CONTENTS
(volume 2)
Page
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………..1
Lesson 1 …………………………………………………………………………….5
Ob/fer/ferr/gnos/gnost/gnosis/magneto/extra/extro/arthro/dis
Lesson 2 …………………………………………………………………………….6
Sphere/ven/veni/vent/somn/somno/ish/gon/rupt/fus/fuse
Lesson 3 …………………………………………………………………………….7
Hemi/myo/cogn/cognosc/ment/pon/medi/media
WORKSHOP 1……………………………………………………………8
Lesson 4 …………………………………………………………………………….9
Sec/sect/nul/null/post/later/ambul/amble/not/nota/dif
Lesson 5 …………………………………………………………………………...10
Scrib/script/ure/secu/sequ/tract/dys/tetra/cogit
Lesson 6 …………………………………………………………………………...11
Ab/abs/hes/her/fold/cranio/matur/pan/panto
WORKSHOP 2 ………………………………………………………….12
WORKSHOP 3 ………………………………………………………….13
Lesson 7 …………………………………………………………………………….14
Ness/ac/contra/contro/demi/jug/di/di
Lesson 8 …………………………………………………………………………….15
Arch/archy/ortho/igni/cur/curr/curs/mega/megalo/megaly/an
Lesson 9 …………………………………………………………………………….16
Moni/endo/opthalmo/an/ian/vers/op
WORKSHOP 4 …………………………………………………………...17
Lesson 10 …………………………………………………………………………...18
Super/gest/pater/part/mater/matr/genu/xeno/pugna
Lesson 11 …………………………………………………………………………...19
Dox/doxy/plen/plente/plenty/dei/nephro/exo/ial/equi
Lesson 12 ……………………………………………………………………….…..20
Fact/fac/fic/secular/fin/fine/plet/ornitho/clud/clus/nil/nihil
WORKSHOP 5 …………………………………………………………..21
WORKSHOP 6 …………………………………………………………..22
Lesson 13 …………………………………………………………………………..23
Pos/arch/celer/geronto/acrid/pauci/bene
Lesson 14 …………………………………………………………………………..24
Magni/magna/scend/scent/scens/icono/ceiv/err/erra/mal/male/tra
Lesson 15 …………………………………………………………………………..25
Greg/tracheo/pseudo/vacill/dicho/wasrd/wards/lumen/lumine
WORKSHOP 7 ………………………………………………………….26
Lesson 16 …………………………………………………………………………..27
Dubi/dubit/osis/line/linear/aqua/acious/carn/carni
Lesson 17 …………………………………………………………………………..28
Vor/dia/syn/sym/noc/noca/noxi/cide/odonto/tain
Lesson 18 …………………………………………………………………………..29
Kinesis/kinesio/jac/pachy/apo/viv/vivi/col/debil
WORKSHOP 8 …………………………………………………………30
WORKSHOP 9 ………………………………………………………….31
Lesson 19 …………………………………………………………………………..32
Cliv/soma/somato/rhino/photo/mo/mob/mot/mov/enni/man/pauper
Lesson 20 …………………………………………………………………………...33
Plasty/counter/mort/dendro/non/ile/crypto
Lesson 21 …………………………………………………………………………...34
Puls/Petri/petro/cis/hiero/osteo/disco/kineto/kine
WORKSHOP 10 ........................................................................................35
WORKSHOP 11 ........................................................................................36
Lesson 22 ...................................................................................................................37
Naut/juven/nycto/urb/urban/dhoreo/dento/pac
Lesson 23 …………………………………………………………………………..38
Proto/anti/pecunia/ly/dextro/melior
Lesson 24 …………………………………………………………………………..39
Thesis/thet/pejor/cyst/cred/pecc/pecca/liber
WORKSHOP 12 ………………………………………………………..40
Lesson 25 …………………………………………………………………………..41
Mell/melli/tin/gram/deca/deka/herb/cresc/pyo
Lesson 26 …………………………………………………………………………..42
Ier/eer/yer/lacto/part/phago/phagy/kilo/lysis
Lesson 27 …………………………………………………………………………..43
Primi/primo/syl/dactyl/ose/sist/xist/putre/putrid
WORKSHOP 13 ………………………………………………………..44
WORKSHOP 14 …………………………………………………………45
Lesson 28 …………………………………………………………………………...46
Allo/ir/ambi/cerebro/pend/grand/grandi/aero
Lesson 29 ……………………………………………………………………………47
Iso/tenu/meso/orama/gony/ia/it
Lesson 30 ……………………………………………………………………………48
Pleg/plegia/culpa/vir/ulous/mers/at/hort
WORKSHOP 15 …………………………………………………………49
REVIEW 1 ………………………………………………………………50
REVIEW 2 ………………………………………………………………51
REVIEW 3 ………………………………………………………………52
Answers To Workshop Exercise ………………………………………..53
