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Greek Roots Vocab 6
Term | Definition |
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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 |