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Lesson 12

agon contest, struggle

agony: agon (struggle) y (result of) antagonist: anti (against) agon

(struggle) ist (one who) protagonist: proto (first) agon

(struggle) ist (one who)

The antagonist in Cinderella is a wicked stepmother who promotes her own daughters over the sweet and beautiful Cinderella..

Note: Athlonas in decathlon also means "to struggle or to contest."

barometer: baro (pressure) meter (measure)

barograph: baro (pressure) graph (write, record)

baritone: baro (weight, heavy) ton (sound)

Baro weight, pressure

 

cereb brain

cerebellum: cereb (brain)-part that controls voluntary movement, posture,  equilibrium

cerebral: cereb (brain) al (related or pertaining to)

cerebrate: cereb (brain) ate (make, cause )-to think

[Note: neuro]

clam (claim) shout, cry out

clamor: clam (shout) or (state, quality) exclamatory: ex (out) clam (shout) ory (pertaining to) proclamation: pro (forth, forward) clam (shout) ation (act of) The writers read the Constitution of the United States aloud as a Proclamation from the corners of Boston streets.

clarify: clar (clear) fy (make) declare: de (down, from) clar (clear)

clairvoyant: clair (clear) voy (see) ant (one who)

A clairvoyant read my palm and said that I would have three children!

Clar clear

cosm world, universe, order

cosmic: cosm (universe) ic (related to) cosmonaut: cosm (universe) naut (sail) cosmopolitan: cosm (world) polit (city) an (pertaining to)-having international sophistication and experience; common to the world; not local or limited

Though Paris Hilton may be more cosmopolitan than many in this school, I do not admire her rowdy, party lifestyle

doctor: doct (teach) or (one who) docile: doc (teach) ile (capable of

being) indoctrinate: in (in, into) doct (teach)

ate (make, cause) Freshmen are indoctrinated to believe

thatthey must carry senior student’s

books in many schools!

doc (doct) teach

err wander, stray

error: err (wander, stray) or (that which) erratic: err (stray) ic (related to )-having no fixed course aberration: ab (away, from) err (wander, stray) ation (act of)-abnormality Jake’s erratic driving was so atrocious that he received two tickets in one day and was grounded from playing in an afterschool sport!

foli leaf

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exfoliate: ex (out) foli (leaf) ate (make, cause)-to peel in small flakes like bark or skin portfolio: port (carry) foli (leaf)-device for carrying "leaves" of work, materials It is necessary to exfoliate dead cells during the winter so that you do not have dry skin.

gestation: gest (carry) ation (act of) digest: di (through) gest (carry)

gesticulate: gest (bear) ate (make, cause)-producing movement

 [Note: port, fer, fert]

The gestation period for elephants is 9 years.

gest carry, bear

holo whole

holocaust: holo (whole) caust (burn)-wholesale destruction; complete burning

holograph: holo (whole) graph (write)-wholly in handwriting of one who signs it

holistic: holo (whole) ic (related to)

Hitler sentenced the Jewish people to a holocaust which stirred a heroic protest by many nations.

idiot: idio (private)-originally, a private citizen; one unaware of public events

idiom: idio (peculiar)-an expression that is peculiar to a language and cannot be translated literally, such as "to kick the

bucket" meaning "to die" idiosyncrasy: idio (peculiar) syn (together)

krasis (mix) y (result of)-mental or physical characteristics which are peculiar

to an individual

idiopeculiar, private (unknown),

distinct

lex word, law

lexicology: lex (word) logy (study of) lexophobia: lex (word) phobia (fear of)-fear

of reading lex non scripta: lex (law) non (not) script

(written)-unwritten law; common law [Note: dict, log (word), leg (law)]

So many students have lexophobia when teachers ask them to read aloud that we may never have a good voice for reading in the future.

mar sea

manner: mar (sea) er (one who) submarine: sub (under) mar (sea) ine (pertaining to) maritime: maritimus (sea)-located near the sea; concerned with navigation or shipping

A former student of mine took a degree in maritime law and in now in the Merchant Marine Corps.

  oste (osteo) bone

osteoarthritis: osteo (bone) arthr (joint) itis (inflammation) osteoporosis: osteo (bone) por (pore, opening) osis (disease) osteotomy: osteo (bone) tomy (cut)

I am to have a sinovectomy and osteotomy on Wednesday the 24th to remove a bone infection and a tumor from my right knee. These are new words to me!!

petroleum: petr (rock) oleum (oil)

petrify: petr (rock, stone) fy (make)

Peter: petr (rock) [Note: lapis, lith]

When he saw the face of Jason, Super Sammy became petrified

with fear.

petr stone, rock

schiz split, divide

schism: schiz (split)-division of a church because of differences in doctrine schizophrenia: schiz (split) phrenia (mind)-mental illness schizogenesis: schiz (split) gen (start) sis (process)-reproduction by fission

pIe (pIen, pIet) fill, full

plenty: plen (full) y (result of) complement: com (together, with) pIe (fill) ment (result) deplete: de (down, from) plet (fill)

After skating the 1500 speed race, Apollo was depleted of fluids and needed a Gatorade.

Popul peoplepopular: popul (people) ar (pertaining to) depopulate: de (down, from) popul (people) ate (make, cause) vox populi: vox (voice) populi (people)-"voice of the people"; popular opinion [Note: demos] Because East and South Rowan were so large, they were depopulated to form Carson High.

pyro firepyre: pyr (fire) pyrogenic: pyro (fire) gen (start, begin) ic (related to) pyrophobia: pyro (fire) phobia (fear of)

Because I saw the Graylyn Estate burn when I was young, I have developed pyrophobia and carefully check all electrical appliances before I leave home for vacations.

Sol alone

desolate: de (down, from) sol (alone) ate (characterized by) soliloquy: sol (alone) loquy (talk)

Hamlet the protagonist in Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy was desolate due to his mother marrying his uncle, who is his dead father’s brother. When he was at the wedding, he delivered what has become a very famous soliloquy which speaks of his sadness.

solar: sol (sun) ar (related to) solarium: sol (sun) arium (place

where) parasol: para (near, beside) sol

(sun) [Note: helio]

The White House has a solarium with many big

plants where Presidents can go to enjoy the solar heat

and see the world outside as if they were there.

sol sun

ten (tenu) thin

tenuous: tenu (thin) ous (full of)-having little substance; weak attenuate: at (very) tenu (thin) ate (make)-to reduce or weaken extenuate: ex (out) tenu (thin) ate (make)-to reduce in seriousness with excuses

[Note: Do not confuse with ten (hold) and tend, tens (stretch).] Many students say that they are tardy due to such extenuating circumstances as crowded hallways or teachers who do not let classes go on time.

tom (tomy) cut

atom: a (not) tom (cut) anatomy: ana (apart, through) tomy (cut) dichotomy: dicho (two) tomy (cut)

The study of human anatomy is the study of each of the separate parts of the body, cut away from unrelated parts and examined closely.

victor: viet (conquer) or (one who) convince: con (together, with) vine (show

conclusively) invincible: in (not) vine (conquer) ible

(able)

I hope to convince you that English is a wonderfully analytic course with much to

think about.

viet (vine) conquer, show conclusively