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Phobia
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"fear" "dislike"
aracnaphobia -- fear of spiders xenophobia -- fear of foreigners |
ooo scary!
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Phil
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"loving" "fond of"
bibliophile -- lover of books Philanthropy -- love of humanity |
perverted old men
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mis
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"hate" opposite of phil
mosanthrope -- hater of humanity misogyny-- hatred of women |
I HATE YOU ANDY!
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dys
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"bad" "ill" "difficult"
dyslexia -- bad eyes dysphoria -- sense of unhappiness |
Mom has ___ in her eyes
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eu
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"good" "well"
eulogize -- write or speak praise of someone euphemism -- saying potty instead of toliet, saying fudge instead of the f-word. |
mommy i went tinkle
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macro
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"large" "long"
macrocosm -- big world/ universe. macroscopic -- visible to the naked eye. |
MMMKAY #19 possibly 26 ROWR!
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micro
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"small" "minute"
microorganism -- small tiny plant or animal. microscopic: not visible to the naked eye. |
Jim 56.
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a(an)
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"not" "without"
Amoral -- without a sense of moral responsibility. anomaly--deviation from the common rule, from the "norm" |
katie you are WITHOUT a boyfriend.
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mono(mon)
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"one" "singlie"
monologue-- speech by one person |
play auditions
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poly
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"many"
polygot -- speaking several languages. polytheism -- belief in more than one god |
polypeptide.
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logy
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"science" "study of"
anthropology -- science dealing with the origins or race and beliefs or man kind. |
block 7
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bio
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"life"
biology -- study of living organisms. biometry -- statistical calculation of the probable denation of human life. |
"what does biology have to do with life?"
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tomy(tom)
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"cutting" "incision"
dictomy -- cutting into two. lobotomy -- brain surgery that treats mental disorders. tome--one volume of a book. |
poor poor chester
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pod
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"foot"
dipody -- line of poetry consisting of two feet. podiatrist -- foot doctor |
mom's little toe
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homo
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"alike"
homogeneous -- of the same kind, similar. homonym -- words that sound the same, but have a different meaning. |
scrambled eggs
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hetero
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"differnt"
heterogeneous--differeng kind, dissimilar, varied. heteronym: word that is spelled like another, but differs in sound and meaning. |
over easy eggies...mmm 19.
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archy
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"rule"
anarchy -- no rule matriarchy -- women rule |
down with the man
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geo
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"earth" "ground"
geopolitics -- study of gevernment and its policies as affected by physical geograpghy. geology -- the study of rocks |
rock on!
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path (path pathy)
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"feeling" "suffering"
apathy -- lack of feeling, emotion empathy -- the complete understanding of another's feelings, motivation. |
erin doesnt always have....
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morph
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"form"
amorphous -- without definaite form. metamorphous -- change of form. |
animorphs! remember that show?!?!
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peri
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"around" "about" "near"
"enclosing" perimeter -- the whole outer boundary or measurment of a surface or figure. |
not base time height
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