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Greek & Latins
Unit 8
Term | Definition |
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hospital | a place where sick or injured people are given care or treatment and where babies are often born. |
hospitable | generous and friendly to guests or visitors - welcoming |
homonym | a word that is spelled and pronounced like another word, but is different in meaning. |
synonym | a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word in the same lanuguage |
antonym | a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word. |
anonymous | not named or identified; made or done by someone unknown. |
acronym | a name for something that is formed from the first letter of each of the words in a title. |
pseudonym | a name a person, such as a writer, uses instead of his or her real name. |
hostile | not friendly; having or showing unfriendly feelings; harsh or unpleasant. |
hostage | a person who is captured by someone who demands that certain things be done before the captured person is freed. |
hosp | guest - Latin |
onym | name - Greek |
host | stranger, enemy - Latin |