Greek XV Flashcards

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the practice pertaining to the contradiction btw two laws which seem equally desirable, logical, or reasonable

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antinomanism

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an act or instance of having verses or passages sung by two choirs

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antiphony

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one who studies the universe and its laws

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cosmologist

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a restatement of written material giving the meaning in another form or other words

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paraphrase

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to stop, as in a speech in a play, and address the audience

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apostrophize

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not typical; irregular

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atypical

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the transposition of sounds, syllables, or letters in a word

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metathesis

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serving or helping to explain or qualify

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parenthetical

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an expression phrased in a roundabout way; circumlocution

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periphrasis

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a print made from a plane surface, as of stone or a metal plate, on which the image to be printed is ink receptive and the blank places ink repellent

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Lithograph

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the transference of a disease from the diseased site to other parts of the body

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metastasis

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having many angles and straight side

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polygonal

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the intimate living together of two dissimilar organisms in a mutually beneficial relationship

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symbiosis

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pertaining to a disorder in the electrical rhythms of the central nervous system manifested by partial or complete loss of consciousness and sometimes by convulsions

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epileptic

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caused by widespread calamity, misfortune, or other extraordinary disaster

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catastrophic

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here, figurative, to treat as a saint; to glorify

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canonize

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the act of examining a dead body to determine the cause of death or the character and location of disease the person died from; a post mortem

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autopsy

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to apply voltage to; apply or impart energy to

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energize

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pertaining to the geological interval between the Permian and Tertiary periods, of the era occurring btw 70-220 million years ago

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Mesozoic

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to cause to go at the same rate

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synchronize