Unit 9 Flashcards
Fug
To flee or escape
Her
To stick
Cosm
Order
Sci
To understand, to know.
Junct
To join
Part
Part
Mis
To send
Pel
To move or drive
Arachnid (noun)
A member of the class Arachnida, which principally includes animals with four pairs of legs and no antennae, such as spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.
Calliope (noun)
A musical instrument similar to an organ in which it whistles are sounded by steam or compressed air.
Dryad (noun)
A wood nymph.
Fauna (noun)
Animal life, especially the animals that live naturally in a given area or environment.
Flora (noun)
Plant life, especially the flowering plants that live naturally in a specific area or environment.
Pandora’s Box (noun)
A source of many troubles.
Scylla and Charybdis (noun)
Two equally dangerous alternatives.
Ad- toward
Her- to stick
Ent- noun
Someone who follows a leader, a party, or a profession; one who believes in a particular philosophy or religion.
Disciple.
Co- together
Her- to stick
E- verb
To hold together together firmly as parts of the same mass.
Glue.
In- not
Co- together
Her- to stick
Ent- adjective
Unclear or difficult to understand; loosely organized or inconsistent.
Choppy.
In- not
Her- to stick
Ent- adjective
Part of something by nature or habit.
Ingrained.
Centr- central
I
Fug- to flee or escape
Al- adjective
Moving outward from a center or central focus.
Efferent.
Re- again
Fug- to flee or escape
E- noun
Shelter or protection from danger or distress, or a place that provides shelter or protection.
Protection.
Fug- to flee or escape
Ue- noun
A musical form in which a theme is echoed and imitated by voices or instruments that enter one after another and interweave as the piece proceeds.
Opera.
Sub- under, or below
Ter
Fug- to flee or escape
E- noun
A trick designed to help conceal, escape, or evade; a deceptive trick.
Artifice.
Cosm- Order
Os- noun
The universe, especially when it is viewed as orderly and systematic; any orderly system that is complete in itself.
Nature.
Cosm- order
O
Log- word, speech, reason
Y- noun
A theory that describes the nature of the universe; a branch of astronomy that deals with the origin and structure of the universe.
Nature.
Mirco- very small
Cosm- order (noun)
Something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger.
Pawn.
Cosm- order
O
Polit- citizen
An- adjective
Having international sophistication and experience; made up of persons, elements, or influences from many different parts of the world.
Modern.
Con- together
Sci- to know and understand
Enti
Ous- adjective
Governed by morality; resulting from painstaking or exact attention.
Just.
Ne- new
Sci- to know and understand
Ence- noun
Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.
Uneducated.
Pre- before
Sci- to know and understand
Ent- adjective
Having or showing advance knowledge of what is going to happen.
Wise.
Un- not Con- together Sci- to know and understand On Able-adjective
Not guided by any moral sense; shockingly excessive, unreasonable, or unfair.
Crude.
Junct- to join
Ure- noun
An important point in a process or activity; a place where things join; junction.
Contingency.
Ad- toward
Junct- to join (adj/n.)
Something joined or added to another thing of which it is not a part.
Prosthetic.
Dis- apart
Junct- to join
Ion- noun
A break, separation, or sharp difference between two things.
Juxtaposition.
Con- together
Junct- to join (adjective)
Bound together; joined, united.
Collaborative.
Bi- both
Part- part
Ite- adjective
Being in two parts; shared by two.
Dual.
Im- not
Part- part
Ial- adjective
Fair and not biased; treating or affecting all equally.
Moral.
Part- part
Ici
Ple- noun
A word that is formed from a verb but used like an adjective.
Infinitive.
Part- part
Is
An- noun
A person who is strongly devoted to a particular cause or group; a guerrilla fighter.
Patriot.
Mis- to send
S
Ion- noun
A task that someone is given to do, especially a military task; a task that someone considers an important duty.
Goal.
Mis- to send
S
Ion- noun
Ary- noun
A person undertaking a mission, and especially a religious missionary.
Crusader.
E- out
Mis- to send
S
Ary- noun
Someone sent out to represent another; an agent.
Senator.
Trans- through
Mis- to send
S
Ion- noun
The act or process of sending something from one point to another, especially sending electrical signals to a radio, television, computer, etc; the gears by which the power is passed from the engine to the axle in a motor vehicle.
Communicable.
Com- together
Pel- to move or drive (verb)
To force (someone) to do something; to make (something) happen. Initiate.
Ex- out of
Pel- to move or drive (verb)
To drive or force out; to force to leave, usually by official action.
Eviction.
Im- towards
Pel- to move or drive (verb)
To urge or drive forward by strong moral force.
Right.
Re- back
Pel- to move or drive (verb)
To keep (something) out or away; to drive back. Yield.
