american lit vocab, lessons 4 - 6 Flashcards
fortitude
courage and strength in bearing pain or trouble
agora
a gathering place
fortification
the act or process of strengthening
comfort
that which is more than adequatw
agoraphobia
an abnormal fear of being in open or public places
ornithophobia
an abnormal fear of birds
iso-
prefix, means equal
anemo
root, means wind
bar/baro
root, means pressure or weight
meter/metr
root, means to measure
phil
root, means love/loving
trop
root, means turn
-ic
suffix, means like or related to
-ism
suffix, means a state o being or a quality or an act
-logy
suffix, means study of or science of
-ous
suffix, means having the quality of
barometric
related to or indicated by the barometer
anemometer
an instrument for measuring the force or speed of the wind; wind gauge
isobaric
showing equal pressure
pollinated by the wind
anemophilous
orientation in response to air currents
anemotropisn
an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
barometer
the study of the movements of the winds
anemology
anth/antho
root, means flower
chrys
root, means gold or yellow
geo
root, means earth or ground
graph
root, means write or written
heli
root, means sun
phag
root, means eat
phyte
root, means plant
-er
suffix, means one who, that which
-em, -um
suffix, means of or belonging to
-us
suffix, means thing which
-y
suffix, means state of, quality, act; body group
anthography
description of flowers
the part of the flower that contains pollen
the anther
a group of tall yellow-flowered plants that include the sunflower
helianthus
a flowering plant
anthophyte
chrysanthemum
any of a large group of plants with bright yellow, red, or white showy flowers that bloom in late summer or fall
practice of eating earthy substances (like clay) to augment a scanty diet, or as part of a cultural tradition
geophagy
