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English From the Roots Up Volume 1 pages 1-10

Terms

undefined, object
copy deck
kinetic
relating to movement of bodies
photosynthesis
a process of putting things together by using light
Anglophile
one who loves England
telethon
a telephone fund raiser which runs on non-stop
hydrophobia
disease which makes it difficult to swallow, thought to be fear of water
philogynist
one who loves women
photometer
a device which measures light
metron
measure
synchronize
to do things at the same time
philia
love, friendship
philanthropist
one who cares about his fellow man
sym
same, equal
toxikos
poison
tropics
the area of the earth from the equator north to the Tropic of Cancer and south to the Tropic of Capricorn
symmetry
measuring the same
heliotrope
a flower named for its tendency to turn towrd the sun
phototropic
turning toward light
sophia
wisdom
phobia
irrational fear
Angli
English
cinema
motion pictures
syn
with, together
telepathy
knowing how someone far away is feeling
agoraphobia
fear of open space
synagogue
place to bring people together
agora
field
ago
bring
hologram
a three-dimensional photograph of a whole object
photophilia
love of light
television
seeing distant things
phonograph
machine for writing or recording sound
claustrum
lock or bolt
philosopher
one who loves wisdom
claustrophobia
fear of closed places
onoma
name
thesis
a position taken in an argument supported by a set of reasons
baros
weight, pressure
telegraph
writing from far away
telephoto
light from far away
synthesizer
instrument which puts sounds together like real musical instruments
philtre
love potion
thesis
put, place, position
tropical
the climate of the earth in the tropics
cinematographer
motion picture photographer
theme
an essay or compostion on a certain subject with a statement and supporting reasons
Francophile
one who loves France
autograph
to write one's own name
synonym
two words with same meaning
anemometer
measures wind speed
adelphos
brother
optometry
measure eyesight
telescope
device for looking at distant objects
lithograph
drawing made on a stone
photgraph
picture drawn by light
phobophobia
fear of fear itself
tele
far away, distant
diameter
measuring across
Philadelphia
city of brotherly love
photos
lights
parenthesis
statement beside (or inside) a main sentence
opsis
sight
barometer
device to measure air pressure
thermometer
measure heat
zoophobia
fear of animals
kinescope
a machine which shows pictures of movement (old term for TV movies)
phonogram
written symbol for a sound
gyne
woman
graphite
black carbon used for drawing or writing
geometry
measurement of the earth
thermotropism
turning toward heat
lumen
light
telephone
sound from far away
philologist
one who loves words
holos
complete
centimeter
one hundredth of a meter
phobos
fear
graph
to write or draw
anemos
wind
tropos
turning
kinesiology
study of human movement
tropophilous
plants or trees which like a change or turning of seasons, hot and cold, wet and dry
Francus
France
synthesis
putting together
kinesis
movement
photophobia
fear or dislike of light
anthropos
man
sympathy
to feel with someone else
Phobos
a moon of the planet Mars
symphony
sounds that go together
phillumenist
one who collects match covers
synthetic
material made by putting chemicals together
toxikophobia
fear of poison
meter
unit of measure

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