graph, gram
•write, writing
Our vocabulary words:
•autobiography
Our vocabulary words:
•calligraphy
Our vocabulary words:
•epigram
Our vocabulary words:
•geography
Our vocabulary words:
•graphic
Our vocabulary words:
•monograph
Additional words:
autograph
• something written
in one’s own hand;
signature.
Additional words:
biography
• Written account of one’s life.
Additional words:
diagram
• a drawing or plan that outlines
and explains the parts, operation,
etc., of something.
Additional words:
epigraph
• Inscription (writing) on a building
Additional words:
geographer
a person who specializes in
geographical research,
delineation, and study.
Additional words:
grammar
• Set of rules for correct writing
Additional words:
graph
• a written symbol for an idea
Additional words:
graphology
• the study of handwriting.
Additional words:
phonograph
• A machine that reproduces sound
by means of a stylus in contact
with a grooved rotating disk .
Additional words:
photograph
• a picture produced by
photography.
Additional words:
telegraph
• an apparatus, system, or process
for transmitting messages or
signals to a distant place.
Additional words:
bibliography
• a list of source materials that are
used or consulted in the preparation
of a work or that are referred to in the
text.
Additional words:
polygraph
• an instrument for receiving and
recording simultaneously tracings
of variations in certain body
activities.
Additional words:
stenography
• The art or process of writing in
shorthand.
Additional words:
lithograph
• a print produced by lithography.
• To trace on stone by the process of
lithography so as to transfer the design to
paper by printing.
Additional words:
hexagram
• hexa- a combining form meaning “six,”
used in the formation of compound
words.
• gram - a combining form occurring in
loanwords from Greek, where it meant
“something written,” “drawing”
Additional words:
topography
• the detailed mapping or charting
of the features of a relatively small
area, district, or locality.
• topo- a combining form meaning
“place,” “local,” used in the
formation of compound words.
Additional words:
pentagram
• A five-pointed, star-shaped figure.
• penta- a combining form
occurring in loanwords from
Greek, meaning “five”.
Think about it…
•The topography of the
region was a
fascinating topic.
Think about it…
•Do you think it is
moral for a company
to require it’s
employees to take a
polygraph test?
Think about it…
• Polygraph is the scientific
name of the lie detector
test. But why is the lie
detector test known as the
polygraph, since poly
means many and graph
means write or record?
• The answer is that the polygraph
is an instrument which makes a
record of many different things
simultaneously as the subject
answers questions. The
polygraph records changes in
blood pressure, pulse rate,
respiration, and other factors.