WORD DISSECTION REVIEW
LESSONS #1-15 VOLUME I
Lesson #1 (11)
___ity/ty = being
___ology = study of/science of
bio___ = life
ge/gel = earth
anthrop/anthropo = man/human
psych/psycho =mind/soul
soci/socio = companion/social
zo/zoo = animal
mono = single
___ism =being/belief
pre = before
Lesson #2 (6)
oid=resembling
poly=many/much
____ic/tic=htdw/person who is
____ologist=specialist/expert
____meter/ometer= measuring
ex-___ =former/past
Lesson #3 (6)
gam/gamy=marriage
pluto=wealth/rich
ultra____=extreme/beyond/excess
ad____=to/toward
derm/derma/dermato = skin
cycl/cycl/cyclo =wheel/circle
Lesson #4 (7)
the/theo=god
mis____=bad
phon/hone/phono/phony=sound/tone
astr/astro=star
tech/techno=skill/craft
en____=in
em____=in
Lesson #5 (7)
dem/demo=people
cephal/cephalo/cephaly = head
morph/morpho/morphy = shape
centr/center=center
dyna/dynam/dynamo = power
uni=one
____metry/ometry = measuring
Lesson #6 (7)
crat=govern/rule/power
genesis=origin of/creation
____ist=specialist
____istic=having to do with
____graphy=written about/write about
mal____=bad/poor
con____=with/together
Lesson #7 (7)
auto=self
____ation/ition/tion/ion = ___ing/being
seism/seismo/sismo = quake/shake
gastr/gastro=stomach
___ics=study of
bi____=two
metr=measure
Lesson #8 (7)
co____=with/together
therap/therapy=treatment
___ous/ious/eous = having/full of
card/cardi/cardio = heart
sub____=under/below
lateral=side
caco=bad
Lesson #9 (6)
tri___=three
hydr/hydro=water/liquid
____itis=inflammation
ante____=before
____cracy=governed by/ruled by
grad/gradi/gradu=step/walk
Lesson #10(6)
pyr/pyro=fire
___en=made of/to make
chrom/chroma/chrome/chromo/chromato=color
gyn/gyny/gyneco=woman/wife
lith/litho=stone/rock
___al/ical=htdw/___ing
Lesson #11 (7)
cosm/cosmo=universe/world
maniac=insane person/crazy about something/someone
un____=not
demon/demono=demon/devil/evil spirit
therm/thermo=heat
____ance/ence/ancy/ency=___ing
Lesson #12 (7)
____phobe=person who fears
fore____=before/in front
aristo=elite
bureau=department
re___=again/back
___gen=produce/producing
____geny=production of
Lesson #13 (6)
andr/andro/andry=man/husband
homo=same
___fy/ify=to make
mult/multi=many/much
in____=in/no/not
hepat/hepato=liver
Lesson #14 (7)
ced/cede/ceed=go
____phobia=extreme fear
encephal/encephalo=brain
tel/tele=long distance
spec/spect=look
____graph=write
graph=writing
Lesson #15 (6)
neo=new
duc/duce/duct =lead
___mania=madness
ego=I
ot/oto=ear
phob=extreme fear of
WORD DISSECTION REVIEW
LESSONS #16-30 VOLUME I
Lesson #16 (7)
gene/geno/genit/gener = race, kind
___genous = producing
___phile = person who loves
retro = back (backward)
potent = power
tox/toxi/toxico/toxo =poison
audi/audio = hear
Lesson #17 (7)
eu=good
ive/tive/itive/ative=htdw/ing
micro=small
___algia/algesia=pain/ache
alg/alge/alges/algo=pain/ache
pent/penta=five
hetero=different/opposite
Lesson #18 (7)
im=in/not
log/logo/logy/logu=word
e/ex=out
lingu/lingua=language/tongue
____ful=full of/htdw
able/ible=able to
___iac/ac=htdw/person who is
Lesson #19 (6)
chron/chrono=time
de___=away
hema/hemo/hemato=blood
phil/philo=love
press=press
___ate=to make/produce/
htdw/office/title
Lesson #20 (7)
tom/tomo/tomy=cut/cutting
pro = forward/in favor of
biblio = book
cept=take, seize
omni =all/everything
migra=move
com___ = with/together
Lesson #21 (5)
ject=throw/hurl
enter/entero=intestine
locu/loqu/loquy=speak/talk
peri___=around/near
a/an=in/on/no
Lesson #22 (6)
miso=hate
____scope=viewing device
___ize = to make/become
path/pathy=disease/suffering
path/pathy/pathe=feeling/suffering
latr/latry=worship
Lesson #23 (6)
sci=know/aware
intra___=within
trans/tran = across
hyper = over/excessive
quadr/quadri/quadru=four/square
labor=work
Lesson #24 (6)
gress=go/walk/step
ichthy/ichthyo=fish
radi/radio=ray/x-ray/light energy
xero=dry
flex/flect=bend/curve
per=through
Lesson #25 (6)
circum=around
semi___=half
inter=between/among
ec___=out/out of/away/off
merg/merge=dip/dive/sink
tors/tort/torqu/tortu=twist
Lesson #26 (6)
___ent/ant=person who/thing that
___ectom/ectomy=cutting out/ surgery
klept/klepto/clept/clepto =steal
vis/visu=see
macr/macro=large
mit/mitt=send/throw
Lesson #27 (7)
flu/flux=flow
heli/helio/helion=sun
muta=change
bullio=boil
vacu=empty
voc/voke=call/voice/speak
____scopy =seeing/observing/viewing
Lesson #28 (5)
onym/onymy=name/sound
pel/pell=drive/push/force
hypo=below/under/slow
neur/neuro=nerve
port=carry
Lesson #29 (7)
acerb=bitter
dur/dura=hard/last--continue
oped/pod/pody=foot **ped also means
child
soph/sophy =wisdom/knowledge/learning
intro___=within/inside
junct=connect/join
term/termin=end/limit
Lesson #30 (6)
vert=turn
spic/spicu=look
phyt/phyte/phyto=plant
se___=away (apart)
___er/or/tor/ator=person who
acro=tip/height
phob=extreme fear of