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Greek Roots Vocab 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Intercollegiate | Activity between colleges |
| Intermission | Breaks between acts and movies |
| Intersection | A connection between roads |
| Eject | Cast; throw out of something |
| Reject | Dismissing an opportunity; throwing it away |
| Trajectory | Directional path taken through the air of an object |
| Interject | To intervene in something |
| Inhale | Breathe in |
| Halitosis | Bad breath |
| Anhelation | Shortness of breath |
| Fatuous | Stupid or oafish |
| Infatuation | Unhealthy interests or focus |
| Disgust | Bad taste; offensive; level of disliking something or someone |
| Gusto | Good taste or pleasing |
| Augustus | First Roman emporer |
| Confirmation | To verify something |
| Firmament | The heavens or sky |
| Exoskeleton | Outside of your body |
| Exothermic | Outward release of energy |
| Democracy | A government of the people |
| Demagogue | A bad leader |
| Calcite | A type of stone |
| Calcium | A type of stone |
| Calculate | To decipher |
| Barometer | Measures air pressure |
| Barostat | Small balloon used for surgery |
| Acrobatics | One who does tricks at a great height |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights |
| Antithesis | The direct opposite of something or someone else |
| Hypothesis | Making an educated guess on something |
| Thesis | The main idea of something |
| Kilometer | Thousand meters |
| Kilogram | Thousand grams |
| Kilobyte | Thousand bytes |
| Bilingual | Knowing how to speak two languages |
| Linguistic | Pertaining to languages |
| Anthropomorphic | Both human and animal characteristics |
| Morphology | Study of forms and shapes of organisms |