Answers To Review Exercises …………………………………………..59
INDEX …………………………………………………………………...61
LESSON 1
1. ob______ = against (toward/over/completely/up)
obvert obloquy
objector obdurate
2. fer/ferr = carry (bear/produce/bring)
_____ferous (fer + ous) = carrying/bearing/producing/bringing
_____iferous
transfer conferrable
circumference vociferous
3. gnos/gnost = know (person who knows/aware)
prognostic geognost
agnostic pyrognostic
Note: gnost/Gnostic = person who knows
4. gnosis/gnosia = knowing (knowledge/awareness/rcognition)
prognosis
agnosia
5. magnet/magneto = magnet
demagnetize magnetoscope
magnetohydrodynamics magnetograph
6. extra/extro_____ = outside (out of/outer/beyond)
extravert extralateral
extrovert extramarital
7. arthr/arthro = joint
arthro = arthr + vowel
arthritis arthralgia
arthropod arthrography
8. dis_____ = not/apart (away from/lack of/break apart)
disunity dispel
dissociate disjection
LESSON 2
1. sphere/sphere = globe (ball/circle)
geosphere spheroid
spherical astroshere
2. ven/veni/vent/vene = come
intervene convenient
event intervenor
3. somn/somni/somno = sleep
insomnia somniloquous
somnipathy
4. ____ish = somewhat/ native of (like/being)
childish Swedish
mannish (mann = man) Spanish
Note: Not fish/dish/wish
5. gon = side (angle-- when used with angls and numerals)
pentagon trigonal
trigonometry agonic
6. rupt = break
bankrupt interrupter
disruption eruptive
7. fus/fuse = pour (melt/spread)
refuse transfusion
infusion defuse
LESSON 3
1. emi______ = half (partly)
Note: semi = half/partly
Hemisphere hemicycle
Hemialgia hemimorphism
2. myo = muscle
myo = my + vowel
myograph myopathy
mycologist myoid
3. cogn/cognosc = aware (know—knowledge)
Reminders: gnos/gnost = know/aware
Co = together/with
Cognition cognoscible
Recognize cognize
Cognizant incognizable
Note: incognizable = in + cogn + ize + able
4. ______ment = _____ing (being____ed)
treatment inducement
remitment deferment
5. pon/pone = put (place)
dispone proponent
exponent component
6. medi/media = middle
mediator medial
intermediate meditative
EXCEPTION: remedial (remedy)
LESSON 4
1. sec/sect = cut
bisect intersection
transsect microdissection
2. nul/null = nothing (void/not)
null
nullity
3. post_____ = after
postponement postmeridian (noon)
postwar postimpressionism
Note: post meridiem = P.M.
Meri = middle
Diem = day
4. _____later = worshiper (one who adores)
Reminder: latrist = latr + ist
Demonolater astrolater
Heliolater zoolater
5. ambul/amble = walk
ambulant perambulate
somnambulation preamble
6. not/nota/note = note (mark)
nota = not + vowel
denote connotate
notation notable
7. dif_____ = apart (away from/aside)
IMPORTANT: dis = dif + f
Differ diffuse
Diffluent indifference
LESSON 5
1. scrib/script = write
ascribe circumscription
thransscription scribble
2. ____ure = ____ing (being)
pressure flexure
rupture scripture
3. secu/sequ = follow
sequence prosecutor
consecutive consequent
4. tract = draw (drag/pull/lead)
tractable extract
intractable retract
5. dys____ = bad (difficult/abnormal/defective)
NOTE: opposie of “eu”
Dysenteric dysphonic
Dysgensis dyspathy
6. tetr/tetra = four
REMINDER: quadr = four
Tetragon tetrasyllable
Tetrapod tetrachromatic
7. cogit = think
cogitate incogitable
excogitation incogitancy
LESSON 6
1. ab___ = away (from/off)
abrupt abduce
abnormal abductor
2. abs___ = away (from/off)
NOTE: ab = abs + c/t
Abstract
3. hes/her/here = stick
incohesion cohere
adhesive adherence
4. ____fold = times
twofold fivefold
threefold multifold
5. crani/cranio = skull
cranio = crani + vowel
craniology craniometrist
acranial craniotomy
6. matur/mature = ripe (ripen)
immature maturate
premature maturity
7. pan/panto____ = all
pansophy pantheistic
pantoscope Pan-American
IMPORTANT: place a hyphen before a capital letter.
