Word Within the Word – List #11a Notes

Word Part / Definition / Example Ideas
1.-i / Plural / Fungi – plural for fungus
Alumni-plural for alumnus
Nuclei – plural for nucleus
2.Jus / Law / Justice – law is kept
Justify – use the ‘law’ to explain actions
3.Lum / Light / Luminaries -
Luminous – full of light
4. Ann / Year / Annual – happens once a year
Anniversary – yearly celebration of an event
5.Apo / Away or up / Apo, up or away (sounds like up, up and away)
Apology – makes up for a mistake
Apostrophe
6.Sen / Old / Senior – old person, either in high school or life
Senile – the deterioration of the mind as folks get older
7.Sol / Alone / Solo – do something alone
Solitary/solitude – time alone
Desolate – feels very alone
8.Bas / Low / Bass – low part of music
Basic – low-level
Base – low point of something
9.Rogat / Ask / Interrogate – ask questions
Derogatory – ‘ask’ down someone
10. Parl / Speak / Parley – to speak
Parliament – they ‘speak’ for the people
Parlor – area of the house where you stop to speak to guests
11.
Potent / Power / (both start with P)
Potential – your amount of power to do something
Potent – very powerful
Omnipotent – all powerful (Would you rather be omnipotent or omniscient???)
12.Surg / Rise / Insurgence – rising up against someone in power
Surge – rise in amount (power surge, waves surge)
13. Log / Word or Reason / Logic – reason behind something
Neologism – new word
14.
Gram / Writing / Telegram – writing from far away
Grammar –relating to writing
15.
Cant / Sing / It’s okay, I can’t either. 
Cantata – singing number
Incantation – chanting all together so it sounds like song
16.Reg / Rule / Regicide – kill the ruler
Regal – adjective for kingly demeanor
Regulate – Rule over someone
17.Pro
proceed / Forward / Provide – look forward to meet needs
Progress – forward movement
Prognosis – a guess at what will happen to a disease in the future
18.Gyn
gynecologist / Woman / Androgynous – non-gendered, neither man nor woman
Gynephobia – fear of women
Misogynist-hatred of women
19.Ag / To do / Agile – able to do things easily
Agent – helps to do things
20.Act / To do / Transact – to do something across a space
React – to do again
Activate – to start to do something
21.Mob / Move / Mobility – ability to move
Mobile – able to move (as in our mobile phones)
Immobile – not able to move
22.Sess / Sit / Session – thing that you sit through
Obsessed – you ‘sit’ on one thought
23.Fic / Make / Fiction – made up
Horrific – make horrible
24.
Nounce / Tell / Announce – tell all
Denounce – tell someone ‘down’
Pronounce – tell it forward
25.
Andro / Man / Android – man-like appearance
Androphobia – fear of men