The Word Within the Word, Vol. 1, by Michael Clay Thompson. Royal Fireworks Press, ISBN 0-88092201-X
Grade 10
List 1
1. germ
(vital/related)
2. greg
(group)
3. mar
(sea)
4. prim
(first)
5. pyro
(fire)
6. clam
(cry out)
exclamation
7. plu
(more)
8. tang
(touch)
9. string
(bind)
10. liber
(free)
List 2
11. junct
12. clud
13. se
14. trib
15. dign
16. luc
(join)
(close)
(apart)
(pay)
(worthy)
(light)
17.
18.
19.
20.
(break)
(pleasing)
(middle)
(wisdom)
rupt
grat
medi
soph
List 3
21. curr
22. tempor
23. migr
24. trans
25. gamy
26. numer
27. fort
28. osteo
(run)
(time)
(wander)
(across)
(marriage)
(number)
(strong)
(bone)
29. ornith
(bird)
30. polis
(city)
List 4
31. fus
32. ego
33. spir
34. dia
35. acr
36. acro
37. culp
38. derm
(pour)
( I )
(breathe)
(across)
(sharp)
(high)
(blame)
(skin)
39. zo
(animal)
40. per
(through)
germane, germicide
gregarious, egregious
marine, submarine
primary, primate
pyre, pyromania
clamorous,
plural, plus
tangible, tangent
stringent, stringer
liberate, liberty
junction, adjunct
exclude, conclude
secede, segregate
tribute, attribute
dignify, indignation
lucid, elucidate,
translucent
erupt, disrupt
gratifying, ingrate
median, mediocre
sophomore,
sophisticated
current, incur
temporal, termporize
migrate, emigrant
transfer, transcend
bigamy, exogamy
enumerate, numerous
fortify, fortitude
osteology,
osteoporosis
ornithology,
ornithosis
metropolis, police,
policy
transfusion, refuse
egomaniac, egocentric
inspire, expire
diagonal, diameter
acrimonious, acrid
acrobat, acronym
culprit, culpable
dermatologist,
dermatitis
zoo, protozoa,
zooplankton
perception,
perforation
List 5
41. pac
42. brev
43. necro
44. urb
45. pugn
46. ecto
47. plasto
48. agog
49. cle
50. il
(peace)
(short)
(death)
(city)
(fight)
(outer)
(molded)
(leader)
(small)
(not)
pacify, pacifist
brevity, breviary
necropolis, necrotic
urban, urbane
pugnacious, pugilist
ectoderm, ectoplasm
plastic, plaster
demagogue, pedagogy
molecule, follicle
illegal, illogical
List 6
51. sed
52. leg
53. anim
54. tort
55. nym
(sit)
(read)
(mind)
(twist)
(name)
56. sanct
57. meta
(holy)
(change)
58. petr
59. mir
60. man
(rock)
(wonder)
(hand)
sedentary, sedative
legible, legend
animated, equanimity
torture, contorted
homonym,
pseudonym
sanctity, sanctuary
metamorphosis,
metabolism
petrify, petroglyph
miracle, mirage
manual, manicure
List 7
61. rect
62. volv
63. demi
64. retro
65. sens
66. fy
67. ocul
68. cur
69. ultra
(right)
(roll)
(half)
(backward)
(feel)
(make)
(eye)
(care for)
(beyond)
70. oid
(appearance)
correct, rectitude
revolve, involved
demigod, demitasse
retrogress, retrofit
sense, sensation
fortify, rectify, horrify
binocular, ocular
cure, curate
ultraviolet,
ultramundane
android, asteroid
List 8
71. gest
72. apt
73. tact
74. voc
75. rid
76. path
77. a
(carry)
(fit)
(touch)
(voice)
(laugh)
(feeling)
(not)
78. nomy
79. fid
80. caco
(law)
(faith)
(bad)
List 9
81. hetero
(different)
82. sci
83. graph
(know)
(write)
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
(side)
(rock)
(pull)
(in/not)
(together)
(love)
lat
lith
tract
in
co
phile
90. ine
(nature of)
List 10
91. –ar
92. hexa
93. fract
94. platy
95. theo
96. fin
97. hedron
(relating to)
(six)
(break)
(flat)
(god)
(end)
(sided object)
98. ambul
(walk)
99. ous
(full of)
100. topo
(place)
gestation, digest
adapt, aptitude
tactile, contact
vocal, vocabulary
ridicule, deride
sympathy, empathy
amoral, atheist,
apathy
economy, taxonomy
fidelity, fiduciary
cacophony,
cacography
heterodox,
heterosexual
science, omniscience
photograph,
bibliography
bilateral, collateral
monolith, lithium
tractor, detract
inscribe, insane
cooperate, coauthor
philosopher,
audiophile
porcine, canine,
bovine
pulsar, stellar, lunar
hexagram, hexameter
fracture, infraction
plateau, platitude
theology, monotheism
final, define
polyhedron,
tetrahedron
ambulatory,
ambulance
glorious, loquacious,
vivacious
topographical, topic
List 11
101. ped
(foot/child)
pedestrian, pedestal
102. mort
(death)
103. carn
(flesh)
104. psych
(soul)
105. ethno
(race/culture)
106. gen
(origin)
indigenous
107. nat
(born)
108. paleo
109. curs
(old)
(run)
110. crypt
(hidden)
List 12
111. cad
112. capit
113. loqu
114. sacro
115. uni
116. ness
117. alt
118. ics
(fall)
(head)
(talk)
(holy)
(one)
(quality)
(high)
(art)
119. iso
120. vert
(equal)
(turn)
List 13
121. ate
122. cor
123. ess
(cause)
(heart)
(female)
124. muta
125. fug
(change)
(flee)
orthopedist,
mortal, mortuary
carnivorous, carnival
psychosis, psychic
ethnic, ethnology
genetics, gene,
prenatal, native,
nation
Paleolithic, Paleozoic
cursive, discursive,
incursion
cryptic, encrypt
cascade, cadaver
decapitate, capital
loquacious, eloquent
sacred, sacrosanct
unicycle, union
softness, politeness
altitude, altimeter
politics, economics,
graphics
isometric, isosceles
convert, extrovert,
introvert
implicate, create
concord, discord
lioness, empress,
princess
mutant, mutable
fugitive, refugee