Vocab Lesson 18 atmo cardio vapor heart atmosphere

Vocab Lesson 18

atmo cardio vapor heart atmosphere, atmolysis, atmometer, atmospheric, atman Greek cardiology, cardiovascular, cardiac, electrocardiogram Greek cosmos, cosmopolitan, cosmonaut, cosmology, microcosm Greek counter world or universe against counteract, counterproductive, counterpoint, counter insurgence Latin cranio skull craniology, intracranial, craniotomy, cranium, dolichocranic Greek cyclo circle cyclone, cyclotron, bicycle, encyclopedia, recycle, cyclical Greek gno know Greek oss bone agnostic, prognosis, Gnosticism, diagnosis, topognosia, ignominy ossify, ossuary, ossicle, osseous, ossiferous, ossein, ossification xylo wood xylophone, xylograph, xyloid, xylophagous, xylose, xylotomy, xylem Greek monger seller fishmonger, warmonger, costermonger, ballad monger , phrasemonger Latin sept seven septangular, September, septuagenarian, septillion, Septuagint Latin xeno stranger xenophobia, xenolith, xenon, xenogenesis, xenodiagnosis Greek vas vessel vasoconstrictor, cardiovascular, vase, vesicle, vascular, vasectomy Latin

ROOT DEFINITION EXAMPLES forehead, foreboding, forecast, forethought, foresail, forefront ORIGIN Latin fore front ish like greenish, smallish, outlandish, snobbish, ghoulish, squeamish, mannish Germanic less without fruitless, hopeless, motherless, bootless, pointless, hapless, feckless Latin baro pressure barometer, barograph, barometric, barograms, barometry Latin ferro iron ferronickel, ferromagnetic, ferrous, ferric, ferrite, ferroconcrete Latin quasi somewhat quasar, quasi-military, quasi-stellar, quasi-official, quasi-judicial Latin nesia island Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Austronesia Latin lepsy attack narcolepsy, epilepsy, catalepsy Latin let little booklet, piglet, aglet, hamlet, coverlet, omelet Latin nano billionth nanosecond, nanoplankton, nanosomia, nanogram Greek pico trillionth picofarad, picosecond, pictogram Italian ideo idea ideograph, ideology, ideologue, ideogram, idée fixe, idealism Greek

Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences. 1. The atmometer measures the rate of evaporation of water. 2. The cardiologist studied the cardiac patient’s electrocardiogram. 3. The orbiting Soviet cosmonaut had cosmopolitan views and tastes. 4. The command was countermanded by his British counterpart. 5. The craniotomy was performed by a skilled brain surgeon. 6. The cyclone hurled the bicycle fifty yards. 7. Agnostics are not usually attracted to Gnosticism. 8. Over the years, his habits had ossified beyond the hope of change. 9. Zylophagous insects had eaten the antique xylophone. 10. The costermonger and the fishmonger shouted out prices to passersby. 11. September was the seventh month of the Roman calendar. 12. The flood of immigration stirred the xenophobia of the citizens. 13. The cardiovascular system responded gradually to the exercise.

Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences. 14. The storm forecast filled her with foreboding. 15. The smallish object had a faint, greenish tint. 16. Their assault on the mountain summit proved hopeless, bootless, and fruitless. 17. Some think that high fashion is a barometer for stock market trends. 18. The company geologist studied the ferrous rock with care. 19. The quasi-military operation into Cambodia has failed. 20. We visited Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. 21. His uncontrollable narcolepsy made it hard for him to stay awake. 22. The booklet circulated through the hamlet. 23. The computation is made in less than a nanosecond. 24. There a thousand picoseconds in one nanosecond. 25. The stubborn Chinese ideologue wrote his ideas in ideograms.

Word Within a Word Mystery Questions #18 1. Are pine bark beetles xylophagous? 2. Is an ideologue an advocate of a certain body of ideas? 3. Is September the seventh month of the year? 4. Is a provincial, inexperienced person cosmopolitan? 5. Is the Statue of Liberty a monument to xenophobia? 6. Would a craniotomy give you a headache? 7. Is an agnostic a know-it-all? 8. Is a prognosis a disease? 9. Could a vasoconstrictor attack you on a jungle path? 10. Would a magnet attract a ferrous particle?

DIVERGENCE: 1. What would be the attitudes and viewpoints of a person with a cosmopolitan outlook? 2. How many cogent arguments can you think of to help someone overcome xenophobia? ANALYSIS: 1. How could you tell xylophagous and phyllophagous insects apart? 2. Analyze the word vasoconstrictor. EVALUATION: 1. Is someone who believes in nuclear war a warmonger or a realist? 2. Did American astronauts conduct joint space missions with Soviet cosmonauts? INTUITION: 1. You are sent through space in a craft that can travel at superluminous speeds to investigate a strange new phenomenon that is disrupting the principles of physics that regulate the cosmos. What is this strange phenomenon? 2. In a weird dream, you are shocked to find an article in an encyclopedia. What is the article about? EMOTION: 1. What emotions could be considered causes of xenophobia? 2. How would you feel if told that your efforts were bootless? Or that your mind was xyloid? Or that your attitudes had ossified?

diagnosis : prognosis : : sickness: health analysis: forecast ideology: ideologue prediction: weather mannish : masculine: : effeminate: feminine hero: heroine ideologue: dogma heterodox: orthodox bootless : feckless : : useless: feeble barefoot: unlucky shoe: vest ossicle: ossify ferrous : auriferous : : metal: nonmetal gold: ring iron: gold full of: lacking agnosticism : certainty : : costermonger: fruit cosmonaut: cosmology diffidence: confidence forecast: forethought balladmonger : poet : : stellar: quasi-stellar claptrap: platitude literati: cognoscenti sophistry: philosophy ferrite : picosecond : : pyrite: gold quartz: minute ossuary: bone month: nanosecond idée fixe : monomania : : megalomania: diffidence xenophobia: cosmopolitan ethnocentrism: egalitarianism cardiovascular: circulatory