greek etymology
Terms
undefined, object
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- acrophobia
- fear of being at great height
- agoraphobia
- fear of open spaces
- claustrophobia
- fear of enclosed spaces
- xenophobia
- aversion to foreigners
- philanthropist
- lover of humanity
- philanthropy
- love of humanity
- philharmonic
- pertaining to a musical organization.. loving music
- audiophile
- one who is enthusiastic about highfidelity sound reproduction
- bibliophile
- lover of books
- misanthrope
- hater of humanity
- dysentry
- inflammation of the large intestine
- dyslexia
- impairment of the ability to read
- dystrophy
- faulty nutrition, muscle disorder
- eulogize
- write or speak in praise of someone
- euphemism
- substitution of a good expression for an unplesant one
- euphoria
- sense of great happiness or well being
- euthanasia
- controversial practice of mercifully putting to death a person suffering from an incurable painfully distressing disease
- amorphous
- without definite form
- anomaly
- deviation from the common rule
- anomalous
- not normal; abnormal
- biogenesis
- development of life from preexisting life
- symbiosis
- living together in mutually helpful association of two dissimilar organisms
- dichotomy
- cutting or division into two; division
- antipodes
- parts of the glove diametrically opposite to each other
- pseudopod
- temporary extension of the protoplasm, as in the ameba, to enable the oganism to move and take in food
- homonym
- word that sounds like another but differes in meaning and spelling....... principal and principle
- heteronym
- word spelled like another, but differing in sound and meaning.......bass and bass
- homocentric
- having the same ccenter; concentric
- hyperthermia
- especially high fever; hyperpyrexia
- hyperbole
- exravagant esaggeration of statement
- hypothesis
- theory or supposition assumed as a basis for reasoning
- exoteric
- known externally; readily understandable
- esoteric
- known internally
- hierarcy
- body of rulers or officials grouped in ranks, each being subordinate to the rank above it; pecking order
- apogee
- farthest point from the earth in the orbith of a heavenly body
- perigee
- closest point to the earth in orbit of a heavenly body
- apathy
- lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or excitement; indifference
- empathy
- complete understanding of another's feelings, motives, etc.
- pathetic
- arousing pity
- sympathy
- sharing of another's trouble; compassion
- metamorphosis
- change of form
- peripheral
- outside or away from the central part; only slightly connected with what is essential, merely incidental