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Roots & Affixes Flashcards

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bene

A

good, well

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benedictory

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expressing wishes for good

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cede, ceed, cess

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go, yield

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centr/o/i

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center

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agri/i/o

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farming

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alg/o

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pain

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amphibi; ambi

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both, both sides, around

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ambul

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walk, move

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ami/o

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love

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ana

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up, back, against, throughout

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anti

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against, opposite of

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arbor

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tree

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counter

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opposing, opposite, contrary

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crypto

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hidden, secret

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cert

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sure

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chron/o

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time

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cide, cise

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cut, kill

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dia

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through, between, apart, across

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dict

A

speech

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dys

A

abnormal, bad

21
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ep/i

A

on, upon, among, at, after, to, outside

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equ/i

A

equal, equally

23
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ethno

A

race, people

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de

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reduce, away, remove, down

25
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egocentric

A

(of a person) a mind centered on themself

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agribuisness

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a business based on farming

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ambidexterous

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a person able to use both hands

28
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amity

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a friendly relationship

29
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anachronism

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ana*chron- something in the wrong time period

30
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antisocial

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someone who behaves contrary to societal expectations

31
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arboriculturist

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someone who observes shrubs and trees and their growth

32
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counterargument

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an argument used to refute another party’s argument

33
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cryptography

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crypto*graph- the practice and/or study of secure and secretive communication when in the presence of adversarial behavior

34
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cedes

A

to give up power/ territory

35
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certain

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(of something) known without doubt

36
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heterochronus

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hetero*chronus another time

37
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dialogue

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a conversation of two or more people

38
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diction

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the choice and use of words or phrases in writing

39
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dyslexia

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to have abnormal reading

40
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epilogue

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a section of text after the main literature (typically in a book)

41
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equanimity

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equa*nim- mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper- especially in a difficult situation

42
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ethnographic

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keeping track of the differing ethnicities in an area

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