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Unit 5 Flashcards

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  1. A violent and massive change of the earth’s surface

2. A momentous event that results in great upheaval and often destruction

A

Cataclysm

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Having or showing intense ill will or hatred

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Malevolent

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The main character in a literary work

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Protagonist

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An outer room that leads to another and is often used as a waiting room

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Antechamber

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Something that guides or directs; especially a general instruction from a high-level body or official

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Directive

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Badly or poorly nourished

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Malnourished

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An underground cemetery of connecting passageways with recesses for tombs

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Catacomb

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First in time or first formed

Root word

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Prot/proto

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The substance that makes up the living parts of cells

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Protoplasm

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Before or in front of

Root word

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Ante-

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  1. To date something (like a check) with a date earlier than that of actually writing
  2. To precede in time
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Antedate

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  1. A word or phrase that is referred to by a pronoun that follows it
  2. An event or cause coming before something
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Antecedent

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  1. Relating to or suffering from indigestion

2. Having an irritable temperament; ill-humored

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Dispeptic

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  1. Located before or toward the front or head

2. Coming before in time or development

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Anterior

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  1. A code of diplomatic or military rules of behavior

2. A set of rules for the formatting of data in an electronic communications system

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Protocol

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21
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Relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring through controlled breeding

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Eugenic

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23
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Down

Root word

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Cata-

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Straight or right or true

Root word

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Ortho-

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Abnormal development of cells or organs, or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth

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Dysplasia

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Bad

Root word

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Mal-

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  1. Holding established beliefs, especially in religion

2. Conforming to established rules or traditions, conventional

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Orthodox

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  1. Relating to or suffering from a form of schizophrenia

2. Showing an unusual lack of movement, activity, or expression

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Catatonic

30
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The correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton

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Orthopedics

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An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

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Dystopia

32
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Straight or right

Root word

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Rect

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  1. A formal speech or writing especially in honor of a dead person
  2. High praise
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Eulogy

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  1. An original model on which something is patterned

2. A first, full-scale, usually working version of a new type or design

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Prototype

35
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A disturbance or interference wit he ability to read or use language

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Dyslexia

36
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Desiring to cause pain, injury, or distress to another

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Malicious

38
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Moral integrity

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Rectitude

39
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To set right; remedy

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Rectify

40
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All the more certainly*

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A fortiori

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Relating to or derived by reasoning from known or observed facts*

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A posteriori

42
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Relating to or derived by reasoning from self evident propositions*

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A priori

43
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  1. Made in good faith, without deceit

2. Authentic or genuine*

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Bona fide

44
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Enjoy the pleasures or opportunities of the moment without concern about the future*

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Carpe diem

45
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Let the buyer beware*

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Caveat emptor

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  1. The substantial and basic fact or facts necessary to prove that a crime has been committed
  2. The material substance, such as the murdered body, on which a crime has been committed*
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Corpus delicti

47
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A short summary of one’s career and qualifications, typically prepared by an applicant for a position; résumé*

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Curriculum vitae

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A branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and correction of crooked teeth and other irregularities

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Orthodontics

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Bad or difficult

Root word

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Dys-

50
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A strong feeling of well-being or happiness

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Euphoria

51
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Well or good or true

Root word

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Eu-

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An agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust

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Euphemism

57
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  1. Moving in or forming a straight line

2. Having many straight lines

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Rectilinear

58
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The spelling of words, especially spelling according to standard usage

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Orthography

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  1. A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction or let’s it take place under different conditions
  2. Someone or something that brings about or speeds significant change or action
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Catalyst

68
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To make harsh and often false or misleading statements about

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Malign

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