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(for the words found below) Greek Prefix - "hyper" meaning "over" |
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| Mar. 1 | Hypercritical (adj) | overcritical |
| Mar. 2 | Hyperemia (n) | superabundance of blood |
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(for the words found below) Greek Prefix - "endo" meaning "within" |
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| Mar. 5 | Endogamy (n) | marriage within the tribe or social group |
| Mar. 6 | Endocarditis (n) | inflammation of the heart |
| Mar. 7 | Endoderm (n) | membrane-like tissue lining the digestive tract |
| Mar. 8 | Endophyte (n) | a plant growing within another plant |
| Mar. 9 | Endoskeleton (n) | internal skeleton supporting framework in an animal |
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(for the words found below) Greek Prefix - "geo" meaning "earth" |
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| Mar. 12 | Geomorphic (adj) | pertaining to the shape of the earth or the form of its surface |
| Mar. 13 | Geoponics (n) | art or science of agriculture |
| Mar. 14 | Georgic (adj) | agricultural |
| Mar. 15 | Geotropism (n) | response to earth's gravity, as the growing of roots downward |
| Mar. 16 | Geocentric (adj) | measured from earth's center; having the earth as center |
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(for the words found below) Greek Prefix - "morph" meaning "form" |
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| Mar. 19 | Amorphous (adj) | without definite form; shapeless |
| Mar. 20 | Anthropomorphic (adj) | attributing human characteristics to beings not human |
| Mar. 21 | Dimorphous (adj) | occurring under two distinct forms |
| Mar. 22 | Endomorphic (adj) | occurring within; internal |
| Mar. 23 | Heteromorphic (adj) | exhibiting diversity of forms |
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(for the words found below) Greek Prefix - "peri" meaning "around" |
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| Mar. 26 | Perihelion (n) | nearest point to the sun in the orbit of a planet or comet |
| Mar. 27 | Peripheral (adj) | outside or away from the central part |
| Mar. 28 | Periphrastic (adj) | expressed in a roundabout way |
| Mar. 29 | Periodontics (n) | branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the mouth |
| Mar. 30 | Peristyle (n) | row of columns around a building or concert |