VOCAB FINAL 11/14 Flashcards
Patriarch
Father, Elder, Leader
Father figure
Philanthropy
Charity, generosity, benevolence
Love of mankind
Polyphonic
Contrapuntal
Many sounds
Respiration
Breathing, inhalation, exhalation
Supervisor
Boss, overseer, manager
Autobiography
Diary, life story, memoir
One’s life story written by them self
Vital
Essential, necessary, critical
Psychosomatic
Psychological,
Physical disorder due to mental state
Involving mind and body
Unison
Simultaneous
Occurring at the same time
Heliocentric
Sun, Copernican
Sun as center
Symbiosis
Mutualism, collaboration, partnership
Living together
Zoology
Biology
Study of animals
Apathy
Indifference, passive, numb
Android
Robot, automaton
Robot resembling human
Pod(o), ped
Foot
Opt(o)
Eye
Oid
Like or resembling
Manu
Hand
Naut
Sailor, ship
Ive
Expresses tendency, disposition, function, or connection
Itis
Used to indicate inflammation of an organ or abnormal states
Ice, ine, al
Pertaining to
La, sis, osis
Indicates actions, conditions, or states
Hem
Variant of hemo- before a vowel
Hemo: blood
Helio
Sun
Homo
Same, alike
Part, pater
Father
Tele
Distance, from afar
Y, ion, tion, ism
State, quality, act
Andr(o)
Man, male
Anthrop(o), hum
Man, mankind
Dem(o)
People
Matr, mater
Mother
Geo, terr
earth, Earth
Vis
To see
Somat, corp
Body
A, an, in
Not, without
Ant, anti, contra
Against, opposite
Bio, vit
Life
(o)logy
Study or science of
Psych(o)
Mind, spirit
Phil
To love, lover of
Act
To do, to drive
Hyper
Over, above
Hypo
Under, below
Mono
One
Poly
Many
Aut(o)
Self
Bi, du
Two
Graph
Written record, to write