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Undergraduate 4
09/11/2010

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(Ana)erobic
Definition
(not & without)
without oxygen
Term
(Acro)phobia
Definition
(beginning/height)
fear of heights
Term
Syn(agog)ue
Definition
(lead/leader)
being led together/ jewish place of worship
Term
Pro(tagon)ist
Definition
(struggle)
first struggler/main character
Term
(Ambi)dexterous
Definition
(both/around)
having two good or right hands
Term
(Andro)gynous
Definition
(male)
having both male and female parts
Term
(Anem)ology
Definition
(wind)
the study of wind
Term
(Phil)ospher
Definition
(love)
lover of wisdom
Term
(Anti)septic
Definition
(against)
against poison; something that cleans poison
Term
(Arthro)scopic
Definition
(joint)
surgery on a joint
Term
(Aster)oid
Definition
(star)
starlike body
Term
(Auto)graph
Definition
(self)
writing identifying the self; signature
Term
(Bathy)sphere
Definition
(deep/depth)
undersea vessel lowered by cables
Term
(Biblio)phile
Definition
(book)
lover of books
Term
(Caco)phony
Definition
(harsh)
harsh sound
Term
(Carcin)oma
Definition
(cancer)
cancerous tumor
Term
(Cardio)gram
Definition
(heart)
written representation of the heart
Term
Hydro(cephal)y
Definition
(head/skull)
birth defect characterized by large head
Term
(Chiro)mancer
Definition
(hand)
palmist
Term
(Chloro)phyll
Definition
(green)
green substance vital to plant life
Term
A(chrom)atic
Definition
(color)
without/devoid of color
Term
(Chron)ometer
Definition
(time)
device to measure time
Term
(Cine)micrograph
Definition
(moving)
film taken through a microscope
Term
(Cosmo)politan
Definition
(world)
one who considers the world a city
Term
(Cryo)philic
Definition
(cold/freeze)
thriving in the cold
Term
(Crypto)zoology
Definition
(hidden/secret)
study of hidden animals
Term
(Cyto)logy
Definition
(cell)
study of cells
Term
(Dactyl)ograph
Definition
(digit)
fingerprint
Term
Philo(dendr)on
Definition
(tree)
tree loving vines
Term
(Derm)atophyte
Definition
(skin)
skin plants
Term
Ortho(don)tist
Definition
(teeth)
person who straightens teeth
Term
Thermo(dyn)amics
Definition
(power)
the power of heat
Term
(Dys)entery
Definition
(disease/faulty)
intestinal disease
Term
(Eco)cide
Definition
(environment/house)
deliberate destruction of environment
Term
Osteo(tomy)
Definition
(cut/surgical removal of)
surgery on a bone
Term
(entero)gastritis
Definition
(intestine)
inflammation of intestines or stomach
Term
(eo)lith
Definition
(earlist)
earliest stone artifacts
Term
metall(urg)y
Definition
(work/power)
working in metals
Term
(Ethno)musicology
Definition
(race/culture)
study of the music of another race
Term
(Eu)demon
Definition
(pleasant/good)
good spirit
Term
(gen)ocide
Definition
(born & race)
race killer
Term
(ger)ontocracy
Definition
(aged)
rule by the aged/elders
Term
Poly(glot)
Definition
(tounge)
one who speaks more than one tounge
Term
Physio(gnomy)
Definition
(know)
to know someone's nature from his face
Term
hexa(gon)
Definition
(side/angle)
figure with six sides and angles
Term
Tele(gram)
Definition
(to write)
writing from afar
Term
Miso(gyn)ist
Definition
(female/woman)
woman hater
Term
(Hagi)olotry
Definition
(saint)
worship of saints
Term
(Helio)tropic
Definition
(spiral & sun)
plant that turns toward the sun
Term
(Hemo)toma
Definition
(blood)
bruise; literally: bloody tumor
Term
(Heter)onym
Definition
(different)
two words with the same spelling but different meanings
Term
(Hier)archy
Definition
(sacred)
group arranged in rank order
Term
(Homo)centric
Definition
(same)
sharing the same center
Term
De(hydr)ate
Definition
(water)
to take the water out of
Term
Ger(iatr)ics
Definition
(heal/cure)
the science of healing the aged/elderly
Term
(Ichthy)oid
Definition
(fish)
having the shape of a fish
Term
(Icon)ography
Definition
(image)
set of traditional symbolic forms; writing with images
Term
(Idi)om
Definition
(peculiar)
peculiar expression/way of speaking
Term
(Iso)metric
Definition
(equal)
physical excercise using the contraction of the muscles
Term
Arthr(itis)
Definition
(inflammation)
inflammation of a joint
