Lesson 17 Flashcards
1
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physics
A
- originally: the study of the natural universe
- currently: one branch of the study of the natural universe
2
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radish
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- root
- a particular type of root in the mustard family
3
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insanity
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- illness
- mental illness
4
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grand mal
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- great ailment
- the severe type of epilepsy
5
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excruciating
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- inflicting the pain of literal torture or crucifixion
- causing any great pain
6
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eradicate
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- to pull up by the roots
- to get rid of by any means
7
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spectrum
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- the range of colors of the rainbow
- any wide range
8
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crescent
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- the new moon
- anything shaped like the new moon
9
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cyn-
A
dog
10
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hapl-
A
single
11
Q
kym-
cym-
A
wave
12
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lemm(a)-
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sheath, husk
13
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loph-
A
crest (nóc)
14
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lophi-
A
small crest
15
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lymph-
A
water
16
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mit-
A
thread
17
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ornis-
ornith-
A
bird
18
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pale-
palae-
A
old
19
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pha-
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to speak
20
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phem-
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voice
21
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phrag-
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to block up
22
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plan-
A
wandering
23
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pleur-
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side, rib
24
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-plo
A
folded
25
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pne(a)-
pneust-
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breathing
26
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rhaph-
rrhaph-
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to sew
27
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spa-
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to draw, to jerk
28
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staphyl-
A
bunch of grapes
29
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steth-
A
chest
30
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xen-
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foreign
