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Unit 9/10 Flashcards

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Adherent

Noun

To stick

A

Def: someone who follows a leader, party, etc

Syn: follower

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Her

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To stick

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Cohere

Verb

To stick

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Def: hold together firmly as parts of the same mass

Syn: mend

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Incoherent

Adj

To stick

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Def: loosely organized or inconsistent

Syn: unclear

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Inherent

Adj

To stick

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Def: part of something

Syn: piece

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Fug

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To flee or escape

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Centrifugal

Adj

To flee/escape

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Def: moving outward from a center

Syn: Gravity

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Refuge

Noun

To flee/escape

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Def: shelter or protection

Syn: shelter

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Fugue

Noun

To flee/escape

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Def: a musical form in which a theme is echoed

Syn: harmony

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Subterfuge

Noun

To flee/escape

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Def: a deceptive trick

Syn: trick

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Cosm

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Order

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Cosmos

Noun

Order

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Def: the universe

Syn:

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Cosmology

Noun

Order

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Def: a theory that describes the nature of the universe

Syn: Big Bang theory

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Microcosm

Noun

Order

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Def: something seen as a small version of something much larger

Syn: Indiana tests

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Sci

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To know

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Conscientious

Adj

To know

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Def: governed by morality

Syn: conscience

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Nescience

Noun

To know

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Def: lack of knowledge

Syn: ignorant

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Prescient

Adj

To know

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Def: having advanced knowledge

Syn: psychic

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Junct

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To join

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Juncture

Noun

To join

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Def: a place where things join

Synonym: mend

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Adjunct

Adj/noun

To join

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Something joined or added to another thing of which it is not a part

Synonym: melting pot

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Disjunction

Noun

To join

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A break, separation, or sharp difference between two things

Synonym: disagreement

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Part

A

Part

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Bipartite

Adj

Part

A

Being in two parts

Synonym: two parted

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Impartial

Adj

Part

A

Fair not biased

Synonym: unbiased

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Participle

Noun

Part

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A word that is formed from a verb but used as an adjective

Synonym: past tense

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Mis

A

To send

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Mission

Noun

To send

A

A task that someone is given to do

Synonym: operation

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Missionary

Noun

To send

A

A person undertaking a mission

Synonym: religious trip

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Emissary

Noun

To send

A

Someone sent our to represent another

Synonym: agent

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Pel

A

To move; drive

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Compel

Verb

To move or drive

A

To force someone to do something

Synonym: force

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Expel

Verb

To move;drive

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To drive or force out

Synonym: kick out

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Impel

Verb

To move;drive

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To urge or drive forward by strong moral force

Synonym: believe

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Repel

Verb

To move;drive

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To keep something out

Synonym: reject

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Arachnid

A

Spider, scorpion, Mites, and ticks

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Calliope

A

A musical instrument similar to an organ

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Dryad

A

Wood nymph

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Fauna

A

Animal life

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Flora

A

Plant life

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Herculean

A

Extremely strong

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Pandora’s box

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A source of many trouble

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Scylla and Charybdis

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Two equally dangerous alternatives

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Put

A

To think

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Reputed

Adj

To think

A

Believed to be a certain way by popular opinion

Synonym: reputation

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Disrepute

Noun

To think

A

Loss or lack of good reputation

Synonym: tarnish

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Impute

Verb

To think

A

To attribute

Synonym: help

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Putative

Adj

To think

A

Generally supposed

Synonym: assumed

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Log

A

Word speech or reason

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Physiology

Noun

Reason

A

Life processes

Synonym: life

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