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Chapter 3/4 Flashcards

1
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Ambi-

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On both sides, around

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Ambi/gu/ous

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Doubtful, uncertain, unclear

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Ambi/ent

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Present on all sides

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Ambi/val/ent

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Mixed feelings

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Ambi/t

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The range or limit covered by something

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Epi-

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On, over, attached to

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Epi/thet

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A descriptive word or phrase existing with or in place of the name of a person or thing

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Epi/log/ue

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The final section after the main part of a book or play

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Epi/phyte

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A plant that grows on another plant

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Epi/taph

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Inscription on a grave or tomb

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hyp/hypo-

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Below, under

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Hypo/chondri/ac

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A person overly concerned with their own health, often suffers from delusions of physical disease.

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Hypo/gly/cem/ia

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low blood sugar

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Hypo/therm/ia

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Subnormal temperature of the body

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Hypo/thet/ic/al

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Imagined for purposes of example

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Therm/thermo-

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Warm

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Therm/al

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Of, or relating to, or caused by heat

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Thermo/dynam/ics

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Physics that deals with heat

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Thermo/nuclear

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Relating to the changes in the nucleus of atoms

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BTU

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water, one degree fahrenheit

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Poly

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many

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Poly/p

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Sea animal with many tentacles or a growth off of a mucous membrane

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Poly/glot

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One who can speak or write several languages

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Poly/mer

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A chemical compound where two molecules combine to form larger molecules

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Poly/graph

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An instrument for recording changes in several body functions at the same time

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Prim-

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First

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Prim/al

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Basic or primitive

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Prim/er

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An introductory book on a subject, first reading book for children

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Prim/ate

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First animals distinguishable by certain homogeneous characteristics, including humans, apes and monkeys

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Prim/ordi/al

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Existing in or from the very beginning; from primordial meaning origin

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Hom/homo

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Same/similar

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Homo/nym

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Words pronounced and/or spelled alike but different in meaning

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homo/gene/ous

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The same/ similar kind

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Homo/log/ous

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Developing from the same/similar part of an ancestor

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Homo/gen/ize

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To change something so that its parts are the same/ similar

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36
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Dis-

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Apart

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Dissuade

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To convince someone not to do something

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Dis/ori/ent

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To cause to be confused or lost

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Dis/cred/it

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To cause someone o something to seem dishonest or untrue

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Dis/lodge

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To force out of place

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Ad hoc

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For this

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Ad hominem

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Against the other person

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Alter ego

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second “I”; trusted friend or opposite side of a personality

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De facto

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The way something actually is rather than how it is recognized

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Quid Pro Quo

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Something given or received for something else

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Ex Post Facto

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Done after the fact

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Modus Operandi

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The usual way of doing something

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Modus Vivendi

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A way of life

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Vor-

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To eat

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Carn/i/vor/ous

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Meat eating

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Herb/i/vor/ous

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Plant eating

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Insect/i/vor/ous

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Insect eating

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Vor/ac/ious

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Having a huge appetite

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Carn-

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Meat or flesh

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Carn/age

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Great destruction of life, slaughter

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Carn/al

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Having to do with bodily pleasure

57
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In/carn/ate

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Given bodily form

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Re/in/carn/ation

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Rebirth in new bodies

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Cred-

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To believe

60
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Cred/ence

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Belief, mental acceptance of something as true

61
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Cred/ible

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Able to be believed

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Cred/ul/ity

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Ready and willing to believe on the basis of little evidence

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Cred/o

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A statement of basic beliefs or guiding principles

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Fid-

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faith or trust

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Af/fid/avit

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A sworn statement in writing

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Dif/fid/ent

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Lacking confidence; timid, cautious

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Fid/uci/ary

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Held in trust for another

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Per/fid/y

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Faithlessness, disloyalty, teachery

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Curr/Curs

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To run, movement

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Con/curr/ent

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Happening or carelessly done

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Dis/curs/ive

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Passing from one topic to another; from Latin discurrere, to run about

72
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Pre/curs/or

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One that goes before and indicated the coming of another

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Ped-

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Foot

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Quad/ru/ped

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An animal having four feet

75
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Ped/I/gree

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The line of ancestors of a person or animal.

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Im/ped/I/ment

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Something that infers with movement or progress.

77
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Ped/estr/ian

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Commonplace, ordinary, or unimaginative

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Flect-

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To bend

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De/flect

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To trun aside from a fixed course

80
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Re/flect/ive

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Capable of reflecting light, images or sound waves.

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Genu/flect

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To kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect

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In/flect/ion

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Change in the pitch, tone, loudness of the voice; change in the for of a word

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Post-

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After or behind

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Post/er/ior

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Toward the back

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Post/hum/ous

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Published after the death of an author; happening after one’s death

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Post/modern

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A movement that has acreated against modernism

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Post/mortem

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Occuring after death

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Calypso

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A folk song or style of singing of West Indian origin

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Odyssey

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A long journey full of trials and adventures; a spiritual journey or quest

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Palladium

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A precious silver-white medal

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Penelope

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A modest domestic wife

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Procrustean

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Ruthlessly disregarding individual differences

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Protean

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Having variety

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Sibyl

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A female prophet or fortune teller

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Siren

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A woman who tempts men with bewitching sweetness.

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