Vocabulary from Classical Roots-Chapters 5 and 6

Rachit A.
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  1. acrophobia
    a morbid fear of great heights
  2. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  3. amity
    a state of friendship and cordiality
  4. appease
    make peace with
  5. bibliophile
    someone who loves and usually collects books
  6. enamored
    marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
  7. hydrophobia
    a morbid fear of water
  8. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  9. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  10. pacific
    disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
  11. pacify
    ease the anger, agitation, or strong emotion of
  12. philanthropy
    the act of donating money or time to promote human welfare
  13. phobia
    an anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear
  14. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  15. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  16. anglophile
    an admirer of England and English things
  17. hemophilia
    congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding
  18. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  19. anglophobe
    a person who hates England and everything English
  20. triskaidekaphobia
    a morbid fear of the number 13
  21. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
  22. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  23. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  24. covet
    wish, long, or crave for
  25. cupidity
    extreme greed for material wealth
  26. dysentery
    an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
  27. dyslexia
    impaired ability to learn to read
  28. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  29. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  30. misogamy
    hatred of marriage
  31. misogyny
    hatred of women
  32. pathological
    relating to the study of diseases
  33. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  34. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  35. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  36. homeopathy
    a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
  37. pathogenic
    able to cause disease
  38. dyspepsia
    a digestive disorder characterized by heartburn or nausea
  39. dystrophy
    any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
Created on Mon Apr 23 17:13:15 EDT 2012 (updated Mon Apr 23 17:13:48 EDT 2012)

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