Greek Lesson XVII Word List

17 -hedron solid figure with a specified number of faces polyhedron, octahedron, icosahedron (100)
17 CHORE- dance chorus
17 ER(OT)- love erotic
17 GLYPH- to carve hieroglyphic, triglyph
17 NAUT- sailor nautical, Argonaut
17 NES- island Indonesia, Melanesia
17 DROME- a running, a course hippodrome, dromomania (a morbid desire to wander)
17 PLAST- to form plasma, angioplasty, plastic surgery
17 PTER- wing, fin helicopter (spiral wing), pterodactyl
17 HIPP- horse hippodrome, hippopotamus
17 GYMN- naked; dealing with indoor sports gymnasium, gymnast, gymnastics

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