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The Word Within the Word • List #10ped(foot or child)orthopedist, pedagogue, centipede, expedition, pedestrian, pedestalmort loqu(talk) loquacious, circumlocution, eloquent, soliloquy, somniloquy Copyright © Royal Fireworks Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Word Within the Word • Stem Close-Up #10under • beneath • belowstewhicwe defias variof nings, is somees shorteneordewith stemfollofteans somor eriorre re of esting words in its various shades of meaning:cutaneous:beneath the skin. He was troubled by a subcutaneous infection.to draw downward. She swam against the subduction in the offshore current.lunary:under the moon. The lovers enjoyed a beautiful sublunary dance.to express acceptably. The urge of the id can find creative sublimations.at the foot of the mountains. The submontane vegetation was more lush.not obvious. Subtle clues told her to avoid asking about the problem.vert:to overthrow. They worked to subvert the established regime.stratum:foundation. His peaceful humility was founded on a substratum of religion.sistence:bare survival. They survived at a subsistence level by gathering food.aqueous:underwater. The subaqueous habitation gradually developed into a city.servient:obsequious. The toadyʼs subservient fawning irritated her.trahend:number subtracted. The deduction was a fearful subtrahend from the check.reptitious:done in secret. The plans were made at a surreptitious meeting in the Alps.fuse:to fill with color. Becky Thatcherʼs face was suffused with embarrassment.frage:voting. Womenʼs suffrage began very late in American history.brief and clear. Her succinct description impressed them all.gest:to mention. He suggested a solution, but no one listened.focate:to smother. Small businesses were being suffocated by federal regulations.to hang. The bridge was suspended from massive cables.maintain. They were unable to sustain their initial enthusiasm. order to appear. The peremptory summons was ignored. 65 Copyright © Royal Fireworks Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Word Within the Word • Sentences #10orthopedist went on an African expeditionmortician was mortified at the sight of the mortal wound.carnivorous beasts of Venus are reincarnated after death.psychologist viewed the parapsychologist with suspicion.Ethnocentrism is disturbing to all ethnic groups.geneticistʼs hobby was studying pathogenic substances.Prenatal care is important to nativesnatural environments.paleontologist was an expert on the era.discursive speech gave only cursory attention to the problem.cryptologist worked all night to break the enemy secret code.cadaver was discovered near the rushing cascadeDecapitation was once a common form of capital punishment.loquacious bore answered every question with a circumlocutionThe heroʼs sacrifice was a sacrosanct memory.United Planets of the Universe soon celebrate their unionThe skyʼs redness and the cloudsʼ softness were beautiful.The broken altimeter no longer measured the altitudeComputer graphics enhance books on politicseconomicsisothermal piedmont region escaped the extremes of temperature.The new convert soon reverted to his previous views about advertisementcalibrate oneʼs response is to obviate oneʼs apology.The extreme discordance of viewpoints prevented concordlionessempressprincessThe post-war mutantsmutagenic atmosphere. Tempus fugit,” said the escaped fugitive caught in the whirling centrifuge 66 Copyright © Royal Fireworks Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Word Within the Word • Ideas #10EMOTION:How would you feel if you wereforccapitulate (Imacumstances for yourslf.)? How would you feeif someone were forced to capitulate to you?Imayour otions if mutagenicubstawere overed your drinkiter,ubstances traced to a nearby toxic waste dump. Who would you seek out for actions and explanations.AESTHETICS:calisthenicsuniverseyour artiappreethnocentriof r—especry different—cwhose rt you deeply admire?SYNTHESIS:Pick an example word in List #10 and use at least three other words from the list to define the word you picked.Make togrords from morefficuse words fromfielonly—use words from biology, or history, etc.DIVERGENCE:Howor words of wre mes for differeform of Donʼt forget isocrgovernmwhich person has of very her person.remred as as see how orms of rnmesuch dormocrgovernment that seems to be asleep! Invent as many new governments as you can.Have you trawho wantewished to r wask a queion you didnʼt want to answr? Howbtern you think of to escape such a sit As an example, “Iʼd love to talk to you now, but I left a poodle in the microwave petwash.” 