English II Honors: Vocab 1

1.    verbum = word – verbose: wordy

2.    sonus = sound – sonic: related to what can be heard

3.    mille = thousand – millipede: “thousand” footed insect

4.    polis = city – metropolis: mother city around which other smaller cities are clustered

5.    tropos = turning – phototropic: turning toward light (as some plants do)

6.    hypnos = sleep – hypnotic: tending to induce sleep

7.    petros = rock/stone – petrified: made into stone

8.    pathos = feeling/suffering – apathy: lack of feeling

9.    ignis = fire – ignite: to set on fire

10.    caput/capitis = head – captain: head of a group of soldiers