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Word Within a Word Unit 5B demo (people) • • • • democracy (n.): government by the people democratic (adj.): equal participation by all demography (n.): study of human population; vital statistics like birth/death records democratize (v.): give rights/make democratic ism (doctrine) • • • • capitalism (n.): free market based on private ownership Cubism (n.): modern art (Picasso) Marxism (n.): belief in classless society nihilism (n.): rejection of laws; belief in nothing sur (over) • • • • surplus (n./adj.): excess, extra surcharge (n.): additional charge; tax surmount (v.): overcome surfeit (n.): excess, overindulgence astr (star) • • • • astrology (n.): study of heavenly bodies asteroid (n.): rock orbiting sun usually in asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter astronomy (n.): science of the universe asterisk (n.): * chron (time) • • • • chronological (adj.): put in sequence from beginning to end synchronize (v.): go or move at the same time chronic (adj.): constant; unending anachronism (n.): from a different time luna (moon) • • • • lunar (adj.): of the moon lunatic (n.): insane lunular (adj.): crescent shaped lunate (n./adj.): artifact shaped like a crescent gyro (turn) • • • • gyroscope (n.): wheel to help stabilize; turns same way gyration (n.): circular motion gyrate (v.): whirl around spirogyra (n.): algea geo (earth) • • • • geology (n.): study of earth and rocks geometry (n.) math of points, lines and angles geography (n.): study of earth’s surface geothermal (adj.): internal heat of earth thermo (heat) • • • • thermos (n.): insulating bottle thermocouple (n.): temperature measuring device (copper and iron) thermostat (n.) measures and maintains temperature thermonuclear (adj.): related to fusion, atomic power meter (measure) • • • • thermometer (n.): glass tube with mercury to measure temperature millimeter (n.): one thousandth of a meter odometer (n.): measures distance traveled hydrometer (n.): measures gravity of liquid World’s largest thermometer: Baker, CA (near entrance to Death Vally) son (sound) • • • • sonar (adj./n.): underwater sound waves sonnet (n.): poem with 14 lines unison (n.): doing together sonorous (adj.): rich, full sound stell (star) • • • • interstellar (adj.): between stars (gasses) stellar (adj.): like a star in shape, brilliance stellify (v.): turn into a star constellation (n.): groups of stars