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Roots 6 Key Words
Classical Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antipathuy | hatred or dislike |
| apathy | lack of feeling, energy, or interest |
| empathy | to identify with someone else and understand that person's feelings |
| pathological | study of disease |
| pathos | a feeling of sympathy, a quality that arouses pity or tenderness |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| dysentery | severe diarrhea |
| dyslexia | a serious difficulty learning to read in the usual way |
| covet | to crave or desire, especially something belonging to someone else. |
| cupidity | greed, avarice |
| complacent | self-satisfied; smug |
| implacable | impossible to calm or appease |
| placate | to calm; to pacify; to appease |
| placid | showing calmness, peacefulness, or composure |