Term
Nympho(lepsy)
Definition
(convulsion)
frenzy caused by nymphs
Term
(Leuco)cyte
Definition
(white)
white blood cell
Term
Mono(lith)ic
Definition
(stone)
one big stone
Term
Ventri(loqu)ist
Definition
(speak/word)
someone who can project his voice
Term
Psycho(logy)
Definition
(study&science of)
study of the mind
Term
Pyro(mania)c
Definition
(obsession)
fire obsession
Term
A(maz)on
Definition
(breast)
without a breast
Term
(Melan)cholia
Definition
(black)
black bile
Term
Geo(metr)y
Definition
(measure)
earth measuring
Term
(Soli)loquy
Definition
(alone)
internal monologue
Term
(Solmni)loquist
Definition
(sleep)
sleep talker
Term
(Avi)fauna
Definition
(bird)
bidlike animals
Term
As(son)ance
Definition
(sound)
similarity of vowel sounds
Term
Per(spic)uous
Definition
(to look)
clear or lucid
Term
A(spir)e
Definition
(breathe)
to strive for; literally "to breathe for"
Term
(Lex)iphile
Definition
(read)
one who loves to read
Term
Em(bark)
Definition
(boat)
to leave
Term
Re(tard)
Definition
(slow)
to hinder
Term
St. (Bib)iana
Definition
(drink)
the patro saint of hangover sufferers
Term
uxori(cide)
Definition
(kill)
killing of a wife
Term
(necro)polis
Definition
(dead)
dead city; graveyard
Term
(vene)section
Definition
(vein)
cutting of a vein
Term
(vas)ectomy
Definition
(vessel)
male sterilization operation
Term
sub(urb)
Definition
(city)
near the city
Term
(vag)ary
Definition
(wander)
wardering of the mind; daydream
Term
bene(vol)ent
Definition
(wish)
wishing someone well
Term
con(ven)e
Definition
(come)
to come together/assemble
Term
(ventri)loquist
Definition
(belly/abdomen)
belly talker
Term
(verb)atim
Definition
(word)
word for word
Term
(hepat)ogenic
Definition
(liver)
originating from the liver
Term
Labials
Definition
Made with the lips alone (W, P, B, M)
Term
Labiodentals
Definition
Made with the lips and teeth (V, F)
Term
Dentals
Definition
Made with the tongue just behind the front top teeth (D, T, N)
Term
Alveolors
Definition
Made with the tongue on or near the alveolar ridge, the small lump just behind the top front teeth (J, Z, L, T)
Term
Palatals
Definition
Made with the tongue cupped under the hard palate (R, Y, Ch)
Term
Gutterals
Definition
Made with the tongue against the soft palate or velum (C, K, Q)
Term
Spirants
Definition
breathy or hissy sounds (Th, H, S, Sh, Z, Zh)
Term
Plosives
Definition
Sounds that require a quick release of pent-up air (B, P)
Term
Vowels
Definition
made by the relatively open or free passage of air through the larynx, pharynx and mouth
Term
Consonants
Definition
Our speech sounds made by a partial or complete obstruction of air passing through the mouth
Term
Indo-European thrived
Definition
7000-3000 BC
Term
Celts arrive in England
Definition
1500 BC
Term
Romans under Caesar invade England
Definition
55 BC
Term
Christianity becomes legal in Roman Empire
Definition
313
Term
Romans depart England
Definition
410
Term
Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians began to migrate to England; Birth of old English
Definition
450
Term
Rome Falls to the Goths; traditional end of Western Roman Empire
Definition
476
Term
St. Augustine brings Christianity to England (along with Latin)
Definition
597
Term
Viking/Dane/Norse invasions of England
Definition
700-878
Term
Danelaw established
Definition
878
Term
Charlemagne ordered all sermons delivered in the vernacular, not Latin
Definition
813
Term
Norman conquest of England
Definition
1066
Term
Middle English era started
Definition
1100
Term
Normandy falls to the French
Definition
1204
Term
Magna Carta signed
Definition
1215
Term
Chaucer dies
Definition
1400
Term
William Caxton prints The Collection of the Histories of Troy; first book printed in English; birth of Modern English
Definition
1475
Term
Shakespeare dies
Definition
1616
Term
Samuel Johnson's dictionary published
Definition
1755
Term
ä
Definition
umlaut
Term
ā
Definition
macron
Term
ă
Definition
breve
Term
â
Definition
circumflex
Term
ə
Definition
schwa
Term
ã
Definition
tilde
Term
ç
Definition
cedilla
Term
à
Definition
grave accent
Term
á
Definition
acute accent
Term
(vers)atile
Definition
