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Greek Lesson 1

Greek Roots and Terminology

TermDefinition
anthrop man; mankind
phil love
miso hate
biblio, bibl book
phon sound
graph, gram write; draw; describe; record
scop, scept, skept look at; examine
misanthropy hatred of mankind
philology the love of discussion or debate
misogyny hatred of women
misology hatred of discussion or debate
bibliophile person who collects or has a great love of books
bibliography list of sources
bibliomania passionate enthusiasm for collecting/possessing books
phonology study of how sounds are organized and used in natural languages; rules which specify how sounds interact
homophone same sound
aphonic without sound
orthophonic instrumental in reproducing sound
antiphony responsive alternation between two groups especially of singers
cacography bad spelling; poor handwriting
cartography science or practice of drawing maps
orthography conventional spelling system for a language
graphology study of handwriting
epigraph an inscription on a building, statue, or coin; preface of a book
epigram pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever, amusing way; witticism; pun
euphony harmonious; pleasant sounding
eulogy speech in honor of someone, usually one who is deceased
cacophony harsh sounding
telegenic looking good on television
megalomaniac person who is obsessed with their own power
phonophobic morbid fear of sound
bibliophobia morbid fear of books
ergophobia morbid fear of work
eu- good; well
caco- bad; ill
micro- small
tele-, tel-, telo- far; distant
mega-, megalo- large
-phobia, -phobiac, -phobe, -phobist, -phobic dread of; morbid fear of; one who has a morbid fear of
-mania, -maniac, -maniacal, -manic madness for; one who has a madness for; affected with madness for
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