american lit vocab, lessons 4 - 6

Question 1

fortitude

Answer 1

courage and strength in bearing pain or trouble

Question 2

agora

Answer 2

a gathering place

Question 3

fortification

Answer 3

the act or process of strengthening

Question 4

comfort

Answer 4

that which is more than adequatw

Question 5

agoraphobia

Answer 5

an abnormal fear of being in open or public places

Question 6

ornithophobia

Answer 6

an abnormal fear of birds

Question 7

iso-

Answer 7

prefix, means equal

Question 8

anemo

Answer 8

root, means wind

Question 9

bar/baro

Answer 9

root, means pressure or weight

Question 10

meter/metr

Answer 10

root, means to measure

Question 11

phil

Answer 11

root, means love/loving

Question 12

trop

Answer 12

root, means turn

Question 13

-ic

Answer 13

suffix, means like or related to

Question 14

-ism

Answer 14

suffix, means a state o being or a quality or an act

Question 15

-logy

Answer 15

suffix, means study of or science of

Question 16

-ous

Answer 16

suffix, means having the quality of

Question 17

barometric

Answer 17

related to or indicated by the barometer

Question 18

anemometer

Answer 18

an instrument for measuring the force or speed of the wind; wind gauge

Question 19

isobaric

Answer 19

showing equal pressure

Question 20

pollinated by the wind

Answer 20

anemophilous

Question 21

orientation in response to air currents

Answer 21

anemotropisn

Question 22

an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure

Answer 22

barometer

Question 23

the study of the movements of the winds

Answer 23

anemology

Question 24

anth/antho

Answer 24

root, means flower

Question 25

chrys

Answer 25

root, means gold or yellow

Question 26

geo

Answer 26

root, means earth or ground

Question 27

graph

Answer 27

root, means write or written

Question 28

heli

Answer 28

root, means sun

Question 29

phag

Answer 29

root, means eat

Question 30

phyte

Answer 30

root, means plant

Question 31

-er

Answer 31

suffix, means one who, that which

Question 32

-em, -um

Answer 32

suffix, means of or belonging to

Question 33

-us

Answer 33

suffix, means thing which

Question 34

-y

Answer 34

suffix, means state of, quality, act; body group

Question 35

anthography

Answer 35

description of flowers

Question 36

the part of the flower that contains pollen

Answer 36

the anther

Question 37

a group of tall yellow-flowered plants that include the sunflower

Answer 37

helianthus

Question 38

a flowering plant

Answer 38

anthophyte

Question 39

chrysanthemum

Answer 39

any of a large group of plants with bright yellow, red, or white showy flowers that bloom in late summer or fall

Question 40

practice of eating earthy substances (like clay) to augment a scanty diet, or as part of a cultural tradition

Answer 40

geophagy