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From atoms to democracy, English leans on ancient Greek for the vocabulary of science, thought, and everyday life.

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183 words in Words & Writing

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Acronym

Words
ἄκροςákros

tip name

Acrostic

Words
ἄκροςákros

at the tip of the line

Allegory

Words
ἄλλοςállos

speaking otherwise

Alpha

Words
ἄλφαálpha

ox, from Phoenician ʾālep

Amphibrach

Words
ἀμφίamphí

short at both ends

Anachronism

Words
ἀνάaná

a putting back in time

Anacoluthon

Words
ἀν-an-

not following on

Anadiplosis

Words
ἀνάaná

a doubling back

Anagram

Words
ἀνάaná

letters over again

Analogy

Words
ἀνάaná

according to ratio

Anapaest

Words
ἀνάaná

struck back

Anaphora

Words
ἀνάaná

a carrying back

Anecdote

Words
ἀν-an-

things not published

Anonymous

Words
ἀν-an-

without a name

Anthroponym

Words
ἄνθρωποςánthrōpos

human name

Antihero

Words
ἀντίantí

in place of a hero

Antistrophe

Words
ἀντίantí

a turning back

Antonomasia

Words
ἀντίantí

naming instead

Antonym

Words
ἀντίantí

opposite name

Aphorism

Words
ἀπόapó

a marking off

Apologue

Words
ἀπόapó

a telling-off, a tale told

Apology

Words
ἀπόapó

a speaking back

Apophasis

Words
ἀπόapó

a speaking away, denial

Aposiopesis

Words
ἀπόapó

a falling silent

Apostrophe

Words
ἀπόapó

a turning away

Apothegm

Words
ἀπόapó

a thing uttered plainly

Archaism

Words
ἀρχαῖοςarkhaîos

the practice of the old

Asterisk

Words
ἀστερίσκοςasterískos

little star

Asyndeton

Words
ἀ-a-

not bound together

Autobiography

Words
αὐτόςautós

self-life-writing

Autograph

Words
αὐτόςautós

self-written

Barbarism

Words
βάρβαροςbárbaros

speaking like a foreigner

Bathos

Words
βάθοςbáthos

depth

Beta

Words
βῆταbêta

house, from Phoenician bēt

Bibliography

Words
βιβλίονbiblíon

book-writing

Bibliophile

Words
βιβλίονbiblíon

book lover

Biography

Words
βίοςbíos

life-writing

Bombast

Words
βόμβυξbómbux

cotton padding

Bucolic

Words
βοῦςboûs

cowherd-like

Cacography

Words
κακόςkakós

bad writing

Catachresis

Words
κατάkatá

misuse

Catalogue

Words
κατάkatá

a reckoning down the list

Catastrophe

Words
κατάkatá

a turning down

Chiasmus

Words
χιασμόςchiasmós

a crossing shaped like the letter chi

Chirography

Words
χείρkheír

hand writing

Chronicle

Words
χρονικάchroniká

things of time

Colophon

Words
κολοφώνkolophṓn

the finishing stroke

Comma

Words
κόμμαkómma

something struck off