Greek and Latin Root Words

2. intricate surgery performed using miniaturized instruments and a microscope
6. a unit of information equal to 220 bytes or, loosely, one million bytes
7. a benevolent fictional character with superhuman powers, such as Superman
8. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
10. a high-profile and extremely successful performer or athlete
11. having or showing exceptional ability or powers
15. a station bus shaped like a bus
16. the part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers
18. a length of film containing microphotographs of a newspaper, catalog, or other document
20. breathe at an abnormally rapid rate, so increasing the rate of loss of carbon dioxide
21. a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation

1. a large funnel-shaped device for amplifying and directing the voice
3. an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times
4. excessively and unreasonably critical, especially of small faults
5. a large self-service store selling foods and household goods
8. abnormally or excessively sensitive, either psychologically or in physical response
9. a very powerful and influential nation (used especially with reference to the US and the former Soviet Union when these were perceived as the two most powerful nations in the world)
12. abnormally or extremely active
13. an electromagnetic wave with a wavelength in the range 0.001–0.3 m, shorter than that of a normal radio wave but longer than those of infrared radiation.
14. an expressway
15. a very large, heavily populated city or urban complex
17. a dose many times larger than the usual, especially of a vitamin or drug
18. a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger
19. something extremely successful