Unit 4

dys (prefix)

bad, poor, difficult

eu (prefix)

well, good, easy

enter (base)

the inside, an intestine

gen (base)

give birth to, be born

log (base)

study, science, word

pept/peps (base)

cook digest

pne (base)

blow, breathe

thanas/thanat (base)

die

ia/a (suffix)

condition of, act of

ic (suffix)

pertaining to

ics (suffix)

study of

ism (suffix)

doctrine, condition of

istic (suffix)

forms an adjective

y (suffix)

process of, condition of, act of

dysentery

Condition of bad intestine

eugenics

study of good births

eulogy

the act of speaking well

eupepsia

condition of having good digestion

dysgenic

study of bad births

dyspepsia

the condition of having bad digestion

dyslogistic

critical

euthanasia

act of causing an easy and painless death

euphony

pleasant

dyspnea

trouble breathing

euphemism

substitution of a pleasant or inoffensive term for an unpleasant or offensive one

patri (base)

father

arch (base)

rule

-y

makes a word a noun

patriarchy

rule of fathers (older men)

monarchy

rule by one

phil (base)

love/admire

phob (base)

fear/hatred

phobia

fear

Anglophobe

morbid fear of people from england

Anglo and englo

allomorphs referring to England

Russophobe

Fear of Russians

biblography

list of books and other resources

acrophobia

fear of heights

anthropophagy

cannibalism

bibliomania

excessive fondness of books

dermatologist

someone who studies the skin

entomophagous

Birds that live on insects

etymology

study of the meanings and origins of words

heliophilia

urge to lie in the sun all day

ochlophobia

fear of crowds

ophiophagous

animals that eats snakes

pyromanic

person who had a desire to set fires

theophile

extremely religious person

acro (base)

height, point

crac (base)

rule

dermato (base)

skin

entomo (base)

insect

etymo (base)

real meaning

graph (base)

write

helio (base)

sun

man (base)

madness

ochlo (base)

mob

ophio (base)

snake

ornitho (base)

bird

phag (base)

eat

pyro (base)

fire

theo (base)

god

entomologist

someone who studies insects

theophobe

a person who is afraid of God

Ochlocracy

rule by the mob

ophiologist

a person who specializes in studying snakes

ophiophobe

one afraid of snakes

dermatophagous

describes an organism that feeds on skin

ornithophobia

fear of birds

pyrography

the technique of burnoting designs into wood or leather objects

ornithologist

scientist who specialize in the study of birds

pyrophile

someone who loves to sit by an open fire

theocracy

a government run by priests who claim to rule with divine authority

phon/phem

sound

Paraphernalia

Language of origin: Greek

Etymological meaning: A woman’s non-dowry property

Modern meaning: miscellaneous equipment

Robots

Language of origin: Czech

Etymological meaning: Forced worker

Modern meaning: A machine that performs labor

Cynic

Language of origin: Greek

Etymological meaning: Doglike

Modern meaning: Sneering sarcastic person

Cynosure

Language of origin: Greek

Etymological meaning: Dog’s tail

Modern meaning: Something that attracts attention

Calculated

Language of origin: Latin

Etymological meaning: Small pebble

Modern meaning: To determine by math

Euphoria

excitement

Euphonious

pleasing sound

Dysfunction

failure

Dyslexia

disorder that makes it difficult to read

Dystrophy

disorder of weakness and degeneration of matter in the body

Matriarchy

A system of society ruled by women

oligarchy

a political system based on the control of a small group of people

anthropocentric

the belief that mankind is the central element of the universe

anthrogenesis

the development of the human race

anthropomorphism

the attribution of human characteristics in non-human things

1st rule of Latin to English

Initial C became Ch

2nd rule of Latin to English

Latin internal vowels underwent complex changes

3rd rule of Latin to English

A single consonant standing between two vowels usually dropped out

4th rule of Latin to English

Latin -v-, except when it was the first letter of a word, became French -f-

5th rule of Latin to English

Latin endings of nouns and adjectives either dropped off or became French -e.

Pronouns

words that stand in the place of nouns, usually with no noun markers

Indefinite pronouns

Some, someone, anyone, no one, nothing…

“Some was left”

Quantifier pronoun

more, many one, two, three

“I have more”

Noun markers as pronouns

many, this, that, some…

“They have many”

Personal pronouns

I, me, you, he, him, she , her, it, we, us, they, them

Interrogative pronouns

Who, whom, whose, what….

Stand in place of the noun in the answer they seek.