(turn)
capable of many turns
Term
(veri)similitude
Definition
(true)
realism
Term
u(top)ia
Definition
(place)
no place
Term
in(vestig)ate
Definition
(track)
to be on the track
Term
(Omnom)astics
Definition
(name & word)
the study of names and their origin
Term
a(morph)ous
Definition
(shape) without shape or form
Term
(myoc)ardium
Definition
(muscle)
the muscular lining of the heart
Term
(narc)osis
Definition
(sleep) stupor or sleep brought on by a drug
Term
(neo)logism
Definition
(new)
coinage; new word)
Term
(nephro)lith
Definition
(kidney)
kidney stone
Term
(odo)graph
Definition
(road)
road writing; black box in truck
Term
human(oid)
Definition
(likes/resembling)
having humanlike characteristics
Term
(olig)archy
Definition
(few)
government by a small group
Term
my(noma)
Definition
(tumor)
cancerous tumor in a muscle
Term
pan(orama)
Definition
(sight/view)
broad spectacle or vista
Term
(orinth)ology
Definition
(bird)
study of birds
Term
(ortho)pedics
Definition
(straight)
medical specialty that corrects problems with bones
Term
(oto)scope
Definition
(hear/ear)
tool for examining the ear
Term
(paleo)lith
Definition
(ancient/early)
ancient stone tool
Term
psycho(path)
Definition
(feelings & disease)
mental disease
Term
bacterio(phage)
Definition
(eat)
anything that eats or destroys bacteria
Term
anglo(phobe)
Definition
(fear)
those who fear the English
Term
(phon)eme
Definition
(sound)
smallest unit of speech sound
Term
(photo)graph
Definition
(light)
picture written with light
Term
neo(phyte)
Definition
(plant/person)
newcomer
Term
hemi(plegia)
Definition
(paralysis)
paralysis on one side
Term
tri(pod)
Definition
(feet)
three legged or footed device
Term
(poly)glot
Definition
(many/several)
one who speaks several languages
Term
(psych)iatry
Definition
(mind)
healing of the mind
Term
(pyo)genic
Definition
(pus)
pus producing
Term
(pyro)mania
Definition
(fire)
compulsion to light fires
Term
(rhino)plasty
Definition
(nose)
plastic surgery on the nose
Term
hemo(rrhage)
Definition
(flow/discharge)
discharge of blood
Term
(sarc)oma
Definition
(flesh)
tumor of the flesh
Term
(schis)m
Definition
(split)
religious split
Term
(scop)ophilia
Definition
(look)
peeping tomism; one who loves to look
Term
(seism)osaurus
Definition
(quake)
earth quaking lizard
Term
philo(soph)er
Definition
(wisdom)
lover of wisdom
Term
gymno(sperm)
Definition
(seed)
naked seed
Term
(stereo)phonic
Definition
(3D)
3D sound
Term
(stetho)scope
Definition
(chest)
instrument for monitoring chest or lungs
Term
cata(stroph)e
Definition
(turn)
downward turn
Term
(sym)pathy
Definition
(together)
sharing feelings with someone; compassion
Term
epi(taph)
Definition
(tomb)
tomb inscription
Term
(tauto)logy
Definition
(same)
a brief redundancy
Term
(tele)pathy
Definition
(afar)
feeling from afar; occult communication
Term
eu(thana)sia
Definition
(death)
mercy killing; pleasant death
Term
pan(the)ism
Definition
(god)
god is in all things
Term
(thermo)meter
Definition
(heat)
instrument to measure heat
Term
(tox)emia
Definition
(poison) poison in the blood
Term
helio(trope)
Definition
(turn)
any plant that turns toward the sun
Term
(xeno)phobe
Definition
(foreign)
fear of strangers
Term
(xyl)ography
Definition
(wood)
wood engraving
Term
proto(zoa)
Definition
(animal)
first animals
Term
In(cand)escent
Definition
(white)
something that emits white heat
Term
(Hum)us
Definition
(earth)
rich earth
Term
De(nigr)ate
Definition
(black)
to blacken a reputation
Term
An(nihil)ate
Definition
(noting)
to reduce to nothing
Term
(nov)ice
Definition
(new)
beginner
Term
(Noc)turne
Definition
(night)
music for the evening
Term
(Num)erology
Definition
(number)
the study of occult numbers
Term
(Oc)ular
Definition
(eye)
pertaining to the eye
Term
(op)tician
Definition
(eye)
lens grinder
Term
Eucalypt(ol)
Definition
(oil)
oil of the eucalyptus tree
Term
(omn)ivore
Definition
(all)
animal that eats all things
Term
(opus)cule
Definition
(work)
short/brief musical work
Term
(ora)cle
Definition
(speak)
speaker for the gods
Term
(ori)nasal
Definition
(mouth)
pertaining to the nose and mouth
Term
(ov)aritis
Definition
(egg)
inflammation of the ovaries
Term
(peri)dontal
Definition
(near)
pertaining to the gums; near the teeth
Term
(patr)onize
Definition
(father)
to talk down/condescend
Term
(matr)ix
Definition
(mother)
womb or place of origin
Term
a(pnea)
Definition
(breath)
inability to breathe
Term
(tuit)ion
Definition
(teach)
money paid to be taught
Term
antepen(ultima)te
Definition
(last)
third to the last
Term
(hyper)bole
Definition
(excessive)
deliberate exaggeration
Term
(hypo)dermic
Definition
(below/under)
device to put something below the skin
Term
(hypn)ophobia
Definition
(sleep)
fear of sleep
Term
(geo)phagy
Definition
(earth)
eating earth
Term
(endo)cardial
Definition
(within)
within the heart
Term
(macro)biotic
Definition
(large)
pertaining to the science of enlarging your life
Term
e(vac)uate
Definition
(empty)
to empty out
Term
post(mort)em
Definition
(death)
after death exam
Term
(oss)uary
Definition
(bone)
funeral urn
Term
(neur)algia
Definition
(nerve)
nerve pain
Term
Phil(anthr)opist
Definition
(man)
lover of mankind
Term
(pan)theist
Definition
(all)
god is in all things
Term
metamorph(osis)
Definition
(a condition)
a condition of change
Term
tubercu(losis)
Definition
(a diseased condition)
a lung disease
Term
leukocyt(osis)
Definition
(an increase)
an increase in white blood cells
Term
(mega)death
Definition
(million)
a million deaths
Term
(san)guine
Definition
(blood)
confident or reddish
Term
(fili)gree
Definition
(thread)
delicate ornamentation
Term
(dia)dermic
Definition
(through)
something that works through the skin
Term
(prim)er
Definition
(first)
first reader
Term
(infra)sonic
Definition
(below)
sound below human audible limit
Term
(super)script
Definition
(over)
a raised number or letter
Term
(mim)esis
Definition
(immitate)
realism
Term
(pect)oral
Definition
(chest)
pertaining to the chest
Term
(pend)ulous
Definition
(hang)
sagging, drooping or hanging
Term
im(ped)e
Definition
(foot)
to slow
Term
(pisc)ivorous
Definition
(fish)
fish eating
Term
sur(plus)
Definition
(more)
an abundance
Term
com(port)
Definition
(carry)
behave or carry onself
Term
(poten)tate
Definition
(power)
monarch or sovereign
Term
im(pugn)
Definition
(fight)
to assail with words
Term
(pulm)onary
Definition
(lung)
pertaining to the lungs
Term
(arbit)trary
Definition
(judge)
depending on individual judgment
Term
(quasi)-scientific
Definition
(somewhat)
somewhat or seemingly scientific
Term
e(radi)cate
Definition
(root)
to pull up by the roots; destroy
Term
(reti)culated
Definition
(net)
having a netlike pattern
Term
ap(pell)ation
Definition
(call)
name or title
Term
(retro)flex
Definition
(back)
to bend back
Term
con(secr)ate
Definition
(holy)
to make holy
Term
(ren)al
Definition
(kidney)
relating to the kidney
Term
post(script)
Definition
(write)
after writing; an addendum
Term
(arbor)etum
Definition
(tree)
a place to study trees
Term
con(sen)sus
Definition
(feel)
a decision; "feeling together"
Term
ob(sequ)ies
Definition
(follow)
"follow a life"; funeral rites
Term
de(sic)cant
Definition
(dry)
drying agent
Term
(arm)ada
Definition
(weapon)
armed fleet
Term
(sol)arium
Definition
(sun)
sunroom
Term
(seb)aceous
Definition
(fat/grease)
pertaining to fat or grease
Term
vivi(sect)
Definition
(cut)
cutting of live flesh
Term
trans(vest)ite
Definition
(dress)
one who dresses across gender lines
Term
(vet)erinarian
Definition
(old)
animal doctor
Term
tri(via)
Definition
(way)
common knowledge
Term
ob(dur)ate
Definition
(hard)
stubborn
Term
e(vid)ence
Definition
(see)
that which enables someone to see guilt or innocence
Term
(vin)egar
Definition
(wine/grape)
bitter wine
Term
(vir)tuoso
Definition
(man)
one with great skill
Term
(viru)cide
Definition
(a poison)
antibotic
Term
(lipo)suction
Definition
(fat)
plastic surgery that removes fat
Term
(sapr)emia
Definition
(decay)
blood poisoning
Term
(vivi)sect
Definition
(live)
the cutting of live flesh
Term
(mand)ible
Definition
(chew)
lower jaw
Term
(vol)ume
Definition
(roll)
a scroll
Term
verbi(vore)
Definition
(eat)
word lover/eater
Term
(vot)ive
Definition
(vow)
fulfilling a vow
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