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Word Clues L1
Word Clues Lesson 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| anthrop | people |
| anthrop | anthropophobiac; philanthropy; misanthrope; anthropophagi |
| anthropophobiac | adj. excessive fear of people |
| philanthropy | n. love of mankind |
| misanthrope | n. hater of humanity |
| anthropophagi | n. cannabil |
| phil | love |
| philanthropy | n. lover of people |
| bibliophile | n. lover of books |
| miso | hate |
| misanthrope | n. hater of people |
| misoneism | n. hatred or dislike of what's new |
| biblio; bibl | book |
| bibliomaniac | n. madness of books |
| bibliophile | n. a lover of books |
| bibliotheca | n. collection of books |
| phon | sound |
| euphonious | adj. pleasant to the ear |
| megaphone | n. an instrument used to amplify sound |
| symphony | n. a complex musical composition |
| aphonic | adj. being soundless; loss of voice due to illness or injury |
| graph; gram | write; draw; describe; record |
| cacography | adj. bad handwriting |
| telegraphy | n. sending messages over wires |
| scop; scept; skept | to look at or examine |
| microscope | adj. too small to be seen by the human eye |
| macroscope | adj. large enough to be seen by the human eye |
| skeptical | adj. doubting |
| eu- | good; well |
| euphonious | adj. pleasing to the ear |
| euphoria | n. a state of immense happiness |
| caco- | bad; ill |
| cacography | n. bad handwriting |
| mega-; megalo- | large |
| megaphone | n. an instrument used to amplify sound |
| megalomaniac | n. a person afflicted with megalomania (an obsession of doing extravagant things) |
| micro- | small |
| microscopic | adj. too small to be seen by the human eye |
| macro- | large; long |
| macroscopic | adj. large enough to be seen by the human eye |
| tele-; tel-; telo- | far; distant |
| telegraphy | n. the art of constructing or operating telescopes |
| teleo-; tel-; telio-; telo- | end; result; competition |
| -mania | madness for; excessive fondness for |
| -maniac | one who has a madness for |
| -maniacal; -maniac; -manic | affected with madness for |
| bibliomaniac | n. madness for books |
| megalomaniac | n. a person affected with megalomania (an obsession with doing extravagant things) |
| -phobia | dread of; morbid fear of |
| -phobiac; -phobe; -phobist | one who has a morbid fear of |
| -phobic | fearful; dreading |
| anthropophobiac | n. excessive fear of people |