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Etymology: Greek Lesson 11
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Gam
Marriage
Morph
Form
Thaum, thaumat
Wonder
Techn
Art; skill
Mim
Imitate
Crypt
Conceal
Phan
Show; appear
Phen
Shine
Trop
Turn; respond to
Troph
Feed; nourish
Stroph
Turn
Klin, clin
Lean; lie; incline
Ag, agog
Lead
Bas, bat
Step; go
Bal, ball, bol, bl
Throw
Holo-
Whole
Allo-
Other
Acro-
Top
Polygamy
Being married to more than one person at the same time
Amorphous
Having no definite or clear shape or form
Thaumaturgy
The performance of miracles specifically magic
Technical
Relating to the practical use of machines or science in industry
Pantomime
A way of expressing information or telling a story without words by using body movements
andfacial expressions
Holocryptic
Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered
Diaphanous
Used to describe cloth that is very thin and light
Heliotropism
The directional growth of a plant in response to sunlight
Atrophy
Gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually because of disease or lack of use
Catastrophe
A terrible disaster
Clinometer
Any of various instruments for measuring angles of elevation or inclination
Demagogue
A political leader who tries to get support by making false claims and promises and using
arguments based on emotion rather than reason
Acrobat
Someone who entertains people (as at a circus) by performing difficult and often dangerous
acts
Ballistics
The science that studies the movement of objects that are shot or forced to move forward
through the air
Allonym
The name of another person which has been assumed by the actual author of a work