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Greek Year 1
Week 3 Vocab
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9th Grade
11/17/2011

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hypnoid
Definition
resembling sleep
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paradox
Definition
a statement that seems contradictory but actually is true; a person or situation that seems to have inconsistent qualities.
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paraleipsis
Definition
a rhetorical device in which a point is tressed by suggesting that it is too obvious to mention
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peripatetic
Definition
walking about, especially applied to the ancient school or Aristotle.
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periphrasis
Definition
the use of many words where one or a few would do; round-about way of speaking
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synapse
Definition
the point of contact between adjacent neurons where nerve impulses are transmitted from one to another
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symbiosis
Definition
the living together of two kinds of organisms, especially where the association is of mutual advantage
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endocrine
Definition
designating a gland producing an internal secretion
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endoparasite
Definition
a parasite that inhabits the internal organs or tissues of a plant or animal
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endophyte
Definition
a plant that grows within another plant
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