Latin Roots #4 Flashcards

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Semicircle

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Half a circle

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Semi

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Half

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Sub, suc, suf, sug, sum, sup, sur, sus

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Under, less than, inferior

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Succumb

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To yield to something else, physically or figuratively

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Super, supra

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Above, superior, surpassing

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Soprano

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The highest singing part

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Trans

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Across, through

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Transcontinental

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Across a continent

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Tri

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Three

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Triangle

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A polygon with three sides

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Ultra

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Beyond, on the other side of

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Ultrasound

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A machine using sound waves above the range of human hearing to capture images of internal structures

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…itis

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Inflammation

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Conjunctivitis

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Pink eye

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Acerbus, acris, acuere

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Sharp, to sharpen, needle, bitter

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Acerbate

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To annoy to the point of anger or irritability

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Aequare

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To make equal, even

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Equivocate

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To use words with dual, uncertain meanings on order to deceive

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Aevum

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Age

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Medieval

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From the Middle Ages, outdated