Word Within a

Word List 51st / 2nd period: 5A

SHADED

List 51st / 2nd period: 5.1

VITA - LIFE

Revitalize – to make alive again

Vitamin – good for your life

COGN - KNOW

Recognize – to know again

Cognizant – knowing of something

SUR - OVERSurplus – more than enough

Surface – a layer over the top of something

ASTRO - STAR

Astronomy – “naming” of stars

Asteroid – a large star-like object

CHRON - TIME

Chronometer – an instrument for measuring time

Synchronize – timed “together”

HYPER - OVER

Hyperactive – Overly active

Hyperventilate – Breathing over the normal rate

LUNA - MOON

Lunatic – someone who’s crazy behavior is driven by the moon

Lunar – dealing with the moon (ex: lunar eclipse)

CONTRA - AGAINST

Contradict – to “say” something against another

Contrast – work against something else

GEO - EARTH

Geothermal – internal heat of the earth

Geology – science of the earth

THERMO - HEAT

Thermostat – measures heat

Thermotropic Thermos – keeps in the heat

METER - MEASURE

Odometer – measures mileage

Thermometer – measures temperature (“heat”)

SON - SOUND

Sonar – sound waves

Sonnet – poem with a specific sound form

STELL - STARInterstellar – “between” stars

Stellate – a star pattern

(constellation / stellar)

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D List 5

1st / 2nd period: 5.2

DEMO - PEOPLE

Democracy – governed by the people

Demography – sort of people that live in an area

STEREO - SOLID

Stereotype – solid/hard to break assumption about others

Stereoscope – a solid picture made from two images (like 3D)

ISM - DOCTRINE

(set of rules) Capitalism – doctrine in which money drives society Communism – doctrine in which government owning distribution of goods

ALTER - OTHER

Alteration – act of changing into another

Altercation – disagreement with other person

DYNA - POWER

Dynamic – powerful

Dynasty – powerful rulers

OCTA - EIGHT

Octahedron – a 3D shape with 8 flat sides

Octopus – eight legged animal

GYRO/A - TURN

Gyrate – turn in a quick circle (like paddles in the water)

Gyroscope – turning wheel for navigation

HELIO - SUNHelios – the sun personified as a god in Greek mythology

Heliocentric – the sun is the “center” (vs. geocentric)

TETRA - FOUR

Tetracycline – an antibiotic with 4 molecular rings

Tetrahedron – a 4-sided pyramid

SCOPE - LOOK

Periscope – the instrument used to look out of a submarine

Horoscope – a look into the future

DEC - TEN Decade – 10 years

Decimal – divides into 10’s

AMAT - LOVE

Amateur – trying something new you might come to love

Amorous – loving