Chps. 1-6 Vocabulary Review

Root word that means family, birth

• gen

• viv

• mort

• pend

Root word that means type or category

• gener

• mort

• card

• derm

biological unit of material passed from parent to child that determines which traits the child will inheirt

• congenital

• generate

• genre

• gene

Suffix which means having the quality or nature of something. Ex: generic

• pro-

• -ic or -ics

• im-

• -ate

vocabulary word that means occurring at birth

• prenatal

• genre

• congenital

• neonatal

offspring of living organisms

• mortify

• generate

• immortal

• progeny

Prefix that means forward or before

• re-

• -ate

• -al

• pro-

vocabulary word that means to bring into existence or to make happen

• elucidate

• generate

• illuminate

• hemorrhage

vocabulary word that means type, class, or category

• generic

• illuminate

• photosynthesis

• genre

vocabulary word that means like all the others in a category or class; plain

• generic

• lucid

• genre

• photosynthesis