Word Within the Word Lesson #12
ROOT
1. an-
DEFINITION
without
2. ab
away
3. mel
song
4. aden
5. aer
gland
air
6. alb
white
7. ase
enzyme
8. epi
on
9. hum
earth
10. -be
11. bon
life
good
12. struct
build
13. chlor
green
14. cyan
blue
15. cyt
cell
16. diplo
double
17. dys
bad
18. eco
house
19. emia
blood
20. enter
intestine
21. erythro
red
22. idio
peculiar
23. exo
out
24. im
not
25. fil
thread
EXAMPLES
anemia, anechoic, anaerobic, anorexia,
anarchy
abnormal, abjure, absent, abroad, abrogate,
abrupt, abduct, abdicate
melody, melodrama, melodeon, melodious,
melodia
adenoid, adenine, adenoma, adenovirus
aerobic, aerie, aerosol, aerial, aerobes,
aerodynamics, malaria
albumen, alba, album, albino, albinism,
albedo
permease, galactosidase, proteinase,
luciferase
epicenter, epidemic, epigram, epidermis,
epigraph, epitaph
humus, exhume, posthumous, humble,
humiliate, human
microbe, aerobe, anaerobe
bonny, bonanza, bon mot, bonus, bon
vivant, bonhomie, bona fide
construct, destruct, substructure,
instruction, structure, infrastructure
chlorophyll, chlorine, chloroplasts,
chlorella
pyocyanin, cyanide, cyan, cyanophyta,
cyanosis, cyanotype
erythrocyte, leucocyte, cytology,
cytoplasm, melanocyte
diplococcus, diploid, diplomacy,
diplopoda, diplopia
dysentery, dyslexia, dystrophy,
dysfunction, dysphonia
ecology, economy, ecosystem, ecotone,
economist, ecologist
bacteremia, anemia, hypoglycemia,
toxemia
enteritis, dysentery, gastroenteritis,
enterozoan
erythrocyte, erythroblastosis, erythrism,
erythromycin
idiot, idiosyncrasy, idiomorphous, idiom,
idiot savant
exotoxin, exogenous, exodus, exorbitant,
exorcism, exotic, exobiology
impossible, impassable, improbable,
imperfect, immobile, impecunious
filiform, filicineae, filament, filarial,
filigree, defile
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Word Within the Word Lesson #12
Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root,
define the underlined words in the following sentences.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
The anarchist had a severe case of anemia.
The absentee landlord was abruptly abducted.
We advised the adventurer to admire his adversary.
The melodeon played a sappy melody during the melodrama.
The pilot studied aeronautics and aerodynamics.
The albino stared at the white pages of the blank album.
Luciferase is the enzyme in the luminous organs of the firefly.
Does Benjamin Franklin’s tombstone epitaph contain a witty epigram?
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9. At the exhumation, the rich humus was removed from the humble
grave.
10. Microbes are a favorite subject of biological studies.
11. The bonny lass discovered the bonanza by accident.
12. The superstructure was constructed in three days.
13. Chlorine from the pool damaged the chlorophyll in the plants.
14. He held the cyanotype to the light and admired the sharp, blue jeans.
15. The cytologist watched the leucocytes and erythrocytes through the
microscope.
16. She folded the diploma double and handed it to the waiting diplomat.
17. His dyslexia made it difficult for him to pronounce words.
18. The ecologist was fascinated with the living things in the ecosystem.
19. The senator had hypoglycemia, not anemia.
20. A specialist in dysentery and enteritis explained the rare intestinal
ailment.
21. The blood’s erythrocytes are generated by erythroblasts in the bones.
22. The idiot savant was a handicapped artist with idiosyncrasies.
23. The crowd made a sudden exodus when the exorcism began.
24. The journey is impossible because the roads are impassable.
25. The gold filigree in her jewelry resembled the bright filaments in a
light bulb.
Mystery Questions #12
1. Are anaerobic bacteria found primarily in windy places?
2. Is a thoroughbred race horse a filigree?
3. Would you put iodine on gastroenteritis?
4. Would you enjoy receiving a posthumous award?
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5. Does a person with hypoglycemia have a low supply of blood sugar?
6. Is an erythrocyte a white blood cell?
7. Is the epidermis on the dermis?
8. Is albumen the egg white or the egg yoke?
9. Is the epicenter of an earthquake far from the quake’s center?
10. Has a kidnapping victim been abducted?
AESTHETICS:
1. Sometimes it is possible to relish a word purely for its artistic merit, for
the poetic image it conveys. The enzyme that allows a firefly’s tail to glow
in the dark, giving rise to spooky and wondrous summer evenings, is
called luciferase: the devil’s enzyme.
2. Imagine living in an aerie. How would your sense of the world, of its
sounds, temperatures, colors, smell, and textures change from season to
season? Why do people become fire tower operators, perched alone in
tiny rooms atop high observation towers on the mountain peaks?
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SYNTHESIS:
1. Use ten words from list #12 in a paragraph on the human body.
2. Suggest three life experiences that might combine to make someone
become an anarchist.
DIVERGENCE:
1. How many things can you think of that will always be impossible? How
many things can you think of that are immobile? Impassable?
2. Think of as many important steps as you can for specialists from the
Center for Disease Control to take at the outbreak of a virulent
epidemic.
