Classic Vocabulary Lesson 18
Terms
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- pediatrics
- the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
- bi,bio
- life
- astronaut
- person who travels in space
- unicycle
- a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals
- automatic
- like the unthinking functioning of a machine
- neural
- pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
- autobiography
- An account of the writer's own life.
- od(e)
- song; poem
- prosody
- the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
- dynamic
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- dyn, dynam
- force; power
- alg
- pain
- nostalgia
- longing for something past
- gam
- marriage
- analgesic
- a medicine used to relieve pain
- monogamy
- having only one spouse at a time
- pyre
- wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
- epicycle
- a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle
- encyclopedia
- a summary of the entire circle of knowledge
- cryptic
- having a secret or hidden meaning
- homogamy
- the tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another
- cycl
- circle; wheel
- pedantic
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- neur
- nerve
- autograph
- a person's own signature
- neuralgia
- pain along the course of a nerve
- biology
- the science that studies living organisms
- neurosis
- An emotional condition or disorder
- melody
- the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes
- polygamous
- having more than one mate at a time
- dynamite
- explosive
- nautical
- pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
- pedagogue
- someone who educates young people
- empyrean
- of or relating to the sky or heavens
- naut
- sailor
- cryptic
- having a secret or hidden meaning
- cryptogenic
- of unknown origin
- comedy
- light and humorous drama with a happy ending
- ped, pedia
- child; education
- automation
- the use of machinery in place of human labor
- podalgia
- foot pain
- biography
- A written account of one's life, actions, and character.
- apocryphal
- of questionable authenticity
- pyr
- fire
- biography
- an account of the series of events making up a person's life
- aut
- self
- antibiotic
- a drug that kills or inhibits growth of microorganisms
- crypt, cryph
- hidden; secret