Lesson 18 Cumulative

alg

pain

aut

self

bi, bio

life

crypt, cryph

hidden, secret

cycl

circle, wheel

dyn, dynam

force, power

gam

marriage

naut

sailor

neur

nerve

od, ode

song, poem

ped, pedia

child, education

pyr

fire

epicycle

circle within a circle

nostalgia

pain for home

antibiotic

something that destroys or weakens germs

astronaut

star sailor

prosody

the study of poetic meters and versification

homogamy

interbreeding

pedagogue

teacher

neurosis

nervous disorder

apocryphal

of doubtful authenticity

empryean

heavens

dynamic

forceful

autobiography

self-narrated life story

podalgia

foot pain

unicycle

a vehicle with one wheel

monogamy

marriage with one person

neural

pertaining to nerves

pediatrics

children and their diseases

automatic

operating by itself

nautical

related to sailing, sailors, or ships

melody

tune

pyre

a pile for combustible material, esp. for burning a corpse

encyclopedia

a summary of the entire circle of knowledge

neuralgia

nerve pain

biology

the study of life

cryptogenic

obscure, rare

autograph

the writing of one's own name

polygamous

having more than one mate at a time

comedy

a humorous work of drama

cryptic

mysterious

pedantic

academic

automation

A technique that is used to make a process automatic.

analgesic

painkiller

biography

story of a person's life written by another person

encyclical

intended for a wide or general audience

ast, aster

star

ball, bol, ble

to throw

cau, caus

to burn

gen, gon

race, to produce

graph, gram

writing, thing written

hem, hemat, hematem

blood

lith, lite

stone

mne

to remember

pod

foot

pol, polis

city, state

tact, tax

to arrange, to put in order

tele

distant

asterisk

*

cauterize

to burn with a hot instrument

program

software application

monolith

great single stone

podium

raised platform

syntax

the way a language is organized

emblem

a symbol adopted as an identifying mark

gene

basic unit of heredity

hemoglobin

blood protein

mnemonic

assisting memory

politician

one who holds a political office in a city or state

telegram

a message sent by telegraph

paragraph

group of unified sentences

lithograph

print made from a prepared stone

hemorrhage

heavy or uncontrollable bleeding

tactic

method

astrology

study of the influence of stars on the future

holocaust

destruction by fire

telescope

instrument for viewing distant objects

hyperbole

exaggeration

theogony

origin of the gods

podiatrist

foot doctor

cosmopolitan

having a worldwide scope

amnesia

loss of memory

homotaxis

a similarity of arrangement

lithotomy

surgical incision

cosmogony

the theory of the origin

hemotology

study of blood

phonograph

a record player

neolithic

relating to the stone age

graphologist

a handwriting analyst

metropolis

large city

leukemia

cancer of white blood cells

telepathy

communication between minds

agog, agogue

to lead

arch, arche, archa, archae

ancient, first, rule

cosm

universe, order, beauty

dem

people

heli

sun

hom, home, homal

same, regular

log, logy, logue

speech, word, study, reasoning, argument

mania

passion for