40.1 Flashcards

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Anagram

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(N.) a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters

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Dict

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Say

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Diction

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(N.) a writer’s or speaker’s choice of words

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Magn

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Large, great

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Magnanimous

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(Adj.) very generous, kind, or forgiving

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Mal

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Bad

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Malicious

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(Adj.) intentionally harmful, spiteful

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Mania

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Madness

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Maniacal

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(Adj.) affected with or exhibiting insanity, mad, insane

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Proto

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First

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Prototype

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(N.) the original or model on which something is based or formed

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Sarco

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Flesh,meat

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Sarcophagus

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(N.) a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc.

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Sect

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Cut

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Dissect

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(V.) to cut apart(an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, the relation of parts, or the like.

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Super

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Over, above

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Supersede

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(V.) to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing

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Vale

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Power, strength,farewell

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Ambivalent

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(Adj.) having mixed feelings about someone or something

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Ana

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Up, back, against