Root: xer/o

Meaning: dry copier

 

1. xerox : dry copier
2. xerophagy : eating dry food
3. elixir : prolongs life
4. xerarch : originating in a dry habitat
5. xerophilous : drought resisting

 

Root: xen/o/xene/xeny/xenous

Meaning: foreign, strange

 

1. xenophobia : fear of stranger
2. philoxeny : hospitality to strangers
3.  xenogenesis : heterogenesis
4. xenogenous : caused by a foreign body
5. xenomania : craze for foreign things

 

Context :

 

1. A xerox gives us the true copy of the original
2. Xerophagy is a kind of fasting in the early church
3. An elixir prolongs life
4. Cactus is a xerarch and survives dry weather
5. Desert plants are xerophilous and survive hardy conditions
6. The isolated child suffered from xenophobia
7. The sunny Indian temperament promotes philoxeny
8. The xenogenous organism originates in the host
9. Teenagers are known for their xenomania

 

 

 

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