how it is recognized

Quid Pro Quo

Something given or received for something else

Ex Post Facto

Done after the fact

Modus Operandi

The usual way of doing something

Modus Vivendi

A way of life

Vor-

To eat

Carn/i/vor/ous

Meat eating

Herb/i/vor/ous

Plant eating

Insect/i/vor/ous

Insect eating

Vor/ac/ious

Having a huge appetite

Carn-

Meat or flesh

Carn/age

Great destruction of life, slaughter

Carn/al

Having to do with bodily pleasure

In/carn/ate

Given bodily form

Re/in/carn/ation

Rebirth in new bodies

Cred-

To believe

Cred/ence

Belief, mental acceptance of something as true

Cred/ible

Able to be believed

Cred/ul/ity

Ready and willing to believe on the basis of little evidence

Cred/o

A statement of basic beliefs or guiding principles

Fid-

faith or trust

Af/fid/avit

A sworn statement in writing

Dif/fid/ent

Lacking confidence; timid, cautious

Fid/uci/ary

Held in trust for another

Per/fid/y

Faithlessness, disloyalty, teachery

Curr/Curs

To run, movement

Con/curr/ent

Happening or carelessly done

Dis/curs/ive

Passing from one topic to another; from Latin discurrere, to run about

Pre/curs/or

One that goes before and indicated the coming of another

Ped-

Foot

Quad/ru/ped

An animal having four feet

Ped/I/gree

The line of ancestors of a person or animal.

Im/ped/I/ment

Something that infers with movement or progress.

Ped/estr/ian

Commonplace, ordinary, or unimaginative

Flect-

To bend

De/flect

To trun aside from a fixed course

Re/flect/ive

Capable of reflecting light, images or sound waves.

Genu/flect

To kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect

In/flect/ion

Change in the pitch, tone, loudness of the voice; change in the for of a word

Post-

After or behind

Post/er/ior

Toward the back

Post/hum/ous

Published after the death of an author; happening after one's death

Post/modern

A movement that has acreated against modernism

Post/mortem

Occuring after death

Calypso

A folk song or style of singing of West Indian origin

Odyssey

A long journey full of trials and adventures; a spiritual journey or quest

Palladium

A precious silver-white medal

Penelope

A modest domestic wife

Procrustean

Ruthlessly disregarding individual differences

Protean

Having variety

Sibyl

A female prophet or fortune teller

Siren

A woman who tempts men with bewitching sweetness.