Greek and Latin Roots, Grades 6–8: Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: phob

This collection of vocabulary lists covers the Greek and Latin roots found in Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Grades 6-8. These lists help build vocabulary proficiency by exploring the etymology and meanings of words derived from ancient Greek and Latin roots.
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  1. acarophobia
    a morbid fear of small insects
  2. acrophobia
    a morbid fear of great heights
  3. agoraphobia
    a morbid fear of open spaces
  4. algophobia
    a morbid fear of pain
  5. anglophobe
    a person who hates England and everything English
  6. arachnophobia
    a morbid fear of spiders
  7. autophobia
    an irrational fear of being alone
  8. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  9. claustrophobic
    abnormally afraid of closed-in places
  10. coulrophobia
    a morbid fear of clowns
  11. cyberphobia
    irrational fear of computers or technology
  12. Francophobe
    a person who hates France and everything French
  13. homophobia
    prejudice against homosexual people and homosexuality
  14. hydrophobia
    a morbid fear of water
  15. lepidophobia
    a morbid fear of snakes
  16. neophobia
    a morbid fear of novelty
  17. nomophobia
    a morbid fear of being without a mobile phone or its services
  18. nyctophobia
    a morbid fear of night or darkness
  19. phobia
    an anxiety disorder characterized by irrational fear
  20. phobic
    suffering from irrational fears
  21. pyrophobia
    a morbid fear of fire
  22. samhainophobia
    the fear of Halloween
  23. thanatophobia
    a morbid fear of death
  24. traumatophobia
    a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
  25. triskaidekaphobia
    a morbid fear of the number 13
  26. trypophobia
    a morbid fear of clustered small holes or patterns
  27. xenophobe
    a person who fears and dislikes foreigners or strangers
  28. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
  29. xenophobic
    having abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners
  30. zoophobia
    a morbid fear of animals
Created on Thu May 02 23:58:04 EDT 2024 (updated Fri Jul 26 16:15:49 EDT 2024)

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