Word Within a Word Notes List 10

#10 Shaded Words

1. Ped – Foot or Child 10.1 Pedagogue – Centipede – 100-footed creature Pedagogue – Pediatrician – specialist for children

2. Mort - Death Mortified –so embarrassed you’d rather die Mortuary – a funeral home

3. Carn - Flesh Carnivorous – eats “flesh” (meat) Carnage – left over bodies after war

4. Nat - born Native – born somewhere specific Prenatal – before birth

5. Paleo - Old Paleontologist – person who studies animal and plant fossils Paleography – the study of ancient writing

6. Capit – Head Capital – Head (“headquarters”) of a country/state Decapitate – cut “down” the head

7. Uni - One Unicycle – one-wheeled cycle Unison – moving as one

8. Alt - high Altitude – height of something Altimeter – an instrument used in aircraft to determine height

9. Iso - equal Isometric – equal in measure Isosceles – triangle with 2 equal sides

10. Vert – turn Convert – to turn someone/something to something different Vertex – the highest point before you must “turn” around

#10 Non-Shaded Words

11. Psych – Soul Psychic – reads your soul Psychosis – mentally unstable; the soul is separated from reality

12. Ethno – race or culture Ethnography – scientific description of a group’s culture Ethnologist – study of a group’s culture

13. Gen - origin Genetics – origin of humans Indigenous – original people to a land

14. Curs – Run 10.2 Cursive – writing runs together Incursion – a sudden attack (“running” toward an enemy)

15. Crypt - Hidden Cryptic – hidden meaning Encrypt – to hide a message by code

16. Cad - Fall Cascade – water that falls Decadent - decline (fall) of behavior/morals

17. Loqu - talk Loquacious – talkative Circumlocution Eloquent – well-spoken

18. Sacro - holy Sacred – holy object/place Sacrilege – violation of what is considered holy/right

19. Ness - quality Softness – quality of being soft Vagueness – quality of being vague

20. Ics - art Politics – art of government Calisthenics – art of gymnastic exercises

21. Ate - cause Create - cause to exist Domesticate – cause to become domestic

22. Cor - heart Discord – disagreement between two people’s beliefs/heart Cordial Core – heart of the matter

23. Ess - Female Princess – daughter of a monarch Lioness – female lion

24. Muta - Change Mutant – Changed from original Transmutation – the act of changing into another form

25. Fug - flee Fugitive – Fleeing from the law Refugee – Fleeing from another country

Example of Page: Path – feeling Sympathy