The Color Unit

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Lesson 14

• The Color Unit

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Aero-Air

• Aerate aer (air) ate (make)
• Aerial aer (air) ial (related to)
• Aerobics Aer (air) obics (science of)

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Antho Flower

• Anthology Antho (flower) ology (study of)
• Ananthous An (lacking) anth (flower) ous (full
  of)
• Anthozoan Antho (flower) zoan (animal) Example
  sea anemones and coral

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Arbor Tree

• Abor Tree
• Aboreal Arbor (tree) eal (related to)
• Aboretum Arbor (tree) etum(place)

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Bath/Bathy Deep

• Bathos Deep
• Bathymetry Bath (deep) metry (measure)
• Bathysphere Bath (deep) sphere (circle)
• a strongly built steel diving sphere for deep-sea
  observation

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Cad (cid, cas) Fall, Happen, Accident

• Decadent De (down) Cad (fall)
• Marked by decay or decline. The book condemns
  some of society's wealthiest members as decadent
  fools.
• Casualty Cas (Fall)
• Recidivism Re (again) cid (fall) ism (doctrine)
• a tendency to relapse into a previous condition
  or mode of behavior especially relapse into
  criminal behavior

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Calc Lime, Stone, Pebble

• Calcification Calc (Lime) cation (make)
• Calcium Calc (lime) ium (element)
• Calculate Calc (pebbles) ate (make)

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Chloro Green

• Chlorine Chloro (green) ine (having the nature
  of) highly irritating, greenish-yellow gaseous
  halogen, capable of combining with nearly all
  other elements, used widely to purify water, as a
  disinfectant and bleaching agent.
• Chloroform Chloro (green) form (having the form
  of) A chlorine compound
• Chlorophyll Chloro (green) phyll (leaf)

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Chrys Gold/Yellow

• Chrysanthemum Chrys (yellow) Antho (flower)
• Chrysalis Gold/Yellow pupa of a butterfly
• Chrysophyte Chryso (yellow) phyte (plant)-Gold
  Brown Algea

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Cre (creas, cret) Grow

• Increase In (towards) crease (grow)
• Crescendo A gradual increase
• Accretion Ac (to) cre (grow) tion (act of) The
  process of growth by a gradual build-up.

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Cur Care for

• Curator Cur (care for) ator (one who)
• Curious Cur (care for) ious (full of)
• Sinecure Sine (without) cure (care for)
• An office that requires little or not
  responsibility.

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Cyan Blue

• Cyan Blue
• Anthocyanin Antho (flower) cyan (blue)
• water-soluble pigments that may appear red,
  purple, or blue according to pH
• Cyanosis Cyan (blue) osis (disease)
• A blueish color of the skin due to insufficient
  oxygen

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Cyto Cell

• Astrocyte Astro (star) cyte (cell)
• Cytogensis Cyto (cell) Gensis (start/begin)
• Cytotoxin Cyto (cell) toxin (poison)
• Chemical substances and most types of venom

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Domin Lord, Master

• Dominate Domin (master) ate (make)
• Predominate Pre (before) domin (master) ate
  (make)
• To have or exert control or power
• Anno Domini Anno (year) domin (lord) ate
• year of our lord-A.D.

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Erythro Red

• Erythema Eryth (red) ema (swelling)
• Erythema is a skin condition characterized by
  redness or rash
• Erythrocytometer Erythro (red) cyto (cell) meter
  (measure)
• Erythrophobia Erythro (red) phobia (fear of)
• A fear of facial blushing

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Ethno Nation, Race, Culture

• Ethnic Ethn (race) ic (related to)
• Ethnology Ethn (culture) ology (study of)
• Ethnocentric Enthno (culture) centric (center)

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Ferv Hot, Boil, Bubble

• Fervent Ferv (hot) ent (having characteristic
  of)
• Passionate
• Fervid Ferv (hot) id (belonging to)
• Intensely passionate
• Effervescent Ef (out/over) Ferv (bubble) escent
  (beginning to)
• Giving off bubbles. Can also describe a bubbly
  personality

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Gyn Woman

• Gynocologist Gyno (woman) ologist (one who
  studies)
• Androgynous Andro (man) gyn (woman) ous (full
  of)
• Gynophobia Gyn (woman) phob (fear of)

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-ish Like

• Childish Child Like
• Feverish Fever Like
• Dwarfish Dwarf (Small) Like

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-it is Inflammation

• Meningitis Menin (membrane) itis (inflammation)
• Meningitis is swelling and irritation
  (inflammation) of the membranes covering the
  brain and spinal cord.
• Arthritis Arthr (joints) itis (inflammation)
• Heptatitis Hepat (Liver) itis (inflammation)

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Liber Free

• Liberal Liber (free) al (related to)
• Liberty Liber (free) y (state of)
• Liberate Liber (free) ate (make)

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Meter Measure

• Perimeter Peri (around) meter (measure)
• Isometric Iso (same) metric (measure)
• Odometer Odo (mile) meter (measure)

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Moll Soft

• Mollify Moll (soft) y (make)
• Mollusk Soft-bodied marine animal
• Emollient E (out) moll (soft) ent (to cause)
• Substances that soothe and soften the skin

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Orni (ornith) Bird

• Ornithology Ornith (bird) ology (study of)
• Ornithivorous Ornith (bird) vor (eat) ous (full
  of)
• Orniscopy Orni (bird) scop (look)
• Ancient Greek practice of reading omens from the
  actions of birds

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Phyll Leaf

• Phylloid Phyll (leaf) oid (resembling)
• Aphyllous A (lacking) phyll (leaf) ous (full of)
• Phyllophagous Phyll (leaf) phag (eat) ous (full
  of)

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Pon (pos) Place, put

• Compose Com (together) pose (put)
• Depose De (down) pose (put)
• Opponent Op (against) pon (place) ent (one who)