EXCEPTIONS: pancake/panful/panbroil/panel/etc.
LESSON 7
1. _____ness = being
vacuousness deceptiveness
transmutableness
2. ac____ = to (toward/against/on/in)
ad = ac + c
accept unacceptable
accede
3. contra/contro = against (opposite)
contravene incontrovertible
contralateral controvertist
4. demi = half (partly)
REMINDER: semi/hemi = half/partly
Demisemi demitone
Demiwolf
5. jug = join (unite/yoke/conquer)
NOTE : junet
Conjugal subjugator
Conjugate conjugative
6. di____ = away (apart/from)
IMPORTANT: dis = di + g/l/r/v (some exceptions)
Divertible divert
Note: other common words are digress/dilate/direct/digest/dilute.
7. di_____ = two/second (twice)
NOTE: attached mostly to Greek roots lacking verb forms:
Digamy dipody
Digenesis dimorphous
Note: bi = two
Di = two/twice/second
LESSON 8
1. _____arch = ruler
anarch tetrarch
diarchic monarch (mon + arch)
2. _____archy = government by (ruled by)
gynarchy anarchy
polyarchy autarchy (auto)
3. orth/ortho = correct (straight)
orthocenter orthography (spelling)
orthogon orthopedic
CAUTION: orthopedic
“ped” = foot/child
“ortho” also refers to bones/joints in medicine
4. ign/igni/ignite = fire
ignify igneous
ignitable ignigenous
5. cur/curr/curs = run
current precursive
recur excursion
CAUTION: cura = cure/care
Curable/curator/curative
Note: Not “curse”
6. mega/megalo/megaly = large (huge/one million/ grandeur)
megapod megaton
megalomania megacycle
7. an____ = to (toward/on/in/against)
ad = an + n
annotate
annul
LESSON 9
1. moni = warn
monition monitor
premonition admonition
2. endo_____ = inside (within)
endogamy endocranial
endogastric subendocardial
3. ophthalm/ ophthalmo = eye
ophthalmo = ophthalm + vowel
ophthalmologist ophthalmotomy
ophthalmitis ophthalmoscope
4. _____an/ian = native of
Note: place = an/ian
American Korean
Californian Egyptian
5. ______an/ian = specialist in
Note: occupation + ian
Librarian theologian
Musician biometrician
6. vers = turn
Note: vers = vert
Inversion reverse
Controversy aversion
REMINDER: ab = a + v
7. op_____ = against (opposite)
ob = op + p
opponent
oppress
LESSON 10
1. super = over (above/beyond/great)
superego supervene
supervisor superflux
2. gest = carry (bear)
congestive gestation
decongestant digest
3. pater/part/patro/patri = father
Note: patern/patron
Paternity expatriate
Patriarch repatriation
Note: Patria = fatherland/native country
4. mater/matr/matri/matro/metro = mother
Note: matern/matron
Maternity matronal
Matriarch matronymic
Note: metronym = mother + onym
5. genu = knee (joint)
genual genuflector
genuflection
6. xeno = foreigner (stranger/foreign)
xenophobia xenogenesis
xenomania xenolith
REMINDER: xero = dry
Xeno = stranger
7. pugn/pugna = fight (attack)
oppugnant impugnable
repugnance
LESSON 11
1. ____dox/doxy = opinion (thinking/belief)
orthodox heterodox
cacodoxy orthodoxical
2. plen/pleni/plente/plenty = full (fill)
plenipotent plentiful
plenty replenishment
3. dei = god
dei = de + vowel
deism (dei + ism) deiform
deity (dei + ity)
REMINDER: theo/the = god
4. nephr/nephro = kidney
nephrology nephritis
nephrolith nephrontomy
5. exo____ = outside ( outer/outside of)
REMINDER: e/ex = out
Exocentric exogamy
Exotic exoderm
6. ____ial = having to do with (having/_____ing/being)
influential subsequential
deferential perineurial
7. equ/equi = even (same)
equal inadequate
inequity equilateral
LESSON 12
1. fac/fact/fic/ific = make (do)
factor detoxification
unification proficient
2. secular = worldly
Note: opposite of religious
Secularism secularist
Secularity
EXAMPLES: secular government/secular music
3. fin/fine = end (limit)
REMINDER: termin = end/limit
Final confinement
Infinity definition
4. plet/plete = fill (full)
replete impletion
depletion completive
5. ornith/ornitho = bird
ornithologist ornithotomy
ornithophobia ornithopod
6. clud/clued/clus/cluse = shut (close)
exclude seclusive
includible preclude
7. nil/nihil = nothing (wipe out)
REMINDER: nul/null = nothing
Nil annihilation
Nihilism annihilator
NOTE: ad = an + n
LESSON 13
1. pos/pose = put (place)
Note: pos = pon
Transpose composure
Imposition deposition
2. arch_____ = chief
REMINDER: ______arch = ruler
Archbishop archduke
Archenemy archangel (“ark”)
3. celer = speed
accelerate accelerator
decelerometer celerity
CAUTION: not “celery”
4. geront/geronto = old person (old age)
geronto = geront + vowel
gerontology gerontophile
gerontics
5. acri/acrid = bitter (sharp/sting—of eyes/nose/skin/etc.)
