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Greek/Latin Roots
Week 12
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| mania (G) | craving, insanity | monomania, kleptomania, hypermania, maniac |
| mis (G) | hate | misogyny, misanthrope, miser, misoneism |
| mono (G) | one | monomania, monologue, monotheism, monogamy, monogram |
| naut (G) | sail | astronaut, cosmonaut, nautical |
| neo (G) | new | neologism, neocracy, neophobia, neogenesis |
| nom (G) | law, order | astronomy, autonomy, agronomy |
| onym (G) | name | anonymous, synonym, antonym, homonym |
| opt (G) | eye, view, sight | optical, optimism, optometry, synoptic |
| phob (G) | fear | phobia, hydrophobia, acrophobia, xenophobia |
| poly (G) | many | monopoly, polynomial, polygon |
| pseud (G) | false | pseudonym, pseudo |
| tele (G) | from afar | telegram, telephone, television, telescope |
| the (G) | god | theism, monotheism, theology, atheism, polytheism |
| xen (G) | foreign, strange, alien | xenophobe, xenophile, xenocentric |