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euphoria
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix



euphoria
a feeling of well-being or elation
幸福愉快感
Dissection of euphoria
euphoria = eu- (good) + -phoria (a bearing, a carrying, a bringing, production)
euphoria = a bearing or production of well-being
euphoria = extended further to mean a feeling of well-being or elation
Now Repeat my Dissection
Important roots for this word:
eu-
-phoria

Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning. Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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