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vocab 28-31
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114
Language - English
10th Grade
05/11/2009

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Term
Sykon
Definition
Fig
Term
Phanein
Definition
to show
Term
Vir
Definition
Male
Term
Pater, Patris
Definition
Father
Term
Onyma
Definition
Name
Term
Anti
Definition
Against
Term
Homos
Definition
same
Term
Phone 
Definition
Sound
Term
Archein
Definition
to rule
Term
Mater Matris
Definition
mother
Term
Alma
Definition
soul
Term
sui
Definition
self
Term
cide
Definition
killing
Term
frater fratris
Definition
brother
Term
soror
Definition
sister
Term
homo
Definition
person human
Term
rex regis
Definition
king
Term
uxor
Definition
wife
Term
maritus
Definition
husband
Term
infans infantis
Definition
baby
Term
genos
Definition
race, kind
Term
mania
Definition
morbid obsession
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dipsa
Definition
thirst
Term
klepte
Definition
thief
Term
pyros
Definition
fire
Term
incendo, incensus
Definition
to set fire
Term
ardo arsus
Definition
to burn
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mega
Definition
great,large,big
Term
satyros
Definition
satyr
Term
nymphe
Definition
bride
Term
claustrum
Definition
enclosed space
Term
agora
Definition
market place
Term
akros
Definition
highest place
Term
phobia
Definition
morbid dread
Term
extra
Definition
outside
Term
eikon
Definition
religious image
Term
klaein
Definition
to break
Term
theos
Definition
god
Term
gnostos
Definition
known
Term
gnosis
Definition
knowledge
Term
polys
Definition
many
Term
pan
Definition
all
Term
hypos
Definition
under
Term
hyper
Definition
over
Term
martinet
Definition
strict disciplinarian (martinet ruler in france)
Term
sychophant
Definition

flattery

sykon(fig) + Phanein(show) + ant(n suffix)

Term
diaphanous
Definition

see through material

dia(through)  phanein (to show) Ous(adj)

Term
dillettante
Definition
dabbler in the arts
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virtuoso
Definition
consummate skill in artistic field
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virago
Definition
shrewish woman (vir)-male
Term
termagent
Definition
shrewish woman
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harridan
Definition
shrewish woman
Term
chauvanism
Definition

extreme patriotism

nicolas chauvan

Term
patriotic
Definition

extreme pride in ones conutry

pater patris (father) + ic(adj)

Term
patrimony
Definition

inheritance from one's father

pater patris (father) mony (money

Term
patronymic
Definition

named formed from father's name 

pater patris father onyma name

Term
antonym
Definition

opposite meaning

anti against onyma name

Term
homonym
Definition

word that sounds like another but has diff meaning and coudl have diff spelling

homo same onyma name

Term
homophone
Definition

word that sounds like another but with diff meaning

homo same phone sound

Term

synonym

 

Definition

same meaning

syn name onyma name

Term
paternity
Definition

fatherhood

pater patris father ity noun 

Term
paternal
Definition

fatherly

pater patris father al adj

Term
patriarch
Definition

fatherlike old man

patris father archein rule

Term
patricide
Definition

killing of father

pater patris father cide killing

Term
matricide
Definition

killing of mother

mater matris mother cide to kill

Term
maternity
Definition

mother hod

mater matris mother ity noun

Term
maternal
Definition

motherly

mater matris mother

Term
matron
Definition

older woman

mater matris mother

Term
alma mater
Definition

school or college from which one graduated from

alma soul matermatris mother

Term
matrimony
Definition

marriage

matris mother mony money

Term
suicide
Definition

killing of self

sui self cide to kill

Term
fratricide
Definition
killing of brother
frater fratris brother cide to kill
Term
sororicide
Definition

killing of sister

soror sister cide to kill

Term
homocide
Definition

killing of man

homo man cide to kill

Term
regiscide
Definition

killing of king

rex,regis king cide to kill

Term
uxoricide
Definition

killing of wife

uxor wife cide to kill

Term
infanticide
Definition

killing of baby

infans infantis baby cide to kill

Term
genocide
Definition

killing of race

genos race cide to kill

Term
paracide
Definition

killing of parents

cide to kill

Term
fraternize
Definition

to have brotherly relationships with

frater fratis brother ize verb

Term
fraternal
Definition

brotherhood

frater fratis brother al adj

Term
fraternity
Definition

men's organization

frater fratis brother + ity noun

Term
sorority
Definition

woman's organization

soror sister ity noun

Term
uxorious
Definition

man who dotes on his wife

uxor wife + ous adj

Term
uxorial
Definition

characteristic befitting a wife

uxor wife ial adj

Term
marital
Definition

pertaining to marriage

maritus husband al adj

Term
extramarital
Definition

outside of marriage

extra outside maritus husband al adj

Term
tyrannosaurus rex
Definition
rex, regis king
Term
regal
Definition

magnificent

red,regis king al adj

Term
regalia
Definition

elaborate dress formal clothes

rex regis king

Term
monomanical
Definition

obsessed with one thing

mono one mania morbid obsess al adj

Term
dipsomanical
Definition

alcoholism

dipsa thirst mania morbid obsess al adj

Term
kleptomaniac
Definition

morbid obsession to steal

klepte thief mania morbid obsess ac person who noun

Term
pyromania
Definition

morbid compulsion to set fires

pyro fire mania morbid obsess

Term
arson
Definition
intentional setting of fire
Term
megalomaniac
Definition

morbid compulsion with greatness of power

mega power mania morbid obsess iac person who n

Term
nympomania
Definition

morbid compulsion of felmale for sex

nymphe bride mania morbid obsess

Term
satryomania
Definition

morbid compulsion of male for sex

satyros man/goat mania morbid obsess

Term
claustrophobia
Definition

fear of enclosed spaces

claustrum enclosed phobia fear or dread

Term
agoraphobia
Definition

morbid dread of open spaces

agora marketplace phobia fear or dread

Term
acrophobia
Definition

fear of heights

akron heights phobia fear

Term
iconoclast
Definition

scoffing at tradition

eikon religious figure klaein to break

Term
atheist
Definition

belief that god does not exsist

a against theos god ist person who

Term
agnostic
Definition

belief that gods exsistence is unkowable

a against gnosis knowing

Term
diagnosis
Definition

to determine the nature of disease of condition by examination

 

dia through gnosis knowing

Term
prognosis
Definition

forecast of development

pro before gnosis knowing

Term
prognosticate
Definition

to forecast by examining present conditions

pro before gnosis knowing ate verb

Term
diagnostic
Definition

designed to discover cuases or condtions

dia through gnosis knowing

Term
monotheism
Definition

belief in one god

monos one theos god ism noun

Term
polytheism
Definition

belief in many gods

polys many theos god ism noun

Term
pantheism
Definition

belief that god is the sum total of natural forces

pan all theos god ism noun

Term
theology
Definition

study of religioun

theos god logos science study of y practce custom noun

Term
hypochondria 
Definition

beset by anxieties about one's health

hypos under

Term

hypercritical 

hypersensitice

Definition
over critical hyper
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