Lesson 10
Terms
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- mortuary
- place where dead bodies are prepared or kep prior to burial or cremation
- megaton
- unit of explosive force equal to one million tons of TNT
- immortal
- not subject to death; having eternal fame; imperishable
- pyre
- combustable heap, especially for burning a corpse
- pyrotechnics
- the art of making and using fireworks
- megalopolis
- region made up of several large cities and their surrounding areas
- onym
- name
- morgue
- place in which the bodies of persons a found dead are temporarily kept
- mortify
- to shame, humiliate, to discipline one's body
- antonym
- word having a meaning opposite of that of another
- pseudonym
- false name, pen name, especially of an author
- megaphone
- coneshaped or horn shaped device used to project the voice
- mort
- death
- pyromania
- uncontrollabe impluse to start fires
- megalomania
- psychopathological condition marked by fantasies of self-grandeur and omnipotence
- pyro
- fire
- synonym
- word having a meaning similar to that of another
- mortgage
- "dead pledge" the pledging of property to a creditor as security for the payment of debt
- mortal
- subject to death; person- a human being; causing death
- homonym
- one of two or more words that have the same sound same sound and often same spelling but differ in meaning
- mega
- great
- pyrophobia
- fear of fire
- acronym
- name formed from the initial letters of a name or by comding initial letters of a series of words
- pseudo
- false
- pyrex
- brand of ovenproof glassware