1. agog: lead

demagogue: leader of the people pedagogy: The act or process of leading one

to knowledge and skill.synagogue: A congregation of Jews for the

purpose of leading worship or religious study.

_____________________________________The captain’s leadership skills and

relentless bravery earned him the title of demagogue.

2. anthrop: mankind

anthropology: study of mankindphilanthropist: love of mankindanthropomorphic: resembling mankind as

giving anmimals human characteristics

______________________________________The students studied men from all ages

in their anthropology class.

3. arch(archae): old, ancient

anarchy: without government rulearchaic: dating from an earlier period, oldarchaelogy: study of old or ancient things

______________________________________The mother’s thoughts on wedding

customs seemed archaic to her “new age” daughter.

4. bell: war, fight

rebel: fight back againbelligerent: Inclined or eager to fight;

hostileantebellum: before the war

______________________________________Tom’s belligerent attitude made the

couple afraid to leave him alone with his little brother.

5. brev: short

brevity: the state of being short or brief in length

abbreviate: to shortenbrevet: small military honor without pay

increase

______________________________________The term brevity was never associated

with Polonius, who talked all the time.

6. cap (cipo, cept): seize, grasp

capture: the act of seizingrecipient: functioning as a receiver,

seizing the opportunityperception:the act of grasping as an idea

______________________________________Hamlet’s perception of his uncle’s guilt

was aided by the appearance of the ghost.

7. centri - center

egocentric: self centeredcentrifugal: drawing to the centercentrosphere: core or center of the earth

______________________________________The child’s egocentric behavior drove all

his friends away.

8. derm: skin

dermatologist: doctor who studies the skinepidermis: outer protective layer of the skindermatogen: outer layer of meristem from

which epidermis is formed.

______________________________________The epidermis begins to darken with

exposure to the sun and the person gets a tan.

9. fer: bear, produce, carry

ferry: ship to carry people and cars across water

conference: a group that carries on business together.

odoriferous: bearing an odor

______________________________________The odoriferous plants gave the

greenhouse a pleasant smell.

10. fract (frag): break

fracture: to breakfragment: something left after a breakrefractory: resistant to breaking or

authority

______________________________________A fragment of the bullet remained in his

spine after the surgery.

11. geo: earth

geography: science of the earthgeometry: surface shape, land

measurementgeomorphic: earth shape

______________________________________In his geography class, they studied the

shape of the earth.

12. grad (gress): step, walk, go

gradual: a step at a timeaggressive: going toward with energyegress: go out

______________________________________The player’s aggressive move on the field

earned his team the touchdown.

13. grat: please, thank, favor

grateful: full of thankscongratulations: an act of expressing

pleasure or favorgratuity: money given in thanks (like a tip)

______________________________________Joseph was grateful for the gratuity the

patrons left on the table in the restaurant.

14. it: go , travel

exit: go outcircuit: go in a circletransit: travel across

______________________________________When the circuit was complete, the

electricity could travel in a complete circle.

15. junct: join, connect

junction: the act of joiningconjunction: words that join sentences

togetherdisjunctive: not connected

______________________________________The essay was very disjunctive and was

therefore very hard to understand.

16. labor: work

laborious: full of work, hardcollaborate: work togetherelaborate: explain in detail how

something works

______________________________________When students collaborate on projects,

no one has to work quite as hard.

17. mal: bad, wrong, poorly

malice: act of showing bad feelingsmalevolent: having bad or wrong willmalfunction: to fail to function correctly

or to function poorly or wrong

______________________________________The ex-husband insisted on maligning his

wife to the children in an effort to get them to hate her.

18. naut (nav): sail

nautical: related to sailingastronaut: one who “sails” in a spaceshipnaval: related to the sea or sailing

_____________________________________The nautical theme at the party featured

ships and sails.

19. path: feeling, disease

apathy: without feelingpathology: the study of diseasepathogen: an agent that causes disease

______________________________________The apathy about the dangers of blood

born pathogens has led some countries to neglect checking their donors.

20. pugn: fight

pugnacious: having a tendency to fightpugilist: one who fights (Boxing)repugnant: arousing disgust or a fighting

spirit

______________________________________The pugnacious or fighting nature of the

bull dog earned him the name Pug.

21. scop: look

telescope: a tool to look at distant thingsperiscope: a tool to look around the cornerstethoscope: a tool to look or listen to the

heart

______________________________________The sailors in the submarine used the

periscope to check out the territory before they surfaced.

22. tain (ten, tent): hold, keep

contain: hold togethertenure: hold or keep a positionretention: keeping back

______________________________________The container held all the money she

had.

23. therm: heat

thermal: related to heatthermodynamics: the science of heat

used as energythermostat: a device to measure changes

in heat

______________________________________The thermal blanket kept the babies

warm even when it was cold.

24. verb : word

verbose: using many wordsverbalize: putting something into wordsverbatim: word for word

______________________________________Polonius was very verbose; he never

stopped talking.

25. volv (volu) : turn

revolve: turn on a axis, rotateconvoluted: having numerous

overlapping turns or foldsvolume: turn ( A book is called a volume

because a scroll was rolled or turned.)

______________________________________The unbound volume fell from the table

and ended up in a convoluted mess.