vocab- words derived from greek
Terms
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- acrophobia
- fear of being at a great height
- agoraphobia
- fear of open spaces
- anglophobia
- dislike of england or the english
- claustrophobia
- fear of enclosed or narrow spaces
- germanophobia
- dislike of germany or the germans
- hydrophbia
- morbid fear of water; rabies
- monophobia
- fear of being alone
- phobia
- fear dread or aversion
- photophobia
- morbid aversion to light
- xenophobia
- aversion to foreigners
- phobe
- one who fears or dislikes
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philanthropist
ant. -
lover of humanity; person active in promoting human welfare
ant. misanthrope - philanthropy
- love humanity, especially as shown in donations to charitable and socially useful causes
- philatelist
- stamp collector
- philately
- collection and study of stamps
- philharmonic
- pertaining to a musical organization, such as a symphony orchestra (orginally "loving music")
- philhellenism
- support of greeks or greece
- philogyny
-
love of women
ant: misogyny - philology
- study (love) of language and literature
- philosopher
- lover of, or searcher for, wisdom or knowledge; perosn who regulates his or her own life by the light of reason
- phile
- one who loves or supports
- anglophile
- supporter of the English or england
- audiophile
- one who is enthusiastic about high fidelity sound reproduction on records or tapes
- bibliophile
-
lover of books
ant: bibliophobe - francophile
- supporter of the french or france
- misandry
- hatred of males
- misanthrope
- hater of humanity
- misogamy
- hatred of marriage
- misogyny
- hatred of women
- misology
- hatred of argument, reason, or discussion
- misoneism
- hatred of anything new
- dysentery
- inflammation of the large intestine
- dysfunction
- abnormal functioning, as of an organ of the body
- dyslexia
- impairment of the ability to read
- dyslogistic
- expressing disapproval or censure; uncomplimentary
- dyspepsia
- difficult digestion; indigestion
- dysphagia
- difficult in swallowing
- dysphasia
- speech difficulty resulting from brain injury
- dysphoria
- sense of great unhappines of dissatisfaction
- dystopia
- imaginary place where living conditions are dreadful
- dystrophy
- faulty nutrition
- eugenics
- science dealing w/ improving the hereditary qualities of the human race
- eulogize
- write or speak in praise of someone
- eupepsia
- good digestion
- euphemism
- susstitution of a "good" exression for an unpleasant one
- euphonious
-
pleasing in sound
ant; cacophonous - 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 (literally "advatageous death")
- euthenics
- science dealing w/ improving living conditions
- macrocosm
- great world; universe
- macron
- horizontal mark indicating that the vowel over which it is placed is long
- macroscopic
- large enough to be visible to the naked eye
- microbe
- microscopic animal or plant; microorganism
- microbicide
- agent that destroys microbes
- microdont
- having small teeth
- microfilm
- film of very small size
- microgram
- millionth of a gram
- micrometer
- millionth of a meter
- microorganism
- microscopic living animal or plant
- microsecond
- millionth of a second
- microsurgery
- surgery w/ the aid of microscopes and minute instruments or laser beams
- microvolt
- millionth of a volt
- microwatt
- millionth of a watt
- microwave
- very short electromagnetic waves; microwave oven
- amoral
- not moral; w/o a sense of moral resposibility
- amorphus
- w/o (having no) shape or form (definate)
- anarchy
- total absense of rule or gov't; confusion; disorder
- anemia
- lack of normal number of red blood cells
- anesthesia
- loss of feeling or sensation resulting from ether, chloroform, novocaine, etc.
- anesthetic
- drug that produces anesthesia
- anhydrous
- destitute of (without) water
- anomalous
- not normal, abnormal
- anomaly
- deviation from the common rule
- anonymous
- nameless, of unknown or unnamed origin
- anoxia
- deprivation of oxygen
- apnea
- temporary cessation of breathing
- aseptic
- free form disease causing microorganisms
- asymtomatic
- showing no symtoms of disease
- atheism
- godlessness; denial of the existence of a Supreme Being
- atrophy
- lack of growth from disuse or want of nourishment
- hypertrophy
- enlargement of a body part, as form excessive use
- atypical
- unlike the typical
- monarchy
- rule by single person ant: polyarchy
- monochromatic
- of one color
- monocle
- eyeglass for one eye
- monogamy
- marriage w/ one mate at a time
- monogram
- tow or more letters interwoven to represent a name
- monograph
- written account of a single thing or class of things
- monlith
- single stone of large size
- monologue
- long speech by one person or group
- monomania
- excessive concentration on one idea or subject
- monomorphic
- having a single form
- monosyllabic
- having one syllable
- monotheism
- belief that there is one God
- monotonous
- continuing in an unchanging tone, wearying
- polyarchy
- rule by many
- polychromatic
- having a variety of colors; multicolored
- polygamy
- marriage to several mates at the same time
- polyglot
- speaking several different languages
- polygon
- closed plane figure literally having many angles, and therefore many sides
- polymorphic
- having various forms
- polyphonic
-
having many sounds or voices
ant: homophonic - polysyllabic
- having more than 3 syllables
- polytechnic
- dealing w/ many technical arts or sciences
- polytheism
- belief that there is a plurity of gods