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lesson 5
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English
7th Grade
06/02/2012

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Term
dem / demo
Definition

people

 

Examples-

~ Spelling - demo  =  dem + vowel

demology - the study of people

Term
cephal / cephalo / cephaly
Definition

head

 

Examples-

~ Spelling -  cephalo  =  cephal  +  vowel

cephalic - having to do with the head
cephalology - the study of the head

Term
morph
Definition

shape or structure

 

Examples-

~Spelling -  morpho  =  morph  +  vowel

morphic - having to do with the shape of something
zoomorphy – shape or structure of animals
anthropomorphism – belief in the structure of early man

 

 

Term
centr / center
Definition

center

 

Examples-

centricity - condition of being in the center
anthropocentrism - belief that early man is the center 

geocentrism - belief that the Earth is in the center of the universe

 

Term
dyna / dynam / dynamo
Definition

power

 

Examples-

psychodynamic (adj.) - having to do with the power of the mind
astrodynamic (adj.) - having to do with the power of the stars or space
 

Term
uni
Definition

one

 

Examples-

unity – condition of being one
uniformity - condition of being one form             unicycle - vehicle having one wheel
unicorn - an animal having one horn

 

Term
-- metry / ometry
Definition

measuring

 

Examples-

sociometry - the measurement of relationships of living things
dynamometry - the measurement of power

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