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Greek and Latin Roots, Grades 6–8: Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: ast, aster, astro

This vocabulary list features words with the Greek root that means "star."
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  1. asterisk
    a star-shaped character used in printing
    There are asterisks next to my name and footnotes that explain the situation. Wintergirls
  2. asteroid
    a small celestial body composed of rock and metal
    “See the stars? And that asteroid field? And that lonely satellite going by? There’s no gravity. You’re weightless. You can do anything you want with your body. You just have to think it.” Everything, Everything
  3. astral
    being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
    I pressed my astral button, and flew homeward, wearily, slowly; I was full of soup and tone, and my ears and nostrils quivered from exhaustion. Huneker, James
  4. astrobiology
    the study of living organism throughout the universe
    Scientists have discovered a simple and reliable test for signs of past or present life on other planets -- "the holy grail of astrobiology. Science Daily
  5. astrolabe
    instrument used to calculate positions of celestial bodies
    In the middle of the floor was an astrolabe on an ebony pillar, and the floor itself was embroidered in white, with the signs of the Zodiac and the twelve Houses arranged in a circle. Weyman, Stanley John
  6. astrology
    divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
    According to the ancient astrology, the sun assumed at different times the character of the particular sign through which it passed, and as such was symbolically worshipped. Westbrook, Richard B.
  7. astronaut
    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
    The astronauts, I had read in the paper, had seen it fall before they flew back to Earth. Interpreter of Maladies
  8. astronomical
    inconceivably large
    The cost of this medicine must be astronomical. The Hunger Games
  9. astronomy
    the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies
    But his great academic love was still astronomy. The Scientists
  10. astrophysics
    the study of the properties of celestial bodies
    He also spent many years developing a weird personal system of astrophysics in which gravity did not exist. Sterling, Bruce
Created on Thu May 02 23:26:35 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Jul 26 16:15:24 EDT 2024)

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