“Word of
the Week”
Study
Guide #3
Quiz will be on Monday, 12/16 (6*, 7*, 1*, 2*, 3*)
and Tues, 12/17 (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 dont = “tooth”
11 mand = “to order”
12 cogn = “to learn or to know”
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
