PAC Thornton Greek-Based English

Amanda T.
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  1. lethargic
    deficient in alertness or activity
  2. aristocracy
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  3. dyslexia
    impaired ability to learn to read
  4. monotonous
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
  5. amphibious
    operating or living on land and in water
  6. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  7. ephemeral
    lasting a very short time
  8. allegory
    a short moral story
  9. hydraulics
    the study of the mechanics of fluids
  10. diagnosis
    identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
  11. maternal
    characteristic of a mother
  12. paternal
    characteristic of a father
  13. fraternal
    like or characteristic of or befitting a brother
  14. epiphany
    a divine manifestation
  15. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  16. acronym
    a word formed from the initial letters of several words
  17. arachnid
    an arthropod with simple eyes and four pairs of legs
  18. autopsy
    an examination and dissection of a dead body
  19. hygiene
    a condition promoting sanitary practices
  20. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  21. odyssey
    a long wandering and eventful journey
  22. amnesia
    partial or total loss of memory
  23. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  24. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  25. geothermal
    of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
Created on Wed Jan 16 22:41:11 EST 2013

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