Word Power Made Easy - Chapter 6: Sessions 11-13 (copy)

anthropologist

a scientist who studies how humans developed in mind and body from primitive cultures to early forms

astronomer

a scientist who studies planets, galaxies, stars, and other universes

geologist

a scientist who studies the earth- how the planet came into being, what its made out of, and how landmarks formed

biologist

a scientist who studies living organisms- from single-celled organisms to plants to animals

botanist

a scientist who studies plants- flowers, shrubs, trees, mosses, marine vegetation, blossoms, fruits, seeds, grasses, and all the rest that make up the plant kingdom

zoologist

A scientist who studies animals- birds, fish, reptiles, humans

entomologist

A scientist who studies insects

philologist

A scientist who studies languages

semanticist

A scientist who studies the relationship between language and thinking and is interested in determining the psychological causes and effects of what people say and write; studies the meanings and psychological effects of words

sociologist

A scientist who studies the ways in which people live together, their family and community structures, their housing, etc

anthropos

mankind

logos

science; study or word; speech

astron

star

nomos

arrangement, law or order

astronomical

describes any tremendously large figure

astrologer

a person who studies the influence of the planets and stars on human behavior

astronaut

a sailor among the stars

cosmonaut

a Russian word for a sailor among the universe

nautical

relating to ships; sailing or navigation

naus

ship

nausea

seasicknesses

aster

a star shaped flower

asterisk

a star shaped symbol

astrophysics

a branch of physics dealing with heavenly bodies

dis

against

autonomy

self law, self governance

autos

self

metronome

a time measurer for music

ge (geo)

earth

geometry

a branch of math that focuses on shapes

geometrician

one who studies planes and solid figures

graphein

to write

geography

the science of mapping the earth

geographer

one who maps the earth

bios

life

biography

the story of another person's life

autobiography

the story of one's life written by one's self

biopsy

a medical examination or view frequently performed when cancer is suspected

autopsy

a medical examination of a corpse in order to determine the cause of death

botane

plant

zoion

animal

zoo

a park for animals, another name for zoological gradens

zodiac

a diagram, used in astrology, of the sun, moon, and planets

en-

in

tome

a cutting/ a heavy scholarly book that is dull in content

tonsillectomy

to cut out the tonsils

hysterectomy

to cut out the uterus

prostatectomy

to cut out the prostate

kentron

center

eccentric

unconventional, odd, or strange

a-

prefix that makes a root negative

atom

the smallest unit of matter

ana-

up

anatomy

the study of the bodily structure of a plant or animal

dicha-

two

dichotomy

a splitting in two

dichotomous

a type of thinking that divides everything

epitome

a condensation of the whole; a summary

philanthropy

the love of mankind

philander

to play around sexually

philosophy

the love of wisdom

adelphos

brother

philharmonic

the love of music

philter

a love potion

aphrodisiac

whatever arouses sexual desires

bibliophile

one who loves books and/or collects them

biblion

book

anglophile

one who admires British people, British culture, etc

anglus

English

socius

companion

antisocial

describes people who dislike other people

anti-

against

nautes

sailor

sectus

cut

anthropology

development of the human race

astronomy

study of celestial phenomena

geology

study of the earth

biology

study of all forma of living matter

botany

study of plant life

zoology

study of animal life

entomology

study of insect forms

philology

study of language

semantics

study of the meanings of words

sociology

study of community and family life

Anthropological

of or concerned with the science of anthropology

astrological

relating to or concerned with astrology

astronaut

a person trained to travel in a spacecraft

cosmonaut

a person trained to travel in a spacecraft, "sailor of the universe"

nautical

relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen

aster

a fall flower shaped like a star

asterisk

a star-shaped character * used in printing

disaster

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

disastrous

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences

biographical

of or relating to or being biography

biographer

someone who writes an account of a person's life

biography

an account of the series of events making up a person's life

geographical

determined by geography

geographer

an expert on geography

geography

study of the earth's surface

geometric

characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration