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Vocabulary Roots carcher
Students play with the Greek and Latin roots of words to expand their vocabularies
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English
12th Grade
08/26/2011

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Term
photos
Definition
light
Term
photograph
Definition

photos = light

graph = write or draw

a picture drawn by light

Term
telephoto
Definition

 

 

 

tele = distant photos = light

light from far away

Term
photometer
Definition

photos = light

metron = measure

a device which measures light

Term
phototropic
Definition

photos = light

tropos=turn

turning toward light

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photophilia
Definition

photos = light

philia=love

love of light

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photophobia
Definition

photos = light

phobos = fear

fear or dislike of light

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photosynthesis
Definition

photos = light

syn = together

thesis = putting

a process of putting things together by using light

Term
graph
Definition
to write or draw
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phonograph
Definition

phono = sound

graph = to write or draw

machine for writing (or recording) sound

Term
telegraph
Definition

tele = distant

graph = to write or draw

writing from far away

Term
lithograph
Definition

lithos = stone

graph = to write or draw

drawing made on a stone

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graphite
Definition
black carbon used for drawing or writing
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autograph
Definition

autos = self

graph = to write or draw

to write one's own name

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phonogram
Definition

phonos = sound

graph = to write or draw

written symbol for a sound

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hologram
Definition

holos = complete

graph = to write or draw

a three-dimensional photograph of a whole object

Term
tele
Definition
far away, distant
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television
Definition

tele = far away, distant

video, visum = see

seeing distant things

Term
telephone
Definition

tele = distant, far away

phone = sound

sound from far away

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telescope
Definition

tele = far away, distant

skopeo = look at

device for looking at distant objects

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telepathy
Definition

tele = distant, far away

pathos = feeling

knowing how someone far away is feeling

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telekinesis
Definition

tele = far away, distant

kinesis = movement

the movement of an object which is far away from the power

Term
metron
Definition
measure
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meter
Definition

metron = measure

unit of measure

Term
geometry
Definition

geo = earth

metron = measure

measurement of the earth

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optometry
Definition

opsis = sight

metron = measure

measure eyesight

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symmetry
Definition

sym = same, equal

metron = measure

measuring the same

Term
barometer
Definition

baros = weight, pressure

metron = measure

device to measure air pressure

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thermometer
Definition

thermos = heat

metron = measure

measure heat

Term
diameter
Definition

dia = through, across

metron = measure

measuring across

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centimeter
Definition

centum = hundred

metron = measure

one hundredth of a meter

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anemometer
Definition

anemos = wind

metron = measure

measures wind speed

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