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Greek/Latin Roots Flashcards

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Rapacious

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Seizing everything; greedy

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Rap

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Latin, “to snatch; greedy, devouring”

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Rapt

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Giving total attention to; captivated

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Surreptitious

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Hidden or secret; done without notice

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Cep

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Latin, “seize, take”

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Perceptible

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Able to be noticed or felt

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Susceptible

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Able to be influenced

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Precept

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An idea important to a system of beliefs

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Vor

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Latin, “to eat”

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Omnivorous

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Feeding on both plants and animals

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Herbivorous

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Eating only plants

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Cad/cas

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Latin, “to fall”

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Decadent

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Overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline

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Cadence

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Rhythmic rise and fall

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Casualty

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Something or someone injured, killed, or eliminated

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Sequi/sec

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Latin, “to follow”

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Inconsequential

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Having no effect or importance

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Consecutive

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Following in order

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Execution

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The way something is done

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Cur/cour

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Latin, “to run”

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Courier

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One who carries and delivers

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Incur

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To bring about

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Recurrent

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Happening repeatedly

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Grad

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Latin, “to step”

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Gradualism

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A policy which involves taking slow, measured actions

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Regress

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To go back to a less mature or less positive state

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Digress

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To move away from the topic at hand; to ramble

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Ambl/ambul

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Latin, “to walk”

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Amble

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To casually walk; stroll

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Ambulatory

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Able to walk

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Preamble

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A passage or speech which introduces another longer passage or speech

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Laps

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Latin, “slip, slide”

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Elapse

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To slip away; go by

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Collapse

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Complete failure and ruin

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Relapse

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A falling back into an old illness or bad habit

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Ced

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Latin, “to move along, to go”

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Recede

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To move back or away from

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Concession

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Something given up or yielded

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Cede

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To surrender

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Flu

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Latin, “to flow”

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Affluent

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Wealthy and privileged; well-to-do

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Superfluous

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Additional to what is necessary; extra

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Mellifluous

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Sweetly flowing or sounding

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Lev

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Latin, “light”

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Leaven

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To make less heavy or serious

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness; jolly or joking manner

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Alleviate

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To make less painful or dangerous

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Domin

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Latin, “to rule, to dominate”

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Predominant

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Being most evident or apparent

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Domineering

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Forcing others to obey

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Indomitable

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Unbeatable, resilient

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Jur

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Latin, “to swear, to vow; law”

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Perjury

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Breaking of a legal oath

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Abjure

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To swear off; renounce

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Conjure

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To bring forth, especially through words

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Leg

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Latin, “law”

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Legitimize

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To give credit or recognition to

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Privileged

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Available to only a special few; entitled top

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Legislative

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Having to do with the law

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Crat/crac

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Greek, “to rule; power”

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Aristocracy

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Group of the most wealthy and privileged

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Theocracy

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Government by a religious leader or figure

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Bureaucrat

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A minor official

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Bio

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Greek; “life”

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Biodegradable

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Able to be broken down naturally

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Symbiotic

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Mutually beneficial; supporting one another’s life

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Antibiotic

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Causing the death of living organisms, especially harmful ones

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Viv

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Latin: “to live”

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Vivacious

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Cheerful and full of life

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Vivid

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Making a strong impression on the senses; clear and sharp

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Revival

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The act or process of bringing back to life

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Mort

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Latin: death

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Immortalize

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To preserve in memory forever

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Morbid

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Taking an unhealthy interest in unpleasant things

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Mortify

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To cause extreme embarrassment to

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Moribund

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In a dying or death-like state

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Nec/nox/nic

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Latin: to hurt, kill

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Noxious

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Harmful to personal or moral health

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Pernicious

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Causing damage; harmful

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Onym

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Greek: name

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Synonymous

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Meaning the same as

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Anonymous

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Not revealing one’s identity

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Antonym

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A word that means the opposite of another word

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Nomen

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Latin: name

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Nominal

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In name only; not completely true

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Denomination

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Subcategory or subgroup

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Nomenclature

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Official system of naming

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Soph

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Greek: wise

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Sophisticate

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One well-traveled and knowledgeable about culture, etiquette, and/or fashion

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Sophistry

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Use of trickery and false logic in arguments

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Sophomoric

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Not highly developed; crude

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Cogn

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Latin: to know

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Incognito

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Disguised as someone other than oneself

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Cognitive

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Relating to the process of thought

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Cognizant

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Aware

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Junct

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Latin: to join, yoke

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Enjoin

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To command; to urge; to forbid

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Injunction

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An order which legally prevents something

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Rejoinder

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An answer; a reply

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Part

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Latin: part

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Impartial

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Having no bias or favor

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Partisan

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Believing or acting on the ideas of a political party or group

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Impart

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To give away; share

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Clus/clud

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Latin: to close

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Inclusive

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Containing all; not keeping any out

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Inconclusive

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Providing no clear answer or solution

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Preclude

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Prevent from happening

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Cis

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Latin: to cut

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Precise

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Accurate; definite

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Indecisive

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Unable to make choices

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Incision

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A cut made in order to get inside something

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Meta

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Greek: after, changed, beyond

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Metabolism

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The process through which an organism changes food into energy

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Metamorphosis

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Change in form; transformation

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Metaphorical

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Symbolic rather than literal

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Al

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Latin: other, another

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Inalienable

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Not able to be taken away

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Alienate

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To make hostile

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Alias

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A name that is not one’s true name

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Alter

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Latin: other

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Alteration

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A change or modification

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Alternate

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To go back and forth; change from one thing to another

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Altercation

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A fight or dispute

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Simul

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Latin: to imitate, to pretend, to appear to be

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Simulate

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To mimic; imitate

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Dissemble

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To conceal the truth; to deceive

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Semblance

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Rough likeness

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