1. Vocabulary 12

2. Anaerobic An- without Aer- air Weightlifting is an anaerobic activity.

3. abnormal Ab- away His abnormal behavior encouraged his peers to stay away from him.

4. Melodic Mel- song The melodic tone of her voice nearly sang me to sleep.

5. Adenoids Aden- glands Because he snored so much, my father had his adenoids removed.

6. Leukemia Leuk- white Emia- blood Sam’s white blood cell count alarmed his doctors who later diagnosed him with leukemia.

7. Albino Alb- white The albino rat’s white fur was quite distinctive.

8. Lactase Ase - enzyme Lactase helps to break down the sugars from the dairy products we eat.

9. Epidemic Epi- on The epidemic threatened to wipe out the entire village.

10. Exhume Exo- out Hum- earth On last night’s episode of NCIS, the detectives had to exhume the body to run more tests.

11. Saprobe Sapro – rotten Be - life The saprobe could only be studied under a mircroscope.

12. Bonafide Bon- good The Craig’s List ad assured readers that the bag was a bonafide Coach bag.

13. Infrastructure Infra- beneath Struct- build The mall’s infrastructure was damaged during the recent earthquake.

14. Chlorophyll Chlor- green Phyll- plant The chlorophyll made the leaves the most beautiful color of green.

15. Cyanosis Cyan- blue Osis- condition Rachel’s cast was too tight on her arm, causing cyanosis.

16. Cytoplasm Cyto- cell Plasm- form The cytoplasm maintains the shape of the cell.

17. Diplomacy Diplo- double When the partners disagreed with their clients, they had to use diplomacy to come to a compromise.

18. Dystrophy Dys- bad Troph- nourishment Brad suffered from muscular dystrophy his entire life.

19. Gastroenteritis Gastro- stomach Enter- intestine Since he suffered from gastroenteritis, we chose our restaurant carefully.

20. Idiosyncratic Idio- peculiar Her idiosyncratic behaviors caused people to avoid her in the hallway.

21. Economist Eco- house Ist- one who Economists claim that the recession is lifting.

22. Filigree Fil - thread The filigree design on the antique dresser was quite impressive.