Greek Roots 1 Flashcards by KC Payne

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fear, dislike, aversion

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phobia/phobe

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fear of heights

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acrophobia

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fear of open spaces

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agoraphobia

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a person who dislikes England or the English

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Anglophobe (Anglophobia)

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a person who dislikes Germany or Germans

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Germanophone (Germanophobia)

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fear of confined spaces

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claustrophobia

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fear of water; rabies

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hydrophobia

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fear of being alone

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monophobia

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aversion of morbid of light

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photophobia

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fear of strangers or foreign things

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xenophobia

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loving; fond of

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phil (philo)

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lover of mankind

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philanthropist

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love of mankind

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philanthropy

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collection and study of stamps

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philately

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pertaining to a musical organization, such as a symphony orchestra

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philharmonic

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support of Greece of the Greeks

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philhellenism

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love of women

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philology

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lover of wisdom

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philosopher

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a person who is fond of the English

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Anglophile

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a person fond of books

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bibliophile

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a person who is fond of the French

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Francophile

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hate

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mis

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hater of people

A

misanthrope

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hatred of people

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misanthropy

hatred of marriage

misogamy

hated of women

misogyny

hatred of argument and discussion

misology

hatred of anything new

misoneism

large; long

macro

small; short

micro

great world; universe

macrocosm

horizontal mark indicating that the vowel over which it is placed is long

macron

large enough to be visible to the naked eye

macroscope

very minute organism; a microorganism

microbe

agent that destroys microbes

microbicide

little world

microcosm

small teeth

microdont

film of very small size

microfilm

instrument measuring small distances

micrometer

really tiny; invisible to the naked eye

microscope

short electromagnetic waves

microwave