GREEK VOCABULARY WORDS

with examples

Vocabulary: learn meanings, combining forms, and be able to give words using each (three English words for all vocabulary words; 6 words for those marked with an asterisk; for -logy and -phobia 25 words)

p. 141

aer air, aerobic, aerate

angelos angel, evangelist, angelology

* anthropos anthropology, misanthrope, philanthropoist, anthropomorphic, anthropocentric, lycanthrope

aster aster, asteroid, asterisk

axios axiom, aximatic, axiology

* biblion Bible, biblical, bibliography, gymnobiblism, biblioklept, bibliophile, bibliopole

* bios biology, biosphere, bionomics, biography, biodegradable, bionics, symbiosis, microbe

* chroma polychrome, monochrome, chrome, chromosome, achromatic, chromatophore

daimon demon, demonic, pandaemonium

eikon icon, iconic, iconoclast, iconography

* ergon erg, energy, synergy, liturgy, demiurge, allergy, dramaturgy, ergometer

ethos ethical, ethics, ethology, cacoethes

hora hour, horoscope, horology

* kosmos cosmos, cosmic, cosmology, cosmetic, cosmonaut, microcosm, cosmopolitan

kuklos cycle, bicycle, encyclical, encyclopedia

** logos (25-50 words)

* metron meter, metric, metronome, diameter, perimeter, dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, pentameter, hexameter, barometer, thermometer, telemetry

mimos mime, mimic, mimesis, mimetic, pantomime

* philos philodendron, philanthropic, philology, bibliophile, philosophy, philately, phonophile

* phone phonetic, phonic, telephone, phonetics, phoneme, phonograph

phos photograph, phosphorus, photophobia, photolysis

schole school, scholia, scholar, scholology

* sophos sophist, sophism, sophisticated, sophomore, philosophy, theosophy

* theos theist, atheist, monotheism, monotheist, pantheism, apotheosis

tupos type, typical, typography, archetype, prototype

krisis [p. 137]: krin-/kri judge, separate crisis, criterion, critic, criticism, criticaster

the-/thE- [p. 140] set, put thesis, synthesis, theme, anathema

pp. 147-9 learn all combining forms [those, like philo- already listed in the previous vocabulary are not repeated here]

* miso- misanthropy, misology, misogynist, misogamist, misoneism, misocapnist

-latry idolatry, autolatry, bibliolatry

-nomy gastronomy, economy, astronomy, agronomy, autonomy

* -scope telescope, periscope, stethoscope, otoscope, horoscope, microscope

-some chromosome, microsome, schistosome, somatic

* -onym homonym, synonym, paronym, patronymic, metronymic, pseudonym, antonym

-mancy/-mancer astromancy, necromancer, pyromancy

-cracy, -crat democrat, aristocrat, mimocracy, autocrat

-iatry, -iatrics psychiatry, pediatrics

*-arch, -archy * arche: "beginning, rule" archaeology, archaic Archeozoic, archdeacon, archbishop, archetype, architect, menarche, monarch, archives

* -graphy/-graph epigraphy, graph, geography, monograph, biography, prosopography, paragraph

* -mania monomania, bibliomania, pyromania, kleptomania, hypnomania, ploutomania, ______ (insert your own hobbyhorse)-mania

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aitia etiology, etiological

morphe endomorph, ectomorph, morphology, anthropomorphism

algos nostalgia, neuralgia, myalgia, arthralgia, otalgia

* mythos myth, mythic, mythical, mythological, telemyth, mythomania

anemos anemone, anemometer, anemophore

nekros necromancy, necrosis, necrophilia, necrology

andr- androgyny, android, philander

* oikos eco- ecology, economics, diocese, metic, eco- monoecious, dioecious, ecumenical

