Unit Twelve Flashcards

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Ultimate

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adj. Surpassing all others; definitive.
Root: Ultima
Syn: greatest
Ant: peasant

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Penultimate

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adj. Just before the final; next to last.
Root: Ultima
Syn: Almost last
Ant: second

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Ultimatum

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n A demand or threat that is final.
Root: Ultima
Syn: Contract
Ant: Choice

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Infinite

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adj. Without beginning or end.
Root: Fin
Syn: alpha
Ant: omega

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Definitive

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adj. Defining for all others; standard.
Root: Fin
Syn: absolute
Ant: uncertain

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Infinitesimal

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adj. Extremely small; incalculably or immeasurably small.
Root: Fin
Syn: microscopic
Ant: huge

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Novel

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adj. New and different.
Root: Nov
Syn: original
Ant: stale

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Novice

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n. An inexperienced person; amateur.
Root: Nov
Syn: beginner
Ant: expert

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Innovative

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adj. Showing creativity or originality.
Root: Nov
Syn: inventive
Ant: conservative

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Primal

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adj. Original; dating from the beginning of existence.
Root: Prim
Syn: primitive
Ant: modern

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Primeval

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adj. Extremely ancient; of earliest time.
Root: Prim
Syn: primordial
Ant:new

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Primacy

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n. Condition of being first in time or importance.
Root: Prim
Syn: alpha
Ant: unimportant

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Prim

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Latin: first.

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Nov

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Latin: New

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Fin

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Latin: end, border, limit.

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Ultima

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Latin: last