Greek & Latin Vocab 15 aud, homo, phon, sent, soph

aud (Latin) hear, listen auditory (adj.) audiologist auditorium SAT Focus Word: perceived through the sense of hearing auditory (adj.) a person trained in the study of hearing disorders audiologist the part of a theater designed to accommodate an audience auditorium other words: audience, audio, audible

homo (Greek) same homonym (n.) homogeneous homeostasis SAT Focus Word: a word that is the same as another in spelling and pronunciation but different in meaning homonym (n.) of the same composition or character throughout homogeneous the processes by which the body maintains its equilibrium homeostasis other words: homophobia, homogenized Homogenized would be like our milk – made the same throughout (instead of clumpy and fatty).

phon (Greek) sound cacophony (n.) homophones phoneme SAT Focus Word: an unpleasant combination of loud, discordant sounds cacophony (n.) words that have the same sound but differ in spelling and meaning (e.g., to, too, two) homophones the smallest distinctive unit of sound in a language (e.g., The a sound in “they” and “main” is the same.) phoneme other words: telephone, phonics, phonograph, megaphone Ca-COF-uh-nee

sent, sens (Latin) feel consensus (n.) dissent sentient SAT Focus Word: general agreement (“feeling”+ “with” each other) consensus (n.) to differ in feelings or belief about something dissent capable of feeling; conscious sentient other words: extrasensory, resent, sentence Resent – to feel bitter about. Sentence – an complete expression of a feeling

soph (Greek) wise sophomore (n.) philosophical sophisticated SAT Focus Word: second-year student in high school or college; literally, “wise fool” sophomore (n.) related to the search for truth; literally, “loving wisdom” philosophical altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise sophisticated other words: sophomoric, misosophist Sophomoric means overconfident but immature. A misosophist is someone who hates learning.

To sum up: aud—hear, listen homo—same phon—sound sent, sens—feel soph—wise