ROOTDEFINITION EXAMPLESORIGIN Anglo English Anglophile, Anglophobe, Anglican, Anglicism, Anglo-Saxon Latin ist one who artist, funambulist, anthropologist, solipsist, centrist, atheist, sophist Greek saur lizard dinosaur, pterosaur, tyrannosaurus, stegosaurus, saurian, plesiosaur Greek pithec ape pithecanthropus, australopithecus, dryopithecus, oreopithecus Greek calli beautiful calligraphy, calliope, calisthenics, calliopsis, callithmpian Greek austro south australopithecus, Australia, austral, Austronesia, austromancy Latin cephalo head cephalic, cephalopod, cephalothorax, microcephalic, encephalitis Greek chiro hand chiromancy, chiropody, chiropteran, chiropractor Greek caust burn caustic, holocaust, cauterize, caustically, causticity Greek terr land extraterrestrial, subterranean, Mediterranean, terrain, terra firma Latin cata down catapult, catastrophe, catacombs, catalepsy, cataclysm, cataract Greek jur swear abjure, adjure, perjure, jury, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, jurist Latin

flu flow confluence, fluid, influence, fluent, superfluous, effluent, fluvial Latin here stick coherence, adhesive, adhere, inherent, incoherent Latin pos put position, deposit, superimpose, transpose, depose, imposition Latin mund world mundane, transmundane, intermundane, mundanity, numdo Latin cracy government autocracy, democracy, aristocracy, plutocracy, meritocracy Greek mania madness kleptomania, egomania, pyromania, dipsomania, megalomania Greek ize make victimize, harmonize, temporize, mobilize, fossilize, polarize, bowdlerize Greek antho flower anthology, anthozoan, anthocyanin, anthophilous, anther Greek algia pain neuralgia, analgesic, arthralgia, hemialgia, algometer, algophobia Greek somn sleep insomnia, somniferous, somnolent, somnambulate, somniloquy Latin quadr four quadruped, quadratic, quadrant, quadruplet, quadrilateral, quadriplegic Latin err wander error, erratic, Knight-errant, erroneous, erratum Latin sine without sinecure, sine qua non, sine die, sine prole Latin

1. He is a member of the Anglican church, but he is not an Anglophile. 2.The anthropologist studies human cultures the world over. 3.The pterosaur and pterodactyl were both flying dinosaurs. 4.Fossilized pithecanthropus and australopithecus skeletons were discovered. 5.Her calligraphy is ornate, like the music of the calliope. 6.The austral winds raised dust storms over the dry Australian outback. 7.The microcephalic boy held the cephalopod, a nautilus, in both hands. 8.The physician accused the chiropractor of practicing chiromancy. 9.The survivor of the holocaust made a caustic comment about social Darwinism. 10.The extraterrestrial admired the high terrain and the subterranean grottoes. 11.The cataract after the cataclysm caused a catastrophe in the catacombs. 12.The lying criminal perjured himself as the jury listened. Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences.

13. A fortunate confluence of influences made him fluent in Spanish. 14.The senator’s adherents thought the opponent’s speech was incoherent. 15.The corrupt ruler was deposed when his foreign bank deposits were discovered. 16.His mundane conversation bored her to tears. 17.Do we want a democracy and a meritocracy or a plutocracy for the aristocracy ? 18.The host’s egomania kept him from noticing the kleptomania of his guest. 19.He was victimized by his own ignorance of his civil rights. 20.The anthology article discussed the anthozoans, including the sea anemones. 21.The over-the-counter analgesic didn’t help her with her arthralgia much. 22.The mayor’s somniferous speech put even the insomniac to sleep. 23.The quadruped from Neptune gave birth to quadruplets. 24.The Knight-errant’s error was to save the dragon from the maiden. 25.A sinecure in the bureaucracy was the sine qua non of his dreams. Using the context clues from the sentence and your understanding of the root, define the underlined words in the following sentences. without which (there is) nothing

1. Is beautiful handwriting calligraphy or cacography ? 2. Is an incoherent argument powerfully persuasive? 3. Is a flowery ocean coral or sea anemone an anthozoan ? 4. Does American culture result from a confluence of international customs? 5. Is a Knight-errant always at the side of his king? 6. Is a meeting that is adjourned sine die scheduled to resume the next day? 7. Is a common bat a member of the order Chiroptera ? 8. Is calliopsis ugliness or beauty? 9. Is Britain’s Prince Charles an Anglophobe ? 10. Does a good politician abjure his commitments? Answer and add reason!

1. plutocracy : meritocracy :: government : society money : merit democracy : president autocracy : monarchy 2. pyromania : match :: dipsomania : glass dipsomania : drink kleptomania : thief megalomania : megalopolis 3. superfluous : incisive :: confluence : dispersion unnecessary : trenchant mundane : worldly Anglophile : Anglophobe 4. solipsist : painter :: philosophy : aesthetics sophistry: honesty hermit : eremite ascetic : hedonistic 5. mundane: cosmic :: continent : ocean planet : star world : universe ordinary : earth 6. catacombs : burial :: sine qua non : essential fork : utensil Mediterranean : terrain cabinet : storage

1. sine cure 2. err atic 3. quad ruped 4. somn iferous 5. arthr algia 6. antho zoan 7. tempor ize 8. megalo mania 9. auto cracy 10. mund ane 11. pos ition 12. ad here 13. con flu ence 14. ab jur e 15. cata pult 16. terr ain 17. caust ic 18. chiro mancy 19. cephalo pod 20. Austro nesia 21. calli graphy 22. pithec anthropus 23. dino saur 24. art ist 25. anglo phile 26. ef flux 27. dicho tomy 28. phylo geny 29. dexter ity 30. dors al 31. arthr itis 32. gastro scope 33. tele kin esis 34. my opia 35. carni vor e 36. holo caust 37. corpu lent 38. rubid ium 39. macro cosm 40. helio trope 41. phos phene 42. haplo id 43. penta gon 44. branchio pod 45. brachy cephalic 46. brachio pod 47. blasto genesis 48. ha lite 49. ptero dactyl 50. ventri cle 51. contra ry 52. octa genarian 53. migr ation 54. tempor ize 55. poly gamy 56. derm atitis 57. ecto zoa 58. osteo blast 59. ecto thermic 60. andr oid 61. meta phor 62. dis tract ion 63. astro nomy 64. co terminous 65. gen der 66. loqu acious 67. muta genic 68. carn age 69. lum inous 70. sen ate 71. inter rogat ory 72. erythro mycin 73. struct ure 74. alb umen 75. diplo ma 76. som atic 77. zygo te 78. trans fer 79. tox ic 80. zym urgy 81. post lude 82. pro vidence 83. pod iatrist 84. pleo nasm 85. schizo phrenia 86. rhiz ome 87. trich ina 88. eu troph ication 89. com mem orate 90. anthropo phag y 91. gluc ose 92. meso morph 93. vac ation 94. infra lapsarianism 95. myo cardium 96. oligo cene 97. leuko cyte 98. hypo glyc emia 99. chlor ine 100. fil iform Vocab 16 TEST