Greek Root Review #1

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Euphony

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Noun
Agreeableness of sound
Roots:
eu-, phon

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Heliotherapy

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Noun
Treatment for disease caused by sunlight
Roots:
helio-, therap

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Anthropophobiac

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Adj
Afraid of people
Roots:
anthrop, phobiac

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Monochrome

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Noun
A painting in different shades of a singular color
Roots:
mono-, chrom

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Homogenous

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Adj
Composed of the same parts
Roots:
homo-, gen

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Symmetrical

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Adj
Characterized by symmetry
Roots:
mertic

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Pandemic

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Adj
Disease over a large area
Roots:
dem

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Misogynist

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Noun
Person who hates women
Roots:
miso-, gyn

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Chromatic

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Adj
Pertaining to colors
Roots:
chrom

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Bibliomania

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Noun
Excessive admiration of acquiring books
Roots:
biblio-, -mania

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Bibliomancy

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Noun
Divination by means of a book
Roots:
biblio-, -mancy

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Prognosticate

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Verb
To forecast something before it happens
Roots:
pro-, stic

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Cacography

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Noun
Bad handwriting
Roots:
caco-, graphy

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Synchronize

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Verb
To cause to indicate the same time
Roots:
syn-, chron

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Hematology

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Noun
Study of nature, function, and blood diseases
Roots:
hema-, log

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Monogram

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Noun
A single emblematic letter
Roots:
mono-, -gram

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Archaeology

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Noun
Study of historic people
Roots:
archae-, log

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Ergophobiac

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Noun
Person who fears work
Roots:
erg-, phobia

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Anemia

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Noun
Lack of power, vigor, vitality, or color
Roots:
an-, -emia

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Graphology

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Noun
The study of handwriting
Roots:
graph, log

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Rheostat

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Noun
Therapy controlling the current in the circuit
Roots:
rheo, stat

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Homophone

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Noun
A word pronounced the same as another but doesn't have the same meaning
Roots:
homo-, phon

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Phonics

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Noun
A method of teaching reading or writing
Roots:
phon

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Oligarchy

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Noun
Form of government with power in a few people
Roots:
olig-, -archy

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Achromatic

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Adj
Free from color
Roots:
archro-, -matic

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Hemostatic

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Adj
Arresting hemorrhage
Roots:
hemo-, stat

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Hemicycle

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Noun
Semicircle
Roots:
hemi-, -cycle

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Megalomaniac

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Noun
A person afflicted with megalomania
Roots:
megalo-, -maniac

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Endoscope

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Noun
Instrument used as a viewing system for examining the inside of your body
Roots:
endo-, -scope

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Eulogy

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Noun
A speech in praise of a person or thing
Roots:
eu-, log

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Gynarchy

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Noun
Government ruled by women
Roots:
gyn, archy

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Heliocentric

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Adj
Measured as being seen from the center of the sun
Roots:
helio-, -centric

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Orthochromatic

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Adj
Representing correctly the relations of colors
Roots:
ortho-, -matic

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Megaphone

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Noun
Cone-shaped device for magnifying the voice
Roots:
mega-, -phon

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Atheist

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Noun
A person who denies existence of a supreme being
Roots:
-theist

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Endemic

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Adj
Disease that is natural to people or a place
Roots:
dem

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Apathy

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Noun
Absence of passion
Roots:
path

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Antipathy

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Noun
Basic repugnant
Roots:
path

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Teleology

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Noun
Doctrine that final causes exist
Roots:
tele-, log

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Isodynamic

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Adj
Pertaining to equality of force
Roots:
iso-, dyn

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Gynaeolatry

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Noun
Worship of women
Roots:
gyn-, -latry

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Heterogeneous

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Adj
Different in kind
Roots:
hetero-

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Geography

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Noun
Science studying earth's surface
Roots:
geo-, -graphy

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Bichrome

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Adj
Bicolor or having two colors
Roots:
chrom

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Archaic

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Adj
Marked by characteristics of an earlier period
Roots:
archa-

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Philanthropist

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Noun
Person who practices philanthropy
Roots:
phil, anthrop

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Genealogy

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Noun
A record of the ancestry of a person
Roots:
gen, log

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Periscope

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Noun
An optical instrument for viewing objects that are above level of direct sight
Roots:
-scope

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Static

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Adj
Pertaining to a fixed condition
Roots:
stat

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Demarchy

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Noun
Government ruled by randomly selected decision makers
Roots:
dem, -archy

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Graphomania

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Noun
Passion for writing
Roots:
graph, -mania

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Hemophilia

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Noun
Any of several x-linked genetic disorders
Roots:
hemo-, phil

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Misothrope

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Noun
Hater of humankind
Roots:
miso-, thrope

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Aphonic

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Adj
Mouthed but not spoken
Roots:
phon

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Bibliolatry

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Noun
Dependance upon books
Roots:
biblio-, -latry

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Isochronous

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Adj
Equal in time
Roots:
iso-, chron