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Greek Literature Vocabulary 1
Match the root or vocabulary word to its definition
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| acro | top, tip, end, height |
| agora | marketplace, public square |
| anthropo | man |
| dys | bad, ill, difficult |
| entera | bowels |
| hydro | water |
| lex | belonging to words |
| mono | one |
| peptos | soften, cook, digest |
| phag | to eat |
| phasis | speech |
| phobia | fear, dislike, aversion |
| photo | light |
| troph | feed, nourish |
| xeno | strange, foreign |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| acronym | a word formed from initial letters |
| acropolis | the upper fortified part of a Greek city |
| agoraphobia | fear of open spaces |
| anthropologist | one who studies mankind (ancient usually) |
| philanthropist | benefactor |
| misanthrope | hater of mankind; hermit |
| anthropocentric | considering man to be the most significant entity in the universe |
| anthropophagus | cannibal; man eater |
| dysphagia | difficulty eating, swallowing |
| dyslexia | disturbance in the ability to read |
| dyspepsia | indigestion |
| dystrophy | condition caused by faulty nutrition |
| dysentery | diarrhea, a result of disease or infection |
| dysphasia | difficulty understanding language, usually from a brain injury |
| hydrophobia | fear of water; rabies |
| dehydrate | depletion of water |
| lexicographer | author of a dictionary |
| lexicon | dictionary; the vocabulary bank for a person |
| monotonous | repetitive, tediously so; lacking variety |
| monocle | a single eyepiece |
| monologue | speech by one |
| esophagus | the passageway from the back of the mouth to the stomach |
| sarcophagus | stone coffin |
| emphasis | stressing speech |
| claustrophobia | fear of closed spaces |
| photophobia | fear of light |
| atrophy | wither away |
| xenophobia | fear of strangers |
| xenophile | lover of strangers |
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