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Lesson 5 Part 2 . Feelings. PHOBOS Greek “fear” “flight”. PHOBIA. (fo-bee-uh) ( pho-bi-a ), noun Definition: strong, irrational fear Form: phobic, adj. “Many people have a phobia of something or another. Robert’s biggest phobia is his fear of clowns.” . ACROPHOBIA.
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Lesson 5 Part 2 Feelings
PHOBOS Greek “fear” “flight”
PHOBIA (fo-bee-uh) (pho-bi-a), noun Definition: strong, irrational fear Form: phobic, adj. “Many people have a phobia of something or another. Robert’s biggest phobia is his fear of clowns.”
ACROPHOBIA (ack-row-fo-bee-uh) (ac-ro-pho-bi-a), n Definition: a fear of heights Form: acrophobe, n “I had a case of acrophobia until I did a high ropes course and realized that heights weren’t as scary as I thought.”
HYDROPHOBIA (hi-dro-fo-bee-uh) (hy-dro-pho-bi-a), n Definition: 1.fear of water 2. rabies Form: hydrophobe, noun “My dog has hydrophobia and will do anything to stay away from the lake.” “If you do not vaccinate your pet for rabies, they could get hydrophobia.”
XENOPHOBIA (zee-no-fo-bee-uh) (xe-no-pho-bi-a), n Definition: fear/hatred for what is strange or foreign Form: xenophobe, noun “The Civil Rights Movement was a battle for equal rights but also a battle against xenophobia and getting people to embrace difference.”
PAX, PACIS Latin “peace”
APPEASE (a-peez) (ap-pease), verb Definition: to calm/satisfy by taking back what’s said/giving into demands Forms: appeasable, adj, appeaser, n appeasably, adv. appeasement, n “The mother did not want to appease her daughter, but after so much arguing the mother gave in.”
PACIFIC (puh-sih-fick) (pa-cif-ic), adj Definition: peaceful; serene Form: pacifically, adv “The Pacific Ocean was given that name because it seemed so peaceful to explorer, Ferdinand Magellan.”
PACIFY (pass-ih-fy) (pac-i-fy), verb Definition: 1. to calm; to make quiet 2. to end war or violence Forms: pacifiable, adj. pacificate, v. pacifist, n pacification, n. pacifier, n. pacifism, n “To pacify the chatty kid, his mom gave him a Chewy bar.” “The Nuremberg Trials were a part of the process to pacify WWII.”