Greek 3

Sophie K. (United States of America)
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  1. asterisk
    a star-shaped character used in printing
  2. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  3. melancholy
    a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
  4. stoic
    seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
  5. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  6. eulogy
    a formal expression of praise for someone who has died
  7. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  8. cosmetic
    serving a decorative rather than a useful purpose
  9. Spartan
    of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
  10. geothermal
    of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
  11. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  12. homonym
    a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
  13. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  14. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  15. academy
    a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
  16. pentathlon
    an athletic contest consisting of five different events
  17. antibiotic
    a substance used to kill microorganisms and cure infections
  18. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
  19. etymology
    a history of a word
  20. hydraulic
    moved or operated or effected by liquid
Created on Mon Dec 20 00:26:41 EST 2010 (updated Mon Dec 20 00:28:10 EST 2010)

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