Question

greek & latin roots - week 14
prefix
holo- = whole, entire
homoio- = similar
hetero- = different, other
root
leuk(o) = white
liber = free
lith = stone
lumin = light
aqua = water
fin = end
mal = bad
suffix
-lasis = diseased condition
-oma = tumor, swelling
-nomy = law, arrangement
-morph = form
-emia = blood, condition
part a: underline the prefixes and suffixes, and circle the roots. then match each word in column a with its meaning in column b.

1. hololeukemia b
2. homoi finemia d
3. homoi lithlasis a
4. holo aquanomy c
5. homoi luminomy e
6. hetero liberlasis e

a. condition marked by many similar stone - like deposits forming in the body
b. blood disorder in which white blood cells completely dominate the blood
c. the study of all the waters of a system—how water is arranged, moves, and behaves
d. blood condition that develops in a similar way, often reaching a similar outcome
e. diseased condition where people lose their usual freedoms or experience very different kinds of restrictions
f. the science of how similar kinds of light are organized or behave under certain rules (like similar colors or light sources)
part b: fill in the blanks with the correct word from part a.
during their capstone project, the academy’s senior class had to design an entire off - world colony from scratch. lila took charge of the planet’s water cycle, tracing every river, cloud bank, and underground spring until her final report in advanced ____ showed how the whole system rose and fell together. noah focused on the city lights, tweaking the color and brightness of every streetlamp and greenhouse panel so that whole neighborhoods glowed with nearly matching warmth, a careful exercise in __. when they checked the simulated colonists’ medical records, one case file showed a blood smear so flooded with pale cells that the sample on - screen looked almost completely white, an alarming sign of __. another scan revealed a kidney full of pebble - like clumps that all looked nearly identical, a textbook example of __. the treatment charts that followed showed different medicines and paths, but nearly every graph bent toward the same late - stage reading, a classic outcome pattern of __. finally, in their government model, some districts offered almost unlimited passes and permissions while others were weighed down with curfews and travel bans, and the class had to admit their colony was drifting toward ____, a troubling state of uneven freedom.

Explanation:

1. For the first blank (water cycle study): From Part A, "holoaquanomy" means the study of all the waters of a system (holo- = whole, aqua = water, -nomy = law/arrangement). Lila is studying the planet’s water cycle, so this fits.
2. Second blank (city lights organization): "homoioluminomy" relates to the science of how similar kinds of light are organized (homoi- = similar, lumin = light, -nomy = law/arrangement). Noah is working with city lights, so this is correct.
3. Third blank (blood disorder with white cells): "hololeukemia" is a blood disorder with white blood cells dominating (holo- = whole, leuk(o) = white, -emia = blood condition). The medical record shows pale (white) cells flooding the blood, so this matches.
4. Fourth blank (kidney with similar stone - like deposits): "homoiolithiasis" is a condition with many similar stone - like deposits (homoi- = similar, lith = stone, -iasis = diseased condition). The kidney has pebble - like clumps that look nearly identical, so this is appropriate.
5. Fifth blank (similar blood condition outcome): "homoi finemia" (wait, correct term from Part A is "homoi finemia"? Wait, original Part A has "homoi finemia" as a term? Wait, looking back, Part A has "homoi finemia" which is a blood condition that develops in a similar way. The treatment charts show nearly every graph bent toward the same late - stage reading, so this fits.
6. Sixth blank (uneven freedom condition): "heteroliberiasis" is a diseased condition with different freedoms/restrictions (hetero- = different, liber = free, -iasis = diseased condition). Some districts have unlimited passes while others have curfews, so this matches.

Answer:

1. holoaquanomy
2. homoioluminomy
3. hololeukemia
4. homoiolithiasis
5. homoi finemia
6. heteroliberiasis