“Word of
the Week”
Study
Guide #6
Quiz will be on Friday, 5/9 (6*, 7*, 1*) and
Monday, 5/12 (2*, 3*, 4*)
Greek/Latin
Roots (know the definition of each)
1.
doc = “to teach”
2.
clar = “clear”
3.
gul = “throat”
4.
greg = “herd or
flock”
5.
amble = “to walk”
6.
cracy = “rule”
7.
photo = “light”
8.
corp = “body”
9.
bene = “good”
10 dent = “tooth”
11 mand = “to order”
12 cogn = “to learn or to know”
13 super = “over or in addition to”
14 scope = “to view”
15 capit = “head”
16 cent = “one hundred”
17 script = “to write”
18 hydro = “water”
19 audio = “hearing”
20 loca = “place”
21 clude = “shut”
22 duct = “lead”
23 equa = “equal”
24 phil = “love”
Word
of the Week (know how to spell each
and the definition)
1. indoctrinate (in-doc-tri-nate) = to educate; to
brainwash
2. declaration (dec-la-ra-tion) = a public, formal
statement
3. gullible (gul-li-ble) = describes a person
who is easily cheated, deceived, or duped
4. gregarious (gre-gar-i-ous) = describes someone
who is social and likes to be around
others; animals in a herd
5. preamble (pre-am-ble) = the introductory part
of a document or book (pre means
“before”)
6. plutocracy (plu-toc-ra-cy) = a government run
by the wealthy (pluto means “wealth”)
7. photosynthesis (pho-to-syn-the-sis) = the combining
of chemical elements using light
8. corpulent (cor-pu-lent) = having a large,
bulky body
9. benevolent (be-nev-o-lent) = describes a person
who is kind, generous, and promotes
happiness in others
10 orthodontics (or-tho-don-tics) = a branch of
dentistry that deals with irregularities in
teeth (ortho = straight)
11 countermand (coun-ter-mand) = to stop or change a
command
12 cognitive (cog-ni-tive) = learning or thinking
13 supervene (su-per-vene) = to come after or to be in
addition to
14 kaleidoscope (ka-lei-do-scope) = an instrument you
look through to see an interesting
color pattern
15 decapitate (de-cap-i-tate) = to kill by beheading
16 centennial (cen-ten-ni-al) = a period of 100 years,
or a ceremony for an event that took
place 100 years ago
17 scriptorium (scrip-to-ri-um) = a room where the monks of
the middle ages kept their scripts and writing desks
18 hydroponics (hy-dro-pon-ics) = growing plants in
mineral rich water and not in earth
19 audiometry (au-di-om-e-try) = testing to determine
how well you hear and if you have
hearing loss
20 collate (col-late) = to place in order
21 occlude (oc-clude) = to shut or stop up
22 ductile (duc-tile) = capable of being formed or
pliable
23 equanimity (e-qua-nim-i-ty) = keeping an emotional
balance even while under stress
24 philanthropy (phi-lan-thro-py) = an act of
generosity; giving money to a god cause that
will help other people
