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9. philander                                              fƏ-LAN′-dƏr


  10. philanderer                                             fƏ-LAN′-dƏr-Ər




  Can you pronounce the words? (III)



    1. philter                                                FIL′-tƏr

    2. aphrodisiac                                            af′-rƏ-DIZ′-ee-ak′

    3. aphrodisiacal                                          af′-rƏ-dƏ-ZĪ′-Ə-kƏl


    4. bibliophile                                            BIB′-lee-Ə-fīl′

    5. Anglophile                                             ANG′-glƏ-fīl′

    6. semantics                                              sƏ-MAN′-tiks


    7. semantic                                               sƏ-MAN′-tik

    8. semantical                                             sƏ-MAN′-tƏ-kƏl

    9. sociology                                              sō′-shee-OL′-Ə-jee or sō′-see-OL′-Ə-jee


  10. sociological                                            sō′-shee-Ə-LOJ′-Ə-kƏl or sō′-see-Ə-LOJ′-Ə-kƏl

  11. asocial                                                 ay-SŌ′-shƏl





  Can you work with the words? (I)


    1. entomology                                             a. physical structure


    2. eccentricity                                           b. summary; representation of the whole

                                                              c. science of the meanings and effects of
    3. anatomy
                                                                  words

    4. dichotomy                                              d. linguistics

    5. epitome                                                e. science dealing with insects


    6. philology                                              f. science of social structures and customs

    7. semantics                                              g. charitable works

    8. sociology                                              h. that which causes sexual arousal


    9. aphrodisiac                                            i. strangeness; oddness; unconventionality

                                                              j. condition or state of being split into two
  10. philanthropy
                                                                  parts
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