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Honors Vocab List 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Super | Over |
| Syn | Together |
| Sym | Together |
| Tri | Three |
| Un | Not |
| Archy | Government |
| Ard | Always |
| Cide | Kill |
| Ician | Specialist |
| Itis | Infection |
| Superfluous | Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough |
| Synopsis | A brief summary or general survey of something |
| Symbiosis | A mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups |
| Trireme | An ancient Greek galley (ship) having three banks of oars |
| Untenable | Not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection |
| Patriarch | The male head of the family or tribe; the male most venerable |
| Laggard | A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others |
| Genocide | Deliberate killing of a large group of, especially an ethnic group |
| Statistician | An expert in the preparation and analysis of statistics |
| Appendicitis | Serious medical condition involving inflammation of the appendix |
| Futile | Having no result; without effect |
| Impoverished | Extremely poor |
| Poignant | Profoundly moving; evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret |
| Stoicism | Endurance of pain or hardship without a display of feelings or complaint |
| Perverse | Stubbornly contrary; wrong; harmful |
| Bravado | A false show of courage or defiance |
| Impotent | Powerless; lacking strength or vigor |
| Degradation | A decline to a lower condition with a loss of dignity |
| Squalor | A filthy and wretched condition |
| Compassion | Deep awareness of the suffering of another & a wish to relieve it |