Jinglu Sun
Vocabulary list # 3
“Return of the Greeks” Greek roots
- sympathy (syn) [noun] : understanding and care for someone else’s suffering
sym (syn) = together
- symbiosis [noun] : a relationship between two types of animals or plants in which each provides for the other the conditions necessary for its continued existence.
- Synapse [noun] : the point at which electrical signals move from one nerve cell to another.
- Synthesis [noun] : the production of a substance from simpler materials after a chemical reaction.
- geometry (meter) [noun] : the area of mathematics relation to the study of space and the relationships between points, lines, and surfaces.
Meter = measure
- parameter [noun] : a set of facts or a fixed limit which establishes or limits how something can or must happen or be done.
- Barometer [noun] : a device that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is likely to change.
- Thermometer [noun] : a device used for measuring temperature, especially of the air or in a person’s body.
- neophyte [noun] : someone who has recently become involved in an activity and is still learning about it.
Neo = new
- Neolithic [adj] : belonging to the period when humans used tools and weapons made of stone and had just developed farming.
- Neologism [noun] a new word or expression, or a new meaning for an existing word.
- Neonatal [adj] : of or for babies that were born recently.
- calligraphy [noun] : beautiful writing, often created with a special pen or brush.
Graph = writing
- kymograph [noun] : a device which graphically records motion or pressure.
- Graphology [noun] : the study of the way people write letters and words, especially in order to discover things about their characters.
- Telegraph [noun] : a method of sending and receiving messages by electrical or radio signals, or the special equipment used for this purpose.
- democracy [noun] : the belief in freedom and equality between people.
Demo = people
- demography [noun] : the study of changes in the number of birth, marriages death, etc. in a particular area during a period of time.
- epidemic [noun] : the appearance of a particular disease in large number of people at the same time
- demon [noun] : an evil spirit
- anthropoid [adj] : like a human being or an ape.
Oid = like
- dentoid [adj] : like a tooth.
- asteroid [noun] : like a star
- trapezoid [noun] : a shape with four sides of different length, none of which are parallel.
- panacea [noun] : something that will solve all problems.
Pan = all
- pandemonium [noun] : a situation in which there is a lot of noise and confusion because people are exited, angry or frightened.
- panoply [noun] : a wide range or collection of different things.
- Pantheism [noun] : belief in many or all gods.
- bigamy (gamo) [noun] the crime of marrying a person while already legally married to someone else.
Gamy (gamo) = marriage
- monogamy [noun] when someone has a sexual relationship or marriage with only one other person at a time.
- Polygamy [noun] : the fact or custom of being married to more than one person at the same time
- Gamete [noun] : a cell connected with sexual reproduction, which is either a male sperm or a female egg.
- gynarchy (gyny) [noun] : government by woman.
Gyn (gyny) = woman
- misogynist [noun] : a man who hates women or believes that men are much better than woman.
- androgynous [adj] : not clearly male or female
- gynaecology [noun] the area of medicine which involves the treatment of women’s diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs.
- Euphonious [adj] : having a pleasant sound.
Phon = sound
- Phonograph [noun] old use for record player.
- Phonetic [adj] : using special signs to represent the different sounds made by the voice in speech.
- Symphony [noun] : a long piece of music for an orchestra, usually with four parts.