Port/Luc
Pend/Troph
Pan/Mort
Extra/Phot
In the Loop Idioms I
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Port means...

to carry

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Pend is a Latin root that means...

to hang; to weigh

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Pan comes from the Greek word...

all

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Phot comes from the Greek word for...

light

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IN A RUT means...

a boring routine

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Portage means...

the carrying of boats or good over land

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Atrophy is...

the gradual loss of muscle or flesh; decline or degeneration

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A remedy for all ills: cure-all is...

panacea

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To extend or project facts or data onto an area not known in order to make an assumption is to...

extrapolate

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IN A PINCH means...

in an emergency

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From the Latin noun lux "light" and the verb lucere, "to shine or glitter"...

luc

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To add something extra is to...

append

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Mort comes from the Latin root meaning...

to die; death

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A photon is...

a tinny bundle or particle of radiant energy

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IN STITCHES, HAVE (SOMEONE)/BE IN) means...

to make someone laugh really hard

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To elucidate is to...

to clarify by explaining; explain

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From the Greek word trophe meaning "nourishment"...

troph

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One of the meanings for mortify is...

to embarrass greatly OR to subdue or deaden the body especially by self discipline

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The latin root for outside or beyond is...

extra

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IVORY TOWER means...

an isolated environment where one is out of touch with everyday reality; a place of retreat where one concentrates on intellectual rather than everyday matters

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Manner of conducting oneself socially is...

deportment

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To stop or hang something; to force someone to give up some right or position is to...

suspend

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A panoply is...

a magnificent or impressive array

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Existing or coming from outside; not essential, irrelevant...

extraneous

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IN THE LOOP means...

informed

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