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Module 5 Quiz Flashcards

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Academy

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A school or learned society

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Arcadian

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Simple, peaceful, rustic

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Croesus

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A very rich man

(Croesus, like Midas, was a very wealthy king of Asia Minor)

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Cynic

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One who sarcastically doubts human motives

(Like the Greek school of thought)

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Draconian

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Extremely severe

(In Athens, Draco made extremely severe laws. For example, he made stealing a cabbage punishable by death.)

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Epicure, epicurean

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A person of refined taste in matters of food and drink

(Epicurus was the founder of the epicurean school of thought that believed the supreme goal of life should be pleasure)

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To cut the Gordian knot

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To solve a difficult problem by direct and drastic means

(Alexander the great cut King Gordius’ intricate knot)

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Laconic

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Brief, concise

(Laconia was another name for Sparta, where the soldiers were characteristically blunt and decisive men of few words)

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Mausoleum

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A large tomb

(King Mausolus was encapsulated in a magnificent tomb)

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Meander

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To follow a winding course; the Greek-key design

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Ostracism

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Exclusion from society

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Philippic

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A bitter denunciation

(Demosthenes denounced Phillip of Macedonia through a series of orations. These orations were called the philippics)

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A phyrrhic victory

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A victory won at too great a cost

(Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, won a battle against the Romans, but at the cost of the majority of his army)

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Solecism

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A substandard usage of language, a social blunder

(The Soli colony was extremely barbaric)

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Sophistry, sophism

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Clever but deceptive argumentation meant to mislead

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Spartan

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Rigorous, austere, disciplined

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Stoic

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Impassive (not feeling or showing emotion)

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Sword of Damocles

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A constantly threatening danger

(He had a sword hung over his head by a single thread to illustrate how it feels to be a dictator)

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Sybarite

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One devoted to luxury and pleasure

(Sybaris was a Greek colony in southern Italy famed for its wealth and luxurious living)

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-ast, -st

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one who does

Ex: Gymnast

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-t, -te

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he who; that which

Ex: poet, athlete

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-y, -ia

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quality of, state of, act of

Ex: philosophy, anemia

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All-

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other

Ex: parallel

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Cac-

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bad

ex: cacogenics

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Cau(s)-

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to burn

Ex: cauterize

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Cla-

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to break

Ex: iconoclast

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Do-

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to give

Ex: dose, antidote

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Erg-, urg-

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to work

ex: energy

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Lat(e)r-

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to worship excessively, be fanatically devoted

Ex: idolater, idolatry (like the word idolize)

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path-

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to feel, suffer; disease

Ex: sympathy; pathology

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Phy-

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to grow

Ex: neophyte

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Physi-

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nature

Ex: physiology

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Sta-

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to stand, stop

Ex: static

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The-

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to place, put

Ex: thesis, synthetic

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-ma, -m, -me

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result of; thing that is the result of

Ex: drama

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-sis-, -se, -sy, -sia

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act of; state of; result of

Ex: Analysis; amnesia

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Andr-

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man, male

Ex: androgenic

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Kine-, Cine-

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to move

Ex: kinetic, cinema

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Gen(e)-

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Kind, race

Ex: genealogy

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Gyn(e)-

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woman, female

Ex: gynecology

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Idi-

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one’s own; peculiar

Ex: idiot, idiosyncracy

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Lith-, lite-

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stone-

Ex: lithograph (print onto stone)

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Mis-

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hatred

Ex: misanthrope

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Phe(m)-, Pha-

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to speak

Ex: prophet

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Schiz-, schis-

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to split

Ex: schizophrenia

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Stere-

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solid; three-dimensional

Ex: stereotype (a customary way of thinking that’s rigid [solid])

46
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Stere-

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solid; three-dimensional

Ex: stereograph

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Typ-

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stamp, model

Ex: typographical, typical

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logy-

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science of; systematic study of

Ex: biology

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-nomy

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science of; system of laws governing

Ex: astronomy

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-cracy

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rule by; type of government

Ex: democracy

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-crat

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one who advocates or practices rules by

Ex: democrat

52
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Aut-

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self

Ex: autonomy

53
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gastr-

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intestine

Ex: gastrointestinal tract

54
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Heli-

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sun

Ex: helios (god of the sun)

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Ide-

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thought, idea

Ex: ideal, ideation

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Manc-, mant-

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to divine by means of

Ex: emancipate, pyromancy

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Micr-

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small, one millionth part of

Ex: microscope

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Necr-

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the dead, corpse, dead tissue

Ex: necromancy

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Pal(a)e-

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old

Ex: paleontology

60
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Pseud-

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false

Ex: pseudoscience

61
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psych-

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mind

Ex: psychology

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Trop-

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to turn

Ex: entropy

63
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-archy

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rule by

Ex: monarchy

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-arch

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one who rules

monarch

65
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-mania

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madness about, passion for

kleptomania

66
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-maniac

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one having a passion or madness for

kleptomaniac

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-phobia

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abnormal fear or hatred of

68
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-phobe

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one who fears or hates

Homophobe

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Acr-

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highest, the extremities

acrobat

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Ego-

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I

egotistical

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Hier-

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sacred

hieroglyphic

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Hydr-

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water

hydropump

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mega(l)-

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large, a million

mega millions lottery

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Olig-

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few

oligarchy, oligopoly

75
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patr-

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father

patriot

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Patri-

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family, clan

patriarch

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Soph-

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wise

philosophy

78
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Tele-

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afar, operating at a distance

telephone

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Xen-

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stranger, foreigner

xenophobe

80
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Zo-

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animal

zoology

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-meter

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measure, instrument for measuring, number of feet in poetry

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-metry

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art or science of measuring

geometry

83
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-graph

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writing, instrument for writing

telegraph

84
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-graphy

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writing, art or science of writing

calligraphy

85
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-gram

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thing written

telegram

86
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-scope

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instrument for viewing, to view

telescope

87
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Bar-

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weight, pressure

barometer (or like bar the pressure measurement)

88
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Cal(l)-, Kal(l)-

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beauty

calisthenics

89
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Is-

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equal

Isomer (compound with the same chemical formula but a different arrangement of atoms)

90
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Macr-

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large

macroeconomics

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Ora-

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to see

oracle

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Petr-

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rock

petrolium

93
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phot-

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light

photography

94
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top-

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place

utopia

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