path winding through the mountains that enabled the Persians to
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fought with their hands and their teeth. Eventually, they were
overrun, but their courage set an example for the rest of Greece.
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root therm(o), found in the word Thermopylae, meaning “heat
or temperature.” This root is found in such words as thermal,
thermometer, hypothermia, hyperthermia, thermodynamics,
and geothermal.
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“having foresight.”
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