Transcript Phone = Sound - Walnut High School

Phone = Sound
Greek
 Phonograph: writing with sound
 Telephone: sound from far away
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Sonus = Sound
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Latin
Sonic: relating to what we can hear
 Sonnet: A form of rhyming poetry
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Skopeo = look at, inspect,
consider, examine.
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Greek
Scope: all that the eye can see
 Microscope: device to look at small
objects
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Video visum = see
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Latin
Television:machine for seeing things
that are far away
 Video: picture portion of a television
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Logos = word, study
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Greek
Logic: reasoning to gain knowledge
and wisdom
 Astrology: knowledge from the stars
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Verbum = word
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Latin
Verb: the action word in a sentence
 Verbalize: to express in words
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Nomen nominis = name
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Latin
Nominate: suggest someone’s name
for office
 Nominal: in name only; not real or
actual
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Pro = for, before, forward,
in place of
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Latin
Profess: to admit that one is an
expert
 Proclaim: announce, cry out, publish
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Prae = before, in front of
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Latin
Predict: say beforehand, foretell
 Preamble: that which goes before
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Ad = to, toward; near, next
to
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Latin
Admire: to look at with wonder or
amazement
 Admit: send to; allow entrance to a
place or to the mind
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Jacio jactum = throw
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Latin
Eject: throw out
 Interject: throw between
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Pono positum = lay, put,
place
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Latin
Pose: position or attitude
 Post: fixed or established place;
military post
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Cum = with, together
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Latin
Cooperate: work with
 Community: group which builds
together
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Figo fixum = fix, fasten,
attach
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Latin
Fix: fasten or make firm; set in
place.
 Suffix: letter or syllable added to an
end of a word
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Jungo junctum = join unite,
connect
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Latin
Join: Connect, fasten together
 Conjunction: word joining two parts
of a sentence
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