Root Definitions
Anglo definition
What is English
ist definition
The original English speaking people from 410-1066 AD
What is Anglo-Saxon
A category of reptiles that are lizards
What is Saurian
when words or phrases are repeated in a literary work.
Purposeful repetition
Jur definition
What is swear
Chiro definition
What is a hand
Underground passageways and rooms. Often used in cemeteries
What is catacombs
Early ape-like human
Pithecanthropus/orepithecus/dyropithecus
A comparison of two unlike items using “like'' or as”
What is simile
Calli definition
What is beautiful
Cata definition
What is down
To become guilty of lying under oath
What is Perjure
Capable of burning or corroding things
What is caustic
when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.
What is figurative language
Saur definition
What is lizard
Caust definition
What is burn
One who denies the existence of god
What is Atheist
Not from this land/foreign
What is extraterrestrial
An exaggerated comment or line
WHat is Hyperbole
Austro definition
What is south
cephalo definition
What is head
(Adjective) meaning southern
What is Austral
Swelling of the brain caused by the contraction of the virus
What is Encephalitis