vocab #5 Flashcards
vita
life (vitamin, vitality, vital)
demo
people (democracy, demography)
ism
doctrine (Marxism, capitalism, Imagism)
cogn
know (recognize, incognito, precognition)
sur
over (surplus, surpass, surface)
alter
other (alternator, alteration, alter ego)
astr
star (astronomy, astrology, asteroid)
dyna
power (dynamic, dynamo, dynamite)
chron
time (chronometer, chronological)
hyper
over (hyperactive, hyperbole, hypertension)
luna
moon (lunar, lunatic, lunate, lunette)
octa
eight (octameter, octagon, octave)
gyro
turn (gyration, gyroscope, gyre)
contra
against (contradict, contrary, contrast)
geo
earth (geography, geology, geometry)
helio
sun (Helios, heliotropic, perihelion)
thermo
heat (thermostat, thermos, thermotropic)
tetra
four (tetrameter, tetrahedron, tetroxide)
meter
measure (thermometer, millimeter, octameter)
scope
look (telescope, microscope, periscope)
son
sound (sonar, unison, sonorous, sonnet)
dec
ten (decade, decaliter, decimal)
stell
star (interstellar, stelliform, stellar)
stereo
solid (stereoscope, stereotype)
amat
love (amatory, amateur, amorous)