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Ma = motherQuestion: When a working woman takes a break to take care of her newborn it is called?
Pa = fatherQuestion: When a man stays home after his wife has had a baby it’s called?
Word: maternity leave
Word: paternity leave
Fra = brotherDefinition: an organization of “brothers”. Based on university ties for social purposes or an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes.
Word: fraternity
archaeo = ancient/primitive
• Definition: really, REALLY old.
Word: archaic
Arch = chief, primary, first
Definition: ordered
from most important
to least important
•Word: hierarchy
Aster/astr = star
• Definition: the study of the stars and space
Word: astronomy
Audi = hear
• Definition: loud enough that it can be heard
Word: audible
Bene = good/well
• Definition: a person who gives help, especially financial help.
Word: benefactor
Bio = life• Definition:
The earth’s crust, water and atmosphere that sustains life
Word: biosphere
Brev = short• Definition: the shortening of words/phrases
Northwest NW
U R GR8
Word: abbreviation
Derm = skin
Definition:
doctor who specializes in the skin
Word: dermatologist
Chloro=green
• Definition: the green pigment found in plants.
Word=chlorophyll
Chrono=time
• Definition: a history of facts arranged in the order in which they happened.
Word: chronicle
Dic/dict = speak
• Definition: a ruler with absolute power
Word: dictator
Fer = to carry
• Definition: a boat that carries people and cars over water to another point of land
Word: Ferry
Fix = fasten• Definition: to
direct all attention at something; unwillingness to let something go
Word: fixate/fixation
Gen = birth• Definition: to
create something from scratch—energy or ideas
Word: generate
Gen = birth
• Definition: the way in which something comes to be; origins
The first book in the Bible
Word: genesis
Geo = earth
• Definition: The study of the earth and its physical and cultural properties
Word: geography
Graph = write
• Definition: a diagram
Word: graph
Graph = write
• Definition: famous person’s signature
Word: autograph
Hemo = blood
• Definition: the escape of large amounts of blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding
Word: hemorrhage
Herb = plant
• Definition: animal feeding on grass or plants only
Word: herbivore
Herb = plant• Definition: plant based remedy
Word: herbal
Hydro = water
• Definition: to add liquid to the body
Word: hydrate
Jur/just = law• Definition: a group of people sworn to hear
the evidence and judge the facts in a case to give a decision.
Word: jury
Log/logue = word/thought
• Definition: a long speech in a play by one character
Word: monologue
Luc = light
• Definition: letting light pass through
word: translucent
Manu = hand
• Definition: to make by hand or by machine
Word: manufacture
Manu = hand
• Definition: first completed draft of a book or screenplay.
Word: manuscript
Meter/metr = measure
• Clue: In Canada and much of the rest of the world, speed is measured in…
Word: kilometer
Meter/metr = measure
The standardized measuring system of most of the world
Word: metric literally translated from Greek/Latin—related to
measure
Neg = no
• Definition: to ignore or disregard
Word: neglect
Neg = no
• Defition: the opposite of positive
4-7=-3 Take your
medicine
No!
Word: negative
Ocu = eye
• Definition: two small telescopes mounted side by side for personal viewing
Word: binoculars
Path = feeling• Definition: the
projection of your personality onto someone else to understand that person. Feeling for someone else.
If I were you, I’d feel sad. I love my dear
doggy.
My dog died this morning.
Word: empathy
Path = feeling
• Definition: lack of emotion; lack of interest
Word: apathy
Olig = few
• Definition: a government in which a few are in control—often selfish and corrupt
Word: oligarchy
Osteo=bone
• Definition: the disease of brittle bones
Word: osteoporosis
Op/Oper = work• Definition: in use,
currently working
Word: operational