American Lit Vocab, lessons 16 - 18

Question 1

prefix:
a-

Answer 1

away, from; not, without

Question 2

root:
colla

Answer 2

glue, gelatinous

Question 3

root:
gen

Answer 3

cause, birth, race, produce

Question 4

root:
mano

Answer 4

gas

Question 5

root:
meter

Answer 5

to measure

Question 6

root:
sphygm/sphygmo/sphyx

Answer 6

pulse

Question 7

suffix:
-age

Answer 7

state, quality, act

Question 8

suffix:
i-ation

Answer 8

an action or process

Question 9

suffix:
-ic

Answer 9

like, related to

Question 10

suffix:
-old

Answer 10

resembling

Question 11

suffix:
-ous

Answer 11

having the quality of

Question 12

asphyxiation

Answer 12

act or process of causing suffocation

Question 13

collage

Answer 13

an artistic composition made of various materials, such as paper, cloth, or wood, glued on a surface

Question 14

sphygmic

Answer 14

of, or pertaining to the circulatory pulse

Question 15

colloid

Answer 15

a gelatinous substance

Question 16

sphygmomanometer

Answer 16

an instrument that measures blood pressure in the arteries

Question 17

collagenous

Answer 17

forming or producing collagen

Question 18

root:
dactyl/dactylio/dactylo

Answer 18

finger, toe

Question 19

root:
glyph

Answer 19

carve

Question 20

root:
gram

Answer 20

write, written

Question 21

root:
ptero

Answer 21

wing, feather

Question 22

root:
scop

Answer 22

look at, view, examine

Question 23

suffix:
-logy

Answer 23

study of, science

Question 24

suffix:
-y

Answer 24

state of, quality, act; body, group

Question 25

dactylology

Answer 25

the science of communicating by using hand signs; sign language

Question 26

dactylogram

Answer 26

a fingerprint

Question 27

dactylioglyph

Answer 27

the inscription of the engraver's name on a finger or gem

Question 27

dactyloscopy

Answer 27

examinations of fingerprints for purposes of identification

Question 28

pterodactyl

Answer 28

winged-fingered, prehistoric flying reptile

Question 29

root: cryo

Answer 29

cold

Question 30

root: cryst

Answer 30

crystal

Question 31

root: gen

Answer 31

cause, birth, race, produce

Question 32

root: phil

Answer 32

love, loving

Question 33

root: scop

Answer 33

look at, view, examine

Question 34

root: therap

Answer 34

treatment

Question 35

suffix: -ic

Answer 35

like, related

Question 36

suffix: -ics

Answer 36

science, related to, system

Question 37

suffix: all-ine

Answer 37

like, related to

Question 38

suffix: -y

Answer 38

state of quality; act, group

Question 39

cryophilic

Answer 39

capable of living at low temperatures

Question 40

crystaline

Answer 40

of the natural crystals

Question 41

cryoscopy

Answer 41

the science that deals with the determination of the freezing points of liquid

Question 42

cryogenics

Answer 42

the science that deals with the production of extremely low temperatures (physics)

Question 43

cryotherapy

Answer 43

therapeutic use of cold