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Greek Roots Lesson 1

Greek roots, prefixs, and sufixs

QuestionAnswer
POLYGON a plane figure with more than four sides and angles
ENDEMIC prevalent in or restricted to a particular locality, as a disease or plant
EPIDEMIC spreading rapidly among many people in a community, as a disease
DIAGONAL extending slantingly between opposite corners
DEMOGRAPHY statistical study of human populations
PANDEMIC epidemic over a large region
OLIGARCHY government in which power belongs to a few persons
HETEROGENEOUS differing in structure, quality, etc; comprised of unlike parts
GENEALOGY study of family ancestry
HOMOGENEOUS the same in structure, quality, etc.; composed of similar parts
EULOGY speech or writing praising a person or thing; a funeral oration
ARCHAEOLOGY the study of the life of ancient peoples
GYNARCHY government by a woman or women; female authority or domination
MISOGYNIST one who hates women
ANARCHY the absence of government; disorder; confusion
Anthropophobiac = fear of mankind
philanthropy = the backing up of the love of people
misanthrope = general hate of people
bibliomaniac = one who loves books
euphonious = a glorious sound
cacography= bad handwriting/spelling
megaphone = cone-shaped device for increasing the volume of the voice
microscope = minute
macroscopic = visible to the naked eye
telegraphy = operation of apparatus that transmits messaggers by eletrical impulses
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