*chronos chronic, chronometer, synchronize, chronology, dendrochronology, crony, chronicle

ornis, ornith- ichthyornis, ornithology, ornithocracy

demos epidemic, endemic, democracy, demotic, demographic

pais, paid- pederasty, pediatrician, encyclopedia

dendron dendrite, dendrology, philodendron

pater, patro- patriarch, patronymic, patriot

ethnos ethnic, ethnographic, ethnocentric

* pathos telepathy, pathetic, pathos, sympathy, empathy, sociopath, pathology

gamos gamete, monogamy, allogamy, polygamist

ge geography, geometry, geocentric, geode, apogee

* polis polity, politics, geopolitical, metropolis, cosmopolis, necropolis, acropolis

glossa/glotta glottal, glossalalia, glossary, ployglot

pous, pod- podiatrist, monopod, tripod

gune, gunaik- gynandry, gynecologist, misogynist

* psuche psychology, psychopath, metempsychosis, psychic, psychosomatic, psychotic

pur pyre, pyrotechnics, pyromaniac

helios helium, heliophobe, heliolater

skia skiaphobe, skiagraph, squirrel

hydro hydrocephaly, hydrofoil, hydrogen, anhydrous

soma psychosomatic, somatic, chromosome

*ichthus ichthyosis, ichthyosaur, ichthyopole, ichthyology, ichthyoscope, ichthyometer, ichthyocracy

techne technical, technophobe, technology, technique

* lithos lithograph, monolith, megalith, nephrolithectomy, lithosphere, lithoid

meter, metro- metronym, metropolis, metritis

xenos xenolith, xenophilia, xenophobia

* zoon zoo, zoology, zoophile, zodiac, zoography, zoa

phos, photo- photography, photosynthesis, photophobe

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akros acrobat, acronym, acrophobia

allos parallel, allogamy, allergic, allegory

* autos autocephalic, autocrat, autonomous, autistic, autodidactic, autogamy

gumnos gymnosophist, gymnastics, gymnnospore

heteros heterogeneous, heterosexual, heterography

hieros hierarchy, hierophant, hieroglyphic

holos holistic, holograph, holocaust, Holocene

homos homogeneous, homonym, homograph

idios idiolect, idiom, idiopathy, idiot, idiosyncrasy

isos isobar, isogloss, isometric

kainos cenogenesis, Cenozoic, Holocene, Pleistocene

kakos cacophony, cacography, cacoethes

kenos cenotaph, kenosis, cenolalia

koinos cenobite, Koine, epicene, coeno-

makros macron, macrobiotic, macrocosm

* mega-, megalo- megaton, megadeath, megaphone, omega, megalopolis, megalomania

* mikros microscope, microbe, omicron, microphotography, microbiology, the Micro, microphone

* monos monologue, monograph, monomania, monogamy, monody, monocle, monastery, monk, monastic, monochrome, monogram, monoecious, monolith, monophobia

neos neologism, neozoic, misoneism

orthos orthopedic, orthography, orthodontia

oxus oxymoron, oxytone, oxygen

palaios paleozoic, palaeography, palaeontology

pan-, panto- pantomime, Pan-Hellenic, panorama

polus polygraph, polymath, polychrome, polyphonic

protos protoplasm, proton, protocol

pseudes pseudoscience, pseudonym, pseudopod

tele telemyth, telegram, telemetry

xeros xeric, xerodermia, xerox, xerophilous

thermos thermodynamics, thermometer, thermos eurythermal

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* hodos [hod-, od-] road, way period, method, exodus, anode, kathode, parodos

p. 193-8  Verbs: learn the asterisked words, especially:

ball- ballistics, problem, symbol, parabola, parable

gno- agnostic, diagnosis, prognosticate

sta- stasis, static, -stat

crin- crisis, criterion, criticaster

ly- lysis, analyst, catalysis, paralyze

math- polymath, mathematics, mathomania

phag- aerophage, anthropophage, geophage

-pol- monopoly, oligopoly, ichthyopole

prag- pragmatic, polypragmosyny, practical

scop- scopophilia, telescope, stethoscope

path- psychopath, sympathy, apathy, telepathy

the-/thE thesis, anathema, thematic, synthesis