Greek Words 3

Question 1

archaic

Answer 1

very old or old-fashioned

Question 2

archaeological

Answer 2

pertaining to the scientific study of material remains of past human life + activities

Question 3

archaism

Answer 3

a very outdated word or phrase

Question 4

asteroid

Answer 4

a small rocky body orbiting the sun

Question 5

archaeoastronomy

Answer 5

the investigation of the astronomical knowledge of prehistoric cultures

Question 6

anachronism

Answer 6

a thing belonging to a period other than that in which it exists; a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned

Question 7

anomaly

Answer 7

something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected

Question 8

orthodox

Answer 8

conventional + unoriginal

Question 9

paradoxically

Answer 9

in a self-contradictory way

Question 10

Neolithic

Answer 10

relating to the later part of the Stone Age, when polished stone tools were used

Question 11

Paleolithic

Answer 11

relating to the early part of the Stone Age, when primitive stone tools were used

Question 12

monolithic

Answer 12

large, powerful, and intractably uniform

Question 13

monolith

Answer 13

a large, upright block of stone

Question 14

antropomorphic

Answer 14

having human characteristics

Question 15

amorphous

Answer 15

without a clearly defined shape or form

Question 16

autonomy

Answer 16

the right to self-government; self-directing freedom

Question 17

periodontist

Answer 17

a dentist who treats diseases of the gums, alveolar bone, and other structures supporting the teeth

Question 18

orthodontia

Answer 18

the treatment of irregularities in the teeth using braces

Question 19

thermography

Answer 19

a technique for detecting the heat emitted by various regions of the body + transforming the info into visible signals

Question 20

hypothermia

Answer 20

the condition of having a dangerously low body temp.

Question 21

thermals

Answer 21

an upward current of warm air used by birds to gain height

Question 22

diathermy

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the generation of heat in tissue by electric currents for medical purposes ( to stimulate blood flow, destroy tissue, relieve pain, or cause blood clotting)

Question 23

topography

Answer 23

the arrangement of natural + artificial physical features of an area

Question 24

toponym

Answer 24

the name of a place esp. one derived from a topographical feature

Question 25

topically

Answer 25

externally to a particular part of the body

Question 26

parameter

Answer 26

a limit that defines the scope of a particular process or activity

Question 27

lithograph

Answer 27

a print on a flat stone or metal plate

Question 28

morphology

Answer 28

study of words, how they are formed, and their relationship to other words in the same language

Question 29

neologism

Answer 29

a newly coined word or expression

Question 30

endodontics

Answer 30

a branch of dentistry concerned with diseases + injuries of the soft tissue inside a tooth

Question 31

paleographer

Answer 31

someone who studies ancient + historical handwriting

Question 32

metamorphosis

Answer 32

process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form

Question 33

endoscope

Answer 33

an optical instrument used to examine a person’s digestive tract

Question 34

periscope

Answer 34

a tubular optical instrument containing lenses and mirrors by which an observer can see things that are otherwise obstructed

Question 35

orthotics

Answer 35

the branch of medicine dealing with the design and fitting of external medical devices

Question 36

orthograde

Answer 36

upright

Question 37

perimeter

Answer 37

continuous line forming a boundary

Question 38

exodontia

Answer 38

a branch of dentistry that deals with the extraction of teeth

Question 39

perigee

Answer 39

the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is nearest to the earth

Question 40

apogee

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the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth

Question 41

peripheral

Answer 41

less important than something else

Question 42

astronomy

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the branch of science dealing with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe

Question 43

astrology

Answer 43

a pseudoscience focused on the impact on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies on human personality and the natural world

Question 44

metronome

Answer 44

a device used by musicians that marks the beat by making clicking sounds

Question 45

metonymy

Answer 45

a figure of speech in which one representative term stands in for something else that is closely related