Jinglu Sun. 2nd period.
Vocabulary list # 1
“Habeas Corpus” Latin roots.
- corporeal [adj]: physical and not spiritual; of the body
corp = body
- corpse [noun]: A dead body.
- Corpulence [noun]: Excessive fatness
- corporal [adj] : of or relating to the body
- auditorium [noun] : The part of a theatre, or similar building, where the people who are watching and listening sit.
Audi = sound
- audible [adj] : able to be heard
- audience [noun]:the group of people gathered in one place to watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking.
- Audition [noun]: a short performance that an actor, musician, dancer gives in order to show their ability and suitability for a particular play, film, show, etc.
- visualize (vid) [verb]: to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, in order to imagine or remember them.
Vis = see
- evident [adj] : easily seen or understood; obvious
- provide [verb] : to give someone something that they need
- visible [adj] : able to be seen.
- capitol (capit, capt) [noun] : a building in which a US state government meets.
Cap = head
- captain [noun] : the person in charge or a ship or an aircraft, or the leader of a sports team.
- Decapitate [verb] : to cut off the head of a person
- Caption [noun] : a short piece of text under a picture in a book, magazine or newspaper which describes the picture or explains what the people in it are doing or saying.
- dental (dont) [adj] :relating to the teeth
dent = tooth
- dentures [plural noun] : false teeth fixed to a small piece of plastic or similar material, which fits inside the mouth of someone who does not have their own teeth.
- Orthodontist [noun] : a person whose job is to correct the position of the teeth.
- Dentist [noun] : a person whose job is treating people’s teeth.
- sanguine [adj] : Red, like blood; ardent; confident; optimistic.
sangui = blood
- Sanguinary [adj] : Bloody; bloodthirsty
- Sanguisugent [adj]: Bloodsucking
- Sanguify [verb] : To bake blood; as using foods containing iron.
- osteoporosis [noun] : a disease which causes the bones to weaken and become easily broken
osteo = bone
- Osteoarthritis [noun] : a disease which causes pain and stiffness in the joints.
- Osteopath [noun] : a person who is trained to treat injuries to bones and muscles using pressure and movement.
- Osteology [noun] : The study of the skeleton and of the structure of bones.
- pedestal (pod) [noun] : a long thin column which supports a statue, or a tall column-like structure on which something rests.
Ped (pod) = foot
- pedal [noun] : a small part of a machine or object which is pushed down with the foot to operate or move the machine or object.
- Pedestrian [noun] : a person who is walking, especially in an area where vehicles go.
- tripod [noun] : a support with three legs for a piece of equipment such as a camera.
- digitate [adj] : like a digit or a finger.
digit = finger
- digitigrade [adj] : walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.
- digital [adj] : describes information, music, an image, etc. that is recorded or broadcast using computer technology.
- Digitize [verb] : to put information into the form of a series of the numbers 0 and 1, usually so that it can be processed by a computer.
- Manufacture [verb] : to produce goods in large number, usually in a factory using machines.
Manu = hand
- Manual [verb] : done with the hands.
- Manicure [noun] : a treatment for the hands which involves softening the skin and making the nails look better by cutting, smoothing and possibly painting them.
- Manual dexterity [noun] : someone’s ability to perform a difficult action with the hands skillfully and quickly so that it looks easy.