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10 th grade Vocabulary. Greek Word Roots Part III. “EU” means good / well/advantageous It is the opposite DYS. Eugenics (n). Science dealing with improving hereditary qualities (e.g., of the human race). Eulogize(v):. to write or speak in praise of someone. .
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10th grade Vocabulary Greek Word Roots Part III
“EU” means good/well/advantageous It is the opposite DYS
Eugenics (n) • Science dealing with improving hereditary qualities (e.g., of the human race).
Eulogize(v): • to write or speak in praise of someone.
Eupepsia (n): good digestion. . • VIDEO
Euphemism (n): Substitution of a good expression for an unpleasant one. Examples: 1.) “sanitation” for “garbage collection” 2.) “he’s going to the big house in the sky” for “dying”
Euphonious (adj): • Pleasing in sound. • VIDEO Example: The man beat-boxed a sousaphone.
Euphoria (n): • Sense of great happiness or well-being.
Euthanasia (n): • Controversial practice of mercifully putting to death a person suffering from an incurable, painfully distressing disease (literally “advantageous death.”) Example: Dr. Jack Kevorkian was known as “Dr. Death.”
Euthenics (n): • . Specifically LIVING CONDITIONS
epidemiology • The study of disease.