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Chapter 17/18 Flashcards

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Anim-

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Breath or soul

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Anim/ated

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Full of life; appearing to be alive (Adj)

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Magn/anim/ous

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Greatness of spirit; generous and forgiving (Adj)

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Anim/osity

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Ill will or resentment (Noun)

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In/anim/ate

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Lifeless, dull, not alive (Adj)

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Fig-

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To shape or mold

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Fig/urative

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Saying something in terms normally meant to describe something else; opposite of literal meaning (Adj)

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Con/fig/ur/ation

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An arrangement of parts; shape or design (Noun)

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Ef/fig/y

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A crude representation of hated person

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Fig/ment

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Something imagined or created in your head (Noun)

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Ann/ Enn

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Year

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Ann/uity

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Money that is payable yearly at a point in time (hint- a good thing) (Noun)

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Super/ann/uated

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Outworn, old fashioned, or out-of-date; or forced to retire because of infirmity. (Adj)

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Mill/enn/ium

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A period of a thousand years

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Per/enn/ial

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Continuing to grow year after year; enduring (Noun or Adj)

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Ev-

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Age of lifetime

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Co/ev/al

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Having the same age (period in time) or lasting the same amount of thime. (Adj)

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Long/ev/ity

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A long duration of life; long, continuance (Noun)

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Medi/ev/al

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Relating to the Middle Ages of European history (Adj)

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Prim/ev/al

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Having to do with the earliest ages or existing from the beginning. (Adj)

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Corp-

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Body

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Corp/ore/al

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Having a physical body

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Corp/ul/ent

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Obese (Adj)

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Corp/oral

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Relating to or affecting the body (Adj)

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In/corp/or/ate

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To blend or combine into something already existing. (Verb)

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Tang/ Tact

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To touch (think tactile)

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Tact

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The ability to deal with others without offending them.

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Tact/ile

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Relating to the sense of touch

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Tang/enti/al

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Touching lightly; incidental (Adj)

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Tang/ible

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Physical (Adj)

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Codi/Code

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Trunk of a tree

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Code/x

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A book in handwritten form (Noun)

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Codi/cil

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An amendment or attachment/addition (Noun)

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Codi/fy

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Classify; arrange in a system (Verb)

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Sign-

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Mark or sign

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Sign/ify

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To be a sign of something; to mean something (Verb)

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In/sign/ia

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A distinguishing mark or sign (Noun)

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Sign/at/ory

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one who signs an agreement with another (Noun)

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Sign/et

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A seal used instead of a signature to give official authority to a document; a small engraved seal, often in the form of a ring (Noun)

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Quadr/Quart

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Four or fourth

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Quadr/ant

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A quarter of a circle or any of four quarters into which something is divided (Noun)

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Quadr/ille

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A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th century (Noun)

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Quad/riplegic

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Paralyzed in both arms and legs (Adj)

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Quart/tile

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One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population. (Noun)

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Tetr- (Greek)

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Four

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Tetra/cycl/ine

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A broad spectrum antibiotic that comes from a kind of “soil” bacteria. (Noun)

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Tetra/hedron

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A solid shape formed by four flat faces (Noun)

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Tetra/pod

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A vertebrate with 2 pairs of limbs (Noun)

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Tetra/logy

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A set of four connected pieces of art, music, or literature. (Noun)

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Capit-

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Head

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Capit/al/ism

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An economic system based on private ownership, private decisions, and open competition in a free market. (Noun)

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Capit/ul/ate

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To surrender, give-up (Verb)

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De/capit/ate

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Removal of the head (Verb)

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Recapit/ul/ate

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To summarize, review (Verb)

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Anthrop-

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Human being

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Anthrop/oid

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Large apes without tails (Noun)

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Lyc/anthrop/y

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Transforming into a wolf; the delusion of such a thing

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Anthrop/ology

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Study of humans (Noun)

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Mis/anthrop/ic

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Distrusting humans; cynic and Grinch are synonyms (Adj)

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Kine-

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Movement

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Kine/si/ology

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Scientific study of human movement (Noun)

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Kine/scope

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A motion picture made from the image on a picture tube (Noun)

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Tele/kine/sis

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The movement of objects without physical means (Noun)

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Dynam-

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Power

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Dynam/ic

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Productive, energetic, forceful (Adj)

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Dynam/o

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A forceful or energetic person (Noun)

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Aero/dynam/ics

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The science of how air or gas moves around an object (Noun)

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Hydro/dynam/ics

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The science of how water moves around an object to create power. (Hydro)

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Grad-

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Step or degree

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Grad/a/tion

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A series of successive stages or steps (Noun)

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De/grad/e

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To disrespect someone by word or action (Verb)

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Grad/I/ent

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Slope or grade (Noun or Adj)

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Retro/grad/e

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Lessening to a degree; taking a step back (Verb)

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Reg-

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Rule

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Reg/I/men

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A regular course of action or treatment; Ex: Skincare regimen, exercise regimen, sleep regimen (Noun)

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inter/reg/num

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A time when the throne is vacant during two successive regimes or reigns (Noun)

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Reg/en/cy

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A period of time in which a regent rules instead of a king or a queen (Noun)

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Reg/al/ia

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The formal symbols, emblems, or official dress of royalty

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Crit-

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To judge

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Crit/erion

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Condition, standard of judgement; a rule principle for evaluating; criteria = plural form

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Jur-

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To swear or take an oath

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Jur/is/prud/ence

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A system of law; the study of the philosophy of law

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Ab/jur/e

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To reject formally

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Per/jur/y

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To swear harmfully; to hurt oneself by swearing because you are telling a lie under oath

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De jur/e

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The actual written law as opposed to the practiced habits of citizens.

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Pent-

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Five (Greek)

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Pent/athlon

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Athletic competition made up of five events (Athlon- prize, contest)

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Pent/ateuch

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The first five books from the Old Testament

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Pent/a/meter

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A line of poetry consisting of five metrical feet

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Pent/e/cost/al

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Relating to various fundamental sects that stress personal experience of God and vocal expression of worship (pentekoste in Greek meant “fiftieth day”, as in after Easter)

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Quint-

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Five (Latin)

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Quin/cent/enni/al

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500th anniversary, celebration

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Quint/essenti/al

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Representing the purest or most perfect example

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Quint/et

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Musical piece for five instruments/voices; group of five, performers or players

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Quint/ile

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one or another of the values that divide a tested population into five evenly distributed classes

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