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Unit 4 Flashcards

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Carni- meat
Vor- to eat
Ous- adjective

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Def: Meat eating or flesh eating.

The men were carnivorous.

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Herbi- plant
Vor- to eat
Ous- adjective

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Def: Plant-eating.

The giraffes are herbivorous.

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In
Secti
Vor- to eat
Ous- adjective

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Def: Feeding on insects.

Birds are insectivorous, they heavily rely on insects.

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Vor- to eat
Aci
Ous- adjective

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Def: Having a huge appetite.

Do you have a voracious appetite?

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Carn- flesh or meat

Age- noun

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Def: Great destruction of life (battle); slaughter.

The carnage made several Americans sick.

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Carn- flesh or meat

Al- adjective

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Def: Having to do with bodily pleasures.

Food is my carnal sin.

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In- “in”
Carn- flesh or meat
Ate- adjective

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Def: Given bodily or actual form; especially, having human body.
Many people reject their incarnate form, and resolve to object their bodies to tattoos and piercing.

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Re- again
In- “in”
Carn- meat or flesh
Ation- noun

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Def: Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life; someone who has be born again with a new body after death.
I for one, do not believe in reincarnation.

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Cred- to believe

Ence- noun

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Def: Mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief.

There is no given credence that someone wishes to do harm to me.

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Cred- to believe

Ible- adjective

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Def: Able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe; good enough to be effective.
Your story isn’t credible at all.

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Cred- to believe
Ul
Ity- noun

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Def: Readiness and willingness to believe on the basis of little evidence.
I possess no credulity, I always research things.

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Cred- to believe

O- noun

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Def: A statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith; a set of guiding principles or beliefs.
We have a credo, which will not bend.

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Af
Fid- faith or trust
Av
It- noun

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Def: A sworn statement made in writing.

The affidavit states otherwise Mr. Liar.

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Dif- apart
Fid- faith or trust
Ent- adjective

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Def: Lacking confidence; timid, cautious.

Do not be diffident, step forward and give your speech.

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Fid- faith or trust
Uci
Ary- adjective

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Def: Having to do with a confidence or trust; held in trust for another.
You should treat me with fiduciary.

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Per- thoroughly
Fid- faith or trust
Y- noun

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Def: Faithlessness, disloyalty, or treachery.

How dare you treat me with perfidy.

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Con- together
Curr- to run
Ent- adjective

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Def: Happening or operating at the same time.

The tropical storms were concurrent to one another.

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Cur- to run
S
Ory- adjective

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Def: Hastily and often carelessly done.

The cursory party had been one large mistake after another.

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Dis- not
Curs- to run
Ive- adjective

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Def: Passing from one topic to another.

Stop being discursive, and pay attention.

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Pre- before
Curs- to run
Or- noun

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Def: One that goes before and indicates the coming of another.
The rolling clouds were a precursor to the thunder storm.

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Quad- meaning 4
Dru
Ped- foot (noun)

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Def: An animal having four feet.

The quadruped ran across the field while on fire.

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Ped- foot

Igree- noun

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Def: The line of ancestors of a person or animal.

The pedigree indicated that the dog was in fact a inbreed.

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Im- “in”
Ped- foot
I
Ment- noun

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Def: Something that interferes with movement or progress.

The rain was impediment to the carnival.

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Ped- foot
Estri
An- adjective

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Def: Commonplace, ordinary, or unimaginative.

My father’s workplace had a pedestrian atmosphere.

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De- seperate

Flect- to bend

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Def: To turn aside, especially from a straight/fixed course.
The barracks deflect most of the artillery, but even 6 feet of concrete could not stop the lethal chemicals of agent orange.

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Re- again
Flect- to bend
Ive- adjective

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Def: Capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves; thoughtful.
The mirror was reflective, which is good for Morse code.

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Genu- “knee”

Flect- to bend (verb)

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Def: To kneel on one knee then rise as an act of respect.

Not too many men like to genuflect.

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In- “in:
Flect- to bend
Ion- noun

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Def: A change in the pitch, tone, or loudness of the voice; the change in the form of a word showing its case, gender, number, person, tense, mood, voice, or comparison.
There was an inflection in the man’s voice.

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Post- after or behind
Eri
Or- noun

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Def: Situated on or on the back; rear.

30
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Post- after or behind
Hum
Ous- adjective

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Def: Published after the death of an author; following or happening after one’s death.
The work “Carnage of the Weak” was posthumous to Carol Killer.

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Post- after or behind
Mod
Ern- adjective

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Def: Making fun or pointing at modernism by using traditional elements or techniques.
The tower was postmodern, appearing similar to the church from the 1800’s.

32
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Post- after or behind
Mort
Em- adjective

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Def: Occurring after death; following the event.

Postmortem to the death of Nebuchadnezzar was the fall of the New Babylonian Empire.

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Post

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After or behind

34
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Flect

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To bend

35
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Ped

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Foot

36
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Curr/Curs

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To run

37
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Fid

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Faith or trust

38
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Cred

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To believe or to entrust

39
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Carn

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Flesh or meat

40
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Vor

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To eat

41
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Calypso

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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.

42
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Odyssey

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A long, wandering journey full of trials and adventures; a spiritual journey or quest.

43
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Palladium

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

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Penelope

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A modest domestic wife.

45
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Procrustean

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Ruthlessly disregarding individual differences or special circumstances.

46
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Protean

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Displaying great versatility or variety,; able to take on many different forms or natures.

47
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Sibyl

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A female prophet or fortune teller.

48
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Siren

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A woman who tempts men with bewitching sweetness.

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