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Unit 4 Vocab Flashcards

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Animated (adj)

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Full of life; lively, vigorous, active, seeming to be alive

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Magnanimous- adj.

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Showing a lofty and courageous spirit; generous and forgiving

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Animosity- n.

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Ill will or resentment

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Inanimate- adj.

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(1) Not alive; lifeless (2) Not lively; dull

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ANIM

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from Latin anima, “breath” or “soul”

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Figurative- adj.

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Saying one thing in terms normally meaning or describing another thing; representing form or figure in art

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Configuration- n.

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An arrangement of parts or elements; shape, design

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Effigy- n.

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An image of a person, especially a crude representation of a hated person

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Figment- n.

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Something made up or imagined

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FIG

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from a Latin verb meaning “to shape or mold” and a noun meaning “a form or shape”

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Annuity- n.

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Money that is payable yearly or on some regular basis, or contract providing for such payment

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Superannuated- adj.

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(1) Outworn, old-fashioned, or out-of-date (2) Forced to retire because of old age or infirmity

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Millennium- n.

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(1) A period of time lasting 1,000 years, or the celebration (2) A period of great happiness and perfection on earth

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Perennial- adj.

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Continuing to grow; enduring or continuing without interruption

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ANN/ENN

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from Latin annus, “year”

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Coeval- adj.

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Having the same age or lasting the same amount of time; contemporary

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Longevity- n.

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A long duration of life; long continuance

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Medieval- adj.

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Extremely out-of-date; Relating to the Middle Ages of European history, from about A.D. 500 to 1500

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Primeval- adj.

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Having to do with the earliest ages; existing from the beginning

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EV

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from the Latin aevum, “age” or “lifetime”

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Corporeal- adj.

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Having or relating to a physical body; substantial

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Corpulent- adj.

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Having a large, bulky body; obese

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Corporal- adj.

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Relating to or affecting the body

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Incorporate- v.

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(1) To blend or combine into something already existing to form one whole (2) To form into a corporation

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CORP

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from corpus, the Latin for “body”

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Tact- n.

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The ability to deal with others without offending them

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Tactile- adj.

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Able to be perceived by touching; relating to the sense of touch

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Tangential- adj.

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Touching lightly; incidental

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Tangible- adj.

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Able to be perceived, especially by touch; physical, substantial

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TANG/TACT

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from the Latin tangere, “to touch” and tactus, “sense of touch”

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Codex- n.

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A book in handwritten form, especially a book of Scripture, classics, or ancient texts

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Codicil- n.

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An amendment or addition to a will; an appendix or supplement

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Codify- v.

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To arrange according to a system; classify

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Decode- v.

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To find the underlying meaning of; decipher

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CODI/CODE

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from the Latin codex, “trunk of a tree” or “document written on wooden tablets”

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Signify- v.

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To be a sign of something; to mean something

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Insignia- n.

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A badge of authority or honor; a distinguishing sign or mark

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Signatory- n.

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A person or government that signs an agreement with others; especially a government that agrees with others to abide by a signed agreement

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Signet- n.

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A seal used instead of a signature to give personal or official authority to a document

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SIGN

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from the Latin signum, “mark or sign”

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Quadrant- n.

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Any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two lines of intersecting right angles

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Quadrille- n.

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A square dance popular in the 18th and 19th century, made up of five or six patterns for four couples

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Quadriplegic- n.

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Paralyzed in both arms and both legs

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Quartile- adj.

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One of four equal groups each containing a quarter of a statistical population

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QUADR/QUART

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from the Latin words meaning “four” and “fourth”

46
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Tetracycline- n.

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A yellow broad-spectrum antibiotic

47
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Tetrahedron- n.

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A solid shape formed by four flat faces

48
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Tetralogy- n.

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A set of four connected literary, artistic, or musical works

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Tetrapod- n.

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A vertebrate with two pairs of limbs

50
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TETR

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from the Greek word for “four”

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