Greek lesson 12 Vocabulary

Lesson 12: Vocabulary 1. Pyromaniac (noun) – a person who has an irresistible desire to start fires. Example sentence: The boy’s pyromania forced him to set his house on fire just to see it burn.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 2. Barometer (noun) – an instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere. Example sentence: I used a barometer to measure the pressure in the wind.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 3. Hydrophobia (noun) – fear of the water. Example sentence: The wicked witch of the west must have had hydrophobia because of the effect the bucket of water had on her.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 4. Isobar (noun) – One of two or more atoms or elements having the same atomic weights but different atomic numbers. Example sentence: When nuclide undergoes a radioactive transformation it becomes an isobar.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 5. Phosphorous (noun/ adjective) – highly reactive, nonmetallic element. Example sentence: Phosphorous used in many matches made the factory workers who produced them ill.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 6. Aeronautics (noun) – the art or science of flight. Example sentence: Aeronautics technologies grew and went through stages from balloons with electric motors to the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 7. Ethereal (adjective) – of or relating to regions beyond earth; heavenly; immaterial. Example sentence: Nicole looked ethereal with her veil floating, like a vision in white.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 8. Caustic (adjective) – a substance that burns or corrodes. Example sentence: The material is caustic enough to stain clothes. / Her caustic reply really hurt my feelings and my reputation.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 9. Exodus (noun) – a mass departure Example sentence: The exodus of middle class Hindus from Pakistan is a grim reminder of the horrors of partition.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 10. Holocaust (noun) – a great or total destruction of life. Example sentence: There is a silent holocaust occurring around the world caused by lack of water and sanitation.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 11. Schism (noun) – a break or split; a formal separation of the church. from Greek skhisma (genitive skhismatos) "division, cleft Example sentence: The Protestant Reformation was the schism within Western Christianity initiated by the early Protestants.

Lesson 12: vocabulary 12. Pseudonym (noun) – a false name Example sentence: J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called The Cuckoo's Calling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.