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Unit 15/16 Flashcards

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Topical

Adj

Top

A

Designed for local application to or treatment of bodily parts; referring to the topics of the day

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Top

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Place

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Ectopic

Adj

Top

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Occurring or originating in abnormal place

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Utopian

Adj

Top

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Relating to an imaginary place in which the government laws and social conditions are perfect

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Topography

Noun

Top

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The art of showing the natural and man made features of a region on a map chart; the features of a surface including both natural and man made features

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Centr/ center

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Sharp point or center point of circle

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Eccentric

Adj

Sharp point

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Not following an established or usual style or conduct straying from a circular path, off center

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Epicenter

Noun

Sharp point

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The location on the earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake the center or focus of activity

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Egocentric

Adj

Sharp point

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Overly concerned with oneself; self centered

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Ethnocentric

Adj

Sharp point

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Marked by or based on the attitude that ones own group is superior to others

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Dom

A

House; master

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Dominion

Noun

Master

A

An area over which one rules; domain supreme authority

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Predominant

Adj

Master

A

Greater in importance strength influence or authority

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Domineering

Verb

Master

A

Tending to control the behavior of others in a bossy manners

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Domination

Noun

Master

A

Supremacy or power over another the exercise of governing or controlling influence

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Omni

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All

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Omnivore

Noun

All

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An animal that eats both plants and other animals

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Omnipotent

Adj

All

A

Having complete or unlimited power; all powerful

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Omnibus

Adj

All

A

Of or including many things

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Omniscient

Adj

All

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Knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge

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Hol/holo

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Whole

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Holistic

Adj

Whole

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Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of treatment of or dissection into parts

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Hologram

Noun

All

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A three dimensional image reproduced from a pattern of interference produced by a beam of radiation such as a laser

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Holocene

Noun

All

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Of relating to, or being the present geological epoch

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Holocaust

Noun

All

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The mass slaughter of European citizens and especially Jews by the nazis; a thorough destruction involving

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Retro

A

Back backward behind

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Retroactive

Adj

Back

A

Intended to apply or take effect at a date in the past

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Retrofit

Verb

Back

A

To furnish something new or modified parts or equipment that was optional or unavailable at the time of manufacturer

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Retrogress

Verb

Back

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To return to an earlier and usually worse or more primitive state

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Retrospective

Adj

Back

A

A generally comprehensive exhibition or performance usually covering an artists output date

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Tempor

A

Time

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Temporal

Adj

Time

A

Having to do with time as distinguished from space

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Contemporary

Noun

Time

A

Occurring or existing during the same period of time; having to do with the present period; modern or current

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Extemporaneous

Adj

Time

A

Composed performed spoken or done in the spur of the moment

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Temporize

Verb

Time

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To act in a way that fits the time or occasion to give way to current opinion to

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Chron

A

Time

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Chronic

Adj

Time

A

Lasting a long time or recurring frequently always present constantly annoying

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Chronology

Noun

Time

A

A sequence of events in the order the occurred a table list or account that presents events in order

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Anachronism

Noun

Time

A

The retro of placing a person or thing in the wrong time period

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Synchronous

Adj

Time

A

Happening or existing at exactly the same time

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Tri

A

Three

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Trident

A

Pitchfork

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Trinity

A

Father son Holy Spirit

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Term/termin

A

To limit bound set limits to

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Terminal

Adj

To limit

A

Forming or relating to an end or limit

Ending

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Indeterminate

Adj

To limit

A

Not precisely determined; vague

Indefinite

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Interminable

Adj

To limit

A

Seeming to have no end

Nonstop

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Terminus

Noun

To limit

A

The end of a travel route; an extreme point

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Geo

A

Earth

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Geocentric

Adj

Earth

A

Having or relating to the earth as the center

Theory

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Geophysics

Noun

Earth

A

“Earth science”

Geography

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Geothermal

Adj

Earth

A

Of relating to or using the natural heat produced inside the earth

Core

52
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Spher

A

Ball

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Spherical

Adj

Ball

A

Relating to a sphere; shaped like a sphere or one of its segments

Round

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Stratosphere

Noun

Ball

A

The part of earths atmosphere that extends from about seven to about thirty miles above the surface

Sky

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Biosphere

Noun

Ball

A

Living things and their environment

Biology

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Hemisphere

Noun

Ball

A

Half a sphere especially half the global sphere as divided by the equator or meridian

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Vert

A

To turn

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Divert

Verb

To turn

A

To turn from one purpose or course to another

Change

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Converter

Noun

To turn

A

A device that changes something from one form to another

Frequencies

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Avert

Verb

To turn

A

To turn away or aside

Look away

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Revert

Verb

To turn

A

To go back or return

Payback

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Morph

A

Shape

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Amorphous

Adj

Shape

A

Without a definite shape or form

Shapeless

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