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Week 2 Honors
Week 2 Honors Stems and Vocabulary
| 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 or a large group of people, esp. and an ethnic group |
| statistician | an expert in the preparation and analysis of statistics |
| appendicitis | serious medical condition involving inflammation of the appendix |
| futile | having not useful 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 and a wish to relieve it |