List 5

stems and descriptions

Vita

Life

Vitamin

a tablet of substances that are thought to promote a healthy life

vitality

The state of being strong and active (Energy)

Vital

necessary to life

revitalize

to refresh

viable

able to live

Vitalism

the idea that organic compounds arise only in organisms

devitalize

to make weak

demo

people

democracy

Government ruled by the people

demography

The study of people

undemocratic

unfair

democratize

make democratic

stereo

solid

Steroscope

used to magnify whole organisms

stereophonic

three-dimensional hearing

sterotype

A generalized belief about a group of people

stereopicon

a slide projector that combines two images to create a three-dimensional effect, or makes one image dissolve into another.

stereotropism

turning in response to a solid surface

ism

doctrine

marxism

A branch of socialism that emphasizes exploitation and class struggle.

Captilism

economic system based on private property and free enterprise

Imagism

Imagism was a literary movement that flourished between 1912 which rejected nineteenth-century poetic forms and language.

Cubism

A style of art in which the subject matter is portrayed by cubes

nihilism

a total rejection of established laws

Pluralism

A theory of government that holds that open, multiple, and competing groups can check the asserted power by any one group.

Tribalism

the state or fact of being organized in a tribe or tribes.

cogn

to know

Regconize

the giving by the chair to a member to make a motion or speak

cognizant

aware

incognito

disguise

cognoscenti

those who know

cogomen

nickname

precognition

perceiving future events

sur

over

surplus

extra

surpass

to exceed

surcharge

a charge added to the usual cost

surface

surface

surfeit

excess

surmount

to overcome

surname

family name

surtax

additional tax

alter

other

alternator

a generator that produces an alternating current

alteration

A change or modification

alter ego

second self

alternitive

choice

altruism

concern for others

altercation

an angry argument

astr

star

astronmy

study of the universe

astrology

study of the stars

asteroid

a small rocky body orbiting the sun

disaster

something that causes great damage

asterisk

a star-shaped character * used in printing

astrophysics

branch of physics dealing with heavenly bodies

astrolabe

an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements

dyna

power

dynamic

energetic

dynamo

power

dynamite

a powerful explosive

dynasty

ruling family

dynamometer

measures grip strength

chron

time

chronmeter

instrument that measures time

Chromological

arranged in order of time

synchronize

to coordinate

chronic

lasting

anachronism

something out of place in time

hyper

over

hyperactive

overactive

hyperventilate

to breathe too fast

hyperbole

exaggeration

hyperacidity

excessive acidity

Hyperextension

Excessive straightening of a body part

luna

moon

lunar

moon

lunatic

crazy person

lunate

Name the bone.

Luna Moth

a bug

lunette

a crescent-shaped space that contains sculpture or painting

sublunar

under the moon

octa

8

octameter

8 feet

octagenarian

an 80 year old

octagon

a polygon with 8 sides

octarchy

government by eight rulers

Octave

8 line stanza

octopus

a sea animal that has a soft body and eight long arms

octahedron

8 faces

gyro

to turn

gyration

Circular or spiral motion

gyroscope

Instrument with a turning wheel

Gyre

a circular motion of water in each of the major ocean basins

gyrate

to rotate, spin

Spirogyra

green algae

gyromagnetic

relating to a spinning charged particle

gyrocompass

a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead

contra

against