Ji Zhang
12/28/1998
Period 4 Thornton English
Ji Zhang
12/28/1998
Period 4 English
Vocab: geo (-gee) & path

World	Part of Speech	Definition

geo-		prefix	earth; ground
geocentric	adj	measured from the earth’s center; having earth as a center
geodetic			pertaining to geodesy (mathematics dealing w/ the earth’s shape & dimensions
geography	n	study of the earth’s surface, climate, continents, people, products, etc.
geology			science dealing with the earth’s history as recorded in rocks
geometry		mathematics dealing w/ lines, angles, surfaces, & solids (literally, “measurement 
			of land”)
geomorphic	adj	pertaining to the shape of the earth or the form of its surface
geophysics	n	science treating of the forces that modify the earth
geopolitics		study of government and its policies as affected by physical geography
geoponics		art or science of agriculture (literally, “working of the earth”)
georgic		adj	agricultural
geotropism	n	response to earth’s gravity, as the growing of roots downward in the ground
-gee		suffix	form of geo when used as a suffix
apogee		n	farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a satellite
perigee			nearest point to the earth in the orbit of a satellite
path/patho/pathy	suffix	1.  feeling; suffering  2.  disease
1. feeling; suffering:
antipathy	n	aversion (“feeling against”); dislike, ant. sympathy
apathy			lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or excitement; indifference
empathy			the complete understanding of another’s feelings, motives, etc.
pathetic		adj	arousing pity
pathos		n	quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of 
			pity of sadness
sympathy		a sharing of (“feeling with”) another’s trouble; compassion, ant. antipathy
telepathy		transference of the thoughts & feelings of one person to another by no apparent
			means of communication
2. disease:
homeopathy	n	system of medical practice that treats disease by administering minute doses of a
			remedy which, if given to healthy persons, would produce symptoms of the
			disease treated
osteopath		practitioner of osteopathy (treatment of diseases by manipulation of bones, 
			muscles, nerves,etc.)
pathogenic	adj	causing disease
pathological		due to disease
psychopathic		1.  pertaining to mental disease
			2.  insane

Exercises:
p. 128.  4.17
1.	perigee		2.	geotropism	3.	geodetic		4.	geomorphic
5.	geophysics

p. 129.  4.18 	
1.	pathogenic	2.	telepathy	3.	pathetic		4.	antipathy
5.	sympathy
Ji Zhang						1998-1999	English Period 4 Thornton 
Vocabulary Master List
Levine, et al.  Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student.  3rd ed.
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