Freshman Vocab - Etymology

Latin Roots

Week 1    -ject, to throw

1. Eject                    to throw out of, like a tape player, or from a game

2. Inject                   something, like a needle

3. Reject                  to fail to accept, throw back

4. Projectile             something being thrown, path taken by something being thrown

 others - object, subject, objective, subjective, trajectory

Week 2    Pre- before

1. Predict                 tell what one thinks will happen in the future

2. Prevent                keep something from happening

3. Prenatal               before birth, or during pregnancy

4. Prelude                a part that comes before something else, prelude to piece of music

5. Prequel                book or movies set before something that has already been written (Star Wars)

6. Preamble             introductory statement before important statement

7. preempt               to take over something, someone's land, TV show

8. preface                 introductory remarks

Week 3    Ex- , E - out, away from

1. Exit                      v. to leave                n. a way out

2. Exhast                 to use up entirely, supply of oil; the escape of gas or vapor

3. Express               to send out a message, usually in words (express opinion)

a fast and direct way to get from one place to another

4. Export ship out to another place

5. Extinct no longer existing

Week 4    Ex- , E - out, away from

1. Excessive            going outside a limit (exceed the speed limit)

2. Exude                  to ooze or send out or spread in all directions (exude sweat, car exudes oil)

3. Exclude               to close out, not let in

4. Eject                    throw out of

5. Erase                   wipe out, make disappear

6. Emote                  to show feelings outwardly

Week 5    Con - with

1. Connect               to become joined

2. concert                 public performance of music or dancing

                                to act with someone (Red Cross and Salvation

Army working in concert)

3. Conduct               v. to lead or carry (conduct orchestra)

                                n. the way someone acts or behaves

4. Conform              to be or act like others around you, or to go along

w/ the rules

5. Contemplate        to study something or think about it

6. Contaminate        to make impure by adding something bad

Week 6    Con - with

1. Contingent           likely to happen, but depending on certain things

2. Convey                (concrete) to bring from one place to another (a

bus conveys people)

                                (abstract) to get a meaning across (she conveyed

her anger)

3. Conspire              to join in a secret agreement to do something,

especially something wrong or unlawful

4. Congest               to clog (traffic, noses)

5. Consensus           a group agreement - not a majority vote

6. Consent               to give permission

                (continued above)

7. Contemporary     happening at the same period of time

                                a. Contemporary dress - like people do today

                                b. contemporary of Abraham Lincoln, alive at                                        same time

Week 7    Un - not

1. unplug                 to take a plug out, take something out of the way

2. untidy                  not tidy

3. unruly                  not following any rules

4. unconditional       not conditional, not limited, always there

5. unconscious        not conscious, not aware

 

Greek Roots

Week 8 - ology, logy - study of

1. Etymology           study of history of a word

2. Anthropology      origin and development of man

3. Criminology        crime

4. Dermatology       skin        

5. Genealogy           record of the history of a family

EC Ichthyology       study of fish

Week 9    -ology

1. Paleontology       study of ancient plant and animal life through

fossils

2. Pathology            diseases

3. Physiology          functions of organisms

4. Chronology         science of measuring time

5. Theology             study of God

Week 10 Bio-

1. Aerobic               living only in the presence of air

2. Amphibious        live in the water and on land

3. Biofeedback        technique to monitor and control bodily functions

                                                (heart beat, blood pressure)

4. Biome                  community of plants and animals

5. Bionics                application of biological principles to engineering

Week 11  Bio

1. Biopsy                 removal of living tissue for examination

2. Biosphere            the part of the earth's crust, water and atmosphere

that supports life

3. Cryonics              freezing the body for possible revival by future

medical cures

4. Symbiosis           dissimilar species living together in close association for

mutual benefit

5. Psychobiology    study of the integrating of mind and body

 

Week 12  Eu- good, well

1. Eucharist             Holy Communion, Body and Blood of Christ

2. Euphoria              a feeling of well-being

3. Eugenics              the study of genetic control

4. Eulogy                 formal speech praising a recently deceased

person

5. Euphemism         the substitution of an inoffensive word for an

offensive word

EC Euthanasia         the act of killing an individual for "merciful"

reasons

 

Week 13  Phobia - fear

1. Anglophobia       hatred or fear of England

2. Claustrophobia    fear of closed places

3. Cyberphobia        fear of computers

4. Xenophobia         fear of foreigners

5. Acrophobia         fear of heights

 

 

Week 14  Phobia

1. Agoraphobia       fear of public places

2. Ophidiophobia    fear of snakes

3. Arachnophobia    of spiders

4. Hydrophobia       of water

5. Gynophobia                        of women

EC          

-          triskaidekaphobia    fear of # 13

-          Cardiophobia           fear of heart disease

Week 15  Phil - love

1. Philology             love of literature and learning

2. Philanthropy        love of and desire to help mankind

3. Philosophy          love of wisdom

4. Bibliophile           lover of books

5. Zoophile              lover of animals

 

Week 16 Phil

1. Philogyny            love and admiration of women

2. Audiophile          music

3. Philharmonic       pertaining to a symphony orchestra

4. Anglophile          admirer of England

Week 17  Mis - to hate

1. Misanthropy        disgust of mankind

2. Misogamy           of marriage

3. Misandry             hatred of men

4. Misogyny            hatred of women

5. Misoneism          of change or anything new

EC misology           of argument, reasoning, etc.

Week 18 Dys - Bad, difficult, abnormal

1. Dysentery            disease marked with intestinal inflammation

2. Dysfunction        impaired or abnormal function

3. Dyslexia              impairment of the ability to read

4. Dyspepsia           abnormal digestion

5. Dystopia              an imaginary, dreadful place

EC dystrophy          disorder caused by inadequate nutrition of a tissue or organ

Week 19 Therm - heat

1. Thermometer       thing to measure temperature

2. Thermal               having to do with heat or conserving heat

3. thermostat            machine that keeps something the same temp.

4. geothermal           heat coming from the earth

5. hypothermia        when the body's temperature goes below normal

6. hyperthermia       body gets too hot

7. Thermos              container designed to keep heat in or out, keep

food desired temp.