Word Within The Word

Lesson 7

NUMERous

NUMER

NUMBER

NUMEROUS

ADJECTIVEEXISTING

IN GREAT QUANTITY; VERY MANY

FORTissimo

FORT

STRONG

FORTISSIMO

ADVERBVERY

LOUDLY

OSTEOtomy

OSTEO

BONE

OSTEOTOMYNOUNTHE DIVIDING

OR SURGICAL CUTTING OF A BONE

ORNITHopter

ORNITH

BIRD

ORNITHOPTERNOUNMACHINE SHAPED

LIKE AN AIRCRAFT HELD ALOFT & PROPELLED BY WING MOVEMENTS

necroPOLIS

POLIS

CITY

NECROPOLIS

NOUNA

CEMETARY

conFUSion

FUS

POUR

CONFUSION

NOUNTHE ACT

OF CONFUSING

EGOtistical

EGO

I

EGOTISTICALADJECTIVETENDING TO

TALK EXCESSIVELY ABOUT ONESELF

aSPIRe

SPIR

BREATHE

ASPIRE

VERBTO LONG,

AIM, OR SEEK AMBITIOUSLY

DIAlect

DIA

ACROSS

DIALECTNOUNA FORM OF

LANGUAGE THAT IS SPOKEN IN A PARTICULAR AREA OR BY A PARTICULAR GROUP

ACRimony

ACR

SHARP

ACRIMONY

NOUNBITTERNES

S OR ILL FEELING

ACROpolis

ACRO

HIGH

ACROPOLISNOUNTHE CITADEL OR

HIGHLY PROTECTED AREA OF AN ANCIENT GREEK CITY

exCULPatory

CULP

BLAME

EXCULPATORYADJECTIVETENDING TO

CLEAR FROM A CHARGE OF FAULT OR GUILT

DERMatitis

DERM

SKIN

DERMATITIS

NOUNINFLAMMATION

OF THE SKIN

mesoZOic

ZO

ANIMAL

MESOZOIC

NOUNBEING AN

ERA OF GEOLOGICAL HISTORY

PERforation

PER

THROUGH

PERFORATIONNOUNA HOLE MADE

OR PASSING THROUGH A THING

PACifist

PAC

PEACE

PACIFISTNOUNA PERSON

WHO IS OPPOSED TO WAR OR ANY VIOLENCE

BREVirostate

BREV

SHORT

BREVIROSTATE

ADJECTIVEHAVING A

SHORT BEAK OR BILL

NECRObiosis

NECRO

DEATH

NECROBIOSIS

NOUNTHE DEATH OF

CELLS OR TISSUE CAUSED BY AGING OR DISEASE

URBanite

URB

CITY

URBANITE

NOUNA RESIDENT

OF A CITY OR URBAN COMMUNITY

PUGNacious

PUGN

FIGHT

PUGNACIOUS

ADJECTIVEINCLINED

TO QUARREL OR FIGHT

ECTOmorph

ECTO

OUTER

ECTOMORPHNOUNAN INDIVIDUAL

HAVING A LEAN, SLIGHTLY, MUSCULAR BUILD

rhinoPLASTy

PLASTO

MOLDED

RHINOPLASTYNOUNTHE PROCESS

OF MOLDING NOSES THROUGH SURGERY

mystAGOGue

AGOG

LEADER

MYSTAGOGUENOUNA PERSON

WHO INTERPRETS RELIGIOUS MYSTERIES

minusCuLE

CLE

SMALL

MINUSCULE

ADJECTIVEVERY

SMALL

ILlicit

IL

NOT

ILLICITADJECTIVENOT LEGALLY

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