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Unit 4 Flashcards

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Plant eating

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Herbivorous

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Having to do with bodily pleasures

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Carnal

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Vor-

Root word

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To eat

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Having a huge appetite

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Voracious

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Carn-

Root word

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Flesh or meat

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Great destruction of life; slaughter

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Carnage

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  1. Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life

2. Someone who has been born again with a new body after death

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Reincarnation

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Cred-

Root word

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To believe or entrust

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Meat eating or flesh eating

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Carnivorous

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Mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief

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Credence

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A sworn statement made in writing

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Affidavit

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Faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery

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Perfidy

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  1. Able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe

2. Good enough to be effective

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Credible

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Readiness and willingness to believe in the basis of little evidence

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Credulity

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Given bodily or actual form; especially, having human body

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Incarnate

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Fid-

Root word

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Faith or trust

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Feeding on insects

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Insectivorous

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  1. A statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith

2. As et of guiding principles or beliefs

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Credo

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  1. Having to do with a confidence or trust

2. Held in trust for another

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Fiduciary

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The line of ancestors of a person or animal

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Pedigree

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To run

Root word

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Curr/curs

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Foot

Root word

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Ped-

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Hastily and often carelessly done

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Cursory

23
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Lacking confidence; timid, cautious

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Diffident

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One that goes before and indicates the coming of another

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Precursor

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Happening or appearing at the same time

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Concurrent

26
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An animal having four feet

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Quadruped

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Common place, ordinary, or unimaginative

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Pedestrian

28
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To bend

Root word

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Flect-

29
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Passing from one topic to another

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Discursive

30
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  1. Capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves

2. Thoughtful

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reflective

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  1. Published after death of the author

2. Following or happening after one’s death

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Posthumous

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  1. A change in pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice

2. The change in form of a word showing its case, gender, number, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison

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Inflection

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To kneel on one knee and then rise as an act of respect

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Genuflect

34
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Something that interferes with movement or progress

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Impediment

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Situated toward or on the back; rear

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Posterior

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To turn aside, especially from a straight or fixed course

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Deflect

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After or behind

Root word

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Post-

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  1. Occurring after death

2. Following the event

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Postmortem

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Having to do with a movement in architecture, art, or literature that is a reaction against modernism and that reintroduces traditional elements and techniques in odd contexts well as elements from pop culture

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Postmodern

40
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*A precious, silver- white medal related to platinum that is used in electrical contacts and as an alloy with gold to form white gold

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Palladium

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*A modern domestic wife

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Penelope

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    1. A long, wandering journey full of trials and adventures

2. A spiritual journey or quest

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Odyssey

43
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*A woman who tempts men with bewitching sequence

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Siren

44
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*A female prophet or fortune teller

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Sibyl

45
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*A folk song or style of singing of West Indian origin that has a lively rhythm and words that are often made up by the singer

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Calypso

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    1. Displaying great versatility or variety

2. Able to take on many different forms or natures

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Protean

47
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*Ruthlessly disregarding individual differences or special circumstances

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Procrustean

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