Word Parts Review

What does this root mean?

100

Bio

life

Biology

200

Anthrop

Man/Human

Anthropology

300

Derma

skin

Dermatology

Epidermis

400

Spec

Look

Spectator

Spectacle 

500

Soror

sister

Sorority

What does this suffix mean?

100

-ology

The study of

biology

anthropology 

200

-able and -ible

Can be done

Digestible

Consumable

300

-ing

Think of the verb tenses we learned 

Progressive 

I am walking to the store.

You are listening to bad music.

400

-ly

What kinds of words usually end in -ly?

Characteristic of, usually indicates an adverb

Briefly

Thoughtfully

500

What suffix should you add to the word "suggest" to make it a noun?

A _________

-ion

A suggestion

What does this prefix mean?

100

pre-

Before

Preview

200

sub-

Under

submarine

300

re-

again

review

400

trans-

across

translate

500

dec-

Ten

decade

What does this word mean?

100

Hypertension

High blood pressure

200

Non-decodable term

A medical term that cannot be broken into its Greek and Latin parts

300

Leukocytes

A white blood cell

400

Epistaxis

Bleeding from the nose

500

cataract

Cloudy lens in eye

What does this word mean?

100

abbreviate

to shorten (verb)

200

arid

dry (adjective)

300

digression

the act of turning aside, straying from the main point (noun)

400

fortuitous

happening by luck, fortune (adjective)

500

ostentatious

showy, displaying wealth (adjective)