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Word Dissection Lesson 12
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Language - English
7th Grade
04/29/2012

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Term

phobia


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Definition

abnormal  fear of               

                 phobe    =     one who fears                            pyrophobia - fear of fire                                                         

claustrophobia –                                                                                                        clasutrum = Latin meaning enclosed space                                                            +   phobia= fear of                                                                                                      = a fear of enclosed spaces       

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia - fear of long words

Term

aristo 


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Definition

high class

            aristocracy - governed by the high class      

Term

bureau 


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Definition

department

                bureaucracy - governed by departments

Term

fore     


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Definition

before

    forehead – before the head                                                                                                          forecastle- before the castle

Term

genus / gen    


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Definition

race/kind   

producing/creating

        biogeny – producing life

        generate – to produce

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

          

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