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Chapter 19/20 Flashcards

1
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Bio-

A

Life

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Bio/psy

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The removal and examination of tissues or cells from a living body. (noun)

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Bio/nic

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Made stronger by electronic or mechanical devices. (adj)

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Bio/de/grad/able

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Able to be broken down by microorganisms (adj)

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Sym/bio/sis

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A cooperative relationship between two people or in a group (noun)

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Gen-

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Birth

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Gen/esis

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Origin or beginning

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Gen/erator

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A machine by which mechanical energy is charged into electric energy (noun)

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Gen/re

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Kind, sort (noun)

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Carcino/gen/ic

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Producing or causing cancer (adj)

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Funct-

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To perform or carry out

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Funct/ion/ary

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Someone who performs a specific function (noun)

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Mal/funct/ion

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To fail to operate (noun)

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De/funct

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No longer living, existing, or functioning (de: opposite of) (verb)

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Dys/funct/ion/al

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Being unable to function in a normal way (adj)

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Mut-

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to change

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Im/mut/able

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Not able or liable to change (adj)

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Com/mut/e

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To exchange or substitute; to travel back and forth regularly (verb)

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Per/mut/ation

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A change in the order of a set of objects (noun)

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Trans/mut/e

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To change in shape, appearance, or nature (verb)

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Fract-

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To break or shatter (verb)

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Fract/ious

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string up quarrels; irritable (adj)

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Fract/al

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An irregular shape that is duplicated on a different scale within the same object. (noun)

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In/fract/ion

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To break the law (verb)

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Re/fract/ion

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The change of direction of a ray of light or wave of energy as it passes at an angle from one substance into another in which its speed is different. (noun)

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Tele-

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Distance

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Tele/gen/ic

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Well suited to appear on TV (adj)

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Tele/o/log/ical

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Showing or relating to design or purpose especially in nature. (adj)

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Tele/metry

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Distance measure (noun)

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Tele/com/mut/e

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Working at home using an electronic deice. (noun)

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Phil-

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Love

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Oneo/phil/e

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A person who is exceptionally knowledgeable about wine (noun)

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Phil/atelist

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A person who collects or studies stamps. (noun)

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Anglo/phil/e

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One who loves all things British (noun)

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Phil/anthrop/y

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A charitable act or gift; an organization that is supported by or distributes charitable contributions (noun)

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Neg-

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Denial or refusal

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Neg/lig/ent

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Falling to take proper care (adj)

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Ab/neg/ation

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Self denial (noun)

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Re/neg/e

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To go back on a promise (verb)

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Neg/lig/ible

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So small as to be disregarded (adj)

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Dec-

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Ten

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Dec/a/logue

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If capitalized, the Ten Commandments; any basic set of rules that must be obeyed (noun)

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Dec/i/bet

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A unit based on scale, 0-130, to measure loudness of sound. (noun)

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Dec/i/mate

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To reduce drastically; destroy (verb)

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Dec/athlon

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An athletic contest, 10 parts (noun)

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Cent-

A

One hundred

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Cent/ennary

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A 100th anniversary or celebration (noun)

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Cent/I/meter

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A length measuring 1/100th of a meter (o.39) (noun)

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Cent/union

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The officer in command of a Roman century, originally a troop of 100 soldiers. (noun)

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Cent/i/grad/e

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Relating to temperature scale where 0 is freezing, 100 is boiling (noun)

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Nom-

A

Name

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Nom/in/al

A

Insignificant; existing in name only- not really in reality (adj)

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Nom/en/clat/ure

A

the act of naming (noun)

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Mis/nom/er

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A wrong name or the use of a wrong name (noun)

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Ig/nom/in/ious

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Humiliating or degrading (synonym= mortified) IG= negative connotation (adj)

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Pater/Patr-

A

Father

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Patr/i/ci/an

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An aristocrat; someone of high birth or good breeding (noun)

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Patr/i/arch/y

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A family, group, or government controlled by man or men (noun)

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Ex/part/i/ate

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A person who has moved from their fatherland to an foreign land (noun)

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Pater/nal/ist/ic

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Tending to supply needs or regulate the activities of those under one’s control (adj)

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Lega-

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To appoint or send as a deputy

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Lega/te

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An official representative or ambassador (noun)

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Lega/cy

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Something that is handed down by an ancestor or predecessor (noun)

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De/lega/tion

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A group of people chosen to represent the interests of others (de=of, from) (noun)

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Re/lega/te

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To remove or assign to a less important place (verb)

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Greg-

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Herd or flock

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Ag/greg/ate

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A collection; sum of parts (verb)

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Con/greg/a/tion

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A gathering of people, especially for worship(noun)

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E/greg/ious

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Standing out in a bad way; flagrant (adj)

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Se/greg/ate

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To separate from others (verb)

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Flu-

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To flow

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Af/flu/ence

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An abundance of wealth (noun)

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Ef/flu/ent

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Pollution; waste material (adj)

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Con/flu/ence

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A coming or flowing together at one point (noun)

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Mel/li/flu/ous

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Flowing like honey; sweetened (adj)

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Prehend/Prehence-

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to seize

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Prehens/ile

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Adapted for grasping (adj)

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Ap/prehend

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To arrest, seize (verb)

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Com/prehend

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To grasp the meaning of; understand (verb)

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Re/prehens/ible

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Deserving stern criticism or blame (adj)

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Temper-

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To moderate; keep within limits; mix

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Temper

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To dilute or soften by adding something more agreeable; to moderate (verb)

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Temper/ance

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Moderation in appetites or passions; drnking little or no alcohol (noun)

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In/temper/ate

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Not moderate or mild- excessive, extreme (adj)

85
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Dis/temper

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Highly contagious viral disease, especially in dogs, marked by destruction of white blood cells (noun)

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Purg-

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to clean or cleanse

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Purg/e

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Clear of guilt; free of something unwanted (noun)

88
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Ex/purg/ate:

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To cleanse of something morally harmful of offensive (verb)

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Purg/a/tive

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Cleansing or purifying, especially from sin; causing loose bowels (adj)

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Purg/atory

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Temporary place or state of suffering; place between Heaven and Hell (noun)

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Mill-

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A thousand, a thousandth

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Mill/e/fleur

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A pattern of small flowers and plants all over (noun)

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Mill/enarianism

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Belief in the 1000 year era of holiness; belief an ideal society to come through revolution (noun)

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Mill/i/pede

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Many footed arthropods (noun)

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Mill/I/second

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one thousandth of a second (noun)

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Hemi/Semi

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Half

97
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Semi/tone

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The tone at a half step (noun)

98
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Semi/colon

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Punctuation mark to separate independent classes (noun)

99
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Hemi/plegia

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Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body (noun)

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Semi/conductor

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Solid that conducts electricity like a metal at a high temperatures and insulates nonmetal at low temperatures (noun)

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