acridity
acridness
6. pauci = few (scarce/little)
paucity pauciloquent
pauciloquy
7. bene = good/well
benefactor beneficial
benefic
LESSON 14
1. magn/magni/magna = great (big)
magnify magniloquence
magnipotent magnificent
Note: not “magnet”
2. scend/scent/scens = climb (go)
ascent ascension
descendant condescension
3. icon/icono = religious objects
Note: statues/pictures/images/etc.
Iconolatry iconophile
Iconomania iconic
4. ceiv/ceive = take
receive perceivable
deceiver preconceive
5. err/erra = wander (make mistakes/blunder/stray)
inerrant erratic
aberration error
6. mal/male_____ = bad/wrong (evil/badly/poorly)
Note: opposite of “bene”
Malefic maleficent
Malefactor malpractice
7. tra____ = through (beyond/across)
Note: tra = trans
Traverse
Traduce
LESSON 15
1. greg = crowd/flock (group/herd/gather/add)
congregate segregationist
desegregate
2. trache/tracheo = windpipe
tracheo = trache + vowel
tracheitis tracheal
tracheoscope tracheotomy
3. pseudo/pseudo = false
pseudonym psudodox
pseudoscience psedomorph
4. vacill = waver (sway)
vacillate
vacillation
5. dicho = in two (twice)
Note: di = two
Dichotomy dichotomize
Dichogamy
6. ____ward/wards = toward (direction of)
homeward leeward
skyward windward
EXCEPTION: coward
7. lumen/lumine = light (shine)
luminous luminal
laminate reluine
LESSON 16
1. dubi/dubit = doubt
dubious dubitative
indubitable
2. _____osis = disease/ condition of (disorder/abnormality) IMPORTANT: disease/abnormal condition when attached to medical
Words, usually of Greek origin.
Singular: _____osis
Plural: _____oses
Dermatosis arthrosis
Psychosis xerosis (xero + osis)
3. line = line
patrilineal reline
matrilineal superline
4. aqu/aqua = water
aqua = aqu + vowel
aquatic aquapobia
subaqueous aquomter (aqua = ometer)
5. ____acious + full of (having to do with/having)
Note: ___acious + ac + ious
Perspicacious
Loquacious
REMINDERS: adjectives
_____ic
_____ous/ious/eous
_____al/ical
_____ive/tive/itive/ative
_____ful
_____ate
_____ial
_____ac
6. carn/carni = flesh (meat)
carneous incarnate
carnation reincarnation
LESSON 17
1. vor = devour (feed/gorge)
IMPORTANT: _____vorous = devouring/feeding on
Carnivorous carnivore
Voracious omnivorousness
2. dia_____ = through (across)
dia = di + vowel
diathermal diagonal
diagnostic diencephalic ( di = dia)
3. syn/sym = same/together
IMPORTANT: syn = sym + m/b/p
Synarchy sympathy
Synonym symmetry
4. noc/nocu/noxi = harm
nocent nocuous
innocent obnoxious
5. cid/cide = kill/killing
cide = cid + vowel
genocide (geno = race) deicidal
patricide infanticide
6. odent/odonto = tooth
odonto = odont + vowel
odontologist odontoid
orthodontist acrodont
orthodontist = ortho + odont
ortho + odont/acro + odont
7. tain = hold (reach)
retain pertain
abstainer detainer
LESSON 18
1. kinesi/kinesis = movement (motion)
hyperkinesis synkinesis
psychokinesis kinesiology
2. jac = lie (situate
adjacent circumjacent
subjacency interjacent
3. pachy = think (hard)
pachyderm pachypod
pachydermoid pachycephalous
Note: animals with thick skin : elephant/hippopotamus
4. apo = away from (apart/off/remove from)
apo = ap + vowel or ap + h
apogee (ge/geo) aponeurotomy
apochromatic aphelion (helio)
5. viv/vivi = alive (live/life)
vivific vivacious
vivisection vivify
6. col____ = with/together
Note: con = col + l
Collaborate colloquist
Collingual collinearity
7. debil = weak (weaken)
debility debilitation
