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Unit 19/20 Flashcards

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Bio/nic

Adj

A

Made stronger by electric or mechanical devices

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Bio

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Life

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Bio/psy

Noun

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The removal and examination of tissues or cells from a living body

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Bio/de/grad/able

Adj

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Able to be known down by microorganisms

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Sym/bio/sis

Noun

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A cooperative relationship between two people or a group

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Gen

A

Birth

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Gen/e/sis

Noun

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Origin, beginning

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Gen/erator

Noun

A

A machine by which mechanical energy is changed into electrical energy

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Gen/re

Noun

A

Kind, sort

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Carcino/genic
*cancer

Adj

A

Producing or causing cancer

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Funct

A

To perform, carry out

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Funct/ion/ary

Adj

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Someone who performs a certain function

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Mal/funct/ion

Verb

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To fail to operate

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De/funct

Adj

A

No longer living, existing, or functioning

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Dys/funct/ion/al

Adj

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Being unable to function in a normal way

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Mut

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To change

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Com/mut/e

Noun

A

To exchange or substitute

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Im/mut/able

Adj

A

Not able or liable to change

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Per/mut/ation

Adj

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A change in the order of a set of objects; rearrangement, variation

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Trans/mut/e

Adj

A

To change in shape, appearance, or nature

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Fract

A

To break or shatter

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Fract/ious

Adj

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Stirring up quarrels

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Fract/al

Adj

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An irregular shape that looks much the same at any scale on which it is examined

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In/fract/ion

Adj

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The breaking of the law or a violation of another’s rights

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Re/fract/ion

Adj

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The change of direction of a ray of light or wave of energy as it passes at an angle from one substance into another in which its speed is different

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Tele

A

Distant, at a distance

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Tele/gen/ic

Adj

A

Well suited to appear on TV

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Tele/o/log/ical

Adj

A

Showing or relating to design or purpose

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Tele/metry

Adj

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Distance

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Tele/com/mut/e

Adj

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To work at home using an electronic link with a central office

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Phil

A

Love

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Oeno/phil/e

Adj

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A person who is exceptionally knowledgeable about wine

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Phil/atelist

Adj

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A person who collects or studies stamps

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Anglo/Phil/e

Adj

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One who loves all things British

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Phil/anthrop/y

Noun

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A charitable act or gift

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Neg

A

Denial or refusal

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Neg/ligent

Adj

A

Failing to take proper care

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Ab/neg/ation

Adj

A

Self denial

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Neg/lig/ible

Adj

A

Minuscule

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Re/neg/e

Adj

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To go back on a promise

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Dec

A

Ten

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Decalogue

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Any basic set of rules that must be obeyed

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Decathlon

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An athletic contest, 10 parts

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Decibel

A

A unit based on a scale of 0-130, to measure loudness of sound

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Decimate

A

To reduce drastically; destroy

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Cent

A

One hundred

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Centenary

A

A 100th anniversary or celebration of it

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Centigrade

A

Relating to temperature scale where 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling

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Centimeter

A

A length measuring 1/100th of a meter

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Centurion

A

The officer in command of a Roman cebtury

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Nom

A

Name

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Nom/in/al

Adj

A

Existing in name or form only and not in reality

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Nom/en/clatur/e

Noun

A

A name or designation, or the act of naming

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Ig/nom/in/ious

Adj

A

Marked with shame or disgrace

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Mis/nom/er

Noun

A

A wrong name or the use of a wrong name

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Pater/patr

A

Father

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Patr/i/ci/an

Noun

A

An aristocrat, someone of high birth or good breeding

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Patr/i/arch/y

Noun

A

A family, group or government controlled by a man or men

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Lega

A

To appoint or send as a deputy

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Pater/nal/ist/ic

Adj

A

Tending to supply the needs of or regulate the activities of those under one’s control

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Lega/ate

Verb

A

An official representative or ambassador

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Lega/cy

Noun

A

Something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor

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De/lega/tion

Noun

A

A group of people chosen to represent the interests of others

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Re/lega/te

Verb

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To remove or assign to a less important place

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Greg

A

Herd or flock

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Ag/greg/ate

Verb

A

A collection; sum or parts

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Con/greg/a/tion

Noun

A

A gathering of people especially fr worship

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E/greg/ious

Adj

A

Standing out in a bad way

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Se/greg/ate

Verb

A

To separate from others

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Flu

A

To flow

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Af/flu/ence

Noun

A

An abundance of wealth

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Ef/flu/ent

Adj

A

Pollution/waste material

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Con/flu/ence

Adj

A

A coming or flowing together at one point

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Mel/li/flu/ous

Adj

A

Flowing like honey;sweetened

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Prehend/prehens

A

To seize

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Prehens/ile

Adj

A

Adapted for grasping

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Ap/prehend

Adj

A

Arrest, seize

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Com/prehend

Adj

A

To grasp the meaning of

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Re/prehens/ible

Adj

A

Deserving stern criticism or blame

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Temper

A

To moderate or keep within limits or to mix

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Temper

Verb

A

To dilute or soften by adding something more agreeable

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Temper/ance

Adj

A

Moderation in appetites or passions; drinking little or no alcohol

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In/temper/ate

Verb

A

Not moderate or mild

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Dis/temper

Adj

A

Highly contagious viral disease

85
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Purg

A

To clean or cleanse

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Purg/e

Adj

A

Clear of guilt

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Ex/purg/ate

Verb

A

To cleanse of something morally harmful or offensive

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Purg/a/tive

Adj

A

Cleansing or purifying

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Purg/atory

Noun

A

Temporary place or state of suffering

90
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Mill

A

A thousand or a thousandth

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Millefleur

A

Having a pattern of small flowers and plants all over

92
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Millenarianism

A

Belief in the 1000 year era of holiness foretold in the Book of Revolution

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Millipede

A

Any of a class of many footed anthropods that have a cyndrical segmented body with two pairs of legs on each segment with no poison fangs

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Millisecond

A

One thousandth of a second

95
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Hemi/semi

A

Half

96
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Semitone

A

The tone at a half step

97
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Semicolon

A

The punctuation mark

98
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Hemiplegia

A

Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain

99
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Semiconductor

A

A solid that conducts electricity like a metal at high temperature and insulates like a nonmetal at low temperatures

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Ex/patr/i/ate

Verb

A

A person who has moved to a foreign land

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