ANALYSIS:
1. We adjure our friends to do something, meaning that we earnestly urge
them to do it. We abjure our former beliefs, meaning that we renounce
them, or give them up. Analyze the difference between these two words.
Remember that to analyze something is to break it into its components
and to examine the components one at a time.
2. Analyze the words gastroenteritis and hypoglycemia.
EVALUATION:
1. It is a common principle of international diplomacy that nations do not
search the diplomatic pouches of other nations. It is also common to
grant the diplomats of other nations diplomatic immunity from
prosecution for crimes. Finally, it is common to allow the foreign
diplomats safe passage out of one’s country—even in time of war. Should
we continue to observe these policies?
Complete the following analogies.
1.
ANAEROBIC : AEROBIC ::
a) enteritis : dysentery
b) nontoxic : toxic
c) filament : filigree
d) bonus : bonanza
6.
IMPECUNIOUS : PENNILESS ::
a) humus : earth
b) defile : pollute
c) construct : destruct
d) bonny : pretty
2.
MICROBE : ALBINISM ::
a) astronomer : telescope
b) cyanophyta: chloroplasts
c) astronomy : astrophysics
7.
CYTOPLASM : LEUCOCYTE ::
a) enterozoan : protozoan
b) building : parking lot
c) language : idiom
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d) spectrum : spectrometer
d) substance : object
3.
ALBINO : ALBINISM ::
a) melodrama : cubism
b) red hair : erythrism
c) exodus : influx
d) melodia : melody
8.
BON VIVANT : ASCETIC ::
a) instruction : construction
b) cytology : cytoplasm
c) idiot savant : talent
d) sybarite : spartan
4.
ENTEROZOAN : DYSENTERY ::
a) protozoan : protozoa
b) erythrocyte : leucocyte
c) bilateral : trilateral
d) diplococcus : anorexia
9.
ABJURE : ADJURE ::
a) renounce : entreat
b) denounce : pronounce
c) abrogate : annul
d) abdicate : relinquish
5.
EPIGRAM : EPIGRAPH ::
a) bon mot : inscription
b) epitaph : phonograph
c) diplomacy : bonhomie
d) atrophy : dystrophy
10. ANARCHY : NIHILISM ::
a) gerontocracy : pointillism
b) exobiology : hedonism
c) ecology : romanticism
d) monarchy : absolutism
Classic Words #12
1. From John Knowles’s A Separate Peace
We had been an ___________, leaderless band.
a. melodious
b. anaerobic
c. impecunious
d. idiosyncratic
2. From George Orwell’s Animal Farm
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This _____________ set the table in a roar.
a. melodeon
b. bon mot
c. epitaph
d. idiom
3. From James Hilton’s Lost Horizon
Barnard’s wise-cracking ___________ was of the kind he would have cultivated with a butler.
a. epigram
b. bonhomie
c. abjuring
d. anarchy
4. From Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe
Go to the Grand Master, ____________ the order to his very teeth.
a. exhume
b. abjure
c. abrogate
d. abdicate
5. From Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray
You cut life to pieces with your ____________________.
a.
b.
c.
d.
abrogations
epigraphs
epigrams
melodramas
TEST #12
Directions: For the following words, write the definition of the root in bold.
1. hypoglycEMIA
2. microBE
3. ECOlogy
4. BONhomie
5. exHUMe
6. MELody
7. reSTRUCTure
8. CYANide
9. ERYTHROcyte
10. IDIOm
11. EPIgram
12. AERosol
13. FILigree
14. IMpervious
15. ALBum
16. ABsent
17. EXObiology
18. DIPLOmacy
19. CHLORophyll
20. CYTOplasm
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21. luciferASE
22. ANarchy
23. DYSpepsia
24. ADENine
25. ENTERitis
26. ACROphobia
27. ECTOplasm
28. hypoDERMic
29. metroPOLIS
30. URBane
31. TANGle
32. TEMPORary
33. CHRONic
34. STEREOphonic
35. ORTHOdontist
36. BENEdiction
37. OMNIscient
38. PHONetics
39. HYDROcephalic
40. SPECious
41. TELEphone
42. AUTOmaton
43. NEOn
44. regiCIDE
45. BIOlogy
46. MALevolent
47. PREdict
48. EQUIdistant
49. ANTIclimax
50. INTRAvenous
51. JUSTice
52. SESSion
53. reSURGence
54. BASal
55. APOtheosis
56. LUMinescence
57. ANDROgen
58. teleGRAM
59. LOGician
60. POTENTial
61. SENile
62. PALEOlithic
63. GENetics
64. PSYCHOneurosis
65. SACROsanct
66. LITHograph
67. reTRACT
68. inFRACTion
69. HEXAgonal
70. METAbolism
71. acroNYM
72. LEGible
73. TACTile
74. RIDicule
75. adenOID
76. NECROphobia
77. OSTEOlogist
78. DIAgonal
79. ORNITHology
80. TRANSpose
81. MEDIate
82. PYROmania
83. HYPERbole
84. SONic
85. NOVa
86. MORPHology
87. HEMAtoma
88. MONOcular
89. MICROcephalic
90. PHOTOgenic
91. PENDing
92. ANTHROPOid
93. PORTer
94. anARCHY
95. BELLigerent
96. ANTErior
97. SUBtrahend
98. DEduct
99. NONintervention
100. INTERvention