67 soundshese wordssuggest:darknifugesacrificePaleozoic Copyright © Royal Fireworks Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Word Within the Word • Analogies #10subterfuge : fugitive ::ethnologist : ethnic group ::circumlocution : orthopedistentomologist : altimeterpolitics : economicspsychologist : ethnographylioness : empresspaleontologist : tyrannosaurusingenuous : indigenouscryptologist : cryptogramunicycle : unique ::consecration : sacrilege ::fugitive : refugeesoliloquy : solitudeprecursor : forerunnerextrovert : introvertnascent : moribundconcord : discordpaleozoic : paleontologistdialogue : soliloquy ::eloquent : soliloquy ::altimeter : altitudeingenuous : progenypsychic : psychologyincarnate : carnivalaesthetics : graphicsgrandiloquent : panegyricdomination : capitulation ::softness : kindness ::decapitate : recapitulateroughness : ingenuousnessnatal : perinatalsomniloquy : discursivepedagogue : pedestrianrule : surrendercryptologist : encryptionaesthetics : ethics ::lioness : carnivorous ::convert : revertextrovert : loquacioussacrosanct : sacredconvert : introvertart : moralssacrifice : sanguinaryeconomics : psychopathic 68 Copyright © Royal Fireworks Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Word Within the Word • Notes #10A cropoem: Has here recexpeditiadwaters of A racteristic of expeditions is suggested by the word itself: members of an expedition go out (ex) into the wild on foot (ped).Weall easure of licircumloctiis is tal(loqu) circles (circum).here re rietieof circumloctire circwhich person is rclenʼtrealizre l ircumwhicsomeonetalks rcleorder to evade answering a question.A Mcropoem: A subterfu is a clever evasion in which a person trieo avoid reet is an evatrirataiteral erpretatof subterfumidusense of question,subterfuge means to flee (fug) under (sub).Wea speecis discursiveif t is ramblgressve—if speaker doesnʼt sticliteral meof discursivever,is somewhatmoreitiA speeis ursf itis a runaway, if t is of control. The speaker has let the speech run (curs) away (dis) from him.You wouldnʼtt hydrestiword. Hydrogen is me of simplest elersour t posss a wonderful hydrogen-based treaure: ter.importanc e of water tife hardlggeratn our are mostly water. t watime hydrogea me,obvious ce was hydrogen fter its most importrole: hydrogen is maingredient in the creation (gen) of water (hydro). Hydrogen is the water-originator. No H, no HO.One of termof rision ecpedestrianWesay somerian taor wors pedestrihis mearson simr attains anything lofty or swft, graceful or el; he just slogs along on foot (ped), altitude zero, speed 1 mph.ord cadaveris unusuallAll of our ives we liearthʼs gravitatifialiof our es allowsus resist force whicconstapulls down us.Weour ives xertil te force resist gravityʼs erious force fiAt of our lives, gravitatiwins, and we fall (cad). A cadaver is a fallen person.Unueperfectlself-etory word. It means precisely t item un(one) ies.e is Somet be rather unique;r t is one-of-a-kind and is or there areher such cases,t is not Spanish Cognate: One of most mportarvations fromof of isbulary nglish Spanishareof words are relate ords, origiftish and nish word share stemore tone steoften same order. As examples, here are some English words from this lesson, and their Spanish cognates:orthopedist : ortopedareincarnated : reincarnadoingenious : ingenuocrypt : criptacascade : cascadaethics : ética indigenous : indígeno 69 Copyright © Royal Fireworks Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Word Within the Word • Classic Words #10In accalow, of cereaword used uthor sentproviAll of ces cafound e wordsfirst of this lesson. Your is twhich word uthor used. is not a test;t more lie,ause more than one word choice may work perfectlwelSeeif you use your sensitivity and intuition to guess correctly which word the author used. You may need a dictionary.From Nathaniel Hawthorneʼs The House of the Seven GablesI rejoice to hear so favorable and so __________ an account of my cousin Clifford.From James Joyceʼs A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManHis life had brown to be a tissue of __________ and falsehood.a. subterfugeb. circumlocutionFrom Mark Twainʼs The Prince and the PauperHe then walked up and down the room to keep his blood in motion, ________ as before.a. circumlocutingb. soliloquizingc. consecratingFrom Mary Shelleyʼs FrankensteinHow __________ are our feelings.c. moribundd. nascentFrom Henry David Thoreauʼs WaldenThe tortoise and the frog are among the __________ and heralds of this season.a. ethnographiesc. pedestrians d. precursors 70 Copyright © Royal Fireworks Publishing Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved.