Unit 19/20 Flashcards
Bio/nic
Adj
Made stronger by electric or mechanical devices
Bio
Life
Bio/psy
Noun
The removal and examination of tissues or cells from a living body
Bio/de/grad/able
Adj
Able to be known down by microorganisms
Sym/bio/sis
Noun
A cooperative relationship between two people or a group
Gen
Birth
Gen/e/sis
Noun
Origin, beginning
Gen/erator
Noun
A machine by which mechanical energy is changed into electrical energy
Gen/re
Noun
Kind, sort
Carcino/genic
*cancer
Adj
Producing or causing cancer
Funct
To perform, carry out
Funct/ion/ary
Adj
Someone who performs a certain function
Mal/funct/ion
Verb
To fail to operate
De/funct
Adj
No longer living, existing, or functioning
Dys/funct/ion/al
Adj
Being unable to function in a normal way
Mut
To change
Com/mut/e
Noun
To exchange or substitute
Im/mut/able
Adj
Not able or liable to change
Per/mut/ation
Adj
A change in the order of a set of objects; rearrangement, variation
Trans/mut/e
Adj
To change in shape, appearance, or nature
Fract
To break or shatter
Fract/ious
Adj
Stirring up quarrels
Fract/al
Adj
An irregular shape that looks much the same at any scale on which it is examined
In/fract/ion
Adj
The breaking of the law or a violation of another’s rights
Re/fract/ion
Adj
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
Tele
Distant, at a distance
Tele/gen/ic
Adj
Well suited to appear on TV
Tele/o/log/ical
Adj
Showing or relating to design or purpose
Tele/metry
Adj
Distance
Tele/com/mut/e
Adj
To work at home using an electronic link with a central office
Phil
Love
Oeno/phil/e
Adj
A person who is exceptionally knowledgeable about wine
Phil/atelist
Adj
A person who collects or studies stamps
Anglo/Phil/e
Adj
One who loves all things British
Phil/anthrop/y
Noun
A charitable act or gift
Neg
Denial or refusal
Neg/ligent
Adj
Failing to take proper care
Ab/neg/ation
Adj
Self denial
Neg/lig/ible
Adj
Minuscule
Re/neg/e
Adj
To go back on a promise
Dec
Ten
Decalogue
Any basic set of rules that must be obeyed
Decathlon
An athletic contest, 10 parts
Decibel
A unit based on a scale of 0-130, to measure loudness of sound
Decimate
To reduce drastically; destroy
Cent
One hundred
Centenary
A 100th anniversary or celebration of it
Centigrade
Relating to temperature scale where 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling
Centimeter
A length measuring 1/100th of a meter
Centurion
The officer in command of a Roman cebtury
Nom
Name
Nom/in/al
Adj
Existing in name or form only and not in reality
Nom/en/clatur/e
Noun
A name or designation, or the act of naming
Ig/nom/in/ious
Adj
Marked with shame or disgrace
Mis/nom/er
Noun
A wrong name or the use of a wrong name
Pater/patr
Father
Patr/i/ci/an
Noun
An aristocrat, someone of high birth or good breeding
Patr/i/arch/y
Noun
A family, group or government controlled by a man or men
Lega
To appoint or send as a deputy
Pater/nal/ist/ic
Adj
Tending to supply the needs of or regulate the activities of those under one’s control
Lega/ate
Verb
An official representative or ambassador
Lega/cy
Noun
Something handed down by an ancestor or predecessor
De/lega/tion
Noun
A group of people chosen to represent the interests of others
Re/lega/te
Verb
To remove or assign to a less important place
Greg
Herd or flock
Ag/greg/ate
Verb
A collection; sum or parts
Con/greg/a/tion
Noun
A gathering of people especially fr worship
E/greg/ious
Adj
Standing out in a bad way
Se/greg/ate
Verb
To separate from others
Flu
To flow
Af/flu/ence
Noun
An abundance of wealth
Ef/flu/ent
Adj
Pollution/waste material
Con/flu/ence
Adj
A coming or flowing together at one point
Mel/li/flu/ous
Adj
Flowing like honey;sweetened
Prehend/prehens
To seize
Prehens/ile
Adj
Adapted for grasping
Ap/prehend
Adj
Arrest, seize
Com/prehend
Adj
To grasp the meaning of
Re/prehens/ible
Adj
Deserving stern criticism or blame
Temper
To moderate or keep within limits or to mix
Temper
Verb
To dilute or soften by adding something more agreeable
Temper/ance
Adj
Moderation in appetites or passions; drinking little or no alcohol
In/temper/ate
Verb
Not moderate or mild
Dis/temper
Adj
Highly contagious viral disease
Purg
To clean or cleanse
Purg/e
Adj
Clear of guilt
Ex/purg/ate
Verb
To cleanse of something morally harmful or offensive
Purg/a/tive
Adj
Cleansing or purifying
Purg/atory
Noun
Temporary place or state of suffering
Mill
A thousand or a thousandth
Millefleur
Having a pattern of small flowers and plants all over
Millenarianism
Belief in the 1000 year era of holiness foretold in the Book of Revolution
Millipede
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
Millisecond
One thousandth of a second
Hemi/semi
Half
Semitone
The tone at a half step
Semicolon
The punctuation mark
Hemiplegia
Total or partial paralysis of one side of the body that results from disease of or injury to the motor centers of the brain
Semiconductor
A solid that conducts electricity like a metal at high temperature and insulates like a nonmetal at low temperatures
Ex/patr/i/ate
Verb
A person who has moved to a foreign land
