Word Roots Quiz #4

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Why do we call Gibbons' style "Latinate"?

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1. Contains many words derived from Latin

2. Is organized in a complex structure with subordinate clauses

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What was the main reason Winston Churchill utilized heavily English language in his speech?

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To instill his British audience with hope and nationalism

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Five changes that words undergo as they move from Latin across French into English

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1. C to Ch

2. Latin internal vowels underwent complex changes.

3. A single consonant between two vowels usually dropped out.

4. Latin v, except when it was the first letter of a word, became French F

5. Latin endings of nouns and adjectives either dropped off or became French e

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How do the words of the year chosen by the American Dialect Society help us identify prominent political and social issues?

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These are most likely the words that are circulating around society and reverberating throughout our culture, and therefore what is on the mind of Americans.

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What kinds of words are prepositions?

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Small words like "of", "with", and "by".

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Does a rough breathing bulge to the left or right?

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To the left

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What does a rough breathing indicate?

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An "H" sound @ the beginning of a word

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How are the Greek dipthongs pronounced?

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Idiot

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Private Person, Layman, A person who is considered foolish or stupid - Greek

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Serendipity

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From fairytale, princes of Serendip, Having unusually good fortune - Sanskrit

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Trivial

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Crossroads, Commonplace, Latin

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Sarcasm

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To bite the lips in rage, a cutting, often ironic remark intended to express contempt or ridicule,... Greek

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Assassin

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Worthless person, literally hashish user. A person who commits murder. Arabic

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Modus operandi

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Method of working

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Dramatis personae

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Characters in a play

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Non sequitur

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A remark that doesn't fit with what went before

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Deus ex machina

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Moderate operation, God from machine

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Summum bonum

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Greatest good

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What are English's seven coordinating conjunctions?

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FANBOYS: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, & so.

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Know the differences between the Greek letters π and φ; τ and θ; and κ and χ.

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P & Ph, T & Th, K & Ch (as in Chaos)

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Kary/cary

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"Nut", - nucleus

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Eu

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Good, well, genuine

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Ote/Ota

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Suffixes that arose in modern bioscience and ultimately go back to Greek suffixes. Ote is a single example of a taxonomic group whose name ends in Ota

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Gam

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Marriage

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What are interjections?

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All the little words and expressions that we throw into our language to express emotions and attitudes. Ex: Gosh! Jeez! Darn!

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What is "whom" used for?

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Direct objects & objects of prepositions. "Whom do you like?" "I like Mary".

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What is "who" used for?

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For things that are not objects (usually as subjects and with linking verbs like to be). "Who brought lunch?" "John brought lunch."

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Be able to do Worksheet Three

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Check that you can do it!

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Phyl/Phylo

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Tribe or race

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Gen

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Bringing into existence, coming into existence

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Oxy

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Sharp, sour, acid

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Andro

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Man

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Estro

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Sexual receptivity, heat

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Y

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Makes nouns

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Clad

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Branch

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Gram

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Drawing, writing

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Mono

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Single

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Poly

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Many

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Para

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Beside

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What is inflection?

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An alteration of the form of a word to indicate a grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense

Number: Singular or Plural

Person: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd

Mood: Indicative or Imperative

Tense: Present or future

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What gives "sense" in Latin and English?

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Inflection; Word Order. English syntax is weak and therefore Word Order is important

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Which principal parts of Latin verbs produced English allomorphs?

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Part, etc.

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Paraphernalia

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Beyond dowry, the articles used in a particular activity, Greek

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Robots

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Servitude, forced labor Czech

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Cynic

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Doglike, a person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness Greek

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Cynosure

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Dog's tail, an object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration Greek

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Calculate

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Small stone used in reckoning, to ascertain by computation, Latin

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Denotation

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Plain, direct meaning of a word as it is used by speakers of a language.

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Connotation

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Emotional concepts that the word has for its users

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Alimentary

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Ali = Eat, suffixes ment and ary. Connected with food

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Post mortem

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After death

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Vice versa

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To turn position

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In toto

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In all, totally

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Casus belli

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Originally meant War Occasion - an act or event that provokes or is used to justify war. Now means beautiful opportunity

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Per capita

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Per head, per person

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Acro-phob-ia

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Condition of fear of heights

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Agora-phob-ia

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Condition of fear of open space

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Anglomania

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Condition of madness for Anglos

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Anglophobe

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The fear of Anglos

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Anthropology

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Study of man

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Astrology

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Study of how stars can predict the future

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Bibliography

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List of books at end of work

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Bibliomania

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Madness for books

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Bibliophile

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Lover of books

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Biology

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Study of life

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Dermatologist

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Studier of skin

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Dysentery

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Condition of bad intestines

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Dyspepsia

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Condition of bad digestion

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Entomologist

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Studier of insects

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Etymology

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Study of true meaning

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Eugenics

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Study of good genes

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Eulogy

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The process of good words

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Eupepsia

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Good digestion

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Euphemism

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Good sound in place of bad sound

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Euphony

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Pleasant sound

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Euthanasia

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Good death

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Extend

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Out stretch

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Extensive

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Property of being out-stretched

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Hydrodynamic

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Power of water

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Hydrophobia

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Fear of water. Or, from Rabies, the condition of not being able to drink water

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Monarchy

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Rule by a single person

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Ornitho-log-ist

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Person who studies birds

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Patri-archy

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Rule of fathers

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Phil-anthrop-ist

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Lover of man

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Phil-harmonic

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Love of harmony

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Phil-hellene

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Love of Greeks

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Philology

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Love of study

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Philosophy

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Love of wisdom

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Phob-ia

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Condition of having morbid feaer

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Pyromaniac

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Madness for fire

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Russophile

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Lover of Russians

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Russophobe

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Fearer of Russians

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Theocracy

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Rule by God

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Theology

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Study of God

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Theophile

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Lover of God, or loved by God

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Theophobe

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Fearer of God

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Anthropophagy

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Condition of eating man

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Bibliophobe

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Fearer of books

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Dermatophagous

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Quality of eating skin

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Dysgenics

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Bad genes

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Dyspnea

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Bad breathing

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Entomophagous

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Quality of eating insects

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Heliophilia

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Condition of loving sun

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Ochlocracy

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Rule by the crowd or mob

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Ochlophobia

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Fear of the crowd or mob

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Ophiologist

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Studier of snakes

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Ophiophagous

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Quality of eating snakes

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Ophiophobe

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Fearer of snakes

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Ornithophobia

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Condition of fear of birds

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Pyrography

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Burning of words...

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Pyrophile

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Lover of fire