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lesson 12
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5
English
7th Grade
06/02/2012

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Term
phobia ---phobe
Definition

abnormal fear of ---one who fears

 

Examples-

pyrophobia – abnormal fear of fire

claustrophobia

clasutrum = Latin meaning enclosed space

+   phobia= abnormal fear of

= abnormal fear of enclosed spaces     

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - fear of long words

  

Term
aristo
Definition

high class

 

Examples-

aristocracy - governed by the high class     

Term
bureau
Definition

department

 

Examples-

bureaucracy - governed by departments

 

Term
fore
Definition

before

 

Examples-

forehead – before the head 

forecastle- before the castle

Term
genus / gen
Definition

race/kind producing/creating

 

Examples-

biogeny – producing life

generate – to produce

genre – kind, sort, or style, especially in art or literature

 

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