Greek VI Flashcards
Word order in sentences; sentence construction
Syntax
An implied comparison btw 2 different things
Metaphor
Injected under the skin
Hypodermic
Any abnormal departure from a general rule
Anomaly
Pertaining to a statement that may be true but seems contradictory to common sense
Paradoxical
Excessive development of a bodily organ or part
Hypertrophy
Of one who holds that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable
Agnostic
A feeling of elation, well being, or happiness
Euphoria
Having to do w the process of the building up and destruction of protoplasm; pertaining to the process by which all living things turn food into energy and living tissue
Metabolic
A church council
Synod
Changed, transformed
Metamorphosed
Personal belongings
Paraphernalia
To foretell from s igns or symptoms; predict
Prognosticate
The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite that is closest to the earth; low point
Perigee
An extravagant exaggeration used for effect
Hyperbole
A word opposite in meaning to another word
Antonym
Here, a substantive, an animal that is indigenous to a certain locality and often not found elsewhere
Endemics
The outside boundary
Periphery
A specious of deviously crafty argument
Syllogistic
2 words having the same pronunciation or spelling but not the same meaning or origin
Homonyms
of speed 5x or more in excess of the speed of sound
hypersonic
said of lines of planes running beside one another and alwasy the same distance apart, as railroad tracks
parallel
a word or part of a word in which two or more letters are taken together and pronounced as a unit
syllable
excessively high blood pressure
hypertension
an activity of the thyroid gland abnormally below its normal functioning
hypothyroidism
that part of a stage out toward the audience in front of the curtain
proscenium
a tubular optical instrument that allows those in a submarine, or other place where surface view is obstructed, to see all around the surface
periscope
harmony or agreement in feeling with someone else
sympathy
a disorderded state of mind characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
paranoia
a musical composition in sonata form for an orchestra in which musicians play together
symphony
an artificial device added to the body to replace a missing part, such as a limb or tooth
prosthetic
the measure around a figure or an area
perimeter
hyper
over, excessive
hypo, hyp
below, less than normal
meta, met
after, changed
para, par
beside, disordered
peri
around, near
pro
before, in front of
pros
toward, in addition to
syn, sym, syl, sy, sys
with, together
ball, bol, ble
to throw, put
derm(at)
skin
dox, dog
opinion, teaching
gno(s)
to know
hom(e)
same, similar, regular
morph
form, shape
onym
name, word
pher, phor
to bear, go
tact, tax
to arrange, put in order
