Greek and Latin Socio = friends companions

Word List: socio = companion, friend

antisocial         against the basic rules of a group; harmful to the people in a group.

associate          a fellow worker or friend (usually related to an office)

association      a group of people who have gathered based on similar goals or beliefs.

disassociate     to break ties with a group; to end a friendship; to sever a relationship

social               friendly; a person who enjoys companions

socialite           a person who is important or of high rank within a specific, usually fashionable group

sociogram        a diagram that represents each person’s friends in a classroom

sociology         the study of how people get along

sociopath         a person who suffers from an antisocial mental disorder

unsocial           not social; having or showing a dislike for others in a group.

Spelling Words March 19 - 22

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soldiers	pianos	essays	chiefs
treaties	countries	luggage	skis
characters	badges	valleys	palaces
beliefs	gentlemen	latches	envelopes
loaves	groceries	heroes	diaries

Greek and Latin Therm = heat temperature

Word list: Therm = heat, temperature

endothermic            heated from within the body

exothermic              requires heat to be absorbed from outside of the body

therm                       a unit of heat equal to 1,000 great calories

thermal                    related to heat or temperature

thermodynamic       caused or operated by heat that has changed into different forms of energy

thermograph            a device that automatically writes down (records) changes in temperature

thermometer            an instrument that measures temperature or heat

thermophile             an organism that has adapted to living in very high temperatures (heat), such as bacteria or algae

thermos                   a container that is used to keep things warm, such as your soup; a doubled-walled container that keeps things warm.

thermostat               a device used to control the temperature

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director	pitcher	commander	colonist
typist	scientist	editor	homemaker
instructor	creditor	professor	operator
artist	passenger	inventor	tourist
cyclist	actor	publisher	gardener

Greek and Latin March 5 -8 Struct = build

Word List: struct = build

construction           what is built; buildings that are created or produced

destruction             the act of taking down or destroying something that was built

infrastructure        the parts of a city on which the rest of the city was built around: roads, communication, transportation, and schools

instruct                   to build knowledge

instructor               a person who helps someone build knowledge

misconstrue            to build the wrong meaning;  to misunderstand; to interpret the wrong way

obstruction             something that blocks the way of things being created or built; something in the way

reconstruct            to build again

substructure          the base, support, or foundation of a building

superstructure       something built on top of something else; the part of the building that was built on top of the foundation or base

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proven	Wisconsin	disgrace	horseback
ally	unfasten	weather map	nonsmoker
device	sharpen	Arkansas	unlisted
close-up	magnetize	Wyoming	impure
devise	pocketbook	Arizona	alley