9th grade English Greek Flashcards

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Gam

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Marrige

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Monogamy

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Dating/married to one person

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Polygamy

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Married to multiple people

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Morph

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Shape

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Metamorphasis

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To change shape

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Amorphis

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Something that doesn’t have a clearly defined shape

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Techn

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Skill or ability

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Technique

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Made from skill

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Technology

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the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, and for solving problems

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Technocracy

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Society controlled by knowledgeable experts who have skill In certain fields

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Mim

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to imitate someone

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Mime

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someone who imitates someone else

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Mimic

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To mock someone

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Pantomime

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acting without words, using body gestures

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Crypt

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Hidden or secret

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Cryptic

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A hidden meaning

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Encryption

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To hide something’s meaning

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Phan/Phen

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To appear

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Phantom

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a ghost

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Epiphany

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finally realizing the answer to something

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Phenomenon

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Something that you know is there but can’t really see

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Aero

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High, top, end

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Acrobat

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Gymnast that does tricks high in the air

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Trop

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To turn into

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Entropy
Something becoming worse
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Catastrophy
event that causes negative change
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Troph
nourishment or food
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Atrophy
lack of nourishment
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Dystrophy
Muscles are not formed correctly
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Clin
Slant or lean
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Incline
to favor something OR hill with a steep slope
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Decline
to say no to something OR something getting worse
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Agog
To lead
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Pedagogy
leading students to knowledge
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Demagogue
Political leader that makes emotional speeches
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Synagogue
The place of worship for a Jewish congregation
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Bas
short or low
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base
the main foundation of something
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Baseness
showing you don't have higher values
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Holo
Entire or whole
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Holocaust
A burnt sacrifice offered whole to God
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Holograph
A document hand written by its author
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Hologram
Whole (three-dimensional) message
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Therm
heat
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Thermometer
an instrument that measures temperature
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Hypothermia
When the body goes into shock when temperatures are too cold
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Thermos
A flask that preserves the temperature of hot or cold drinks
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Thermostat
A device that controls the temperature of the house
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Bar
Weight or pressure
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Barology
The study of gravity
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Baritone
a deep male voice
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Barometer
A device that measure atmospheric weather
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Phot/Phos
light
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Photosynthesis
process that plants use sunlight to get their food
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Photograph
a picture made using a camera then printed onto film or other light-sensitive material
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Pyr
fire
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Pyromaniac
someone obsessed with fire
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Pyrotechnics
The science and craft involving fire
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Aer
air
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Aeronautics
the science of machines that can fly
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Aerodynamics
the study of how air moves
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Aerobics
types of exercises that involves and improves breathing
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Ether
the purest, highest, air; heavens
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Ethereal
something that seems too perfect that it cant be touched or understood by this world
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Caust
burnt or red hot
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Caustic
unkind, critical or mocking remark (burnt)
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Cauterize
burning a wound to close it up
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holocaust
Holo=whole, caust=burning/burn
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Schis/Schiz
split
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Schism
a division, or splitting of a group of people
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Schizophrenia
splitting of the mind, seeing hallucinations or hearing voices
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Od
path or way
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Exodus
mass departure of people, they leave their home and go somewhere else
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Pseudo
false or fake
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pseudoscience
fake, or bad science
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pseudo-intellectual
a person who claims they are smart but they aren't
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pseudonym
when an author writes under a fake name
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Phoria
a state of being
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Euphoria
a state of intense excitement or joy
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Dysphoria
a state of dissatisfaction or confusion