260 likes | 390 Views
delineate. t o outline d e (down) + lin (line). emollient. softener ex (out)+ m oll (soft). retrograde. Moving backwards; reverting r etro (backward) + g rade (step). melancholy. e xtreme sadness m ela (black) + Chol (bile). intracranial. w ithin the skull i ntra (within) +
E N D
delineate • to outline de (down) + lin(line)
emollient • softener ex (out)+ moll (soft)
retrograde • Moving backwards; reverting retro (backward) + grade(step)
melancholy • extreme sadness mela (black) + Chol(bile)
intracranial • within the skull intra (within) + cran (skull)
cardiovascular • of heart and vessels cardio (heart) + vas (vessel)
epiphany • A-ha! moment epi (on) + phan (appearance)
histology • study of living tissue hist (tissue) + logy (science)
perihelion • Orbital point around sun peri (around) + helio (sun)
inherent • built-in in (into) + here (stick)
plutocracy • government of the wealthy pluto (wealth) + cracy (government)
sine qua non • without which not sine (without) + non(not)
corpulent • fat corp(body)
dichotomy • two-part division dicho(two parts) + tomy (cut)
pathological • diseased patho(disease) + logy (science)
cryptic • having hidden meaning crypt (hidden)
isosceles • having two equal sides iso(equal) + scel(legs)
pathogen • disease-causer patho (disease) + gen (origin, one that produces)
vociferous • loud voc (voice) + fer (carry) + ous (full of)
rectify • correct rect (right) + fy (make)
sanctimonious • hypocritically religious sanct (holy) + Mony(condition)
tortuous • twisting tort (twist) + ous (full of)
rectilinear • Right-angled rect (right) + lin (line)
metamorphosis • change of shape meta (change) + morph (shape)
petroglyph • rock carving petr (rock) + glyph (carving)