Unit 3/4 Notecards

Question 0

Ambi*ent

Answer 0

Definition: existing on all sides

Sentence: the light in my room was very ambient

Question 1

Ambiguous

Answer 1

Definition: unclear in meaning because of being understandable in more than 1 way.

Sentence: The kid gave an ambiguous answer to get out of the question, but failed

Question 2

Ambiv*alent

Answer 2

Definition: wavering between options

Sentence: the ambivalent question resulted in an answer that didn’t make sense.

Question 3

Ambi*t

Answer 3

Definition: range/limit covered by something

Sentence: this law was ambit and could not be broken

Question 4

Epilouge

Answer 4

Definition: the final section after the main point

Sentence: I watched a spongebob episode that had an epilogue that was better than the original ending.

Question 5

Epip/phyte

Answer 5

Definition: Plant that grows on another plant for support

Sentence: some people are epiphytes and need to leach off of people

Question 6

Epi/taph

Answer 6

Definition: grave inscription

Sentence: we put an epitaph in my grandfather’s gravestone

Question 7

Epi/thet

Answer 7

Definition: descriptive word attached to someone’s name

Sentence: Johnny Manziel’s epithet is Johnny football

Question 8

Hypo/chondri/ac

Answer 8

Definition: person overly concered with health

Sentence: I love my grandmother but sometimes she can be a hypochondriac and always go to the doctor.

Question 9

Hypo/glyc/emia

Answer 9

Definition: abnormal decrease in blood sugar

Sentence: another word for diabetes is hypoglycemia

Question 10

Hypo/therm/ia

Answer 10

Definition: subnormal drop in body temperature

Sentence: if you stay in the cold too long, you can develop hypothermia.

Question 11

Hypo/thet/ical

Answer 11

Definition: an assumption

Sentence: what is a hypothetical question?

Question 12

Therm/al

Answer 12

Definition: caused by heat

Sentence: there are a lot of cameras like a thermal camera

Question 13

Thermo/dynam/ics

Answer 13

Definition: physics of heat

Sentence: we haven’t learned thermodynamics yet in physics but I hope we do soon

Question 14

Thermo/nuclear

Answer 14

Definition: nucleus of atoms; requires high temps

Sentence: hopefully we will never have a thermonuclear war

Question 15

Poly/graph

Answer 15

Definition: lie detector

Sentence: in the show, Maury, we see a lot of polygraph tests to see who’s lying and cheating

Question 16

Poly/mer

Answer 16

Definition: Chemical compound formed by larger compounds

Sentence: we learned about polymers last year in biology

Question 17

Homo/nym

Answer 17

Definition: words that are spelled the same but different meanings

Sentence: bass and bass are homonyms because they are spelled the same but meanings are different

Question 18

Dis/orient

Answer 18

Definition: confusion

Sentence: the fighter was disoriented and did not know where he was

Question 19

Dis/credit

Answer 19

Definition: to ruin reputation

Sentence: usually if you are a liar you are seen as a discredit

Question 20

Carn/ivore

Answer 20

Definition: something that eats meat

Sentence: the lion is a carnivore since it eats zebras

Question 21

Carn/age

Answer 21

Definition: destruction of something caused by slaughter

Sentence: Adolf hitler left a wake of carnage in the late 30s to the mid 40s

Question 22

Vor/ac/ious

Answer 22

Definition: extreme hunger

Sentence the voracious boy ate all of the food in the house

Question 23

Herbi/vor/ous

Answer 23

Definition: something that eats plants

Sentence: the zebra is a herbivorous animal and doesn’t eat meat only grasses

Question 24

Fid/uc/i/ary

Answer 24

Definition: extreme trusted in

Sentence: it is my fiduciary responsibility to make sure my sister gets home from a friends house