Ma = motherQuestion: When a working woman takes a break to take care of her newborn it is called?

Pa = fatherQuestion: When a man stays home after his wife has had a baby it’s called?

Word: maternity leave

Word: paternity leave

Fra = brotherDefinition: an organization of “brothers”. Based on university ties for social purposes or an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes.

Word: fraternity

archaeo = ancient/primitive

• Definition: really, REALLY old.

Word: archaic

Arch = chief, primary, firstDefinition:

ordered from most

important to least

important

•Word: hierarchy

Aster/astr = star

• Definition: the study of the stars and space

Word: astronomy

Audi = hear

• Definition: loud enough that it can be heard

Word: audible

Bene = good/well

• Definition: a person who gives help, especially financial help.

Word: benefactor

Bio = life• Definition:

The earth’s crust, water and atmosphere that sustains life

Word: biosphere

Brev = short• Definition: the shortening of words/phrases

Northwest NW

U R GR8

Word: abbreviation

Derm = skin

Definition: doctor who specializes in the skin

Word: dermatologist

Chloro=green

• Definition: the green pigment found in plants.

Word=chlorophyll

Chrono=time

• Definition: a history of facts arranged in the order in which they happened.

Word: chronicle

Dic/dict = speak

• Definition: a ruler with absolute power

Word: dictator

Fer = to carry

• Definition: a boat that carries people and cars over water to another point of land

Word: Ferry

Fix = fasten• Definition: to

direct all attention at something; unwillingness to let something go

Word: fixate/fixation

Gen = birth• Definition: to

create something from scratch—energy or ideas

Word: generate

Gen = birth

• Definition: the way in which something comes to be; originsThe first book in the Bible

Word: genesis

Geo = earth

• Definition: The study of the earth and its physical and cultural properties

Word: geography

Graph = write

• Definition: a diagram

Word: graph

Graph = write

• Definition: famous person’s signature

Word: autograph

Hemo = blood• Definition: the escape of large amounts of

blood from a blood vessel; heavy bleeding

Word: hemorrhage

Herb = plant

• Definition: animal feeding on grass or plants only

Word: herbivore

Herb = plant• Definition: plant based remedy

Word: herbal

Hydro = water

• Definition: to add liquid to the body

Word: hydrate

Jur/just = law• Definition: a group of people sworn to hear

the evidence and judge the facts in a case to give a decision.

Word: jury

Log/logue = word/thought

• Definition: a long speech in a play by one character

Word: monologue

Luc = light

• Definition: letting light pass through

word: translucent

Manu = hand

• Definition: to make by hand or by machine

Word: manufacture

Manu = hand

• Definition: first completed draft of a book or screenplay.

Word: manuscript

Meter/metr = measure

• Clue: In Canada and much of the rest of the world, speed is measured in…

Word: kilometer

Meter/metr = measure

The standardized measuring system of most of the world

Word: metric literally translated from Greek/Latin—related to

measure

Neg = no

• Definition: to ignore or disregard

Word: neglect

Neg = no

• Defition: the opposite of positive

4-7=-3 Take your

medicine

No!

Word: negative

Ocu = eye

• Definition: two small telescopes mounted side by side for personal viewing

Word: binoculars

Path = feeling• Definition: the

projection of your personality onto someone else to understand that person. Feeling for someone else.

If I were you, I’d feel sad. I love my dear

doggy.

My dog died this morning.

Word: empathy

Path = feeling

• Definition: lack of emotion; lack of interest

Word: apathy

Olig = few

• Definition: a government in which a few are in control—often selfish and corrupt

Word: oligarchy

Osteo=bone

• Definition: the disease of brittle bones

Word: osteoporosis

Op/Oper = work• Definition: in use,

currently working

Word: operational