debilitate
LESSON 19
1. cliv = slope (slant)
declivity acclivitous
proclivous
Note: itous = ity + ous
2. som/soma/some/somat/somato = body
IMPORTANT: soma = body
Somn = sleep
Somatology trisomic
Psychomatic macrosomatous
3. rhin/rhino = nose
rhino = rhin + vowel
rhinal rhinologist
rhinolith rhinoscope
4. photo = light
phototherapy photokinesis
telephoto photoheliograph
5. mo/mob/mot/mote/mov = move
demote movement
moped promoter
6. enni = year
biennial quadriennial
triennial perennial
7. mand = order
command demand
mandate remand
8. pauper = poor ( poor person / penniless)
pauper depauperize
pauperism
LESSON 20
1. _____plasty = plastic surgery (molding / shaping)
rhinoplasty autoplasty
dermatoplasty heteroplasty
Note: auto = tissue taken from self
Hetero = tissue taken from someone else
2. counter = opposite/against
Note: contra/contro
Counterproductive counterattack
Countermand counterpart
3. mort = death/dead ( fear/shame )
mortal mortiferous
immortal mortalize
4. dendr/dendri/dendro = tree
dendro = dendr + vowel
dendral dendritic
dendrologist dendrochronologist
5. non____ = not/no
nonsense noncohesive
nonsynchronous nondiffusion
IMPORTANT: a hyphen before a capital letter
Non-Christian
Non-American
6. _____ile = able to/ capable of (something that can/having to do with)
automobile evertile
retractile projectile
7. crypt/crypto = secret/hidden
Note: secret code
Cryptogenic cryptographer
Cryptic cryptodent
LESSON 21
1. puls = push (drive)
Note: puls = pel/pell
Expulse impulsive
Expulsion compulsiveness
2. petr/petro/Petri = rock (stone)
petro = petr + vowel
petrify petrifaction
petrogensis petrous
3. cis/cise = cut
excision precise
incision decisive
4. hier/hiero = sacred (holy)
hiro = hier + vowel
hierarchy hierographer
hierology hieroscopy
5. ost/oste/osteo = bone
ostitis osteogenesis
osteitis osteoid
6. disco = disk (record—phonographic)
discomania discographic
discophile discocephalous
7. kine/kinet/kineto = movement (motion/move)
kineto = kinet + vowel
REMINDER: kinesis
Hyperkinetic kinetoscope
Autokinetic hydrokinetics
LESSON 22
1. naut = ship/sailor
nautical nautics
astronaut
2. juven = young
juvenile
rejuvenate
3. nyc/nycti/nycto = night (dark)
nycto = nyct + vowel
nyctophobe acronyctous
byctophile
4. urb/urban = city
suburb urbanism
deurbanize urbanist
5. chore/choreo = dance
choreographer choreography
choreomania choregraphy
6. dent/denti/dento = tooth
REMINDER: odont/odonto = tooth
Dental dentist
Dentoid intent
7. pac = peace (peaceful)
pacific pacificism (pacifism)
pacificate pacificist (pacifist)
Note: pacifism = pac + ific + ism
Pax = peace
LESSON 23
1. proto = original (first/primitive)
proto = prot + vowel
prototype polyprotodont
protozoic protogenic
2. ant/anti = against/opposite
anti = ant + vowel
ant + h
antipathy anthelion
antibiotic antonym
IMPORTANT: (a) anti + hyphen before an “I”:
Anti-integration
Anti-infection
(b) anti + hyphen before a capital letter:
anti-protestant
anti-roman
3. pecuni/pecunia = money
pecunious
impecuniousness
4. ____ly + like/like a (being/every/in a ___way)
socially monthly
greatly agnostically
5. dexer/dextr/dextro = right (right side/right hand)
dextro = dextr + vowel
dextrous indexterity
dextral
6. melior = better
Note: Opposite of worse
Meliorative ameliorable
Meliority ameliorate
(a = to)
(ate = make/become)
LESSON 24
1. ___thesis/thes = putting (placing/setting/statement)