I second the praise, having seen success with similar word lists in my vocab classes for gifted kids.
They couldn't get enough of the posters I put up illustrating the oft-repeated statistic about the percentage of English vocab in the sciences that is derived from Greek and Latin (90). I eventually had a rotating pool of over two dozen, about everything from astronomy to particle physics, cell structure, evolution, viruses, the Constitution, and the budget of the U.S. government.
Not only does this teacher's approach give kids the tools to break down seemingly unfamiliar words; it stimulates interest in a wide range of scientific fields.
