Greek VI

Question 1

Word order in sentences; sentence construction

Answer 1

Syntax

Question 2

An implied comparison btw 2 different things

Answer 2

Metaphor

Question 3

Injected under the skin

Answer 3

Hypodermic

Question 4

Any abnormal departure from a general rule

Answer 4

Anomaly

Question 5

Pertaining to a statement that may be true but seems contradictory to common sense

Answer 5

Paradoxical

Question 6

Excessive development of a bodily organ or part

Answer 6

Hypertrophy

Question 7

Of one who holds that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable

Answer 7

Agnostic

Question 8

A feeling of elation, well being, or happiness

Answer 8

Euphoria

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Metabolic

Question 10

A church council

Answer 10

Synod

Question 11

Changed, transformed

Answer 11

Metamorphosed

Question 12

Personal belongings

Answer 12

Paraphernalia

Question 13

To foretell from s igns or symptoms; predict

Answer 13

Prognosticate

Question 14

The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite that is closest to the earth; low point

Answer 14

Perigee

Question 15

An extravagant exaggeration used for effect

Answer 15

Hyperbole

Question 16

A word opposite in meaning to another word

Answer 16

Antonym

Question 17

Here, a substantive, an animal that is indigenous to a certain locality and often not found elsewhere

Answer 17

Endemics

Question 18

The outside boundary

Answer 18

Periphery

Question 19

A specious of deviously crafty argument

Answer 19

Syllogistic

Question 20

2 words having the same pronunciation or spelling but not the same meaning or origin

Answer 20

Homonyms

Question 21

of speed 5x or more in excess of the speed of sound

Answer 21

hypersonic

Question 22

said of lines of planes running beside one another and alwasy the same distance apart, as railroad tracks

Answer 22

parallel

Question 23

a word or part of a word in which two or more letters are taken together and pronounced as a unit

Answer 23

syllable

Question 24

excessively high blood pressure

Answer 24

hypertension

Question 25

an activity of the thyroid gland abnormally below its normal functioning

Answer 25

hypothyroidism

Question 26

that part of a stage out toward the audience in front of the curtain

Answer 26

proscenium

Question 27

a tubular optical instrument that allows those in a submarine, or other place where surface view is obstructed, to see all around the surface

Answer 27

periscope

Question 28

harmony or agreement in feeling with someone else

Answer 28

sympathy

Question 29

a disorderded state of mind characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

Answer 29

paranoia

Question 30

a musical composition in sonata form for an orchestra in which musicians play together

Answer 30

symphony

Question 31

an artificial device added to the body to replace a missing part, such as a limb or tooth

Answer 31

prosthetic

Question 32

the measure around a figure or an area

Answer 32

perimeter

Question 33

hyper

Answer 33

over, excessive

Question 34

hypo, hyp

Answer 34

below, less than normal

Question 35

meta, met

Answer 35

after, changed

Question 36

para, par

Answer 36

beside, disordered

Question 37

peri

Answer 37

around, near

Question 38

pro

Answer 38

before, in front of

Question 39

pros

Answer 39

toward, in addition to

Question 40

syn, sym, syl, sy, sys

Answer 40

with, together

Question 41

ball, bol, ble

Answer 41

to throw, put

Question 42

derm(at)

Answer 42

skin

Question 43

dox, dog

Answer 43

opinion, teaching

Question 44

gno(s)

Answer 44

to know

Question 45

hom(e)

Answer 45

same, similar, regular

Question 46

morph

Answer 46

form, shape

Question 47

onym

Answer 47

name, word

Question 48

pher, phor

Answer 48

to bear, go

Question 49

tact, tax

Answer 49

to arrange, put in order