Greek XV - Review
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- geotropic
- The growth of a living organism in response to gravity
- problem
- any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty
- exodus
- a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people
- polytechnic
- pertaining to or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects
- mime
- the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements
- antitoxin
- a substance, formed in the body, that counteracts a specific toxin
- cryptonym
- a secret name or word; a code name or code word
- schism
- A separation or division into factions
- toxemia
- blood poisoning resulting from the presence of toxins, as bacterial toxins, in the blood
- mimeograph
- a printing machine with an ink-fed drum
- hygrometer
- any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content of the atmosphere
- photosynthesis
- The process in green plants which uses light as an energy source
- technical
- peculiar to or characteristic of a particular art, science, profession, trade, skill, etc.
- athanasia
- deathlessness; immortality
- technology
- the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means
- misogamist
- hatred of marriage
- acronym
- a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words
- baritone
- a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
- isothermal
- occurring at constant temperature
- parentheses
- either or both of a pair of signs used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark
- pyrolatry
- the worship of fire
- photophobia
- an abnormal fear of light
- cacoetheses
- An irresistible compulsion; a mania
- septic
- containing or resulting from disease
- phosphorus
- a highly reactive, poisonous nonmetallic element occuring naturally; or bringing light, morning star
- epitaph
- a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site
- cosmorama
- a view of the entire world
- geotropism
- oriented growth with respect to the force of gravity
- acrobat
- a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze
- synopsis
- a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject
- thermostat
- a device that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature
- polygamy
- the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, esp. wife, at one time
- heptarchy
- government by seven persons
- necropolis
- a cemetery, esp. one of large size and usually of an ancient city
- anesthetic
- An agent that causes loss of sensation with or without the loss of consciousness
- tetrameter
- a verse of four feet
- eutrophy
- healthy or adequate nutrition or development
- theophany
- a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person
- heterodox
- not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, esp. in theology
- hectograph
- a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc.,
- syntax
- the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language
- heliotropic
- turning or growing toward the light
- toxiphobia
- an abnormal fear of being poisoned
- pseudotherapy
- not actually but having the appearance of the treatment of disease or disorders
- hydrography
- the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth
- myriad
- a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things
- kilometer
- a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters
- holocaust
- a great or complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire.
- decathlon
- an athletic contest comprising ten different track-and-field events
- bigamy
- The criminal offense of marrying one person while still legally married to another
- thaumaturgy
- the working of wonders or miracles; magic
- antiseptic
- free from or cleaned of germs and other microorganisms
- pantomime
- the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech
- isobar
- a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barametric pressure is the same
- ballistics
- the science or study of the motion of projectiles, as bullets, shells, or bombs
- pyromaniac
- a compulsion to set things on fire
- deuterogamy
- Remarriage after the death or divorce of one's first husband or wife
- necrophagia
- The act or practice of feeding on dead bodies or carrion
- synagogue
- a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction
- encyclopedia
- a book or set of books containing articles on various topics
- pentathlon
- an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events
- necropsy
- the examination of a body after death; autopsy
- pseudodox
- Not true in opinion or doctrine; false
- parallel
- extending in the same direction,
- intoxicate
- to poison
- dystrophy
- faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- cauterize
- to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic
- amorphous
- lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless
- toxic
- acting as or having the effect of a poison
- panorama
- an unobstructed and wide view of an extensive area in all directions
- pyrotechnics
- the art of making fireworks
- cyclorama
- a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center
- orthopedics
- the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of injuries or disorders of the skeletal system and associated muscles, joints, and ligaments
- holograph
- wholly written by the person in whose name it appears
- hierurgy
- turning or growing toward the light
- aeronautics
- the science or art of flight
- synthetic
- not real or genuine; artificial
- pseudology
- lying considered as an art
- pseudonym
- a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name
- allonym
- the name of another person taken by an author as a pen name
- phase
- a stage in a process of change or development
- diathermy
- the production of heat in body tissues by electric currents
- necrolatry
- worship of the dead
- acropolis
- the citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greek city
- pyromancy
- divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire
- euthanasia
- the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die
- neuralgia
- Sharp, severe paroxysmal pain extending along a nerve or group of nerves
- ennead
- a group of nine persons or things
- neurectomy
- the removal of part or all of a nerve
- biopsy
- the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body
- thanatopsis
- a view or contemplation of death
- acrophobia
- a pathological fear of heights
- neuritis
- inflammation of a nerve
- kinetic
- pertaining to motion
- atrophy
- a wasting away of the body or of an organ
- bibliotheca
- a collection of books; a library
- clinometer
- an instrument for determining angles of inclination or slope
- trilogy
- a series or group of three plays, novels, operas, etc., that, although individually complete, are closely related in theme, sequence, or the like
- cryptogram
- a message or writing in code or cipher
- hydrophobia
- an abnormal or unnatural dread of water
- trigonometry
- the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles
- mnemonics
- the process or technique of improving or developing the memory