gam greg hypn nox ortho CULE gam Greek SAT Focus Word amalgam n an alloy or union of mercury with another metal The dentist filled my cavity with amalgam polygamy ID: 759611
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Greek & Latin Vocabulary Week 4
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Slide2gam (Greek):
SAT Focus Word: amalgam (n.)an alloy or union of mercury with another metalThe dentist filled my cavity with amalgam.polygamymarriage to more than one personmonogamymarriage / faithfulness to one persongametereproductive cell (such as sperm or egg) that unites with another to form a new organism
marriage; union
Slide3greg (Latin):
SAT Focus Word: egregious (adj.)extraordinary in a bad way; flagrant; glaringHis egregious mistake led to the loss of his job.aggregatea collectioncongregateto come together; to assemblesegregateto set apart from others
flock; gather
Slide4hypn (Greek):
SAT Focus Word: hypnotic (adj.)inducing, or like something that induces, hypnosisThe dotted lines on the interstate are hypnotic to the night driver.hypnosisan artificial trance-sleephypnotizeto produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestionshypnotisman artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestionHypnosthe Greek god of sleep
sleep
Slide5noct, nox (Latin):
SAT Focus Word: nocturnal (adj.)of or pertaining to nightBats are nocturnal animals.equinoxequal day & nightnoctambulateto sleepwalknocturnal hyperhidrosisnight sweats
night
Slide6ortho (Greek):
SAT Focus Word: orthodox (adj.)correct according to what's generally accepted as rightHe was an orthodox Catholic, but he permitted absolute religious freedom to all his subjects. (yourdictionary.com)unorthodoxout of line from the norm; unusualorthopedicsmedical specialty focusing on corrections to the skeletal systemorthodonticsdentistry that straightens teeth
straight; correct
Slide7-cule, -cle (Latin)
moleculeminisculeparticlecubiclecorpusclemuscle (little mouse)
very small
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