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Unit 4 Flashcards

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Herbi- plants
Vor- eat
Ous- having quality of
Adjective

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Meaning: eating plants

Cows are herbivores.

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Carni- flesh, meat
Vor- eat
Ous- having quality of
Adjective

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Meaning: flesh-eating

The carnivorous animal was eating animal flesh.

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Insecti- insects
Vor- eat
Ous- having quality of
Adjective

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Meaning: eats insect

Some animals are Insectivors.

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Vor- eat
Aci- desire
Ous- having quality of
Adjective

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Meaning: wanting or devouring great quantities of food

He was very voracious.

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Carn- flesh or meat
Age- activity or result of action
Noun

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Meaning: great destruction of life/ slaughter

There was a massive carnage after the war.

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Carn- flesh or meat
Al- quality, relation
Adjective

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Meaning: relating to physical, especially sexual

He had a carnal desirer.

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In- not
Carn- flesh or meat
Ate- kind of state
Adjective

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Meaning:embodied in flesh: human form.

The dead mans body incarnated itself.

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Re-again
In- not
Carn- flesh or meat
Ation- action, resulting state
Noun
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Meaning:born again

King Tut was reincarnated.

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Cred- to believe
Ence- quality or state
Noun

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Meaning:belief or acceptance

Christians credence Jesus.

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Cred- to believe

Ence- quality or state

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Meaning: mental acceptance of something as true or real

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Cred- to believe
U-
Lity-
Noun

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Meaning: tendency to be ready to believe something is real or true

People have credulity about Jesus.

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Cred- to believe

O-

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Meaning: statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith

The bible is a credo.

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Af- to, toward, near, in addition
Fid- faith or trust
Avit-
Noun

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Meaning; written statement

Everyone needs a affidavit.

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Dif- not, opposite of
Fid-faith or trust
Ent-
Adjective

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Meaning: shy because of a lack of self-confidence

I’m a diffident person.

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Fid- faith or trust
Uci-
Ary- related to
Adjective

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Meaning:trust

You have to fiduciary people.

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Per- through
Fid- faith or truth
Y-
Noun

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Meaning:untrustworthiness

Some people are perfidy.

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Con- fully
Curr- to run
Ent-
Adjective

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Meaning:existing, happening

The test was concurrent.

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Curs- to run
Ory-
Adjective

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Meaning: hasty

The customer was cursory!

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Dis- not
Curs- to run
Ive- condition
Adjective

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Meaning: changing from subject to subject

From biology to chemistry.

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Pre- before
Curs- to run
Or-condition
Noun

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Meaning: one that goes before and indicates the coming of another

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Quad-four
Ru-
Ped- foot
Noun

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Meaning: animal that has 4 feet

A dog is quadruped.

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Ped- foot
I-
Gree- to gather
Noun

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Meaning: record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred

A pedigree shows ancestors.

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Im- near
Ped- foot
I-
Ment- mind
Noun
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Meaning: a hindrance or obstruction in doing something

She had an impediment.

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Ped- foot
Est- superlative
Rian-
Adjective

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Meaning: lacking inspiration or excitement

She was very pedestrianly.

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De- from
Flect- to bend
Verb

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Meaning:cause to change direction

The wind caused a deflect.

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Re-again
Flect- to bend
Ive- quality of
Adjective.

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Meaning:providing a reflection

The glass showed a great reflective.

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Gen- kind
U-
Flect- to bend
Verb

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Meaning: to kneel on one knee

The guy proposed by genuflect.

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In- toward
Flect- to bend
Ion- condition
Noun

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Meaning: challenge in the pitch, tone, or loudness

The singer had a problem with inflection.

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Post- after or behind
Er- action
Ior-
Adjective

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Meaning: situated toward or on the back

The posterior was not listening.

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Post- after or behind
Hu-
Mous-
Adjective

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Meaning: published after the death of the author

The authors book received a reward when it was posthumous.

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Post- after or behind
Mod-
Ern-
Adjective

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Meaning: having to do with a movement in architecture, art, or literature

The building had a postmodern logo.

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Post- after or behind
Mor-
Tem-
Noun

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Meaning:occurring after death

The body was reserved during postmortem.

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