Word Power Session 12 Flashcards
Nomos
Areangement, law, or order
Astron
Star
Astronomer
Science: Astronomy
Adjective: Astronomical
Someone who is interested in the arrangement of stars and other celestial bodies
Astrology
Practitioner: Astrologer
Assesses the influence of plants and stars on human events.
Astronaut
A sailor among the stars
Nautes
Sailor
Cosmonaut
Like a astronaut but termed with less exaggeration
Kosmos
Universe
Nautical
Relating to sailors, sailing, ships, or navigation
Naus
Ship
Nausea
Ship-sickness or seasickness
Aster
A star shaped flower
Asterisk
A star-shaped symbol
Astrophysics
Branch of physics dealing with heavenly bodies
Disaster and disastrous
Believed that the stars ruled human destiny
Astron
Star
Autonomy
Self-law and self-government
Autos
Self
Autonomous
Not self-governed
Metronome
Keeps the beat in music
Geologist
Someone who studies the earth
Geology
Study of the earth
Geometry
Math dealing with shapes
Geometrician
Adjective: Geometric
Mathematician who studies geometry
Geography
Writing or mapping of the earth
Geographer
Adjective: Geographic
Someone who studies geography
Geo
Earth
Biology
Science or study of life
Biography
Writing about someone’s life
Autobiography
Story of ones’s life written by oneself
Biopsy
Medical examination
Autopsy
A medical examination of a corpse in order to discover the cause of death
Botany
Adjective: Botanical
The field of studying plants
Zodiac
Adjective: Zodiacal
A diagram used in astrology, of the paths of the sun, moon, and planets
