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Roots #18 pendo/pensum, hyper, hypo, super

Roots #18 pendo/pensum, hyper, hypo, super. pendo, pensum L. hang down, weigh, consider, judge – weighing things in one's mind; thoughtful; reflective

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Roots #18

pendo/pensum, hyper, hypo, super

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pendo, pensum L.• hang down, weigh, consider, judge – weighing things in one's mind; thoughtful; reflective

• pensive– (sub L. - under) - to hang down under; temporarily stop an

act • suspend – state of mental uncertainty while awaiting a decision or

outcome • suspense – adjustable shoulder straps with ends attached to the waist

band of a pair of trousers • suspenders

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– hanging down under something above; • suspension – liquid throughout which particles are evenly

distributed and do not settle to the bottom • suspension – (e, ex L. - Qut) - entailing great expense; much

weighing out • expensive– to weigh out; to payout; to use up (as energy or

resources) • expend

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hyper Gr.

• above, overly, beyond – (ballein G. - throw) - throw beyond; exaggerate

• hyperbole – (ago Gr. - do, act) - displaying excessive physical

energy

• hyperactive – overly critical; carping

• hypercritical

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– (ex L. - out, tendere L. - stretch) - extension of a body part beyond normal limits

• hyperextension– (glykys Gr. - sweet) - abnormally high level of glucose

in the blood • hyperglycemia– (ventus L. - wind) - to breathe extremely fast and

deeply • hyperventilate – (trophe G. - nutrition) - excessive growth or

development of a body part from over-nutrition or overuse

• hypertrophy

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hypo Gr.

• under, below– (dermis L. - skin) - under the skin

• hypodermic– (chondros G. - cartilage of the breastbone) -

excessive worry about one's health • hypochondria– (thermos - heat) - having a body temperature

below normal • hypothermia

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– (krinein G. - distinguish, separate) - pretending to hold publicly approved values, but not practicing them

• hypocrite– (thesis G. - put, place, position) - a proposition

assumed for the sake of argument • hypothesis– (allos G. - other; genos G. - kind) - designed to

prevent an allergic response by containing few irritating substances

• hypoallergenic

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super L.

• on top, above, over – situated above or upon; higher in rank or quality

• super – (lnL - not) - incapable of being overcome or

surmounted

• insuperable– (video L. - see, Vol. T. p. 14) - to oversee

• supervise

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– (fluere L. - to flow) - exceeding what is necessary • superfluous – (cilium L. - eyelid) - coolly and patronizingly haughty

• supercilious – (vivo L. - live, Vol. T. p. 74) -live over or beyond a threat of

death • survive– (sonic L. - sound) - faster than the speed of sound

• supersonic – (latus L. - carry) - raised above or surpassing all others

• superlative – indescribably fabulous; from a nonsense word coined by P.

L. Travers in Mary Poppins • supercalifragilisticexpialidocious