calligraphy
n. calli = beautiful
geography n. geo = earth lithography n. lith = stone lithographic a. lithograph n. phonograph n. phon = sound
telephone/microphone/xylophone
The whole team autographed a football, which will be used as a prize.
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autograph album
book autographed by the author
bibliography
bibl = book graph = write
presentiment
n. pre = before sens = feel
• I was filled with a presentiment of disaster. • I’ve had a presentiment all day that something extraordinary is going to happen.
dissection
n.
• Your enjoyment of a novel can suffer from too much analysis and dissection.
intersect bisect
v. inter = between sect = cut
v. bi = two v. viv = life to cut life n.
• education in its broadest sense
• Sensing danger, they started to run.
• Doesn’t she have any sense of guilt about what she did?
assent
v./ n. as / ad = to ,near sent = feel (adjacent, throw/ near)
dissent
n./v.
dis = apart, sent = feel
• religious / political dissent • voices of dissent are welcomed in a true democracy. • Only two ministers dissented from the official view.
• The director has given her assent to the proposals.
• He nodded (his) assent. • There were murmurs of both assent and dissent from the crowd. • Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed.
graph / gram = to write
biography
bio = life graph = write n. Boswell’s biography of Johnson
autobiography autograph
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auto = self
n.
Could I have your autograph?
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The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.
emerge
e / ex = out
• The moon emerges from behind the clouds. • She finally emerged from her room at noon. • No new evidence emerged during the investigation. • He emerged as a key figure in the campaign. • She emerged from the scandal with her reputation intact.
n.
• There is a useful bibliography at the end of each chapter.
bibliographer
n.
graphic
graph = write
• Her graphic presentation of the data was quite clear. • graphic design
emergence
n. the emergence of new technologies / evidence
emergent
• emergent countries of Africa
immerse
v.
im / in = into mers = dip, plunge
• She immersed herself in her work.
bio / bi = life
biochemistry
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n.
Your biochemistry is almost identical to that of your cat.
biocide n. cide =to cut, to kill biology n. logy biosphere n. spher = globe
submerge
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sub = under merg = to dip
The field had been submerged by flood water. Doubts that had been submerged in her mind suddenly resurfaced. Her submerged car was discovered in the river by police divers.
• Clare and Phil were immersed in conversation in the corner.
merge
v. merg = dip, plunge
• The banks are set to merge next year. • His department will merge with mine. • The villages expanded and merged into one large town. • The hills merged into the dark sky behind them.
• a graphic artist/ designer • He kept telling us about his operation, in the most graphic detail.
graphics
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n.
Text and graphics are prepared separatelyus
n. con / com = with
sens = feel
• There is a general consensus among teachers about the need for greater security in school. • There seems to be a consensus that the plan should be rejected. • There is a growing consensus of opinion on this issue. • an attempt to reach a consensus
sect = to cut
insect
n. in = into n. cide = to kill biocide
insecticide dissect
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v. dis = apart sect = cut
I still remember with horror having to dissect a frog in 9th grade biology. Her latest novel was dissected by the critics. The city is dissected by a network of old canals.
antibiotic
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n. anti = against, opposite
The doctor put her on antibiotic. effective antibiotic treatment n. amphi = around, both
amphibian
mers / merg = to dip, to plunge
vivisect
vivisection
• to perform vivisection on (a living animal) • to practice vivisection
sens / sent = to feel
sense
n. / v. • Dogs have a keen sense of smell. • He has a very good sense of direction.