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Unit 5 Flashcards

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Cata

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Down

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Mal

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Bad

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Prot/Proto

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First in time or first formed

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Ante

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Before or in front of

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Ortho

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Straight, right, or true

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Rect

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Straight, right

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Eu

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Well,good, or true

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Dys

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Bad or difficult

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Mal- bad
Evo-
Lent-

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Meaning: having it showing intense I’ll will or hatred

The student had a very malevolent attitude toward the teacher.

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Mal- bad
Ic- quality, relation
Ious-
Noun

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Meaning: desiring to cause pain, injury, or distress to another

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Mal- bad

Ign-

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Meaning: to make harsh and often false or misleading statements about

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Mal- bad
Nour-
Ish- having the character of
Ed- verb

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Meaning: badly or poorly nourished

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Cata- down
Cly-
Sm-

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Meaning: a violent and massive change of the earths surface; a momentous event that results in great upheaval and often destruction

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Cata- down

Comb-

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Meaning: an underground cemetery of connecting passageways with recesses for tombs

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Cata- down
Al- to
Yst-

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Meaning: a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction or let’s it take place under different conditions; someone or something that brings about or speeds significant change or action

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Cata- down
On-
Ic- adjective

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Meaning: Relating to or suffering from a form of schizophrenia: showing an unusual lack of movement, activity, or expression

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Prot- first in time
Ago-
Nist-

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Meaning: the main character in a literary work

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Proto- first in time

Col- with or together

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Meaning: a code of diplomatic or military rules of behavior: a set of rules for the formatting of data in an electronic communications system

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Proto- first in time

Plasm-

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Meaning; the substances that makes up the living parts of cells

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Proto- first in time

Type-

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Meaning: an original model on which something is patterned; a first, full-scale, usually working version of a new type or design

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Ante- before or in front of
Cham-
Ber-

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Meaning: an outer room that leads to another and is often used as a waiting room

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Ante- before or infront of

Date-

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Meaning: to date something (such as a check) with a date earlier than that of actual writing; to precede in time

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Ante- before or in front of
Ced- to go, to yield
Ent-

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Meaning: a word or phase that is referred to by a pronoun that follows it; an event or cause coming before something

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Ante- before or in front of
Er-
Ior-

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Meaning: located before or toward the front or head; coming before in time or development

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Ortho- straight, right, or true
Dont-
Ics- noun

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Meaning: a branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and correction of crooked teeth and other irregularities

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Ortho- straight, right, or true

Dox-

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Meaning: holding established beliefs, especially in religion; conforming to established rules or traditions: conventional

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Ortho- straight, right, or true
Ped- foot
Ics- noun

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Meaning: the correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton

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Ortho- straight, right, or true
Graph- to write
Y-

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Meaning: The spelling of words, especially spelling according to standard usage

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Rect- straight, right

Tude-

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Meaning: moral integrity

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Rect- straight, right

Ify- verb cause

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Meaning: to set right; remedy

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Rect- straight, right
Lin-
Ear-

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Meaning: moving in or Forming a straight line; having many straight lines

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Di- passing through
Rect- straight, right
Ive- adjective

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Meaning: something that guides or directs; especially, a general instruction from a high-level body or official

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Eugenic
Eu- well, good, or true
Gen-
Ic-

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Meaning: relating to or fitted for the production of gpod offspring through controlled breeding

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Eu- well, good, or true
Phem-
Ism- noun

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Meaning: an agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust

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Eu- well, good, or true
Phor-
Ia-

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Meaning: a strong feeling of well-being or happyness

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Eu- well, good, or true

Logy-

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Meaning: a formal speech or writing especially is honor of a dead person: high praise

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Dys- bad or difficult
Top-
Ia-

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Meaning: an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives

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Dys- bad or difficult
Lex- words
Ia-

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Meaning: a disturbance or interference with ability to read or to use language

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Dys- bad or difficult
Pep-
Tic-

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Meaning: relating to or suffering from indigestion; having an irritable temperature; ill- humored

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Dys- bad or difficult
Plas-
Ia-

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Meaning: abnormal development of cells or organs, or abnormal structure resulting from such growth.

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Latin Borrowings

A fortiori

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Meaning: all the more certainly

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Latin Borrowings

A posteriori

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Meaning: relating to or derived by reasoning from know or observed facts

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Latin Borrowings

A priori

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Meaning: relating to or. Derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions

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Latin Borrowings

Bona fide

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Meaning: made in good faith, without deceit; authentic or genuine

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Latin Borrowings

Carpe diem

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Meaning; enjoy the pleasures or opportunities of the moment without concern about the future

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Latin Borrowings

Caveat emptor

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Meaning: let the buyer beware

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Latin Borrowings

Corpus delicti

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Meaning: the substantial and basic fact or facts necessary to prove that a crime has been committed; the material substance, such as the murdered body, on which a crime has been committed

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Latin Borrowings

Curriculum vitae

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Meaning: a short summary of ones career and qualifications, typically prepared by an applicant for a position; resume

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