graph, gram write, writing
Our vocabulary words: autobiography
Our vocabulary words: calligraphy
Our vocabulary words: epigram
Our vocabulary words: geography
Our vocabulary words: graphic
Our vocabulary words: monograph
Additional words: something written in one’s own hand; signature. autograph
Additional words: Written account of one’s life. biography
Additional words: a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operation, etc., of something. diagram
Additional words: Inscription (writing) on a building epigraph
Additional words: geographer a person who specializes in geographical research, delineation, and study.
Additional words: Set of rules for correct writing grammar
Additional words: a written symbol for an idea graph
Additional words: the study of handwriting. graphology
Additional words: A machine that reproduces sound by means of a stylus in contact with a grooved rotating disk. phonograph
Additional words: a picture produced by photography. photograph
Additional words: an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place. telegraph
Additional words: a list of source materials that are used or consulted in the preparation of a work or that are referred to in the text. bibliography
Additional words: an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities. polygraph
Additional words: The art or process of writing in shorthand. stenography
Additional words: a print produced by lithography. To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing.tracestoneprocess lithographytransferdesign paperprinting lithograph
Additional words: hexa- a combining form meaning “six,” used in the formation of compound words. gram - a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “something written,” “drawing” hexagram
Additional words: the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality. topo- a combining form meaning “place,” “local,” used in the formation of compound words. topography
Additional words: A five-pointed, star-shaped figure. penta- a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, meaning “five”. pentagram
Think about it… The topography of the region was a fascinating topic.
Think about it… Do you think it is moral for a company to require it’s employees to take a polygraph test?
Polygraph is the scientific name of the lie detector test. But why is the lie detector test known as the polygraph, since poly means many and graph means write or record? Think about it…
The answer is that the polygraph is an instrument which makes a record of many different things simultaneously as the subject answers questions. The polygraph records changes in blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration, and other factors.