Transcript Word Within A Word

WORD WITHIN
A WORD
LIST 12
PART I: SHADED
WORDS
12A
AN - WITHOUT
• Anemia: without
power or energy
• Anarchy: without
government or law
AER - AIR
• Aerobic: an
organism requiring
air
• Aerial: produced by
air
EPI - ON
• Epicenter: a point
directly on/over the
center of an
earthquake
• Epidemic:
widespread disease
on a population
STRUCT - BUILD
• Construct: to build
• Infrastructure –
framework of a
building
CHLOR - GREEN
• Chlorophyll: green
coloring of plants
• Chlorella – green
algae
DYS - BAD
• Dyslexia – a person
who has a difficult
(bad) time reading
words
• Dysfunction – a
badly functioning
part or element
EMIA - BLOOD
• Anemia: lacking red
blood cells (2)
• Hypoglycemia: low
glucose in the
blood
IDIO - PECULIAR
• Idiot: a foolish or
peculiar person
• Idiosyncrasy:
characteristics
peculiar (distinctive)
to an individual
EXO - OUT
• Exotic: from outside
the native area
• Exorbitant: out of
reason (ex: an
exorbitant price)
IM - NOT
• Impossible: not
possible
• Immobile: not
mobile (moveable)
PART II: NONSHADED WORDS
AB - AWAY
• Absent: away or
missing
• Abroad: away from
home in another
country
MEL - SONG
• Melody – a song
• Melodeon – a kind
of instrument used
to play songs
ADEN – GLAND
• Adenoid: refers to
your lymph glands
• Adenology: The
branch of medicine
dealing with glands
12B
ALB - WHITE
• Albino: person or
animal with pale
(white)
skin/hair/eyes
• Albumen – the
white of an egg
ASE - ENZYME
• Permease: an
enzyme that passes
items through cell
membranes
• Protease – a
digestive enzyme
HUM - EARTH
• Human – people of
the earth
• Humble – down-toearth and
respectful
-BE - LIFE
• Microbe – a living
organism
• Aerobe – organism
needing oxygen to
live
BON - GOOD
• Bonny – (Scottish
adjective) pleasing
and good
• Bonanza – a stroke
of good luck
CYAN - BLUE
• Cyanide – chemical
compound first
made from a blue
powder
• Cyanosis – blueness
of skin from lack of
oxygen
CYT - CELL
• Cytology: study of
cells
• Leukocyte – a white
blood cell
DIPLO - DOUBLE
• Diplomacy:
conduct between
two (double)
nations
• Diploid: double;
twofold
ECO - HOUSE
• Economy:
management of
resources of a
community/country
(house)
• Ecology: organisms
and their
environment or
home
ENTER - INTESTINE
• Enteritis:
inflammation of the
intestines
• Dysentery: disease
marked by
inflammation of the
intestines
ERYTHRO - RED
• Erthrocyte: red
blood cell
• Erythrism: abnormal
redness
FIL - THREAD
• Filament: a very fine thread